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Certified Paraoptometric Exam
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A paralysis of the ciliary muscle - so accommodation can't occur.
Cycloplegia
Subjective Refraction
To dilate the eyes
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
2. Surgical removal of the lens - usually replaced with a plastic intraocular lens.
Macula
Binocular Vision
Keratometry
Cataract Surgery
3. The nerve center of the eye where light is converted into an electrical signal that travels along the optic nerve to the brain.
Superior Rectu
Retinoscopy
Retina
Phoropter
4. The portion of the optic nerve that is formed by the meeting of all retinal nerve fibers.
Inferior rectu
gtt
Ciliary Muscle
Optic Disc
5. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.
Ophthalmoscopy
qhs
Triage
Lacrimal gland
6. Two instruments are used to test patient blood pressure.
Conventional daily wear lenses
Sphygmomanometer and stethoscope
p.o.
Optic Nerve
7. What are used to treat dry eyes?
Artificial Tears and Lubricants
Diabetic retinopathy
Keratoconus
Glass
8. Increases visual acuity because it reduces internal lens reflections.
Glaucoma
Cycloplegia
Anti-reflective coatings
Spherical
9. Transparent covering of the eye that lies between the eyelid and front of the eye.
Eye Dilators
Strabismus
Conjunctiva
Triage
10. Constrictors
Numerical and Alphabetical
Miotics
Sphygmomanometer and stethoscope
q_h
11. The Examination of the inside of the eye.
Ophthalmoscopy
Macular Degeneration
p.r.n.
Cataract
12. The instrument that contains lenses and can be used to determine a spectacle correction.
Choroid
Oculus dexter
Lens
Phoropter
13. The gel that fills the eye and allows it to maintain its shape. Also serves as a clear pathway for light when it travels from the lens to the retina.
Vitreous
Superior Rectu
Glaucoma Surgery
inferior oblique
14. Its purpose: Improve the portability and continuity of health insurance overage - improve access to long-term care services and coverage - to simplify administrative care.
Macular Degeneration
HIPPA
Cycloplegia
damage to the eye
15. By mouth
p.o.
Cornea
Immediately have them come in to the office
Conjunctivitis
16. Is a clouding of the eye's lens and is the leading cause of blindness.
Immediately have them come in to the office
Superior Rectu
Cataract
q_h
17. A jelly-like subastance located in the anterior chamber.
Corneal Edema
Aqueous Humour
Mydriatics
To dilate the eyes
18. Dilators
Mydriatics
Phoropter
Spherical
Conjunctiva
19. Protected health Information
Visual acuity
Macula
PHI
inferior oblique
20. The measure of the finest detail the eye may detect.
PHI
Snellen Chart
Strabismus
Visual acuity
21. A test that allows a doctor to see inside the back of the eye and other structures using a magnifying instrument and a light source.
Immediately have them come in to the office
Choroid
Ophthalmoscopy
Lens
22. The lifeline into and out of the practice.
Telephone
superior oblique
Cataract
Mydriatics
23. Controls the focusing power of the eye by changing the shape of the lens.
Topography
Internal/medial rectus
Ciliary Muscle
Monovision
24. When water is retained and swelling occurs in the cornea.
Tonometry
Corneal Edema
Optic Disc
Diabetic retinopathy
25. What is the primary function of the inferior rectus muscle?
Vitreous
Turn the eye downward
Diabetic Retinopathy
Cataract
26. This is the pathway between the ye and the brain along which the signals produced by the retina travel to the brain.
UV light indoors and outdoors
Optic Nerve
Conventional daily wear lenses
p.o.
27. The interior portion of the eyeball that may be seen on ophthalmoscopy.
Conjunctivitis
Visual Fields
Lens
Fundus
28. What's it called when the cornea thins and bulges forward?
Conjunctiva
To dilate the eyes
Keratoconus
Phoropter
29. Provide a bigger field of vision.
Tonometry
Numerical and Alphabetical
Aspheric lenses
Aqueous humor
30. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?
Visual Fields
To dilate the eyes
Keratometry
Aspheric lenses
31. Which type of lens will have the same power in all areas of the lens?
Retina
Spherical
Topography
Conventional daily wear lenses
32. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine
Sodium Fluorescein
Topography
Superior Rectu
Eye Dilators
33. Downward and inward
Trivex
Monovision
gtt
Inferior rectu
34. A group of diseases that can damage the eye's optic nerve and result in the vision loss and blindness. It occurs when the normal fluid pressure inside the eyes slowly rises.
Optic Nerve
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
Glaucoma
Conjunctivitis
35. What lens material is the easiest to break?
Aspheric lenses
Internal/medial rectus
Optic Nerve
Glass
36. Corrects one eye for distance and the other eye for near and can be used to correct presbyopia.
Monovision
Binocular Vision
0.25 D
Inferior rectu
37. Upward and inward
Macula
Fundus Photography
Aspheric lenses
Superior Rectu
38. The part of the retina responsible for sharp - clear vision.
Superior Rectu
Cataract Surgery
Macula
Aqueous humor
39. The result of the refraction depends on the patient's ability to discern changes in clarity. This process relies on the cooperation of the Patient.
Aqueous humor
Oculus dexter
Subjective Refraction
Pressure in the eye
40. Involves an imbalance in the positionig of the two eyes. I can cause the eys to cross in or tuyrn out. It's cause by a lack of coordination between the eyes.
Snellen Chart
Retina
Vitreous
Strabismus
41. What does a tonometer measure?
Fundus Photography
Subjective Refraction
Pressure in the eye
Glass
42. Swelling or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids or Conjunctiva.
Cataract Surgery
Binocular Vision
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
Conjunctivitis
43. The smallest unit of lens measure.
Artificial Tears and Lubricants
'B' Measurement
q_h
0.25 D
44. Located behind the pupil - and is the secondary mechanism of focus - adjusting the amount of focus the light image requires before it reaches the retina.
Cataract Surgery
Lens
Trivex
Turn the eye downward
45. The system for sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment based on the urgency of the systems.
What does a lensometer measure?
Triage
inferior oblique
Topography
46. Laser-based - non contact - noon invasive imaging technique.
0.25 D
Keratoconus
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Interpupillary distance (PD)
47. An ophthalmic stain - available in liquid form and is the most commonly used ophthlmic dye.
Retinoscopy
'B' Measurement
Sodium Fluorescein
p.o.
48. If a patient claims to have pain in the ye but does not have any other symptoms - when do you schedule them for an appointment?
Immediately have them come in to the office
Sodium Fluorescein
p.r.n.
Inferior rectu
49. Drop
Proparacaine
gtt
Interpupillary distance (PD)
Superior Rectu
50. A broken blood vessel between the sclera and conjunctiva.
Anti-reflective coatings
Sub conjunctival hemorrhage
inferior oblique
Subjective Refraction