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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






2. The creation of a photograph of the interior surface of the eye.






3. The distance between the center of the pupil of each eye.






4. Increases visual acuity because it reduces internal lens reflections.






5. Upward and diagonally






6. The ability to maintain visual focus on an object with both eyes creating a single visual image.






7. 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.






8. The Optothalmic examination of the eye by use of a slit lamp and a magnifying lens.






9. Inward






10. Layers in the cornea






11. The instrument that contains lenses and can be used to determine a spectacle correction.






12. What are used to treat dry eyes?






13. A jelly-like subastance located in the anterior chamber.






14. Provide a bigger field of vision.






15. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






16. Laser-based - non contact - noon invasive imaging technique.






17. A complication of diabetes - progressive damage to the blood vessels of the retina.






18. When water is retained and swelling occurs in the cornea.






19. One type of contact lens is applied after waking and removed before going to sleep.






20. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






21. The part of the retina responsible for sharp - clear vision.






22. Computer-assisted method of mapping the surface curvature of the cornea.






23. 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.






24. Glaucoma causes...






25. Outward






26. What's it called when the cornea thins and bulges forward?






27. Is a clouding of the eye's lens and is the leading cause of blindness.






28. What is the primary function of the inferior rectus muscle?






29. Downward and inward






30. This is the pathway between the ye and the brain along which the signals produced by the retina travel to the brain.






31. The procedure using ultraviolet radiation from a laser to remove tissue.






32. What provides the major refractive power of the eye?






33. Surgical removal of the lens - usually replaced with a plastic intraocular lens.






34. By mouth






35. Which type of lens will have the same power in all areas of the lens?






36. Downward and diagonally






37. The entire area that can be seen when the eye is directed forward including that which is seen with peripheral vision.






38. Dilators






39. Every _ Hour






40. 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?






41. A topical anesthetic.






42. 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.






43. Constrictors






44. Measurement of the form and curvature of the cornea.






45. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






46. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






47. The light sensitive part of the eye.






48. What lens material is the easiest to break?






49. As needed






50. Corrects one eye for distance and the other eye for near and can be used to correct presbyopia.






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