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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An ophthalmic stain - available in liquid form and is the most commonly used ophthlmic dye.






2. A test that measures the pressure inside your eye - which is called intraocular pressure.






3. Transparent covering of the eye that lies between the eyelid and front of the eye.






4. At bedtime






5. 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.






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






7. Two instruments are used to test patient blood pressure.






8. 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.






9. What lens material is the easiest to break?






10. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






11. What are used to treat dry eyes?






12. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






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






14. 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.






15. Associated with aging and results in damaging sharp and central vision.






16. A layer located behind the retina and absorbs unused radiation.






17. As needed






18. By mouth






19. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






20. 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?






21. Its purpose: Improve the portability and continuity of health insurance overage - improve access to long-term care services and coverage - to simplify administrative care.






22. 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.






23. Every _ Hour






24. Controls the focusing power of the eye by changing the shape of the lens.






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






26. Dilators






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






28. Upward and diagonally






29. Layers in the cornea






30. The system for sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment based on the urgency of the systems.






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






32. A method of determining the state of refraction of the eye by illumination the retina with a mirror and observing the direction of movement of the retinal illumination and adjacent shadow when the mirror is turned.






33. Glaucoma causes...






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






35. When the vision in one of the eyes is reduced because the eye and the brain aren't working together properly. The eye itself may look normal - but it's not being used normally because the brain is favoring the other eye.






36. Downward and diagonally






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






38. A paralysis of the ciliary muscle - so accommodation can't occur.






39. What does a tonometer measure?






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






41. The two main types of filing systems.






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






43. Diabetic patients may have vision loss due to...






44. A topical anesthetic.






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






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






47. Outward






48. The smallest unit of lens measure.






49. Refers to imaging by section or sectioning - through the use of any kind of penetrating wave.






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