Test your basic knowledge |

Certified Paraoptometric Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. At bedtime






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






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






4. Downward and inward






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






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






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






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






9. The measure of the finest detail the eye may detect.






10. Downward and diagonally






11. Layers in the cornea






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






13. As needed






14. Glaucoma causes...






15. Protected health Information






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






17. By mouth






18. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






20. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






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






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






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






25. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






26. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






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






28. An ophthalmic stain - available in liquid form and is the most commonly used ophthlmic dye.






29. 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.






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






31. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






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






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






35. What is the name for the part of the frame that connects the two eyewires?






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






37. Constrictors






38. Back vertex power which includes sphere and cylinder power.






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. Drop






44. A lens with no power.






45. Provide a bigger field of vision.






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






47. What are used to treat dry eyes?






48. Inward






49. Numerous different surgeries that facilitate the escape of excess aqueous humor from the eye to lower the intraocular pressure and a few that lower IOP by decreasing the production of aqueous humor.






50. 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.






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests