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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The system for sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment based on the urgency of the systems.






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






3. What are used to treat dry eyes?






4. By mouth






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






6. A topical anesthetic.






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






8. Protected health Information






9. A lens with no power.






10. The two main types of filing systems.






11. What does a tonometer measure?






12. 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.






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






14. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






15. As needed






16. What lens material is the easiest to break?






17. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






19. 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.






20. A mid-index lens material that is thinner than glass or CR-39 - free from distortion and aberration and able to be used as a safety lens.






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






22. Ultraviolet Coating protect the eye from damaging...






23. Downward and diagonally






24. Provide a bigger field of vision.






25. Outward






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






31. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






32. Every _ Hour






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






34. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






35. The portion of the optic nerve that is formed by the meeting of all retinal nerve fibers.






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






37. 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.






38. A broken blood vessel between the sclera and conjunctiva.






39. The chart most often used to measure acuity at distance.






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. The interior portion of the eyeball that may be seen on ophthalmoscopy.






42. Swelling or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids or Conjunctiva.






43. Downward and inward






44. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






46. Upward and diagonally






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






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






49. The distance from the back surface of the lens to the front of the eye.






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