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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Increases visual acuity because it reduces internal lens reflections.






2. 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?






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






4. Provide a bigger field of vision.






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






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






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






8. Inward






9. Right eye (OD)






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






18. The smallest unit of lens measure.






19. Outward






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






21. Constrictors






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






23. What is the frame height - the most vertical dimension of the lens opening also known as?

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24. 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.






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






26. Upward and diagonally






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






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






29. Layers in the cornea






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






31. By mouth






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






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






34. Protected health Information






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






36. 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.






37. As needed






38. At bedtime






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






40. 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.






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






42. Glaucoma causes...






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






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






45. Downward and inward






46. 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.






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






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






49. Dilators






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