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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Refers to imaging by section or sectioning - through the use of any kind of penetrating wave.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Upward and inward






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






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






10. At bedtime






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






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






13. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






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






16. Dilators






17. Upward and diagonally






18. Right eye (OD)






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






27. 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.






28. As needed






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






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






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






32. Downward and inward






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






34. Glaucoma causes...






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. What lens material is the easiest to break?






41. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






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






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






45. Outward






46. Inward






47. 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?






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






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






50. 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.