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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Drop






2. 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.






3. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






4. Upward and inward






5. Downward and inward






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






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






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






9. The smallest unit of lens measure.






10. 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.






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






12. Glaucoma causes...






13. Downward and diagonally






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






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


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






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






18. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






20. The two main types of filing systems.






21. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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. Right eye (OD)






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






25. Constrictors






26. Dilators






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






28. 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.






29. The nerve center of the eye where light is converted into an electrical signal that travels along the optic nerve to the brain.






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






31. By mouth






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






33. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






35. Inward






36. The procedure using ultraviolet radiation from a laser to remove tissue.






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






44. What does a tonometer measure?






45. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






46. Outward






47. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






49. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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