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






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






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






4. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






5. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






6. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






7. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






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






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






11. As needed






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






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






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






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






16. What are plus lenses used to correct?






17. Provide a bigger field of vision.






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






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






20. Upward and inward






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






22. A topical anesthetic.






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






24. What does a tonometer measure?






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






26. Upward and diagonally






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






28. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






30. 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?






31. 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.






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






33. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






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






36. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






38. Layers in the cornea






39. By mouth






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






41. Right eye (OD)






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






43. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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.






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