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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. As needed






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






3. Constrictors






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






5. By mouth






6. Glaucoma causes...






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






14. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






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






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






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






19. Layers in the cornea






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






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






22. Downward and inward






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






24. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






26. 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.






27. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






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






29. Drop






30. Measurement of the form and curvature of the cornea.






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






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






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






34. Surgical removal of the lens - usually replaced with a plastic intraocular lens.






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






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






37. 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?






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






39. 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.






40. A topical anesthetic.






41. Upward and diagonally






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. The smallest unit of lens measure.






47. Dilators






48. 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.






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






50. Inward