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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Controls the focusing power of the eye by changing the shape of the lens.






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






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






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






5. As needed






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






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






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






9. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






10. 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.






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






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






13. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






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






16. Constrictors






17. Upward and diagonally






18. Outward






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






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






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






22. Protected health Information






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


24. 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?






25. The light sensitive part of the eye.






26. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






27. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






28. What does a tonometer measure?






29. 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.






30. Right eye (OD)






31. At bedtime






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






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






34. Drop






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






36. Inward






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






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. Glaucoma causes...






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.