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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One type of contact lens is applied after waking and removed before going to sleep.






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






3. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






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






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






7. At bedtime






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






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






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






11. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






12. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






14. Layers in the cornea






15. Downward and inward






16. 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.






17. Outward






18. Every _ Hour






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






20. A complication of diabetes - progressive damage to the blood vessels of the retina.






21. 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.






22. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






24. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






25. Provide a bigger field of vision.






26. 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.






27. What are plus lenses used to correct?






28. The smallest unit of lens measure.






29. Dilators






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






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






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






33. A topical anesthetic.






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






35. Inward






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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43. 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.






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






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






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






47. Upward and inward






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






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






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.