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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Surgical removal of the lens - usually replaced with a plastic intraocular lens.






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






3. A test that allows a doctor to see inside the back of the eye and other structures using a magnifying instrument and a light source.






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






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






6. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






8. At bedtime






9. The two main types of filing systems.






10. 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?






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






19. The smallest unit of lens measure.






20. Controls the focusing power of the eye by changing the shape of the lens.






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






22. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






23. Protected health Information






24. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






25. Dilators






26. Outward






27. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






29. Provide a bigger field of vision.






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. Inward






34. Right eye (OD)






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






36. A lens with no power.






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Upward and inward






42. Drop






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. What does a tonometer measure?






49. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






50. The light sensitive part of the eye.