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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Its purpose: Improve the portability and continuity of health insurance overage - improve access to long-term care services and coverage - to simplify administrative care.






2. The smallest unit of lens measure.






3. Glaucoma causes...






4. Drop






5. What does a tonometer measure?






6. 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.






7. At bedtime






8. 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.






9. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






10. 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.






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






12. Protected health Information






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






17. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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






19. Every _ Hour






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






21. Downward and diagonally






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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

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






31. Inward






32. Layers in the cornea






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






34. As needed






35. A topical anesthetic.






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






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






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






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






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






41. Downward and inward






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






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






44. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






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






47. Outward






48. Dilators






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






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