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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inward






2. 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.






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






4. What are used to treat dry eyes?






5. Right eye (OD)






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






7. As needed






8. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






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






10. Constrictors






11. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. A topical anesthetic.






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






19. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






20. 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.






21. At bedtime






22. Downward and diagonally






23. 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.






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






25. Every _ Hour






26. Outward






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. Upward and diagonally






33. 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.






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

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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The Examination of the inside of the eye.