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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The measure of the finest detail the eye may detect.






2. 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.






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






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






5. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






6. What does a tonometer measure?






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






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






9. Drop






10. A topical anesthetic.






11. The two main types of filing systems.






12. What are plus lenses used to correct?






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






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






15. Inward






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






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






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






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






20. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?






21. By mouth






22. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Constrictors






29. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






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






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






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






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






35. Outward






36. What are used to treat dry eyes?






37. Downward and diagonally






38. 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.






39. Dilators






40. 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.






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






42. Upward and inward






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Downward and inward






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






50. The smallest unit of lens measure.