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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The smallest unit of lens measure.






2. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






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






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






14. What are plus lenses used to correct?






15. Inward






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






17. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






18. As needed






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






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






21. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Provide a bigger field of vision.






31. Drop






32. Downward and diagonally






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






34. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






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






37. Layers in the cornea






38. 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.






39. Glaucoma causes...






40. Dilators






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






47. What are used to treat dry eyes?






48. Constrictors






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






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