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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Associated with aging and results in damaging sharp and central vision.






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. What are used to treat dry eyes?






5. Provide a bigger field of vision.






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






7. What lens material is the easiest to break?






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






9. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






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






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






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






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






14. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






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






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






17. As needed






18. 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.






19. Upward and diagonally






20. A topical anesthetic.






21. Constrictors






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Right eye (OD)






31. Drop






32. The two main types of filing systems.






33. What are plus lenses used to correct?






34. 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?






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






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






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






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. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






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






41. The ability to maintain visual focus on an object with both eyes creating a single visual image.






42. A lens with no power.






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






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






45. At bedtime






46. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






47. Layers in the cornea






48. 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.






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






50. 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.