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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






5. Downward and diagonally






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






7. A topical anesthetic.






8. Provide a bigger field of vision.






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






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






11. By mouth






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






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






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






15. What does a tonometer measure?






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






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






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






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






20. Upward and diagonally






21. Protected health Information






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






23. Dilators






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






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






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






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






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






29. Downward and inward






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






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






32. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






34. Right eye (OD)






35. Upward and inward






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. Back vertex power which includes sphere and cylinder power.






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






41. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






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






43. At bedtime






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






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






46. 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.






47. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






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






49. 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.






50. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.