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Certified Paraoptometric Exam
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1. Swelling or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids or Conjunctiva.
Conjunctivitis
Retinoscopy
gtt
damage to the eye
2. Corrects one eye for distance and the other eye for near and can be used to correct presbyopia.
Corneal Edema
Artificial Tears and Lubricants
Photoablation
Monovision
3. A topical anesthetic.
Visual Fields
Ophthalmoscopy
Keratoconus
Proparacaine
4. The nerve center of the eye where light is converted into an electrical signal that travels along the optic nerve to the brain.
Phoropter
Immediately have them come in to the office
Choroid
Retina
5. Controls the focusing power of the eye by changing the shape of the lens.
Interpupillary distance (PD)
Subjective Refraction
Ciliary Muscle
p.o.
6. Provide a bigger field of vision.
Conventional daily wear lenses
Aspheric lenses
Topography
Visual Fields
7. Computer-assisted method of mapping the surface curvature of the cornea.
Ophthalmoscopy
Topography
Retina
superior oblique
8. 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.
Cataract Surgery
Trivex
Mydriatics
qhs
9. What is the name for the part of the frame that connects the two eyewires?
external/lateral rectus
Bridge
Superior Rectu
Optic Nerve
10. Downward and inward
Macular Degeneration
Inferior rectu
q_h
Cataract Surgery
11. The Examination of the inside of the eye.
Proparacaine
external/lateral rectus
Ophthalmoscopy
Eye Anaesthetics
12. Protected health Information
Conjunctiva
Diabetic Retinopathy
Ophthalmoscopy
PHI
13. 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.
Vitreous
Aqueous humor
Trivex
Optic Disc
14. What does a tonometer measure?
Glass
Ophthalmoscopy
Retinoscopy
Pressure in the eye
15. Drop
0.25 D
Strabismus
Inferior rectu
gtt
16. Right eye (OD)
Plano
Interpupillary distance (PD)
Oculus dexter
Corneal Edema
17. What are cycloplegic drugs used for?
To dilate the eyes
q_h
gtt
Retinoscopy
18. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.
Conventional daily wear lenses
Miotics
Fundus Photography
Lacrimal gland
19. What is the frame height - the most vertical dimension of the lens opening also known as?
20. The procedure using ultraviolet radiation from a laser to remove tissue.
Photoablation
Strabismus
Snellen Chart
Cycloplegia
21. Back vertex power which includes sphere and cylinder power.
Subjective Refraction
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Optic Disc
What does a lensometer measure?
22. Two instruments are used to test patient blood pressure.
'B' Measurement
PHI
gtt
Sphygmomanometer and stethoscope
23. 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.
UV light indoors and outdoors
Aspheric lenses
p.r.n.
Retinoscopy
24. An ophthalmic stain - available in liquid form and is the most commonly used ophthlmic dye.
Miotics
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
Interpupillary distance (PD)
Sodium Fluorescein
25. Associated with aging and results in damaging sharp and central vision.
Macular Degeneration
Sodium Fluorescein
Glass
Conjunctivitis
26. The creation of a photograph of the interior surface of the eye.
Binocular Vision
Hyperopia and Presbyopia
Internal/medial rectus
Fundus Photography
27. The distance between the center of the pupil of each eye.
Visual Fields
Turn the eye downward
Eye Anaesthetics
Interpupillary distance (PD)
28. As needed
gtt
p.r.n.
Hyperopia and Presbyopia
Artificial Tears and Lubricants
29. The lifeline into and out of the practice.
Turn the eye downward
Telephone
Conjunctivitis
Tomography
30. Outward
Miotics
external/lateral rectus
Turn the eye downward
Interpupillary distance (PD)
31. When water is retained and swelling occurs in the cornea.
gtt
Visual Fields
Corneal Edema
Retina
32. The portion of the optic nerve that is formed by the meeting of all retinal nerve fibers.
What does a lensometer measure?
Conjunctiva
q_h
Optic Disc
33. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.
Sphygmomanometer and stethoscope
Fundus Photography
Keratoconus
Aqueous humor
34. The interior portion of the eyeball that may be seen on ophthalmoscopy.
Vitreous
Interpupillary distance (PD)
Fundus
Optic Disc
35. Inward
Keratoconus
Bridge
Internal/medial rectus
Subjective Refraction
36. A broken blood vessel between the sclera and conjunctiva.
Sub conjunctival hemorrhage
Pressure in the eye
Conjunctiva
Interpupillary distance (PD)
37. Surgical removal of the lens - usually replaced with a plastic intraocular lens.
Choroid
UV light indoors and outdoors
Cataract Surgery
Conjunctiva
38. The smallest unit of lens measure.
damage to the eye
0.25 D
Turn the eye downward
Pressure in the eye
39. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine
Eye Dilators
Choroid
Tonometry
Plano
40. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine
Hyperopia and Presbyopia
Ciliary Muscle
Internal/medial rectus
Eye Anaesthetics
41. 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.
Conjunctiva
Topography
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
Subjective Refraction
42. Dilators
Mydriatics
What does a lensometer measure?
Internal/medial rectus
Sodium Fluorescein
43. 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.
Keratometry
UV light indoors and outdoors
Bridge
Glaucoma
44. By mouth
Ciliary Muscle
Vertex distance
p.o.
Fundus Photography
45. Upward and inward
Superior Rectu
Glass
Macular Degeneration
Choroid
46. The chart most often used to measure acuity at distance.
Snellen Chart
Glaucoma
Mydriatics
Keratometry
47. What provides the major refractive power of the eye?
Aspheric lenses
Inferior rectu
Cornea
PHI
48. Transparent covering of the eye that lies between the eyelid and front of the eye.
Macula
Vertex distance
gtt
Conjunctiva
49. 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.
Subjective Refraction
inferior oblique
Tomography
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
50. Diabetic patients may have vision loss due to...
Choroid
Ophthalmoscopy
Diabetic retinopathy
p.r.n.