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Certified Paraoptometric Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The lifeline into and out of the practice.






2. Supplies most of the tears to the eye.






3. A paralysis of the ciliary muscle - so accommodation can't occur.






4. Proparacaine - Tetracaine - Cocaine






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






6. The Examination of the inside of the eye.






7. What does a tonometer measure?






8. The two main types of filing systems.






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






10. Dilators






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






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






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






14. The smallest unit of lens measure.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






23. Downward and inward






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






25. Downward and diagonally






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






27. 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.






28. Outward






29. Layers in the cornea






30. Constrictors






31. What are used to treat dry eyes?






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






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






34. Upward and diagonally






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






36. What are plus lenses used to correct?






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






41. At bedtime






42. A lens with no power.






43. Tropicamide - Atropine - Scopolamine - Phenylephrine






44. Provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.






45. The light sensitive part of the eye.






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. Two instruments are used to test patient blood pressure.






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






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






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