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CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC CODER EXAM,
PRACTICE EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST
2024 ACTUAL EXAM 400 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS|ALREADY
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What condition is with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused theoretically behind the eye resulting in blurry vision called? - ANSWER- Hyperopia When the pores in the eyelid become blocked and inflamed, commonly called a stye, is a/an ______. - ANSWER- Hordeolum An instrument that can obtain an estimate of the patient's prescription without the patient's response is called a/an _______. - ANSWER- Retinoscope A small lump on the eyelid is called a ______. - ANSWER- Chalazion Papill (root word) - ANSWER- Optic nerve head
What is with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused before the retina resulting in blurry distant vision called? - ANSWER- Myopia Chrom (root word) - ANSWER- Color Opthalmic medical personnel cannot do what? - ANSWER- Offer medical diagnosis The term that represents how well the two eyes work together is known as ______. - ANSWER- Binocular vision Ab- - ANSWER- Away An instrument that gives the examiner a magnified view of the structures of the eye - particularly the front structures of the eye
- is called a/an ______. - ANSWER- Biomicroscope What is the condition called that is caused by advancing age which causes the central area of vision to break down? - ANSWER- Macular degeneration The ability of the eyes to focus on objects from distance to near is called ______. - ANSWER- Accommodation
The area in space that is visible to the eye is called _______. - ANSWER- Visual field Blephar (root word) - ANSWER- Eyelid The letters that are often the most used to measure visual acuity are called _____ letters. - ANSWER- Snellen The cornea changes to an irregular cone shape. - ANSWER- Keratoconus Alternating esotropia is a condition in which _____. - ANSWER- The patient fixates with only one eye while the other eye turns in. The thick jelly-like substance that fills the eyeball behind the lens is called the ______. - ANSWER- Vitreous humor What is a nonspecific term that means the patient has a refractive condition called? - ANSWER- Ametropia The condition that causes fragile blood vessels on the retina to leak or break. - ANSWER- Diabetic retinopathy
Which type of lens corrects hyperopia? - ANSWER- Plus Which of the following lens materials has the hardest surface and is also the heaviest? - ANSWER- Glass ____ lenses are also called convex lenses. They are thick in the center and thin on the edges. Light rays passing through these lenses will be converged. - ANSWER- Plus In order to get a more complete look at the back of the eye, _____ is often done as a part of a complete eye exam. - ANSWER- Pupil dilation Thickening of the connective tissue on the sides of the cornea, usually in 3 & 9 o'clock positions is called a/an _____. - ANSWER- Pinguecula Which lens material is the most shatter-resistant? - ANSWER- Polycarbonate Nearsightedness is to myopia as farsightedness is to _____. - ANSWER- Hyperopia
A contact lens prescription and a spectacle prescription may differ because of _____. - ANSWER- The vertex difference between the contact lens and the spectacle lens. In order for first time patients to adapt to their contact lenses, a wearing schedule is given to allow _____. - ANSWER- A gradual buildup of wear time. _____ are caused by mechanical simulation of nerves in the retina. - ANSWER- Flashes The part of the frame that surrounds each lens holding the lens in place within the frame is the _____. - ANSWER- Eyewire _____ are caused by debris in the tears and in the fluid inside the eye. - ANSWER- Floaters What is the most commonly used opthalmic dye which is available in liquid form or impregnated on dry, paper filter strips? - ANSWER- Sodium florescin The part of the frame that extends from the frame front, back alongside the head, and over the ear of the wearer is the _____. - ANSWER- Temple
The test used to measure the pressure inside the eye is called _____. - ANSWER- Tonometry
- ia - ANSWER- Diseased or abnormal state The edge thickness of a contact lens is an important factor in what? - ANSWER- The comfort of the lens What is the therapeutic drug used to reduce inflammation? - ANSWER- Corticosteroids What term is used to designate a lens without power? - ANSWER- Plano Each eye has how many muscles to assist ocular movement? - ANSWER- 6 The widest horizontal dimension of the lens opening of a frame is the ______. - ANSWER- A dimension
Visual field testing determines _________. - ANSWER- The area of space visible to the eye What is an eye in which the image is not focused at one point but rather at two points called? - ANSWER- Astigmatism Inflammation of the eyelids is called ______. - ANSWER- Blepharitis Peri- - ANSWER- Surrounding A picture representation of the pressure points between the eye glasses frame and the patients head is the _____. - ANSWER- Fitting triangle Which of the following tilts results when a pair of spectacles is tilted so that the bottom of the lens is closer to the face than the top? - ANSWER- Pantoscope The largest diameter through the lens is called the ______. - ANSWER- Effective diameter A lens that converges parallel light is called ______. - ANSWER- Convex
The unit of measure for ophtalmic lenses is _____. - ANSWER- Diopter A ____ lens diverges parallel light. - ANSWER- Concave A lens that displaces light rather than focuses light is called a/an ______. - ANSWER- Prism A lens that has one curve is called a/an ____. - ANSWER- Spherical The point of a prism is called the _____. - ANSWER- Apex A lens where one part has no power and 90 degrees away there is power is called a/an _____. - ANSWER- Pl-cylinder A lens used to treat myopia/hyperopia and astigmatism is called a/an _____. - ANSWER- Sph/cylindrical The middle value of a lens prescription is called the ____. - ANSWER- Cylindrical
What is the measure of the finest detail the eye may detect? - ANSWER- Visual acuity What is the Retroscopic Angle or tilt? - ANSWER- The name given to the angle the temple makes with the frame front when the bottom eye wire may be positioned away from the check What is 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? - ANSWER- Trivex What type of contact lens is applied after waking and removed before going to sleep? - ANSWER- Conventional daily wear lenses Which type of lens will have the same power in all areas of the lens? - ANSWER- Spherical The width of the frame should be approximately equal to _____?
- ANSWER- The width of the patient's face
The point on a manometer at which the first clear sound of two consecutive beats is heard is known as _____? - ANSWER- Systolic pressure What is corneal edema? - ANSWER- When water is retained and swelling occurs in the cornea What is the benefit of biomicroscopy? - ANSWER- Gives the examiner a hightly magnified view of the structure of the eye, lids, and lashes The part of the frame that surrounds the lens and holds it in place is called the _____. - ANSWER- Eyewire What is a laser based, non contact, technique that is capable of obtaining high resolution retina images? - ANSWER- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) What is the name for the part of the frame that connects the two eyewires? - ANSWER- Bridge What is the purpose of HIPAA? - ANSWER- To improve the portability and continuity of health insurance coverage, improve
What can be used to facilitate the bending of frames? - ANSWER- Salt pan and frame warmer Interpupillary Distance is measured in ______. - ANSWER- Millimeters What provides the major refractive power of the eye? - ANSWER- Cornea What does a lensometer measure? - ANSWER- Back vertex power which includes sphere and cylinder power What is the frame height, the most vertical dimension of the lens opening, also known as? - ANSWER- "B" measurement What does PMMA stand for? - ANSWER- Polymethylmethacrylate What is the smallest unit of lens measurement? - ANSWER- 0.25D What increases visual acuity because it reduces internal lens reflections? - ANSWER- Anti-reflective coatings
Replacement of the crystalline lens with an intraocular lens creates a condition called _______. - ANSWER- Pseudophakia What is the largest cause of irreversible blindness? - ANSWER- Macular degeneration What happens when someone is diagnosed with keratoconus? - ANSWER- The cornea thins and bulges forward An optometrist is licensed by which governing body? - ANSWER- State The person generally responsible for grinding or duplicating lenses is the ________. - ANSWER- Optician An instrument worn on the examiners head and used to view the back of the eye is call a/an _______. - ANSWER- Binocular indirect opthalmoscope Kerat (root word) - ANSWER- Cornea A test that does not require responses from the patient is called a/an __________ test. - ANSWER- Objective
These patients will not require any corrective prescription lenses. - ANSWER- Emmetropia The choroid consists primarily of blood vessels that nourish the ________. - ANSWER- Retina Commonly known as pink eye. - ANSWER- Conjunctivitis Term for when small blood vessels rupture between the sclera and conjunctiva. - ANSWER- Subconjuntival hemorrhage A doctor of medicine specializing in surgery is a/an ________. - ANSWER- Opthamologist The area of the retina responsible for seeing detail is the ______.
- ANSWER- Macula What are additional curves on the lens that surrounds the optical zone called? - ANSWER- Peripheral curves Which test is used to measure the visual field? - ANSWER- Perimetry
What type of ametropia occurs when an image is focused in front of the retina and is usually caused by the eye being too long? - ANSWER- Myopia
- opia - ANSWER- Vision condition The instrument that is used for manual refracting is called a/an _______. - ANSWER- Phoropter The part of the eye examination that serves as a guide for the tests to be performed during the office visit is called a/an ________. - ANSWER- Case history
- pathy - ANSWER- Disease The _____ is the area located inside the eye, behind the iris, and in front of the lens. - ANSWER- Posterior chamber What is the center area of the lens called that provides optical correction for the patient's vision? - ANSWER- Optical zone
