CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC TEST PAPER SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔retinoscope - ✔✔instrument that can obtain an estimate of the patient's prescription
without the patient's responses
✔✔binocular vision - ✔✔term that represents how well the two eyes work together
✔✔biomicroscope or slit lamp - ✔✔instrument that gives the examiner a magnified view
of the structures eye particularly the front structures of the eye
✔✔visual field - ✔✔area in space that is visible to the eye
✔✔Snellen - ✔✔letters that are often the most used to measure visual acuity
✔✔Lens power - ✔✔the prescription strength of the lens
✔✔base curve radius - ✔✔primary curve on the backside of the lens
✔✔peripheral curves - ✔✔additional curves to the lens that surrounds the optical Zone
✔✔Optical Zone - ✔✔the center area of the lens that provides Optical correction for the
patient's vision
✔✔overall diameter - ✔✔the measurement from The Edge to the edge of lens at the
widest point
✔✔soft contact lenses - ✔✔made from materials that absorb water, shorter adaptation
to the lens, always kept in solution when being stored, used on a disposable
replacement schedule, when the lens becomes dry it make crack or break
, ✔✔rigid contact lenses - ✔✔made from materials that are oxygen permeable but do not
absorb water, generally provide sharper vision, once referred to as hard lenses, this
material lasts longer, patients are more likely to feel the lens on their eyes especially
during adaptation period
✔✔palpebral conjunctiva - ✔✔a clear cellophane like tissue that lines the inside surface
of the eyelids
✔✔ciliary muscle - ✔✔muscle that has direct control over the focusing ability of the eye
✔✔posterior chamber - ✔✔area located inside the eye, behind the iris, and in front of
the lens
✔✔fovea centralis - ✔✔area of the macula where visual Acuity is the sharpest and is
used for daytime and color vision
✔✔vitreous humor - ✔✔thick jelly like substance that fills the eyeball behind the lens
✔✔6 - ✔✔how many muscles in ocular movement
✔✔macula - ✔✔area of the retina responsible for seeing detail
✔✔itis - ✔✔inflammation
✔✔Opia - ✔✔Vision condition
✔✔pathy - ✔✔disease
✔✔papill (root word) - ✔✔optic nerve head
✔✔chrom (root word) - ✔✔color
✔✔ab - ✔✔away
✔✔ex - ✔✔away from, out of
✔✔ad - ✔✔to, toward
✔✔blephar (root word) - ✔✔eyelid
✔✔osis - ✔✔abnormal condition
✔✔pseudophakia - ✔✔term used for aphakic correction after a lens implant
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔retinoscope - ✔✔instrument that can obtain an estimate of the patient's prescription
without the patient's responses
✔✔binocular vision - ✔✔term that represents how well the two eyes work together
✔✔biomicroscope or slit lamp - ✔✔instrument that gives the examiner a magnified view
of the structures eye particularly the front structures of the eye
✔✔visual field - ✔✔area in space that is visible to the eye
✔✔Snellen - ✔✔letters that are often the most used to measure visual acuity
✔✔Lens power - ✔✔the prescription strength of the lens
✔✔base curve radius - ✔✔primary curve on the backside of the lens
✔✔peripheral curves - ✔✔additional curves to the lens that surrounds the optical Zone
✔✔Optical Zone - ✔✔the center area of the lens that provides Optical correction for the
patient's vision
✔✔overall diameter - ✔✔the measurement from The Edge to the edge of lens at the
widest point
✔✔soft contact lenses - ✔✔made from materials that absorb water, shorter adaptation
to the lens, always kept in solution when being stored, used on a disposable
replacement schedule, when the lens becomes dry it make crack or break
, ✔✔rigid contact lenses - ✔✔made from materials that are oxygen permeable but do not
absorb water, generally provide sharper vision, once referred to as hard lenses, this
material lasts longer, patients are more likely to feel the lens on their eyes especially
during adaptation period
✔✔palpebral conjunctiva - ✔✔a clear cellophane like tissue that lines the inside surface
of the eyelids
✔✔ciliary muscle - ✔✔muscle that has direct control over the focusing ability of the eye
✔✔posterior chamber - ✔✔area located inside the eye, behind the iris, and in front of
the lens
✔✔fovea centralis - ✔✔area of the macula where visual Acuity is the sharpest and is
used for daytime and color vision
✔✔vitreous humor - ✔✔thick jelly like substance that fills the eyeball behind the lens
✔✔6 - ✔✔how many muscles in ocular movement
✔✔macula - ✔✔area of the retina responsible for seeing detail
✔✔itis - ✔✔inflammation
✔✔Opia - ✔✔Vision condition
✔✔pathy - ✔✔disease
✔✔papill (root word) - ✔✔optic nerve head
✔✔chrom (root word) - ✔✔color
✔✔ab - ✔✔away
✔✔ex - ✔✔away from, out of
✔✔ad - ✔✔to, toward
✔✔blephar (root word) - ✔✔eyelid
✔✔osis - ✔✔abnormal condition
✔✔pseudophakia - ✔✔term used for aphakic correction after a lens implant
