Optometry Practice Exam #1 Questions And
Answers
What is an optometrist? - - -
correct answer ✅Primary care professionals for the eye
Examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and
disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures as
well as identify related systemic conditions affecting the eye.
Most of the eye care, to most people, most of the time
What is the scope of practice?
Requirements of becoming an optometrist - - -
correct answer ✅Completed pre-professional undergraduate
education in a college it university and four years of professional
education at a college of optometry, leading to the OD degree
Some complete an optional residency program in a specific area of
practice
Some complete graduate programs to prepare for careers in
education, research or administration
,Optometry Practice Exam #1 Questions And
Answers
What is the scope of practice? - - -
correct answer ✅Diagnose vision problems, ocular disease, and
systemic conditions with ocular manifestations
Prescribe medications, low vision rehabilitation, vision therapy,
spectacle lenses, contact lenses and perform certain surgical and
laser procedures
Counsel their patients regarding surgical and non-surgical options
that meet their visual needs related to their occupations,
avocations and lifestyle
Licensure: 1892, legalize the practice of optometry - - -
correct answer ✅Charles Prentice of New York conceives of a
means to legalize the practice of optometry through the enactment
of a stature by the state of legislature
Licensure: 1898, American Association of Opticians formed - - -
correct answer ✅American Associate of Opticians formed, in 1919
the name changed to the American Optometric Association (AOA)
, Optometry Practice Exam #1 Questions And
Answers
Licensure: 1901, first state law regulating the practice of optometry
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correct answer ✅Minnesota optometrists secure the passage of
the first state law regulating the practice of optometry
Licensure: 1919, Ohio state laws - - -
correct answer ✅Ohio (#34) enacts its optometric practice law
20 years after Minnesota
Licensure: 1924, last jurisdiction to enact an optometry law - - -
correct answer ✅The District of Columbia becomes the last
jurisdiction to enact an optometry law
Took 23 years to get all of the US to have optometry licenses
Licensure: 1995, National Board accepted - - -
correct answer ✅All states accept National Board of Examiners in
Optometry (NBEO) test results
Universal tests
Answers
What is an optometrist? - - -
correct answer ✅Primary care professionals for the eye
Examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and
disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures as
well as identify related systemic conditions affecting the eye.
Most of the eye care, to most people, most of the time
What is the scope of practice?
Requirements of becoming an optometrist - - -
correct answer ✅Completed pre-professional undergraduate
education in a college it university and four years of professional
education at a college of optometry, leading to the OD degree
Some complete an optional residency program in a specific area of
practice
Some complete graduate programs to prepare for careers in
education, research or administration
,Optometry Practice Exam #1 Questions And
Answers
What is the scope of practice? - - -
correct answer ✅Diagnose vision problems, ocular disease, and
systemic conditions with ocular manifestations
Prescribe medications, low vision rehabilitation, vision therapy,
spectacle lenses, contact lenses and perform certain surgical and
laser procedures
Counsel their patients regarding surgical and non-surgical options
that meet their visual needs related to their occupations,
avocations and lifestyle
Licensure: 1892, legalize the practice of optometry - - -
correct answer ✅Charles Prentice of New York conceives of a
means to legalize the practice of optometry through the enactment
of a stature by the state of legislature
Licensure: 1898, American Association of Opticians formed - - -
correct answer ✅American Associate of Opticians formed, in 1919
the name changed to the American Optometric Association (AOA)
, Optometry Practice Exam #1 Questions And
Answers
Licensure: 1901, first state law regulating the practice of optometry
---
correct answer ✅Minnesota optometrists secure the passage of
the first state law regulating the practice of optometry
Licensure: 1919, Ohio state laws - - -
correct answer ✅Ohio (#34) enacts its optometric practice law
20 years after Minnesota
Licensure: 1924, last jurisdiction to enact an optometry law - - -
correct answer ✅The District of Columbia becomes the last
jurisdiction to enact an optometry law
Took 23 years to get all of the US to have optometry licenses
Licensure: 1995, National Board accepted - - -
correct answer ✅All states accept National Board of Examiners in
Optometry (NBEO) test results
Universal tests
