Answers
If the center dot you have placed upon the uncut lens while spotting it does not lie
directly upon the optical center of the lens:
a)
The lens is a progressive.
b)
The lens is a bifocal.
c)
There is prism in the lens.
d)
There is a lack of prism in the lens.
e)
You have spotted the lens wrong. - answer c)
There is prism in the lens.
Which relationship would illustrate compound hyperopic astigmatism?
a)
- = + and + = -
b)
+ = - and + = +
c)
+ = - and + = -
d)
+ = + and - = -
e)
- = + and + = + - answer b)
+ = - and + = +
Which relationship goes with this illustration? (Both points of focus are behind the
retina)
a)
+=+/-=-
b)
+=-/-=+
c)
+=+/+=+
d)
-=+/-=-
e)
+ = - / + = + - answer e)
+=-/+=+
,4)
The Rx -1.00 +2.00 X 40 is an example of:
a)
compound hyperopic astigmatism
b)
compound myopic astigmatism
c)
Against-the-Rule astigmatism
d)
With-the-Rule astigmatism
e)
oblique astigmatism - answer e)
oblique astigmatism
You are preparing to block a set of lenses for edging. The frame in the tray measures
55-16 with ED of 60 and B of 56. The work order specifies the Pd as 63/60 with a
vertical height of 31. How do you move the lens on your protractor grid if the lens is an
OS?
a)
4mm right, 3mm up
b)
3mm left, 4mm up
c)
4mm left, 3mm up
d)
2mm right, 4mm up
e)
3mm right, 1mm up - answer c)
4mm left, 3mm up
Give the reading only Rx if the patients full prescription is:
Plano -2.00 X 90-0.25 -2.25 X 180Add +1.75
a)
-0.25 +2.00 X 180-0.75 +2.25 X 90
b)
+1.75 +2.00 X 180+1.50 +2.25 X 90
c)
+1.75 -2.00 X 180+1.50 -2.25 X 90
d)
+0.25 +2.00 X 180+0.75 +2.25 X 90
e)
-0.25 +2.00 X 90-0.75 +2.25 X 180 - answer a)
-0.25 +2.00 X 180-0.75 +2.25 X 90
Which of the following calculations would give you the minimum blank size?
, a)
(A + DBL) - PPD + ED + 2
b)
ED + 2(decentration per lens) + 2
c)
FPD - PPD + ED + 2
d)
2[(A + DBL) - PPD ÷ 2]
e)
all of the above - answer e)
all of the above
If one side of a patient's eyewire is higher on his face than the other one, what could be
the cause?
a)
The earpiece is bent.
b)
The bridge is skewed.
c)
The temple shaft is bent.
d)
The patient's ear is higher on one side.
e)
all of the above - answer e)
all of the above
Which is more likely to cause early accommodative problems?
a)
Head trauma
b)
Glaucoma
c)
Hyperopia
d)
Myopia
e)
Irregular astigmatism - answer c)
Hyperopia
What is the purpose of transposition?
a)
to change the refractive power
b)
to put the cylinder on the same side as the bifocal seg
c)
to make the lens look better when beveled