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OAT Questions
Optometry Schools/ UT
Optometry Field
Eye Health
100
What is the highest-grossing film of all time

What is Avatar?

100
The formula for Snell’s Law is n1sin⁡θ1=n2sin⁡θ2n1​sinθ1​=n2​sinθ2​. This describes the phenomenon of what?
What is refraction?
100
This unofficial charm says if you spot one of the campus albino squirrels on your way to an exam, you’ll ace it
What is the albino squirrel?
100
The eye condition where the lens loses flexibility with age, making near vision difficult, is called?
What is presbyopia?
100
This pigment in the eye gives the iris its color
What is melanin?
200
Which state does Sandy Cheeks hail from in SpongeBob SquarePants?

What is Texas?

200
The OAT includes questions on the basic concepts of which branch of chemistry focusing on carbon-containing compounds?
What is organic chemistry?
200

How many accredited optometry schools are in the US?

What is 25?

200
This type of photoreceptor is primarily responsible for color vision.
What are cones?
200

Night blindness can result from a deficiency in this vitamin

What is vitamin A?
300
This television show, created by Larry David, is often cited as one of the greatest sitcoms of all time and features the character George Costanza.
What is Seinfeld?
300
In biology, the process by which mRNA is synthesized from DNA is called?​​​​

What is transcription?

300
This campus structure, completed in 1999, hosts the university’s track & field and women’s soccer teams.
What is Mike A. Myers Stadium?
300
This visual pathway connects the retina to the brain’s lateral geniculate nucleus
What is the optic tract?
300
The blind spot in the eye corresponds to this structure where the optic nerve exits the retina
What is the optic disc?
400
Which singer has an alternate Instagram account dedicated to rating onion rings?

What is Lorde?

400
The process by which cells take in substances via vesicles formed from the plasma membrane is called?
What is endocytosis?
400
On its main campus, how many acres does the University of Texas at Austin span
​What is 431 Acres?​
400
This instrument measures the curvature of the cornea to help fit contact lenses
What is a keratometer
400
This common eye condition causes clouding of the lens
What is cataracts?
500
This actor and comedian, famous for Saturday Night Live, co-created the acclaimed series 30 Rock

Who is Tina Fey?

500
This type of mutation changes a single nucleotide in DNA but does not alter the amino acid sequence of the protein.
What is a silent mutation?
500

This U.S. state is home to the first optometry school in the country, founded in 1872

What is Massachusetts?

500
This type of refractive surgery reshapes the cornea using a laser to correct vision problems like myopia or hyperopia
What is LASIK?
500
The name of the condition where the cornea or lens has an irregular curvature, causing blurred vision, is?
What is astigmatism?
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