HISTORY
WHERE WERE SPECTACLES INVENTED?
ITALY
WHAT ARE THE TWO CATEGORIES THE EYE CAN BE DIVIDED UP INTO?
ADNEXA AND GLOBE
WHAT IS THE DISORDER THAT RESULTS IN LOSS OF VISION DUE A DISTURBANCE IN THE NORMAL VISUAL PATHWAY DEVELOPMENT?
AMBLYOPIA
WHAT IS THE DISTANCE FROM THE FRONT OF THE CORNEA TO THE BACK SURFACE OF THE LENS CALLED?
VERTEX DISTANCE
WHAT DOES HIPAA STAND FOR?
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTIBILITY ACT
WHAT IS THE APPROX. DATE SPECTACLES WERE INVENTED?
1286
WHAT ARE THE THREE CHAMBERS OF THE EYE?
POSTERIOR CHAMBER (SPACE BETWEEN IRIS AND LENS)
ANTERIOR CHAMBER (SPACE BETWEEN BACK OF THE CORNEA AND IRIS)
VITREOUS CHAMBER (SPACE BETWEEN LENS AND RETINA)
WHAT IS THE TEST FOR COLOR BLINDNESS?
ISHIHARA TEST
WHAT IS THE RULE AND FORMULA FOR FOCAL LENGTH?
THE STRONGER THE POWER, THE SHORTER THE FOCAL LENGTH
D = 1/F OR F = 1/D
WHAT TYPE OF LENS IS FORMED WHEN TWO PRISMS ARE PLACED APEX TO APEX?
MINUS LENS
WHO INVENTED THE FIRST SPLIT LINE BIFOCAL LENS?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
WHAT ARE THE 4 COMPONENTS OF THE ADNEXA?
EYELIDS, EYELASHES (CILIA), LACRIMAL GLAND (TEAR GLAND), EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLES
WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN THERE IS AN INFLAMMATION OF THE CORNEA?
KERATITIS
WHAT IS THE FORMULA FOR PRENTICE'S RULE?
= F x DEC (MM) / 10
WHAT ARE THE FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FRAME PARTS?
SKULL, LIBRARY, CONVERTIBLE, RIDING BOW, COMFORT CABLE
IN WHAT YEAR DID THE FIRST OPTICAL SHOP OPEN IN THE US?
1783
WHAT ARE THE 10 COMPONENTS OF THE GLOBE?
IRIS, CRYSTALLINE LENS, PUPIL, SCLERA, OPTIC NERVE, AQUEOUS HUMOR, VITREOUS HUMOR, CHOROID, CORNEA, RETINA
WHAT IS THE DISEASE OF THE OPTIC NERVE AND CAN CAUSE PERIPHERAL VISION LOSS
GLAUCOMA
EXPLAIN HOW TO TRANSPOSE A PERSCRIPTION
1. CHANGE THE SIGN OF THE CYLINDER POWER
2. ADD THE CYLINDER AND SPHERE POWERS TOGETHER ALGEBRAICALLY
3. ADD OR SUBTRACT 90 DEGREES
IN A IMPACT RESISTANCE TEST, WHAT SIZE BALL AND WEIGHT IS DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 50 INCH ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE LENS?
5/8 INCH STEEL BALL, WEIGHING 0.56 OUNCES
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GUY WHO OPENED THE FIRST OPTICAL SHOP IN PHILIDELPHIA?
JOHN MCALLISTER SR
WHAT ARE THE 5 LAYERS OF THE CORNEA?
EPITHELIUM, BOWMAN'S MEMBRANE, STROMA, DESCEMET'S MEMBRANE, ENDOTHELIIUM
WHAT IS THE EYE DISORDER THAT IS ALSO KNOWN AS "CROSSED EYES"?
STRABISMUS
WHAT IS THE RANGE OF NANOMETERS THE VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM IS IN?
390-750 NM
WHAT MEASURES THE POSSIBLE CHROMATIC ABBERATION IN A LENS MATERIAL?
ABBE NUMBER OR V-VALUE