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2: Fundamental Components Flashcards

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Explain photons:

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Waves of energy that perform like particles.

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Can polarizing light sources prevent diffusion?

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No but they can reduce some elements that contribute to glare.

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Describe the main principle of Inverse Square Law.. (related to visual)

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Intensity of the light decreases as the distance from source increases.

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Our eyes cannot perceive all colours between this range equally…

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400 nm to 700 nm (nanometers)

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Tone/Hue:

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Length of wavelength.

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Saturation:

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Purity/mix of colours.

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Brightness:

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Intensity or “pops”

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Reflection:

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Light bouncing off the surface.

As reflection increases, absorption decreases.

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How can you reduce glare?

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Polarizing lenses or filters.

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Light intensity is critical to create what?

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Contrast

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When considering lighting for an inspection, which 2 laws should you consider?

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Inverse Square Law and Lambert’s Cosine Law.

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12
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What are the fundamental particles of light?

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Photons

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13
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Our brain perceives the colour black when…

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No electromagnetic waves in the visible portion of the spectrum can reach our eyes

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Contrast:

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Difference in the colour/brightness of objects within our field of view

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One of the first principles of a good visual inspection is creating conditions that maximize what?

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Contrast

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16
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What happens when aluminum cracks?

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Can create dark coloured oxide particles that stand out against the shiny aluminum

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Any major change in the lighting system, such as addition of filters, typically require a repeat of what step?

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Measuring the light intensity

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When you double the distance from the source, you decrease the intensity by what?

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1/4 the original

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The formula used for Inverse Square Law is:
S.I. = I/D squared

What do each elements of the formula mean?

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S.I. = surface intensity 
I = original light intensity
D = proportional increase in distance (new distance divided by original distance)
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20
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Light intensity is ultimately a function of what?

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Density - the more light photons that strike a surface in a given area, the more intense the light

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Lambert’s Cosine Law is similar to the Inverse Square Law BUT it also compensated for what?

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Photons of light that strike the surface at an angle

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22
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The eye filters, focuses and converts light into…

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Electrical impulses that the brain interprets

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23
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The cornea refracts light onto the lens, the lens refracts light onto the retina.. this double refraction causes images to appear:

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Reversed and upside down on the retina, then turned right side up by the brain

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Which part of the brain corrects the images that are projected onto the retina?

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Occipital lobe

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25
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What is the shape of the eye for someone who is nearsighted?

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Longer from front to back (makes projected images not quite reach the focal point)

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What is the shape of the eye for people who are far sighted?

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Length of the eye is too short (making the images project PAST the focal point)

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What is scotopic vision?

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When eyes become full dark adapted (can take up to 30 minutes)

28
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What happens to the lens of the eye as we age?

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Yellows - which changes the frequencies of light that we can see

29
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What is the aqueous humur?

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Sac of fluid between IRIS/LENS and the CORNEA

Helps to maintain shape of eye.

30
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What is the vitreous humor?

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Sac of fluid between the LENS and the RETINA.

Helps to maintain shape of the eye.

31
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The shape or “roundness” of the eye is vital to…

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Vision acuity

32
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Describe the retina:

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The screen on which the light is projected after it passes through the cornea, iris and lens.

33
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What is the retina covered with that help covert light to electrical impulses, which the brain then interprets as an image?

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Photoreceptor cells

34
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2 types of photoreceptor cells:

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Rods and cones

35
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Describe rods and cones:

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Both detect light.

Rods: detect presence of light
Cones: determine colour

Rods: mostly contained in retina
Cones: mostly contained in macula and fovea (small area back of retina)

36
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Our peripheral vision is very sensitive to _________, but can’t _________

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Sensitive to light and movement but can’t determine much detail

37
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Our central vision is where what can be picked out?

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Tightly packed CONE cells pick out detail which is mostly based on colour variations

38
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Damage to rod cells could lead to what?

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Night blindness, tunnel vision or both.

39
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There are 3 types of cone cells, each detecting a colour range. What are they?

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S: short wavelengths (blue/violet range)
M: medium wavelengths (green range)
L: long wavelengths (red range)

40
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What happens in the eye when one has colour blindness?

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Decrease/absence of one or more types of cone cells

41
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Macula:

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Area of the retina responsible for CENTRAL vision. Contains both rod and cone cells.

42
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Fovea:

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Central part of the macula, high concentration of cone cells.

43
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ASME (American Society for Mechanical Engineering) is which code?

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Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

44
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What are cataracts?

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Clouding of the lens

45
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What is macular degeneration?

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Deposits/extra blood vessels occurring under the retina/macula

46
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What is glaucoma?

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Loss of ability to regulate aqueous humor pressure, also related to the optic nerve

47
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What is colour blindness?

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Cone cells dysfunction

48
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What is refractive errors and astigmatism?

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Misshapen cornea, lens or sclera distorts vision

49
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What is retinal detachment?

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The retina becomes detached from underlying eye tissue

50
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What is hyper-tensive retinopathy?

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Retina damage caused by hypertension (high blood pressure)

51
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Describe an acuity test.

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Identify progressively smaller images, usually letters, at a specified distance

52
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Where is the minimum eyesight requirements for inspectors located?

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Can/CGSB 48.9712 certification

International standard: ISO 48.9712 standard

53
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NRCan introduced a distance vision requirement for the visual testing certification that states…

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20/30 or better in at least one eye, corrected or uncorrected

54
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What is a Jaeger Vision test?

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Identifying letters of a specified height (font size) at a given distance (usually holding a card at an arms length)

55
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What is a Snellen Vision test?

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An acuity test.

20/20 means that a subject can see 20 feet at what most people can see 20 feet.

So, 20/30 means that subject can see 20 feet at what most people can see at 30 feet.

Therefor, best outcome would be with a smaller number: 20/10, subject can see 20 feet at what most people can see at 10 feet.

56
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After how many hours of wakefulness, are we functioning as if we have a 0.05% blood alcohol level?

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17 hours

57
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How many hours of wakefulness are we performing as though our blood alcohol level is at 0.1%?

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24 hours

58
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What are the 2 types of stress? Describe them.

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Acute: demands placed on the body because of certain issues.
ex. Time restraints for finishing a job.

Chronic: long term demands placed on the body by both negative and positive major life events.
ex. Divorce or winning the lottery.

59
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What is a norm?

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Unwritten rules or behaviours, dictated and followed by the majority of the group.

60
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What is the most sensitive area of our vision?

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Fovea

61
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When we’re actively looking for defects and discontinuities, what type of vision are we using?

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Central vision - the area defining by the macula

62
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The phenomena from the heat of surrounding air expanding and distorting items is called…

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Roiling

63
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Sensitivity of the naked eye can see about to how many millimeters?

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0.08 mm

64
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What do wavelengths describe?

A

Colour of light

65
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Visual light measurements are made in what units?

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Foot candles or lux.

Most standards identify 1000 Lux as minimum

66
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What is lux a unit of?

A

Intensity

67
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What is used in pre-attentive focus?

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Retina and all of receptor cells

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