2501 Flashcards
FINAL EXAM PREP
IN ORDER TO EFFECT A SMOOTH BLEND ON A CONTACT LENS WHICH HAS A 10.50mm PPC,AND A 7.50mm CPC, ONE WOULD USE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TOOLS(WITH .4MM SOFT PAD)?
- 10mm
- 40mm
- 00mm
- 60mm
8.60mm
IF THE MIRES OF A RADIUSCOPE ARE NOT IN FOCUS IN ALL MERIDIANS IT INDICATES:
POOR BLENDS
POOR EDGE
EXCESSIVE THICKNESS
WARPAGE
WARPAGE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS CANNOT BE PERFORMED ON A RIGID CONTACT LENS?
STEEPEN PERIPHERAL CURVES
FLATTEN SECONDARY CURVE
REDUCE OPTICAL ZONE DIAMETER
BLEND TRANSITION ZONE
STEEPEN PERIPHERAL CURVES
NAME AN ADJUSTMENT THAT USUALLY REQUIRES A NEW LENS.
REMAKING THE PERIPHERAL CURVE
REDUCING THE OPTICAL ZONE
CHANGING THE BASE CURVE
REDUCING THE DIAMETER
CHANGING THE BASE CURVE
THE ANSI TOLERANCE FOR CONTACT LENS THICKNESS IS:
.05mm
.2mm
.5mm
.02mm
.02mm
ALL CONTACT LENS MODIFICATIONS TEND TO _____ THE LENS FIT.
HAVE NO EFFECT ON
DESTROY
LOOSEN
TIGHTEN
LOOSEN
A MARCO RADIUSCOPE MEASURES THE BASE CURVE OF A LENS IN INCREMENTS OF:
- 20mm
- 01mm
- 002mm
O.12 DIOPTERS
0.01mm
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING POLISHING COMPOUNDS SHOULD NOT BE USED WITH GAS PERMEABLE LENSES?
SILVO
X PAL
SIL O2 CARE
ALOX PG
SILVO
THE DIAMETER OF A RIGID CONTACT LENS CAN BE REDUCED BY ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT:
FILE TECHNIQUE
PITCH TECHNIQUE
RAZOR BLADE TECHNIQUE
CONICAL STONE
PITCH TECHNIQUE
THE DIOPTRIC POWER OF A LENS IS MEASURED BY A________.
SPHEROMETER
OPHTHALMOMETER
LENSMETER
RADIUSCOPE
LENSMETER
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DISINFECTING SOLUTIONS WOULD YOU RECOMEND TO A PATIENT WITH A HISTORY OF ALLERGIC REACTIONS?
CHLORHEXDINE
THIMEROSAL
QUATERNARY AMMONIUM
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
INGREDIENTS ADDED TO CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT THEM FROM SPOILAGE AFTER BEING OPENED ARE CALLED:
DISINFECTANTS
CHELATING AGENTS
PRESERVATIVES
BUFFERING AGENTS
PRESERVATIVES
UPON DELIVERY THE WEARER SHOULD BE TOLD:
THAT RIGID LENSES SHOULD BE POLISHED EVERY THREE MONTHS.
THAT FOLLOW-UP VISITS WILL NOT BE NECESSARY
TO REMOVE A LENS WHICH BECOMES UNCOMFORTABLE
THAT LENSES WILL LAST INDEFINITELY
TO REMOVE A LENS WHICH BECOMES UNCOMFORTABLE
WHICH TYPE OF SALINE CAUSES THE LEAST PROBLEMS?
UNIT DOSE NON-PRESERVED*
SALT TABLETS
SORBIC ACID PRESERVED
THIMEROSAL PRESERVED
UNIT DOSE NON-PRESERVED*
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CARE SYSTEMS WOULD RESULT IN THE SHORTEST LIFE FOR A SOFT LENS?
COLD CHEMICAL
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
HEAT
HEAT
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT AS HIGH AS ____% OF COMPLIANT CONTACT LENS PATIENTS HAVE CONTACT LENS CASES THAT CULTURE POSITIVE.
42
52
15
75
42%
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE FUNCTIONS OF A SOAKING SOLUTION EXCEPT:
IT DISSOLVES EXCESS SILICONE MOLECULES
IT MAINTAINS A STATE OF HYDRATED EQULIBRIUM
IT AIDS IN CLEANING THE LENS OF OCULAR SECREATIONS
IT PREVENTS EYE INFECTIONS BY A CONTAMINATED LENS
IT DISSOLVES EXCESS SILICONE MOLECULES
WHY SHOULDN’T DIFFERENT BRANDS OF SOFT CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS BE MIXED?
FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS IT.
A CHEMICAL REACTION MAY OCCUR CAUSING CORNEAL PROBLEMS.
MANUFACTURES WILL NOT ALLOW IT.
LENSES MAY TEAR OR DETERIORATE FASTER
A CHEMICAL REACTION MAY OCCUR CAUSING CORNEAL PROBLEMS.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST EFFECTIVE IN REMOVING PROTEIN BUILDUP ON SOFT CONTACT LENSES?
ENZYMATIC CLEANER
HYPERTONIC SALINE
SODIUM BICARBONATE
TAP WATER
ENZYMATIC CLEANER
A BUFFERING AGENT IS ADDED TO A SOLUTION TO HELP CONTROL:
TONICITY
BACTERIA
Ph LEVEL
WETTABILITY
Ph LEVEL
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF A SURFACTANT CLEANER?
REMOVE SURFACE SCRATCHES
REMOVE LOOSELY ADHERENT DEBRIS
FROM THE LENS SURFACE.
REMOVE PROTEIN DEPOSITS
KILL MICROORGANISMS
REMOVE LOOSELY ADHERENT DEBRIS
WHEN LENSES ARE DELIVERED TO THE PATIENT, THE WEARING SCHEDULE SHOULD BE:
DETERMINED BY THE PATIENT’S LEVEL
OF COMFORT
DETERMINED BY THE REFRACTION
VERBAL AND WRITTEN
UNSPECIFIED
VERBAL AND WRITTEN
THE AVERAGE ph VALUE OF HUMAN TEARS IS:
- 6
- 0
- 8
- 4
7.4
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PRESERVATIVES IS A MERCURY BASED COMPOUND?
DYMED
THIMEROSAL
POLYQUAD
SORBIC ACID
THIMEROSAL
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE FUNCTIONS OF A WETTING SOLUTION EXCEPT:
IT CLEANS THE LENS AFTER REMOVAL
IT PROVIDES A VISCOUS PROTECTIVE COATING OVER THE LENS SURFACE SO THE FINGER DOES NOT COME IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE FINGER DURING INSERTION.
IT PROVIDES LUBRICATION BETWEEN THE LID AND LENS SURFACE.
IT CONVERTS THE HYDROPHOBIC LENS SURFACE TO A HYDROPHILLIC ONE.
IT CLEANS THE LENS AFTER REMOVAL
A PATIENT COMPLAINS THAT THE CONTACT LENS IN HIS RIGHT EYE IS IRRITATING. UPON SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION YOU DISCOVER AN EMBEDDED FOREIGN BODY. YOU SHOULD:
RECOMMEND LUBRICATION DROPS
SEND THE PATIENT TO A DOCTOR
USE TWEZZERS TO REMOVE THE FOREIGN BODY
ADVISE THE PATIENT TO LEAVE THE LENS OUT A FEW DAYS AND RETURN FOR A CHECK UP.
SEND THE PATIENT TO A DOCTOR
IF FOGGING OCCURES IMMEDIATELY UPON INSERTION OF A CONTACT LENS:
THE LENSES WERE NOT CLEANED PROPERLY
THE OPTICAL ZONE IS TOO SMALL
THE BASE CURVE IS TOO STEEP
THE BASE CURVE IS TOO FLAT
THE LENSES WERE NOT CLEANED PROPERLY
LID EVERSION IS NECESSARY TO OBSERVE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS?
KERATITIS SICCA
BLEPHARITIS
BULLOUS KERATOPATHY
GIANT PAPILLARY CONJUNTIVITIS
GIANT PAPILLARY CONJUNTIVITIS
FOLLOW UP KERATOMETER READINGS ON AN ADAPTED RIGID LENS WEARER SHOULD BE WITHIN ______ FROM THE ORIGINAL READINGS.
.30mm
- 00D
- 50D
.50D
.50D
THE SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOM OF EDGE FLARE OR REFLECTION WITH A CONTACT LENS IS AGGRAVATED BY :
TEARING
DRY EYES
A LARGE P.O.Z.
A CLEAR LENS
TEARING
EPITHELIAL EDEMA WHICH MANIFESTS ITSELF CLINICALLY AS A GREY CORNEAL HAZE, IS VERIFIED BY THE SLIT LAMP USING SCLEROTIC SCATTER ILLUMINATION. WHAT SPECIFIC TECHNIQUE DOES THE EXAMINER USE TO SEE THIS CONDITION?
HIGH MAGNIFICATION AND AN ANGLE BETWEEN THE BEAM AND SCOPE OF 180 DEGREES.
THE GREEN FILTER OF THE SLIT LAMP WITH HIGH MAGNIFICATION.
THE BLUE COBALT FILTER OF THE SLIT LAMP AND AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 45 DEGREES.
THE NAKED EYE AND AN ANGLE BETWEEN THE SLIT LAMP BEAM AND THE EYE OF 45 to 90 DEGREES
THE NAKED EYE AND AN ANGLE BETWEEN THE SLIT LAMP BEAM AND THE EYE OF 45 to 90 DEGREES
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INSTRUMENTS IS BEST USED TO CHECK FOR LENS WARPAGE?
MEASURING MAGNIFIER
RADIUSCOPE
PROJECTION MAGNIFIER
PROFILE ANALYZER
RADIUSCOPE
POOR VISION AFTER CONTACT LENSES HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH SPECTACLES IS CALLED:
BLURRING
FOGGING
CONTACT LENS BLUR
SPECTACLE BLUR
SPECTACLE BLUR
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING NEED NOT BE RECORDED ON EACH FOLLOW UP VISIT ?
SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE FINDINGS
ORIGINAL Rx AND LENS SPECIFICATIONS
LENS CHANGES AND MODIFICATIONS
KERATOMETRY
ORIGINAL Rx AND LENS SPECIFICATIONS
A STINGING AND BURNING SENSATION WHICH OCCURES EACH DAY AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF WEAR MAY BE CAUSED BY A CONTACT LENS WHICH HAS:
STAGNATION OF TEAR FLUID BEHIND THE LENS
A FLAT BASE CURVE
BEEN IMPROPERLY CLEANED
NONE OF THE ABOVE
STAGNATION OF TEAR FLUID BEHIND THE LENS
ABRASIONS OVER THE APEX OF THE CORNEA CAN BE CAUSED BY:
LENS CONSTANTLY RUBBING THE APEX
LENS FITTING FLATTER THAN K
CORNEAL EDEMA
ALL OF THE ABOVE
ALL OF THE ABOVE
BUBBLES TRAPPED UNDER A RIGID LENS MAY RESULT IN __________.
3:00 - 9:00 STAINING
STIPPLING STAINS
DIMPLE VEILING
PUNCTATE STAINS
DIMPLE VEILING
PERIPHERAL LIMBAL STAINING AT 3:00 AND 9:00 IS A RESULT OF :
VIRAL INFECTION
MECHANICAL EROSION BY THE LENS
EXPOSURE CAUSING LIMBAL DRYNESS
INCORRECT INSERTION
EXPOSURE CAUSING LIMBAL DRYNESS