THEORETICAL OPTICS 2 Flashcards
A barrel type distortion is seen in which type of lens?
A. high minus lens
B. high plus lens
C. cylinder lens
D. plano lens
A
- Given a –3.50 Cyl x 180, find the power in the 120th meridian.
A. - 2.28 D
B. - 2.62 D
C. -1.75 D
D. -3.12 D
B
- Lens with low abbe value will have:
A. low chromatic aberration
B. high chromatic aberration
C. low spherical aberration
D. high spherical aberration
B
The arched piece in front of the frame which connects the eye wires and support most of the
weight of the eyeglasses.
A. Pad arms
B. Temples
C. End piece
D. Nose bridge
D
- Compute for the equivalent power of a lens with surface powers of +8.00 D and +3.00 D,
center thickness of 5 mm and an index of refraction of 1.5.
A. +10.44 D
B. +11.92 D
C. +11.08 D
D. +10.92 D
D
- Metallic oxide used to produce green tint on a glass lens:
A. cobalt oxide
B. ferrous oxide
C. uranium oxide
D. cerium oxide
B
The minimum blank size of a lens needed for a frame with 52mm effective diameter and a
decentration of 3mm.
A. 60 mm
B. 65 mm
C. 70 mm
D. 55 mm
A
- The horizontal distances between the geometric centers of the lenses.
A. DBL
B. Frame PD
C. Effective diameter
D. Eyesize
B
- Type of bifocal lens which has the lowest/ no image jump?
A. Ultex bifocals
B. Executive bifocals
C. Flat top bifocals
B
Find the Nominal Power of a lens having lens surfaces of +6.00 D and a back surface of –
2.00 D.
A. + 6.00 D
B. -8.00D
C. -12.00D
D. +4.00D
D
- The first bifocal lenses invented by Benjamin Franklin?
A. Split bifocal
B. Cemented bifocal
C. Solid bifocal
D. Fused bifocal
A
- Refers to the sudden change or shift in image location when looking from distance to the
segment area of the lens.
A. Inset
B. Displacement
C. Decentration
D. Image jump
D
A lens has a front surface of +12.00 D and a back surface of -5.00 D with a center thickness
of 7mm and index of refraction of 1.6.Compute for the back vertex power.
A. + 8.25D
B. +7.63D
C. +7.23D
D. +7.10D
B
- What type of lens is to be prescribed to reduce spherical aberrations and distortions?
A. Spherical lens
B. Aspheric lens
C. Achromatic doublet
D. Curved lens
B
Silver halides are the major components of this type of lens:
A. Polarized lens
B. Photochromic lens
C. Mirror coated lens
D. UV coated lens
B
- Given a –4.00 = -2.00 Cyl x 90, find the power in the 45th meridian.
A. -2.00 D
B. - 3.00 D
C. -5.00 D
D. -6.00D
C
The non-uniform focusing of different wavelengths in a lens.
A. chromatic aberration
B. coma
C. spherical aberration
D. curvature of field
A
- A hard design progressive lens is characterized by:
A. narrow distance and near area with longer intermediate corridor
B. wider distance and near area with narrow intermediate corridor
C. lesser peripheral aberration
D. wider corridor
B
The intermediate power in a trifocal lens with a prescription of -2.00 = -0.75 x 30 ADD 2.00
is:
A. -0.75 x 30
B. -0.75 x 120
C. -1.00 = -0.75 x 30
D. -1.00 = -0.75 x 120
C
Substance used as an adhesive/binding agent for the early types of bifocals.
A. Wafer
B. Canada Balsam
C. Mighty bond
D. Black pitch
B
- A lens with 1.6 index of refraction and a power of –6.00 D was tilted 30 degrees in a
pantoscopic form. What is the new sphere and the amount of the induced cylinder?
A. - 6.00D
B. -7.50
C. - 6.50 D
D. -7.25D
C
The power of a cylinder lens in the meridian 90 degrees away from its axis contains:
A. no cylinder power
B. the total power of the cylinder
C. half the cylinder power
D. one fourth its cylinder power
B
- The distance power of a progressive lens should be measured with the lensmeter at the:
A. Fitting cross
B. Distance reference point
C. Major reference point
D. Prism reference point
B
A test to determine a lens impact resistance:
A. Thermodyne test
B. Moh’s hardness scale
C. Drop ball test
D. Gravity test
C