A frame bridge that is designed to rest only on the sides of the nose is:

a saddle bridge

a keyhole bridge

a formfit bridge

an inset bridge 1
 Rx: O.D. +2.50 sph
O.S. +2.50 -2.50 x 180
Add: +2.00 O.U.
If the above Rx was made in a bifocal, how much prism imbalance would be induced at a
reading level 10 mm below the distance optical center:

2.5 diopters

5 diopters

none

1.25 diopters 2
A lens of -2.00 +3.00 x 090 power corrects:

simple myopic astigmatism

simple hyperopic astigmatism

simple myopia

mixed astigmatism

compound myopic astigmatism

3
Which of the following does not describe a minus lens:

the image moves with motion

thicker at the edge than in the center

magnifies the image

corrects for myopia 4

 Rx: +2.00 sph O.U.
Add: +2.00 O.U. P.D. 66/62
Frame: 50/20 Flat-top 25 bifocal
The amount of inset for each lens is:

3 mm

2 mm

4 mm

66 mm 5
The nominal power of a 2x hand held magnifier is:b

2 diopters

4 diopters

8 diopters

20 diopters 6
A patient has broken the frame for his photochromic lenses. The old
frame is no longer available. Which of the following might be most
easily used as a replacement:

metal frame

nylon frame

optyl frame

rimlon mounting 7
Photophobia can be relieved by all of the following except:

grey lenses

yellow lenses

brown lenses

green lenses 8
In trying a new frame on, you find that a particular frame fits a patient
well, but the frame sits too high. You should select another frame with
a bridge that is:

wider

narrower

higher

lower 9
With new glasses, a patient complains that things appear smaller. This
could be caused by:

increase in plus power

increase in minus power

decrease in minus power

astigmatism is uncorrected 10
 The ED is:

the longest measurement of the lens

twice the measurement of the distance from the geometric center of the lens to
the furthest edge

the minimum blank size

always greater than the A measurement 11

 Accommodation:

is due to a change of the corneal curves

is due to a contraction of the iris

is due to a change in the curvature of the anterior surface of the crystalline

lens

is due to the whole lens moving forward

is due to an interpretation of a blurred image

12
Decentering a minus lens downward will cause:

a change in power

base up prism

base down prism

a change in PD 13
The glass slab off lens in the figures
illustration has:

6 D of slab off

8 D of slab off

2 D of slab off

monocentric grinding 14
The plasticizer present in nylon frames is:

a vinyl chloride

saran

PMMA

water 15
Use of the following might reduce the high minus appearance:
I. hide a bevel
II. edge coating
III. a thicker eyewire
IV. a nylon suspension mounting

only I is correct

only II is correct

I, II and III are correct

III and IV are correct 16

The best temple for an active person in sports would be:

skull

library

paddle

comfort cable 17
Safety lenses must withstand:

a 1" ball dropped from 50"

a 5/8" ball dropped from 50"

a 7/8" ball dropped from 1 meter

there is no drop ball requirement 37

If the lenses of a patient wearing -15.00 spheres are brought closer to
his eyes, what, if any, effect will this have on the effective power:

increase in minus power

decrease in minus power

base in prism induced

base out prism induced

no effect
8
 Rx: O.D. -4.50 sph 4BU
O.S. -4.00 sph 2BI
Which of the following is a usually acceptable method of improving
appearance:

O.D. -4.50 sph

O.S. -4.00 sph 4BU & 2BI

O.D. -4.50 sph 2BU & 1BI

O.S. -4.00 sph 2BD & 1BI

O.U. -4.25 sph 2BU & 1BI

O.D. -4.50 sph 2BU

O.S. -4.00 sph 2BU & 2BI
19
A lens that is slightly loose in a metal eye-wire can be helped to fit tighter by:
I. shrinking the frame
II. using lens washer
III. filing the barrel
IV. changing the bevel

all are correct

only I is correct

I, II and III are correct

II and III are correct 20

In what quadrant would the base of the resultant prism occur in the
following prescription:
O.D. plano sph 2BU & 2BO

upper temporal

lower temporal

upper nasal

lower nasal 21
Image formation occurs:

at the retina of each eye

in the brain

in the optic nerve

in the cornea

at the nodal points

8
The standard separation between segments in a double-D segment
occupational lens is:

22 mm

13 mm

16 mm

25 mm 23
When light is refracted by a prism, it is:

bent toward the apex

bent toward the base

not bent

reflected 24
If the pad arm of a metal frame comes off, it can be repaired by:

soldering with tin solder

brazing with silver solder

high temperature welding

cementing with epoxy resins 25

If a plus sphere could bring parallel rays of light to a point focus at a
distance of .5 meters, it would have a power of:

1 diopter

2 diopters

1/2 diopter

3 diopters

4 diopters
8
The best instrument to check vertex distance is:

calipers

a distometer

a PD rule

a lensometer 27
How much does an average pair of eyes converge for reading:

2 mm

3 mm

4 mm

8 mm

none of the above

8
 Rx: O.D. +10.00 sph
O.S. +11.25 -0.75 x 180
Add: +2.00 O.U.
Which of the following bifocals is the least suitable for this Rx:

flat-top 25

plastic 22 round

executive

plastic flat-top 28 29
 A cataract is:

a film over the eye

a cloudiness of the crystalline lens

removal of the crystalline lens

an internal ptergium 30
The standard Geneva Lens Measure (clock) is calibrated for an index of
refraction of:

1.498

1.523

1.53

1.586 31
The person wearing the above Rx (#51) is an aphakic. He wants a
separate pair of sunglasses just for golf. Which of the following would
be suitable:

a trifocal

a low fitting flat top

single vision with the patient informed to slide them down his nose to see at near

a round seg bifocal fit high with instructions to look over the top of the seg 32
As pantoscopic angle is decreased:

the spherical equivalent is decreased

the optical centers should be raised

cylinder with axis 90 degrees is induced

the optical centers should be lowered

the vertex distance should be increased

8
The instrument that can help you determine if a glass lens was heat
tempered is:

a miocroscope

a radiuscope

a vertometer

a polariscope 34
 One prism diopter:

focuses parallel light rays at 40 cm

deviates a ray of light .5 cm at a distance of 1/2 meter

deviates a ray of light toward the apex

focuses parallel rays of light at one meter

none of the above

8
 Rx: O.D. +4.50 -3.75 x 020
O.S. +3.00 -2.00 x 030
This illustrates a case of:

mixed myopic astigmatism

compound hyperopic astigmatism

simple myopic astigmatism

mixed hyperopic astigmatism 36

The physiological blind spot is positioned:24

at the point where the optic nerve leaves the globe

at the posterior pole of the globe

at the scotoma

at the center of the macula

at the point where the retina meets the ciliary body

8
A presbyopic golfer wants glasses for golf only. Which of the following
would be most suitable:

37
A mother asks if her child's new plastic lenses are unbreakable. Inform
her that:

yes, they are

the chances are her child will never break them

the lenses are made to government standards for impact resistance, but nothing
is truly unbreakable

we guarantee them 39