Optometric Technician Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 (Rated A+)

Optometric Technician Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 (Rated A+) What percentage of all Americans have eye defects or refractive errors that can be corrected with the use of spectacles, contacts lenses, or surgery. - Answers 60% What is the name of the tough white covering of the eyeball that is often referred to as "the white of the eye"? - Answers The Sclera What is the clear covering that lines the outer surface of the eyeball and call Vera the inner side of the eyelids is? - Answers Conjunctiva The innermost membrane lining located at the back of the eye which is comprised of nerve fibers and functions like the film in a camera is the retina. True or false? - Answers True The function of the lens is to bring rays of light to a sharp focus on the pupil? True or False? - Answers False What is the opening in the iris that allows light to enter the eye? - Answers The pupil What is the function of the Iris? - Answers It controls the amount of light entering the eye. When light rays are unable to come to a single focal point on the retina because of different focal lengths in different meridians of the eye, the eye is said to be: - Answers Astigmatic What is blurred vision? - Answers Lack of visual acuity What is a cloudy crystalline lens causing foggy vision? - Answers A cataract What syndrome is related to near(up-close) work that is caused by computer use? - Answers Computer Vision Syndrome What part of the eye are contact lenses fitted over? - Answers The Cornea Double vision is called what? - Answers Diplopia The ability of the crystalline lens to focus on objects up close is known as: - Answers Accommodation The gradual loss of accommodation is referred to as: - Answers Presbyopia What would be the primary complaint of a person suffering from presbyopia? - Answers The cannot read the phone book or the label on an RX bottle Contact lenses can be grouped into two major categories: Rigid lens material and Soft lens material. True or False? - Answers True One advantage of soft contact lenses over rigid lenses is that they are less susceptible to protein build up? True or False - Answers False The first all-plastic lens was introduced in 1937, was quite large, and was made of what material? - Answers PMMA What eye disease has high intraocular pressure which can result in loss of vision? - Answers Glaucoma Sight that cannot be satisfactorily corrected with glasses, contacts, or surgery is: - Answers Low vision What does BID stand for? - Answers Two times a day What is a stye? - Answers A blocked gland at the edge of the eyelid? What is CC an abbreviation for? - Answers Chief Complaint The clear, gel-like material located in a large chamber at the back of the eyeball is the: - Answers Vitreous Humor Translate: Pt has a C/O pain in the OD this am - Answers Patient has a complaint of pain in the right eye this morning baby What do the eyes' optic nerves do? - Answers They transmit images to the brain VA is an abbreviation for: - Answers Visual Acuity True or False regarding the Shelley Chart: A person with normal vision should be able to see the "20" line from a distance of 20 feet. - Answers True What is the first step in the Patient Work Up? - Answers Complete the preliminary information on the PRC The patient record is a legal document: True or False - Answers True What does neutralize mean? - Answers Reading the prescription off the glasses When the VA is not correctable to 20/20, the cause is usually: - Answers Pathological Error What distance and with what correction do you obtain visual acuity during the work up? - Answers Near and far, with and without correction You can omit Depth Perception text if the patient only has vision in one eye. True or False - Answers True The question "What is the lowest line you can see?" Is part of what procedure? - Answers Visual Acuity with the Snelling chart What does depth perception measure? - Answers Binocularity and how well the eyes work together. What instrument measures eye pressure by using a puff of air? - Answers The Tonometer (Non-contact tonometer) The visual field analyzer (FTD) electronically measures retinal function. True or False - Answers True What does the FTD measure? - Answers Retinal function What form should you fill out after every patient? - Answers Optometric Technician tracking log During the FTD, what Must the patient stare at during the test? - Answers The black dot in the middle of the screen BP is an abbreviation for: - Answers Blood Pressure The Auto-Keratometer measures how flat or steep the cornea is. True or False - Answers True What does the FTD detect: - Answers Brain tumors, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachments, hypertensive retinopathy, And retinal function. An eye condition that can be brought on by coughing or sneezing is: - Answers Subconjuctival Hemorrhage Should your patient continue to wear their contact lenses if their eyes are red and irritated? - Answers No What is Emmetropia? - Answers •When parallel rays of light come to focus on the retina • A normal eye • When the front surface of the eye is neither too curved or too flat What is the most sensitive part of the retina? - Answers Macula A contact lens follow-up is for: - Answers Evaluating the fit and vision of the patient's contact lenses What is a common treatment option for cataracts - Answers Surgery The separation at the geometric center of the lens between the anterior and posterior surface of a contact lens is called the: - Answers Center thickness Base curve for contact lenses: - Answers •It is the centers portion of the back surface of the lens •It is also referred to as the central posterior curve What is the most common lens design for rigid and gas permeable contact lenses: - Answers