COT Exam UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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COT Exam UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
The range of wavelengths in the visible spectrum is? - CORRECT ANSWER- 400 - 800
nanometers
Immediately on either side of the visible spectrum are the invisible light segments of? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Infrared & ultraviolet
Which color has th...
COT Exam UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
The range of wavelengths in the visible spectrum is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 400 - 800
nanometers
Immediately on either side of the visible spectrum are the invisible light segments of? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Infrared & ultraviolet
Which color has the longest wavelength? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Red
Geometric optics includes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The effects of media on the path of
light
When light bounces back from an object, this is known as? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Reflection
In reflection, the light rays that hit the object or interface between media with different
indices of refraction are called? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Incident rays
In optics, a medium (or media, plural) is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An object that reflects
light
When light passes through a transparent medium, it may travel straight through
(transmission) or its path may be altered. This altering or bending property of a medium is
known as? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Refraction
The ray of light that enters a transparent medium is termed? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Incident ray
If light passes through a lens and the rays are spread apart on exiting, this is known as? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Divergence
,If light passes through a lens and the rays are spread toward each other on exiting, this is
known as? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Convergence
A comparison of the speed of light in air to the speed of light through substance is? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- IR (Snell's Law)
The denser the substance, the more slowly light passes through it and the what? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- The higher the IR
The IR of crown glass is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1.50
Light traveling through a prism will be bent toward the prisms what? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Base
The image of an object viewed through a prism Is what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Virtual
and shifted toward the apex
A 1.00 diopter prism bends light? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1 cm at a distance of 1m
from the prism
A 2.00 diopter prism displaces an object 1cm at a distance of what? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 05 m
The displacement of an object 5cm at a distance of 1m would require prism of what? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 5.0 diopters
At a distance of 2m, a 12 diopter prism would displace an object how far? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 24cm
A spherical lens refracts light? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Equally in every direction
,The point at which a lens forms an image (whether real or virtual is the what? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- focal point
True of false, regarding the optical center of a lens it always coincides with the geometric
center of the lens? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
The focal length of a lens is what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The distance between the
lens and the focal point
Because the focal point of a minus lens is virtual, the focal length of a minus lens is what? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Likewise virtual
What is the formula for finding the focal length? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- P = 1/F
What is the focal length of a 5 diopter lens? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 0.2 m
A lens has a focal length of 33cm what is its dioptic power? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 3
diopters
Name 3 characteristics of a cylindrical lens? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. They are used
to correct astigmatism
2. They have power in one axis, but no power in the axis 90 degrees away
3. They focus light in a line
The direction of the line of light as focused by a plus power cylindrical lens is what? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Aligned with the axis
Light passing through a cylindrical lens is focused in 2 lines perpendicular to each other &
separated by an area known as what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sturm's interval
, The light rays in the Sturm's interval are projected in the shape of a what? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- cone
Within the Conoid of Sturm the area where the image would be most clearly focused is? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The circle of lease confusion
An optical cross is a means of what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Indicating the dioptic
power of a lens
The ocular media consists of? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The tear film, cornea, humors &
lens
Which ocular structure has the highest refractive power? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Cornea
The primary goal of the eye's components is to what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Focus
incoming light onto the retina
Images pass through the optic nerve & thence to the what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Chiasm, optic tract, lateral geniculate body, & optical cortex
All of the following are true regarding the accommodative reflex except: It is stimulated by a
blurred image, It is not a true reflex, It is required for viewing distant objects or it includes
convergence, miois & focusing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- It is required for viewing
distant objects
When the ciliary muscle relaxes what happens? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The lens is
pulled thinner
The main reason one's accommodation ability decreases with age is due to what? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hardening of the crystalline lens
With accommodation fully relaxed what is the pt's point of clearest vision? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- the far point
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