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OPHTHALMIC CAREER PROGRESSION PROGRAM VOLUME III
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OPHTHALMIC CAREERPROGRESSION
PROGRAM VOLUME III
A lens dispersing white light into its component colors is an example of which
aberration? - Answers- Chromatic Aberration
Which aberrations are of the greatest concern to a spectacle wearer? - Answers-
Marginal (oblique) astigmatism and curvature of field.
The lens aberration that produces a shorter focal length for rays near the edge of the
lens than rays near the optical axis is called what? - Answers- Spherical aberration
Designers of corrected curve lenses give much consideration to this aberration. -
Answers- Marginal (oblique) astigmatism
The aberration affecting image shape when wearing high plus lenses is called what? -
Answers- Pincushion distortion
The aberration affecting image shape when wearing high minus lenses is called what? -
Answers- Barrel distortion
What aberration is induced with pantoscopic tilt? - Answers- Marginal (oblique)
astigmatism
A wearer complains that the lenses are unequally distant from the eyes. To correct this,
one could - Answers- Increase the temple spread on the side farthest from the face
When the frame front is tested for four-point touch but only touches on the two temporal
eyewires, the frame - Answers- has face form
, Bowing the temples is an expression referring to - Answers- curving the temples around
the head
If the eyewire touch the eyebrows, the adjustment to take care of this condition would
be - Answers- all of the above
When adjusting the frame, the bifocal height can be lowered by using the following
adjustment - Answers- using more pantoscopic tilt
To relieve the pressure causing soreness at the front edge of the nose pads, a good
adjustment would be - Answers- decrease the flare of the pads
If the pads are bent down and the pads are realigned, this adjustment will - Answers-
raise the front
If the left temple is angled down, this adjustment will - Answers- raise the left side of the
front
If the pad arms are shortened, this adjustment will - Answers- bring the front closer in
If the pads are brought closer together this adjustment will - Answers- raise the front
If the left temple is angled out, this adjustment will - Answers- bring left side of front
toward the left eye
To relieve tension on both ears, a good adjustment would be to - Answers- lengthen
both temples
The plier best used for adjustment of endpiece is the - Answers- wide angle end piece
plier
Increasing the pantoscopic angle of a cataract lens would most likely - Answers- induce
plus cylinder and plus sphere power
When a pair of spectacles is tilted so that the top of the lenses are closer to the face
than the bottom, it is called - Answers- retroscopic tilt
When a lens is tilted, sphere power and cylinder power are induced in the 90th meridian
- Answers- False
The aberration that depends on the material the lens is made from is called what? -
Answers- Chromatic aberration
The aberrations which are "narrow beam" aberrations include what? - Answers-
Marginal (oblique) astigmatism and curvature of field
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