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The Optics of Free-Form Lenses

Exam Questions

1. According to optical design principles, each prescription power ideally requires a unique:
    A. Base curve or aspheric design
    B. Lens tint or coating
    C. Center thickness
    D. None of the above
2. Tilting a spherical spectacle lens introduces the following prescription power changes:
    A. Increase in sphere power
    B. Induced cylinder power
    C. Both A and B
    D. Neither A nor B
3. Progressive lenses customized using free-form surfaces first began to appear in the:
    A. 1970s
    B. 1980s
    C. 1990s
    D. 2000s
4. Which of the following terms does not refer to the production of complex lens surfaces using a free-form generator:
    A. Traditional surfacing
    B. Direct surfacing
    C. Digital surfacing
    D. Free-form surfacing
5. Position of wear measurements include all of the following, except:
    A. Vertex distance
    B. Fitting height
    C. Pantoscopic tilt
    D. Facial wrap
6. Optically optimizing a progressive lens design using the wearer's specific prescription requirements represents:
    A. Customization for the prescription
    B. Customization for the frame size or fitting height
    C. Customization for the position of wear
    D. None of the above
7. Optically optimizing a progressive lens design using the wearer's specific fitting geometry represents:
    A. Customization for the prescription
    B. Customization for the frame size or fitting height
    C. Customization for the position of wear
    D. All of the above
8. Manipulating the corridor length of a progressive lens design based upon the wearer's selected frame size or fitting height represents:
    A. Customization for the prescription
    B. Customization for the frame size
    C. Customization for the position of wear
    D. All of the above
9. This is a type of free-form progressive lens that splits the addition power between the front and back surfaces of the lens:
    A. Enhanced semi-finished lens
    B. Dual-surface lens
    C. Back-surface lens
    D. None of the above
10. This is a type of free-form progressive lens that employs a factory-molded, semi-finished progressive lens blank for the front surface:
    A. Enhanced semi-finished lens
    B. Dual-surface lens
    C. Back-surface lens
    D. None of the above
11. This is a type of free-form progressive lens that has all of the progressive optics directly surfaced onto the lens blank:
    A. Enhanced semi-finished lens
    B. Dual-surface lens
    C. Back-surface lens
    D. None of the above
12. A compensated prescription is supplied for certain free-form progressive lenses in order for eye care professionals to:
    A. Verify the prescription using a standard focimeter
    B. Verify the prescription in the position of wear
    C. Verify the prescription using a lens clock
    D. None of the above
13. As the corridor length of a progressive lens design increases:
    A. The peripheral astigmatism increases more rapidly
    B. The viewing zones become more narrow
    C. The viewing zones become wider
    D. The progressive corridor becomes smaller
14. In free-form surfacing terminology, the acronym CNC stands for:
    A. Compensated Numerical Curvature
    B. Computer Numerically Controlled
    C. Compact Nanotechnology Computer
    D. None of the above
15. Skew distortion in progressive lenses is due to:
    A. Curvatures differences across the front surface
    B. Cylinder power as a result of curvature differences
    C. Both A and B
    D. Neither A nor B
16. A free-form generator can produce virtually any lens surface shape using:
    A. Three-axis, single-point cutting
    B. Two-axis, single-point cutting
    C. One-axis, single-point cutting
    D. All of the above
17. A compensated prescription generally results in changes to all of the following except:
    A. Change in the lens color
    B. Change in the sphere power
    C. Change in the cylinder power
    D. Change in the cylinder axis
18. A free-form surfacing process can produce the following lens surfaces:
    A. Aspheric surfaces
    B. Atoric surfaces
    C. Progressive surfaces
    D. All of the above
19. Free-form lens suppliers may claim one or more of the following benefits for back-surface free-form progressive lenses:
    A. Slightly wider fields of view
    B. Potential misalignment between the front and back surfaces
    C. Slightly less skew distortion
    D. Precise replication of the progressive lens design
20. With sufficiently advanced optical design tools, free-form progressive lenses can offer wearers:
    A. Progressive lenses customized for the wearer's prescription
    B. Progressive lenses customized for the wearer's position of wear
    C. Progressive lenses customized for the wearer's lifestyle
    D. All of the above

Evaluation Questions

21. In questions 21-25 please rate the effectiveness of how well each course met the stated learning objectives: Met the stated learning objectives?
    A. Excellent
    B. Very Good
    C. Good
    D. Fair
    E. Poor
22. Will help you improve patient care?
    A. Excellent
    B. Very Good
    C. Good
    D. Fair
    E. Poor
23. Avoided commercial bias/influence?
    A. Excellent
    B. Very Good
    C. Good
    D. Fair
    E. Poor
24. How would you rate the overall quality of the material presented?
    A. Excellent
    B. Very Good
    C. Good
    D. Fair
    E. Poor
25. How were you directed to this course?
    A. 2020mag.com
    B. OAA Website
    C. NYSSO Website
    D. Ohio Opticians Website
    E. Other
26. I would like to receive the following state credit for this course if available?
    A. New York
    B. Ohio
    C. ABO
 
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