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POP QUIZ

Get ready to test your eyecare and practice management knowledge

THIS MONTH’S MINDBENDER: THE OPTICAL DISPENSARY

1 Who is credited with developing the first bifocal?

A) Benjamin Franklin

B) Duke Elder

C) John Jacob Bausch

2 In the movie Risky Business, Tom Cruise made what brand/style of sunglasses famous?

A) Serengetti Rovers

B) Ray-Ban Wayfarers

C) Oakley Cruisers

3 Who was the first U.S. president to wear glasses?

A) George Washington

B) Andrew Jackson

C) James Polk

4 Anti-glare coatings were first developed by __.

A) The U.S. military

B) The German Military

C) NASA

5 Using Prentice’s rule, a -5.00 lens must be decentered __ mm to induce a 1.00 prism diopter

A) 2.0mm

B) 5.0mm

C) 0.2mm

6 What is the minimum “B” height for a Zeiss Office Lens?

A) 15mm

B) 16mm

C) 29mm

7 Photochromic lenses are imbedded with which halide that makes them turn dark when exposed to UV light?

A) Chromium Bromide

B) Silver Chloride

C) Potassium Chloride

8 What is the “B” measurement?

A) The horizontal measurement of the lens

B) The measurement from pupil to pupil

C) The vertical measurement of the lens

9 Blue-blocking lens technology blocks what wavelength of light that is harmful to the retina?

A) 395-415

B) 415-455

C) 455-485

10 Bausch + Lomb formed when Henry Lomb lent John Jacob Bausch how much money?

A) $60

B) $600

C) $6,000