1. a function of the bandwidth of a light source,the number of frequencies it is composed of is?

a) Temporal coherence
b) coherence time
c) coherence length
d) medial coherence
e) axial leght

Answer A (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 289

2. All EM frequencies travel at the same speed in vacuum, but in any transparent medium,
each frequency travels at a different speed-a phenomenon called
a) elliptically polarized light
b) Dispersion
c) Coherence
d) Wavelengths
e) Polarisation light

Answer B (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 293

3. Consider light striking the interface between 2 materials such as

a) air and glass
b) air and light
c) ligh and glass
d) snells law
e) snells law and air

Answer A (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 293

4. Light reflected at the front and back surfaces of the cornea and the crystalline lens produces
the ?
a) 3 Purkinje images
b) 4 Purkinje images
c) 5 Purkinje images
d) 6 Purkinje images
e) 7 purkinje images

Answer B (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 293

5. When light moves from a higher to lower refractive index medium, it will be completely
reflected (total internal reflection [TIR}) if the angle of incidence exceeds called ?
a) critical angle
b) Brewster Angle
c) Optical Density
d) Braight angle
e) All of the above
Answer A (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 294

6. EM wave theory successfully explains "................." phenomena

a) Macroscopic
b) Microskopic
c) Critical angle
d) Snells law
e) Optical density

Answer A (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 295

7. When a photon is absorbed, the electron jumps to the highest energy level. Instead of
dropping back to the original level, however, the electron transitions to the slightly lower
level and emits nonvisible energy This phenomenon called?
a) Fluorescence
b) critical angle
c) Brewster Angle
d) Optical Density
e) Snells law

Answer A (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 298

8. produced by particles that range in size from as small as molecules to as large as about one-
tenth the wavelength of incident light is?
a) Rayleigh scattering
b) Mie Scattering
c) Light Scattering
d) Optical Density
e) scattering

Answer A (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 301

9. caused by particles in a medium that are one or more wavelengths larger than the incident
light is ?
a) Rayleigh scattering
b) Mie Scattering
c) Light Scattering
d) Optical Density
e) scattering

Answer B (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 301

10. Anterior segment cells are visible during slit-lamp examination because of
a) illuminated
b) Light Scattering
c) Optical Density
 d) Tyndall effect
e) Braw angle

Answer B (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 302

11. The retina is susceptible to photochemical injury from blue light in wavelengths of
a. 400-600 nm
b. 470-650 nm
c. 460-600 nm
d. 450-550 nm
e. 400-550 nm

Answer E (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 302

12. The cornea and lens are particularly susceptible to injury from UV light from ?
a. 200- 400 nm
b. 160- 400 nm
c. 150- 400 nm
d. 180- 600 nm
e. 180- 400 nm

Answer E (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 302

13. The cornea and lens of the eye are susceptible to thermal injury from radiation in the
wavelengths from ?
a. 600 nm to 1200 nm
b. 600 nm to 1000 nm
c. 500 nm to 1200 nm
d. 400 nm to 1000 nm
e. 400 nm to 1200 nm

Answer E (AAO 2014-2015 CLINICAL OPTIC ) pg 302