ABO ABO Quality & Compliance 4

Question 1

When inspecting a progressive addition lens (PAL) for quality compliance, which tool is essential for verifying the add power location?

Accepted Answer

Lensometer with a cross-hair target

Answer

A lensometer with a cross-hair (or ring) target is used to locate the distance and near reference points on a PAL to verify add power and placement.

Question 2

Under the FDA's impact resistance requirements, which finishing process must glass lenses undergo to be dispensed as dress eyewear?

Accepted Answer

Hardening through chemical tempering or heat treatment

Answer

Glass dress lenses must be heat treated (thermally tempered) or chemically tempered to meet FDA impact resistance requirements for dress eyewear.

Question 3

A dispensary employee accesses a patient's prescription records out of curiosity without a treatment, payment, or operations reason. This violates:

Accepted Answer

HIPAA minimum necessary standard

Answer

HIPAA's minimum necessary standard requires that access to protected health information be limited to what is needed for a legitimate purpose.

Question 4

For a frame with a 54-18-140 measurement, what does the '18' represent?

Accepted Answer

Bridge size in millimeters

Answer

In standard frame sizing (lens-bridge-temple), the middle number '18' represents the bridge size (distance between lenses) in millimeters.

Question 5

Which of the following lens defects is most likely to cause a patient to report 'ghost images' or 'shadows' after spectacle dispensing?

Accepted Answer

Unwanted prismatic effect from decentration

Answer

Unwanted prism from optical center decentration displaces images, causing ghost images or diplopia that the patient may perceive as shadows.

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