Prevent Blindness America: Survey - PBA Vision Screening Recertification True/False Exam

Instructions

It is important that you take the time to read through either Children’s Screener Basics Participant Guide or the Preschool Vision Screening for Healthcare Professionals manual. The Children’s Screener Basics Participant Guide specifies the guidelines to be used if you work in a school environment or are a community volunteer. The Preschool Vision Screening for Healthcare Professionals manual specifies the guidelines to be used if you work in a healthcare setting.

Please answer the following questions. When you are finished, click the “Submit Your Answers” button. You will be notified of your test results via e-mail within two weeks. You will receive your PBA Children’s Vision Screener certification card in the mail within 30 days of successful completion of this online test.

Please provide the following information before starting the test.

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Question - Not Required - Company/organization (if applicable)

Question - Not Required - If you are a primary care provider, do you accept Medicaid patients?

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Question - Required - Date of Vision Screening Training

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True/False Exam

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Question - Required - An estimated one in thirty pre-school aged children have a vision problem.

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Question - Required - Undetected and untreated amblyopia, commonly called lazy eye, can lead to permanent vision loss.

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Question - Required - Strabismus or crossed eye is a possible cause of amblyopia.

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Question - Required - A child who wears prescription eye glasses should take them off to be screened.

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Question - Required - The passing line on the Lea acuity chart for children ages 4 and 5 is the 20/40 line.

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Question - Required - Always check the right eye before the left eye when screening for acuity.

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Question - Required - The passing line on a Lea acuity chart for children age 3 is the 20/50 line.

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Question - Required - A child who consistently tilts his/her head to one side should be referred for an examination.

*13.

Question - Required - Children must correctly identify the symbol four times in a row out of 4 attempts to pass the Random Dot E stereopsis test.

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Question - Required - To pass a line on a Lea visual acuity chart, a child must correctly identify three out of five symbols on that line.

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Question - Required - The Random Dot E Test is conducted at 16 to 20 inches.

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Question - Required - You cannot refer a child for an eye exam based only on an observation.

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Question - Required - The passing line on a visual acuity chart for children ages 6 and older is 20/30

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Question - Required - Complaint from the parent that his/her child gets headaches is not sufficient reason to refer the child to an eye care professional or primary care physician.

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Question - Required - Children are often unaware of signs of a possible vision problem.

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Question - Required - For proper visual acuity testing with a 10-foot chart, have the child stand with toes on a line, or place the happy/magic feet toes, 10 feet from the chart.

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Question - Required - Children unable to read the passing or critical line on the visual acuity chart on the first attempt are re-screened or referred if the screener does not have immediate access to rescreen the children.

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Question - Required - Cleaning the equipment in between screening children is not a necessary part of a Prevent Blindness America Children's Vision Screening Program.

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Question - Required - Ideally, re-screening is the appropriate outcome for a 4 or 5 year-old child who completes the 20/40 line on a Lea chart with both the right and left eyes on the first attempt.

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Question - Required - A child ages 3 through 5 must have the visual acuity of 20/32 or better in each eye to pass the acuity screening.

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Question - Required - Follow-up to confirm that referred children have seen an eye doctor is a required component of Prevent Blindness America Children's Vision Screening Program.