May is just a month away. Are you prepared for your ABO Exam? This is a good summary of what you should know going in to your NOCE test.

Preparing for your NOCE

Make sure you know your Math!

• Prentice’s Law
• Minimum Blank Size
• Image Jump
• Slab Off
• Focal Length
• Prism Conversion
• Vertex Distance Conversion
• Nominal Power
• Power in Any Meridian
• Metric Conversion

Make sure you know your tools!

• Lensometer
• Lens Clock
• Shop Protractor
• Hand tools
• Calibration

Make sure you know your frames!

• Frame parts
• Plastic Frame Materials
• Metal Frame Materials
• Boxing System
• Decentration and Seg Drop Calculation
• Bench Alignment
• Frame Adjusting
• Frame Repair
• Frame Selection

Make sure you know your lenses!

• Lens Materials
• Lens Characteristics
• Abbe Value
• Aberrations
• Light Transmission Values
• Index of Refraction
• Multifocal Types
• Measuring Multifocals
• Sun lenses
• Safety lenses
• Base Curves
• Corrected Curve Theory
• Iseikonic Lenses
• Lens Coatings

Make sure you know your regulations and tolerances!

• Power Tolerances
• Cylinder Tolerances
• Axis Tolerances
• Prism Tolerances
• Base Curve Tolerances
• HIPAA
• Safety Tolerances
• Rx Legalities

Make sure you know your eye anatomy and your optical theory!

• Parts of the Eye
• Refractive Errors
• Non-refractive Errors
• Diseases of the Eye
• Geometric Optics
• Light Theory
• Color Perception
• Optical Cross
• Toric Cross
• Plus and Minus Axis

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