by Marlene Giardini | Oct 30, 2015 | ABO test content, ABO/NCLE exam prep, Optician Training, The Optical Industry, Uncategorized
It’s October, the August exams are over, and you’ve all received the results. How did you do on your ABO/NCLE? Were the exams what you expected? Were there questions you were unprepared for, terminology or information that was new to you? Did you find the...
by Marlene Giardini | Oct 14, 2015 | ABO test content, Optical Terminology, Optician Training, Tips and Hints
An apprentice at my dispensary brought in a practice exam from another optician at another store. Copies were eagerly made and handed out to the other trainees. Soon I was being asked questions: How come so many of these questions are about glass? What’s a...
by Marlene Giardini | Oct 8, 2015 | ABO test content, ABO/NCLE exam prep, Optician Training, Tips and Hints
Your ABO exam is coming up in just three months. The weeks are ticking by. So…how should you study? WHAT should you study? Should you buy one of those exam-prep packages? Which one should you buy? Choosing a Study Plan for ABO Certification There are lots of...
by Marlene Giardini | Oct 1, 2015 | ABO test content, ABO/NCLE exam prep, optician formulas, Optician Training, Tips and Hints
Will you actually have to calculate power in any meridian for your ABO exam? Absolutely! It’s almost guaranteed. The properties of sphere and cylinder power is how optical lenses work, and it’s fundamental for understanding your job. But what sort of...
by Marlene Giardini | Sep 22, 2015 | ABO test content, ABO/NCLE exam prep, Optical Terminology, Optician Training
This is one of the more important concepts you should know for your ABO and one that is difficult because we don’t use it all the time. We transpose prescriptions from plus to minus cylinder. We calculate minimum blank size. We use Prentice’s Rule during...
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