by Marlene Giardini | Mar 14, 2015 | ABO test content, ABO/NCLE exam prep, Optician Training, The Optical Industry, Tips and Hints
How Crucial are Dispensing Skills for the Optician? Consider the following question that just might be on your ABO test: Under which circumstance is a patient more likely to tolerate glasses that are made incorrectly? When the myope is given more minus power When the...
by Marlene Giardini | Feb 26, 2015 | ABO test content, ABO/NCLE exam prep, Optician Training, Tips and Hints
If you are an optician studying for certification, taking practice tests can give you an edge. Optician trainees Often Take Their Certification Exams Multiple Times This is, no doubt, the reason why the ABO/NCLE now offers their National Boards four times a year...
by Marlene Giardini | Nov 1, 2014 | ABO test content, Tips and Hints
Rx Interpretation, What it Really Means As I outlined in my previous post, Rx Interpretation, Part 1, The most important part of interpreting the patient’s Rx is knowing what the Rx means. When we take the patient’s script in hand, and look at it,...
by Marlene Giardini | Sep 12, 2014 | ABO test content, Optical Terminology, Tips and Hints
Optical Terminology: It’s all in the Name. As I stated in an earlier post, according to the official ABO website, about 34% of the NOCE questions are concerned with Opthalmic Optics, and the first item on their list is: TERMINOLOGY. Or, specifically, names of...
by Marlene Giardini | Aug 17, 2014 | Optical humor, Tips and Hints
Bad Information! I just came across a review in the New York Post of a book by William Poundstone designed to help readers game any system, from the stock market, to the lottery, to taking multiple choice tests. According to this book: True is most often correct in...
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