Content Outline and Test Specifications for the American Board of Opticianry Advanced Certification Examination

I. Analyze and Interpret Visual Assessment

• Analyze customer’s/patient’s prescription.
• Recognize limitations of the prescription. 
• Assess medical abnormalities of the customer’s/patient’s vision.

II. Design, Fit and Dispense Eyewear and Other Ophthalmic Devices

• Evaluate the customer’s/patient’s needs and wants.
• Evaluate the parameters of new and old eyewear. 
• Design and market ophthalmic instrumentation and eyewear. 
• Evaluate the results of facial, ocular, and frame measurements. 
• Verify the ordered eyewear in accordance with specifications on the order form. 
• Evaluate the eyewear in relation to the customer’s/patient’s head and face.
• Educate customers/patients on products and performance. 
• Apply ophthalmic professional and legal guidelines.

III. Use of Ophthalmic Instrumentation

• Explain the use of ophthalmic instrumentation. 
• Analyze the utilization of dispensing instrumentation. 
• Determine method of fabrication and ordering.
• Apply knowledge of legal and professional requirements of equipment maintenance.