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Applied Basic Science Items. **		 PART I
Applied Basic Science
Items: 350*
Sessions: 2
12% - 18%
Items: 42 - 62		 10% - 14%
Items: 35 - 49		 22% - 30%
Items: 77 - 105		 31% - 35%
Items: 108 - 122		 11% - 17%
Items: 40 - 60
  Conditions related to:  
REFRACTIVE STATUS / SENSORY PROCESSES /
OCULOMOTOR PROCESSES		 Items: 122  
  Ametropia Items: 29 - 39        VIEW  
  Ophthalmic Optics / Spectacles Items: 17 - 25        VIEW  
  Contact Lenses Items: 8 - 14        VIEW  VIEW
  Low Vision Items: 5 - 9        VIEW  
  Accommodation / Vergence / Oculomotor Function Items: 10 - 18        VIEW  VIEW
  Amblyopia / Strabismus Items: 9 - 17        VIEW  
  Perceptual Function / Color Vision Items: 10 - 18        VIEW  
  Visual and Human Development Items: 6 - 10        VIEW  
NORMAL HEALTH / DISEASE / TRAUMA Items: 228  
  Lids / Lashes / Lacrimal System / Ocular Adnexa / Orbit Items: 20 - 28  VIEW  VIEW  VIEW    VIEW
  Conjunctiva / Cornea / Refractive Surgery Items: 34 - 50  VIEW  VIEW  VIEW    VIEW
  Lens / Cataract / IOL / Pre- and Post-Operative Care Items: 7 - 13  VIEW  VIEW  VIEW    VIEW
  Episclera / Sclera / Anterior Uvea Items: 16 - 24  VIEW  VIEW  VIEW    VIEW
  Retina / Choroid / Vitreous Items: 17 - 25  VIEW  VIEW  VIEW    VIEW
  Optic Nerve / Neuro-Ophthalmic Pathways Items: 14 - 22  VIEW  VIEW  VIEW    VIEW
  Glaucoma Items: 13 - 21  VIEW  VIEW  VIEW    VIEW
  Emergencies / Trauma Items: 8 - 14  VIEW  VIEW  VIEW    VIEW
  Systemic Health Items: 55 - 75  VIEW  VIEW  VIEW    VIEW
  *  Note that the Part I ABS® Exam will contain a total of 370 items: 350 items will be scored; 20 items are designated as pre-test items.
  ** NBEO® periodically will be updating the Exam Content Matrix, related Conditions - Disciplines Content Outline, and Sample Items. 		(Last Updated: 09/29/2016)