CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC
ASSISTANT CPO FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Who can examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries,
and disorders of the visual system?Answer: Optometrist
◉ Who specializes in the medical and surgical care of the eye, visual
system, and in the treatment of eye disease and injury?Answer:
Ophthalmologist
◉ Who prepares and dispenses eyeglasses, lenses, duplicates,
measures, verifies, adapts the fit and adjusts eyeglasses?Answer:
Optician
◉ Who takes patient histories, administering tests and evaluations, eye
measurements, and performs a variety of clinical skill?Answer:
Ophthalmic Medical Personnel
◉ Who works under the direct supervision of a licensed doctor of
optometry?Answer: Optometric Staff-Paraoptometric
◉ How should the office phone be answered?Answer: In a timely
manner
,◉ A system of sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment
based on the urgency of the symptoms.Answer: triage
◉ 3 triage categoriesAnswer: emergency, urgent, routine
◉ A comprehensive examination may require how much time?Answer:
30 to 45 minutes
◉ When a patient enters the officeAnswer: smile and make eye contact
with the patient, and provide a sincere greeting
◉ There are two main types of filing systems:Answer: Alphabetical and
Numerical
◉ HIPAAAnswer: Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
◉ a-, an- (prefix)Answer: without
◉ ab- (prefix)Answer: away
◉ ad (prefix)Answer: to, toward
,◉ aniso (prefix)Answer: different
◉ anti (prefix)Answer: against
◉ bi (prefix)Answer: two
◉ di- (prefix)Answer: two
◉ ex (prefix)Answer: away from, out of
◉ hyper- (prefix)Answer: excessive, above, over
◉ hypo (prefix)Answer: under, below
◉ intra- (prefix)Answer: within
◉ para- (prefix)Answer: beside, beyond, around
◉ peri- (prefix)Answer: surrounding
◉ retro- (prefix)Answer: backward
, ◉ sub (prefix)Answer: under, below
◉ -ectomy (suffix)Answer: cutting out, excision
◉ -ia (suffix)Answer: diseased or abnormal state
◉ -itis (suffix)Answer: inflammation
◉ -meter (suffix)Answer: measurer
◉ -ologist (suffix)Answer: one who studies or practices
◉ ology (suffix)Answer: study of
◉ -oma (suffix)Answer: tumor, swelling
◉ -opia (suffix)Answer: vision condition
◉ osis (suffix)Answer: abnormal condition
◉ pathy (suffix)Answer: disease
ASSISTANT CPO FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Who can examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries,
and disorders of the visual system?Answer: Optometrist
◉ Who specializes in the medical and surgical care of the eye, visual
system, and in the treatment of eye disease and injury?Answer:
Ophthalmologist
◉ Who prepares and dispenses eyeglasses, lenses, duplicates,
measures, verifies, adapts the fit and adjusts eyeglasses?Answer:
Optician
◉ Who takes patient histories, administering tests and evaluations, eye
measurements, and performs a variety of clinical skill?Answer:
Ophthalmic Medical Personnel
◉ Who works under the direct supervision of a licensed doctor of
optometry?Answer: Optometric Staff-Paraoptometric
◉ How should the office phone be answered?Answer: In a timely
manner
,◉ A system of sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment
based on the urgency of the symptoms.Answer: triage
◉ 3 triage categoriesAnswer: emergency, urgent, routine
◉ A comprehensive examination may require how much time?Answer:
30 to 45 minutes
◉ When a patient enters the officeAnswer: smile and make eye contact
with the patient, and provide a sincere greeting
◉ There are two main types of filing systems:Answer: Alphabetical and
Numerical
◉ HIPAAAnswer: Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
◉ a-, an- (prefix)Answer: without
◉ ab- (prefix)Answer: away
◉ ad (prefix)Answer: to, toward
,◉ aniso (prefix)Answer: different
◉ anti (prefix)Answer: against
◉ bi (prefix)Answer: two
◉ di- (prefix)Answer: two
◉ ex (prefix)Answer: away from, out of
◉ hyper- (prefix)Answer: excessive, above, over
◉ hypo (prefix)Answer: under, below
◉ intra- (prefix)Answer: within
◉ para- (prefix)Answer: beside, beyond, around
◉ peri- (prefix)Answer: surrounding
◉ retro- (prefix)Answer: backward
, ◉ sub (prefix)Answer: under, below
◉ -ectomy (suffix)Answer: cutting out, excision
◉ -ia (suffix)Answer: diseased or abnormal state
◉ -itis (suffix)Answer: inflammation
◉ -meter (suffix)Answer: measurer
◉ -ologist (suffix)Answer: one who studies or practices
◉ ology (suffix)Answer: study of
◉ -oma (suffix)Answer: tumor, swelling
◉ -opia (suffix)Answer: vision condition
◉ osis (suffix)Answer: abnormal condition
◉ pathy (suffix)Answer: disease
