Certified Paraoptometric (CPO) EXAM 2026-2027
LATEST UPDATED VERSION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS JUST RELEASED
What is using certified electronic health records to improve quality and
efficiency of health care and maintain privacy of the patients health
information called? - answer>>Meaningful use
What is the fluid pressure maintained in the eye by the aqueous humor
called? - answer>>Intraocular pressure
What does a pachymeter measure? - answer>>Thickness of the cornea
What uses the patients responses to determine the best lens correction? -
answer>>Subjective refraction
What is the measure of the finest detail the eye may detect? -
answer>>Visual acuity
What is the Retroscopic Angle or tilt? - answer>>The name given to the
angle the temple makes with the frame front when the bottom eye wire
may be positioned away from the check
What is a mid-index lens material that is thinner than glass or CR-39, free
from distortion and aberration and able to be used as a safety lens? -
answer>>Trivex
,What type of contact lens is applied after waking and removed before going
to sleep? - answer>>Conventional daily wear lenses
Which type of lens will have the same power in all areas of the lens? -
answer>>Spherical
The width of the frame should be approximately equal to _____? -
answer>>The width of the patient's face
The point on a manometer at which the first clear sound of two consecutive
beats is heard is known as _____? - answer>>Systolic pressure
What is corneal edema? - answer>>When water is retained and swelling
occurs in the cornea
What is the benefit of biomicroscopy? - answer>>Gives the examiner a
hightly magnified view of the structure of the eye, lids, and lashes
The part of the frame that surrounds the lens and holds it in place is called
the _____. - answer>>Eyewire
What is a laser based, non contact, technique that is capable of obtaining
high resolution retina images? - answer>>Optical Coherence Tomography
(OCT)
, What is the name for the part of the frame that connects the two
eyewires? - answer>>Bridge
What is the purpose of HIPAA? - answer>>To improve the portability and
continuity of health insurance coverage, improve access to long-term care
services and coverage, and simplify administrative care
What is the storing, copying, and archiving of computer data used to
restore data after the original data has been lost? - answer>>Software back
up
What is the reporting program that uses incentive payments and payment
adjustments to promote reporting of quality health information? -
answer>>Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
The system for sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment based
on the urgency of the systems is called? - answer>>Triage
If a patient claims to have pain in the eye but does not have any other
symptoms, when do you schedule them for an appointment? -
answer>>Immediately have them come in to the office
What is Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)? - answer>>Laser-based, non
contact, non invasive imaging technique
What can be used to facilitate the bending of frames? - answer>>Salt pan
and frame warmer
LATEST UPDATED VERSION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS JUST RELEASED
What is using certified electronic health records to improve quality and
efficiency of health care and maintain privacy of the patients health
information called? - answer>>Meaningful use
What is the fluid pressure maintained in the eye by the aqueous humor
called? - answer>>Intraocular pressure
What does a pachymeter measure? - answer>>Thickness of the cornea
What uses the patients responses to determine the best lens correction? -
answer>>Subjective refraction
What is the measure of the finest detail the eye may detect? -
answer>>Visual acuity
What is the Retroscopic Angle or tilt? - answer>>The name given to the
angle the temple makes with the frame front when the bottom eye wire
may be positioned away from the check
What is a mid-index lens material that is thinner than glass or CR-39, free
from distortion and aberration and able to be used as a safety lens? -
answer>>Trivex
,What type of contact lens is applied after waking and removed before going
to sleep? - answer>>Conventional daily wear lenses
Which type of lens will have the same power in all areas of the lens? -
answer>>Spherical
The width of the frame should be approximately equal to _____? -
answer>>The width of the patient's face
The point on a manometer at which the first clear sound of two consecutive
beats is heard is known as _____? - answer>>Systolic pressure
What is corneal edema? - answer>>When water is retained and swelling
occurs in the cornea
What is the benefit of biomicroscopy? - answer>>Gives the examiner a
hightly magnified view of the structure of the eye, lids, and lashes
The part of the frame that surrounds the lens and holds it in place is called
the _____. - answer>>Eyewire
What is a laser based, non contact, technique that is capable of obtaining
high resolution retina images? - answer>>Optical Coherence Tomography
(OCT)
, What is the name for the part of the frame that connects the two
eyewires? - answer>>Bridge
What is the purpose of HIPAA? - answer>>To improve the portability and
continuity of health insurance coverage, improve access to long-term care
services and coverage, and simplify administrative care
What is the storing, copying, and archiving of computer data used to
restore data after the original data has been lost? - answer>>Software back
up
What is the reporting program that uses incentive payments and payment
adjustments to promote reporting of quality health information? -
answer>>Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
The system for sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment based
on the urgency of the systems is called? - answer>>Triage
If a patient claims to have pain in the eye but does not have any other
symptoms, when do you schedule them for an appointment? -
answer>>Immediately have them come in to the office
What is Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)? - answer>>Laser-based, non
contact, non invasive imaging technique
What can be used to facilitate the bending of frames? - answer>>Salt pan
and frame warmer
