CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC EXAM 2024/2025
NEWEST !! COMPLETE ACTUAL WITH SOLUTION A+
The area inside the eye, behind the cornea, and in front of the iris - Answer anterior
chamber
A clear, watery fluid produced by the ciliary body. It fills the front part of the posterior
chamber and the entire anterior chamber - Answer aqueous humor
It consists primarily of blood vessels that nourish the retina so that it can continue to
function. It is sandwiched between the sclera and the retina - Answer choroid
The muscle inside of the eyeball that alters the shape of the crystalline lens. It has direct
control over the focusing ability of the eye - Answer ciliary muscle
The clear, cellophane-like tissue that covers the sclera and the inside surface of the
eyelids - Answer conjunctiva
The clear, transparent tissue that is located on the very front (anterior) portion of the
eye. The most powerful refractive media of the eye. It provides most of the eye's ability
to focus light. - Answer cornea
Provides focusing power to the eye. It allows adjustment of the eye to focus from
distance objects to near objects. It's the second most powerful refractive medium -
Answer crystalline lens
Area in the macula, approximately 1.5 mm in diameter, where visual acuity is the
sharpest. - Answer Fovea centralis
The colored part of the eye - Answer iris
The resilient, transparent structure in the eye that focuses light by changes of curvature
of its front surface. - Answer lens
The central part of the retina, which is used for seeing detail - Answer macula
The adjacent structures of the eye, such as eyelids, lashes, eyebrows, lacrimal
apparatus, tarsal plates, orbit, extraocular and conjunctiva - Answer ocular adnexa
The appearance of the optic nerve when viewed through the pupil - Answer optic disc
The nerve that carries impulses from the retina to the brain - Answer optic nerve
,The bony socket that contains the eye and most of its accessory organs - Answer
orbit
The area located inside of the eye, behind the iris, and in front of the lens - Answer
posterior chamber
The round hole in the center of the iris through which light passes - Answer pupil
The seeing part of the eye. It lines the sclera and is the place where light coming into
the eye is focused. - Answer retina
The retina has two types of photoreceptors. - Answer rods and cones
Photoreceptors that provide black/white vision, are the most numerous (120 million),
and ae the most sensitive (night vision, motion detection and peripheral vision) -
Answer rods
The photoreceptors (only 6 or 7 million) are responsible for color vision (red, green, and
blue) and for clear central vision - Answer cones
The white portion of the eye made up of a tough, fibrous tissue that gives shape and
structure to the eyeball - Answer sclera
Air spaces within the bones Poor drainage, infection, or cancerous enlargement of the
sinuses may cause headaches, pain around the eye (periorbital), or pain described as
coming directly from the eye - Answer sinuses
Long, thin fibers which connect the crystalline lens to the ring of ciliary muscles -
Answer suspensory ligaments
A thick, clear, jelly-like substance that fills the eye between the lens and the retina. The
serves to support the retina and helps keep the eye round - Answer vitreous humor
A picture representation of the pressure points between an eyeglass frame and the
overhead view of the patient's head. - Answer fitting triangle
Describes the distance from the back of the lens to the cornea. - Answer vertex
distance
Describes the way the frame front follows the contour of the face. - Answer face form
The bottom of the eye wire should be closer to the cheeks than the top of the eye wire is
to the eyebrows. - Answer pantoscopic angle
The bottom eye wire may protrude away from the cheek - Answer retroscopic angle
, The distance between the centers of the pupil of each eye - Answer pupillary distance
(PD)
The height of the reading portion of a multi-focal lens (bifocal, trifocal, or progressive) as
measured for the deepest part of the eye wire to a reference point. - Answer seg
height
What is the lifeline into and out of the practice? - Answer telephone
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 categories - Answer emergency, urgent, routine
A comprehensive examination may require how much time? - Answer 30 to 45
minutes
When a patient enters the office - Answer 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
HIPAA - Answer Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
a-, an- (prefix) - Answer without
ab- (prefix) - Answer away
ad (prefix) - Answer to, toward
NEWEST !! COMPLETE ACTUAL WITH SOLUTION A+
The area inside the eye, behind the cornea, and in front of the iris - Answer anterior
chamber
A clear, watery fluid produced by the ciliary body. It fills the front part of the posterior
chamber and the entire anterior chamber - Answer aqueous humor
It consists primarily of blood vessels that nourish the retina so that it can continue to
function. It is sandwiched between the sclera and the retina - Answer choroid
The muscle inside of the eyeball that alters the shape of the crystalline lens. It has direct
control over the focusing ability of the eye - Answer ciliary muscle
The clear, cellophane-like tissue that covers the sclera and the inside surface of the
eyelids - Answer conjunctiva
The clear, transparent tissue that is located on the very front (anterior) portion of the
eye. The most powerful refractive media of the eye. It provides most of the eye's ability
to focus light. - Answer cornea
Provides focusing power to the eye. It allows adjustment of the eye to focus from
distance objects to near objects. It's the second most powerful refractive medium -
Answer crystalline lens
Area in the macula, approximately 1.5 mm in diameter, where visual acuity is the
sharpest. - Answer Fovea centralis
The colored part of the eye - Answer iris
The resilient, transparent structure in the eye that focuses light by changes of curvature
of its front surface. - Answer lens
The central part of the retina, which is used for seeing detail - Answer macula
The adjacent structures of the eye, such as eyelids, lashes, eyebrows, lacrimal
apparatus, tarsal plates, orbit, extraocular and conjunctiva - Answer ocular adnexa
The appearance of the optic nerve when viewed through the pupil - Answer optic disc
The nerve that carries impulses from the retina to the brain - Answer optic nerve
,The bony socket that contains the eye and most of its accessory organs - Answer
orbit
The area located inside of the eye, behind the iris, and in front of the lens - Answer
posterior chamber
The round hole in the center of the iris through which light passes - Answer pupil
The seeing part of the eye. It lines the sclera and is the place where light coming into
the eye is focused. - Answer retina
The retina has two types of photoreceptors. - Answer rods and cones
Photoreceptors that provide black/white vision, are the most numerous (120 million),
and ae the most sensitive (night vision, motion detection and peripheral vision) -
Answer rods
The photoreceptors (only 6 or 7 million) are responsible for color vision (red, green, and
blue) and for clear central vision - Answer cones
The white portion of the eye made up of a tough, fibrous tissue that gives shape and
structure to the eyeball - Answer sclera
Air spaces within the bones Poor drainage, infection, or cancerous enlargement of the
sinuses may cause headaches, pain around the eye (periorbital), or pain described as
coming directly from the eye - Answer sinuses
Long, thin fibers which connect the crystalline lens to the ring of ciliary muscles -
Answer suspensory ligaments
A thick, clear, jelly-like substance that fills the eye between the lens and the retina. The
serves to support the retina and helps keep the eye round - Answer vitreous humor
A picture representation of the pressure points between an eyeglass frame and the
overhead view of the patient's head. - Answer fitting triangle
Describes the distance from the back of the lens to the cornea. - Answer vertex
distance
Describes the way the frame front follows the contour of the face. - Answer face form
The bottom of the eye wire should be closer to the cheeks than the top of the eye wire is
to the eyebrows. - Answer pantoscopic angle
The bottom eye wire may protrude away from the cheek - Answer retroscopic angle
, The distance between the centers of the pupil of each eye - Answer pupillary distance
(PD)
The height of the reading portion of a multi-focal lens (bifocal, trifocal, or progressive) as
measured for the deepest part of the eye wire to a reference point. - Answer seg
height
What is the lifeline into and out of the practice? - Answer telephone
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 categories - Answer emergency, urgent, routine
A comprehensive examination may require how much time? - Answer 30 to 45
minutes
When a patient enters the office - Answer 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
HIPAA - Answer Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
a-, an- (prefix) - Answer without
ab- (prefix) - Answer away
ad (prefix) - Answer to, toward
