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