CPO PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ root word: path.
Answer: disease
◍ target market.
Answer: a specific group of customers at which a company aims its products
and services
◍ Recruitment Authority.
Answer: CPO develops ASUC-wide recruitment and retention strategies to
strengthen engagement and service quality.
◍ vitreous humor.
Answer: in the vitreous chamber between the lens and retinathick, clear,
jelly-like substancegives support of the retina and keeps the eye round
◍ root word: ocul, ophthalm.
Answer: eye
◍ Accountability Oversight Role.
Answer: Ensures transparency, accountability, and ethical behavior across
ASUC operations.
◍ prefix: retro.
Answer: backward
◍ temple-angling pliers.
Answer: used if the temples are not even when viewed from the sideif the
endpieces are aligned with the hinge, then the temple hinge is bent and must
be straightenedthis would be a cold bend (where the frames are not heated)
◍ Does the lens or the cornea have the most refractive power?.
, Answer: Cornea
◍ Administrative Office Liaison Role.
Answer: Chairs Administrative Office Oversight Committee and integrates
Admin Office with Senate and officers.
◍ net worth.
Answer: the total value of a business
◍ Senate Nomination Support Role.
Answer: CPO manages logistics of Senate nomination processes
(applications, outreach, interviews, scheduling, communication).
◍ What linings make up the ocular fundus?.
Answer: sensory retina, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), Bruch's
membrane, choroid
◍ superior rectus movements.
Answer: elevation (upward)adduction (inward)intorsion (rotate top inward,
bottom outward)
◍ inferior oblique movements.
Answer: extorsion (rotate top outward, bottom inward)abduction
(outward)elevation (upward)
◍ Which of the following lens materials is most shatter-resistant?
A. Glass
B. Polycarb
C. High-index
D. CR-39.
Answer: B. Polycarb
◍ cotton wool spots.
Answer: soft exudates; fluffy looking white deposits resembling small tufts
of cotton within the retinal nerve fiber layerrepresents small patches of
retina that have lost their blood supply from vessel obstruction
◍ normal tension glaucoma.
, Answer: does not present high IOP
◍ What is the shape of myopic lenses?.
Answer: Minus lensesConcave, thinner in center and thicker on edgeObjects
may appear minifiedLight rays will diverge, bringing the focal point from
infront of the retina to on the retina
◍ miotic drugs.
Answer: stimulates the sphincter muscle, causing constrictionUsed to lower
IOP by improving aqueous humor drainage through the trabecular
meshwork
◍ Does a direct or indirect ophthalmoscope yield a larger field of view?.
Answer: indirect ophthalmoscope
◍ cones.
Answer: responsible for color vision (red, green, and blue cones)clear
central vision6-7 million
◍ What date marks the transition from AOA Paraoptometric Section to the
AOA Paraoptometric Resource Center? and what does it do?.
Answer: January 1, 2014, provides assistance to those interested in
beginning a career as a paraoptometric, those interested in becoming a
certified paraoptometric, and those interesting in enhancing their skills and
advancing their careers
◍ How do you obtain a patient's PD?.
Answer: using a millimeter ruler (measurer should be 40 cm away from
patient) or pupilometerthe ruler is set up at the temporal edge of OD pupil,
pt looks at measurer's OD while they close their OS. reading taken to nasal
edge of patient's left pupilif it is difficult to see patient's pupil, you use the
temporal edge of OD limbus and nasal limbus OS.
◍ radiuscope.
Answer: instrument that measures the base curve of a contact lens
◍ What mydriatic lasts 4-7 days?.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ root word: path.
Answer: disease
◍ target market.
Answer: a specific group of customers at which a company aims its products
and services
◍ Recruitment Authority.
Answer: CPO develops ASUC-wide recruitment and retention strategies to
strengthen engagement and service quality.
◍ vitreous humor.
Answer: in the vitreous chamber between the lens and retinathick, clear,
jelly-like substancegives support of the retina and keeps the eye round
◍ root word: ocul, ophthalm.
Answer: eye
◍ Accountability Oversight Role.
Answer: Ensures transparency, accountability, and ethical behavior across
ASUC operations.
◍ prefix: retro.
Answer: backward
◍ temple-angling pliers.
Answer: used if the temples are not even when viewed from the sideif the
endpieces are aligned with the hinge, then the temple hinge is bent and must
be straightenedthis would be a cold bend (where the frames are not heated)
◍ Does the lens or the cornea have the most refractive power?.
, Answer: Cornea
◍ Administrative Office Liaison Role.
Answer: Chairs Administrative Office Oversight Committee and integrates
Admin Office with Senate and officers.
◍ net worth.
Answer: the total value of a business
◍ Senate Nomination Support Role.
Answer: CPO manages logistics of Senate nomination processes
(applications, outreach, interviews, scheduling, communication).
◍ What linings make up the ocular fundus?.
Answer: sensory retina, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), Bruch's
membrane, choroid
◍ superior rectus movements.
Answer: elevation (upward)adduction (inward)intorsion (rotate top inward,
bottom outward)
◍ inferior oblique movements.
Answer: extorsion (rotate top outward, bottom inward)abduction
(outward)elevation (upward)
◍ Which of the following lens materials is most shatter-resistant?
A. Glass
B. Polycarb
C. High-index
D. CR-39.
Answer: B. Polycarb
◍ cotton wool spots.
Answer: soft exudates; fluffy looking white deposits resembling small tufts
of cotton within the retinal nerve fiber layerrepresents small patches of
retina that have lost their blood supply from vessel obstruction
◍ normal tension glaucoma.
, Answer: does not present high IOP
◍ What is the shape of myopic lenses?.
Answer: Minus lensesConcave, thinner in center and thicker on edgeObjects
may appear minifiedLight rays will diverge, bringing the focal point from
infront of the retina to on the retina
◍ miotic drugs.
Answer: stimulates the sphincter muscle, causing constrictionUsed to lower
IOP by improving aqueous humor drainage through the trabecular
meshwork
◍ Does a direct or indirect ophthalmoscope yield a larger field of view?.
Answer: indirect ophthalmoscope
◍ cones.
Answer: responsible for color vision (red, green, and blue cones)clear
central vision6-7 million
◍ What date marks the transition from AOA Paraoptometric Section to the
AOA Paraoptometric Resource Center? and what does it do?.
Answer: January 1, 2014, provides assistance to those interested in
beginning a career as a paraoptometric, those interested in becoming a
certified paraoptometric, and those interesting in enhancing their skills and
advancing their careers
◍ How do you obtain a patient's PD?.
Answer: using a millimeter ruler (measurer should be 40 cm away from
patient) or pupilometerthe ruler is set up at the temporal edge of OD pupil,
pt looks at measurer's OD while they close their OS. reading taken to nasal
edge of patient's left pupilif it is difficult to see patient's pupil, you use the
temporal edge of OD limbus and nasal limbus OS.
◍ radiuscope.
Answer: instrument that measures the base curve of a contact lens
◍ What mydriatic lasts 4-7 days?.
