CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC EVALUATION EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following types of ametropia occurs when an image is focused in front
of the retina and is usually caused by the eye being too long? - ✔✔Myopia
✔✔The ability of the eyes to focus objects from distance to near is called? -
✔✔Accommodation
✔✔Which of the following types of lenses corrects hyperopria? - ✔✔Plus
✔✔Nearsightedness is to myopia, as farsightness is to: - ✔✔Hyperopia
✔✔The retinoscope will indicated the patient's refractive error when - ✔✔All motion in
every direction is stopped when the light is moved across the pupil
✔✔Alternating esotropia is a condition in which - ✔✔The patient fixates with only one
eye while the other eye turns in
✔✔Visual field testing determines - ✔✔the area of the space visible to the eye
✔✔Which of the following tests is used to measure the visual field? - ✔✔Perimetry
✔✔Which of the following instruments allows close examination of the lids and lashes? -
✔✔Biomicroscope
✔✔In order for first time patients to adapt to their contact lenses, a wearing schedule is
given to allow - ✔✔a gradual buildup of wearing time
✔✔The most common reason patients stop wearing contact lenses is? - ✔✔Non-
compliance
✔✔A contact lens prescription and spectacle prescription may differ because - ✔✔Of
the vertex distance between the contact lens and the spectacle lens
✔✔The edge thickness of a contact lens - ✔✔Is an important factor in the comfort of the
lens
✔✔When writing up a contact lens order for a soft lens, it is necessary to specify: -
✔✔Lens brand or type, the base curve, overall diameter, and the lens power
✔✔The diastolic pressure reflects - ✔✔The amount of force when the heart is at rest
, ✔✔What is an eye in which the image is not focused at one point but rather two points?
- ✔✔Astigmatism
✔✔What is the ability of the eyes to focus objects from distance to near called? -
✔✔Accommodation
✔✔What is with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused directly on
the retina called? - ✔✔Emmetropia
✔✔What with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused before the
retina resulting in blurry distant vision called? - ✔✔Hyperopia
✔✔What is with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused before the
retina resulting in blurry distant vision called? - ✔✔Myopia
✔✔What is the loss of ability to see clearly at near called? - ✔✔Presbyopia
✔✔What is a nonspecific term that means the patient has a refractive condition called? -
✔✔Ametropia
✔✔A more complete look at the back of the eye. Often done as part of a complete eye
exam - ✔✔Pupil dialation
✔✔The technical term for pressure inside of the eye is known as - ✔✔Intraocular
pressure
✔✔The specific instrument used to measure the pressure inside the eye is called -
✔✔Goldman tonometer
✔✔The test used to measure pressure inside the eye is - ✔✔Tonometry
✔✔Conditions that affect the whole body are called? - ✔✔systemic diseases
✔✔An instrument that is worn on the examiners head and used to view the back of the
eye is called - ✔✔Binocular indirect ophthalmoscope
✔✔An instrument that measures the curvature of the cornea is called - ✔✔Keratometer
or ophthalmometer
✔✔A test that does not require responses from the patient is called - ✔✔Objective
✔✔The instrument that is used for manual refracting is called a - ✔✔Phoropter
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following types of ametropia occurs when an image is focused in front
of the retina and is usually caused by the eye being too long? - ✔✔Myopia
✔✔The ability of the eyes to focus objects from distance to near is called? -
✔✔Accommodation
✔✔Which of the following types of lenses corrects hyperopria? - ✔✔Plus
✔✔Nearsightedness is to myopia, as farsightness is to: - ✔✔Hyperopia
✔✔The retinoscope will indicated the patient's refractive error when - ✔✔All motion in
every direction is stopped when the light is moved across the pupil
✔✔Alternating esotropia is a condition in which - ✔✔The patient fixates with only one
eye while the other eye turns in
✔✔Visual field testing determines - ✔✔the area of the space visible to the eye
✔✔Which of the following tests is used to measure the visual field? - ✔✔Perimetry
✔✔Which of the following instruments allows close examination of the lids and lashes? -
✔✔Biomicroscope
✔✔In order for first time patients to adapt to their contact lenses, a wearing schedule is
given to allow - ✔✔a gradual buildup of wearing time
✔✔The most common reason patients stop wearing contact lenses is? - ✔✔Non-
compliance
✔✔A contact lens prescription and spectacle prescription may differ because - ✔✔Of
the vertex distance between the contact lens and the spectacle lens
✔✔The edge thickness of a contact lens - ✔✔Is an important factor in the comfort of the
lens
✔✔When writing up a contact lens order for a soft lens, it is necessary to specify: -
✔✔Lens brand or type, the base curve, overall diameter, and the lens power
✔✔The diastolic pressure reflects - ✔✔The amount of force when the heart is at rest
, ✔✔What is an eye in which the image is not focused at one point but rather two points?
- ✔✔Astigmatism
✔✔What is the ability of the eyes to focus objects from distance to near called? -
✔✔Accommodation
✔✔What is with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused directly on
the retina called? - ✔✔Emmetropia
✔✔What with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused before the
retina resulting in blurry distant vision called? - ✔✔Hyperopia
✔✔What is with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused before the
retina resulting in blurry distant vision called? - ✔✔Myopia
✔✔What is the loss of ability to see clearly at near called? - ✔✔Presbyopia
✔✔What is a nonspecific term that means the patient has a refractive condition called? -
✔✔Ametropia
✔✔A more complete look at the back of the eye. Often done as part of a complete eye
exam - ✔✔Pupil dialation
✔✔The technical term for pressure inside of the eye is known as - ✔✔Intraocular
pressure
✔✔The specific instrument used to measure the pressure inside the eye is called -
✔✔Goldman tonometer
✔✔The test used to measure pressure inside the eye is - ✔✔Tonometry
✔✔Conditions that affect the whole body are called? - ✔✔systemic diseases
✔✔An instrument that is worn on the examiners head and used to view the back of the
eye is called - ✔✔Binocular indirect ophthalmoscope
✔✔An instrument that measures the curvature of the cornea is called - ✔✔Keratometer
or ophthalmometer
✔✔A test that does not require responses from the patient is called - ✔✔Objective
✔✔The instrument that is used for manual refracting is called a - ✔✔Phoropter
