CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔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 is with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused theoretically
behind the eye resulting in blurry 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.
✔✔In order to get a more complete look at the back of the, _______ is often done as
part of a complete eye examination. - ✔✔Pupil dilation
✔✔The technical term for pressure inside of the eye is known as _______. -
✔✔Intraocular pressure
✔✔The test used to measure the pressure inside the eye is called _______. -
✔✔Tonometry
✔✔The specific instrument used to measure the pressure inside the eye is called a
_______. - ✔✔Goldman tonometer
✔✔Conditions that affect the whole body are called _______ diseases. - ✔✔Systemic
✔✔An instrument that measures the curvature of the cornea is called a/an -
✔✔Keratometer or ophthalmometer
✔✔An instrument that is worn on the examiners head and used to view the back of the
eye is called a.an - ✔✔Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope
✔✔A test that does not requre responses from the patient is called a/an - ✔✔Objective
, ✔✔The instrument that is used for manual refracting is called a/an - ✔✔Phoropter
✔✔The part of the eye examination that serves as a guide for the tests to be performed
during the office visit is called a/an _______. - ✔✔Case History
✔✔An instrument that can obtain an estimate of the patient's prescription without the
patient's response is called a/an_______. - ✔✔Retinoscope
✔✔The term that represents how well the two eyes work together is known as _______.
- ✔✔Binocular vision
✔✔An instrument that gives the examiner a magnified view of the structures of the eye -
particularly the front structures of the eye - is called a/an _______. - ✔✔Biomicroscope
or slit lamp
✔✔The area in space that is visible to the eye is called _______. - ✔✔Visual Field
✔✔What is the prescription strength of the lens called? - ✔✔Lens power
✔✔What is the primary curve on the backside of the lens called? - ✔✔Base Curve
Radius
✔✔What are additional curves on the lens that surrounds the optical zone called? -
✔✔Peripheral curves
✔✔What is the center area of the lens that provides optical correction for the patient's
vision? - ✔✔Optical Zone
✔✔What is the measurement from edge to edge of the lens at the widest point called? -
✔✔Overall Diameter
✔✔Soft or Rigid Lens?
Made from materials that are oxygen-permeable but do not absorb water. - ✔✔Rigid
✔✔Soft or Rigid Lens?
Shorter adaptation period to the lens. - ✔✔Soft
✔✔Soft or Rigid Lens?
Once referred to as "hard" lenses. - ✔✔Rigid
✔✔Soft or Rigid Lens?
Generally provides sharper vision. - ✔✔Rigid
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔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 is with accommodation relaxed and the image in the eye focused theoretically
behind the eye resulting in blurry 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.
✔✔In order to get a more complete look at the back of the, _______ is often done as
part of a complete eye examination. - ✔✔Pupil dilation
✔✔The technical term for pressure inside of the eye is known as _______. -
✔✔Intraocular pressure
✔✔The test used to measure the pressure inside the eye is called _______. -
✔✔Tonometry
✔✔The specific instrument used to measure the pressure inside the eye is called a
_______. - ✔✔Goldman tonometer
✔✔Conditions that affect the whole body are called _______ diseases. - ✔✔Systemic
✔✔An instrument that measures the curvature of the cornea is called a/an -
✔✔Keratometer or ophthalmometer
✔✔An instrument that is worn on the examiners head and used to view the back of the
eye is called a.an - ✔✔Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope
✔✔A test that does not requre responses from the patient is called a/an - ✔✔Objective
, ✔✔The instrument that is used for manual refracting is called a/an - ✔✔Phoropter
✔✔The part of the eye examination that serves as a guide for the tests to be performed
during the office visit is called a/an _______. - ✔✔Case History
✔✔An instrument that can obtain an estimate of the patient's prescription without the
patient's response is called a/an_______. - ✔✔Retinoscope
✔✔The term that represents how well the two eyes work together is known as _______.
- ✔✔Binocular vision
✔✔An instrument that gives the examiner a magnified view of the structures of the eye -
particularly the front structures of the eye - is called a/an _______. - ✔✔Biomicroscope
or slit lamp
✔✔The area in space that is visible to the eye is called _______. - ✔✔Visual Field
✔✔What is the prescription strength of the lens called? - ✔✔Lens power
✔✔What is the primary curve on the backside of the lens called? - ✔✔Base Curve
Radius
✔✔What are additional curves on the lens that surrounds the optical zone called? -
✔✔Peripheral curves
✔✔What is the center area of the lens that provides optical correction for the patient's
vision? - ✔✔Optical Zone
✔✔What is the measurement from edge to edge of the lens at the widest point called? -
✔✔Overall Diameter
✔✔Soft or Rigid Lens?
Made from materials that are oxygen-permeable but do not absorb water. - ✔✔Rigid
✔✔Soft or Rigid Lens?
Shorter adaptation period to the lens. - ✔✔Soft
✔✔Soft or Rigid Lens?
Once referred to as "hard" lenses. - ✔✔Rigid
✔✔Soft or Rigid Lens?
Generally provides sharper vision. - ✔✔Rigid
