CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC TEST
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS
A test that does not require responses from the patient is called ANSW✅✅Objective
The instrument that is used for manual refracting is called a ANSW✅✅Phoropter
The part of the eye exam that serves as a guide for the tests to be performed during the office visit is
called ANSW✅✅Case history
An instrument that can obtain an estimate of the patient's prescription without the patient's
response is called a ANSW✅✅Retinoscope
The term that represents how well the two eyes work together is known as ANSW✅✅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 ANSW✅✅Biomicroscope or slit lamp
The area in space that is visible to the eye is called ANSW✅✅Visual field
The letters that are often the most used to measure visual acuity are called ANSW✅✅Snellen
What is the prescription strength of the lens called? ANSW✅✅Lens power
What is the primary curve on the backside of the lens called? ANSW✅✅Base curve radius
What are additional curves on the lens that surrounds the optical zone called?
ANSW✅✅Pheriphal curves
, What is the center area of the lens that provides optical correction for the patients vision
ANSW✅✅Optical zone
What is the measurement from edge to edge of the lens at the widest point called?
ANSW✅✅Overall diameter
these lenses are also called convex lenses. They are thick in the center and thin on the edges. Light
rays passing through these lenses will be converged ANSW✅✅Plus
these lenses are thin in the center and thick on the edges. Objects viewed through these lenses will
appear smaller or minified. Light rays passing through these lenses will be diverged
ANSW✅✅Minus
What instrument is used to verify the spectacle prescription? ANSW✅✅Lensometer
Which of the following terms is used to designate a lens without power? ANSW✅✅Plano
Which of the following lenses has the same power in all areas of the lens and is used to treat myopia
or hyperopia? ANSW✅✅Spherical
Which of the following lens materials is the most shatter-resistant? ANSW✅✅Polycarbonate
Which type of lens corrects vision at three distances? ANSW✅✅Trifocal
The part of the frame that surrounds each lens, holding the lens in place within the frame is the
ANSW✅✅Eyewire
The part of the frame that extends from the frame front, back, and alongside the head, and over the
ear of the wearer is ANSW✅✅Temple
The widest horizontal dimension of the lens opening of a frame is the ANSW✅✅A Dimension
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS
A test that does not require responses from the patient is called ANSW✅✅Objective
The instrument that is used for manual refracting is called a ANSW✅✅Phoropter
The part of the eye exam that serves as a guide for the tests to be performed during the office visit is
called ANSW✅✅Case history
An instrument that can obtain an estimate of the patient's prescription without the patient's
response is called a ANSW✅✅Retinoscope
The term that represents how well the two eyes work together is known as ANSW✅✅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 ANSW✅✅Biomicroscope or slit lamp
The area in space that is visible to the eye is called ANSW✅✅Visual field
The letters that are often the most used to measure visual acuity are called ANSW✅✅Snellen
What is the prescription strength of the lens called? ANSW✅✅Lens power
What is the primary curve on the backside of the lens called? ANSW✅✅Base curve radius
What are additional curves on the lens that surrounds the optical zone called?
ANSW✅✅Pheriphal curves
, What is the center area of the lens that provides optical correction for the patients vision
ANSW✅✅Optical zone
What is the measurement from edge to edge of the lens at the widest point called?
ANSW✅✅Overall diameter
these lenses are also called convex lenses. They are thick in the center and thin on the edges. Light
rays passing through these lenses will be converged ANSW✅✅Plus
these lenses are thin in the center and thick on the edges. Objects viewed through these lenses will
appear smaller or minified. Light rays passing through these lenses will be diverged
ANSW✅✅Minus
What instrument is used to verify the spectacle prescription? ANSW✅✅Lensometer
Which of the following terms is used to designate a lens without power? ANSW✅✅Plano
Which of the following lenses has the same power in all areas of the lens and is used to treat myopia
or hyperopia? ANSW✅✅Spherical
Which of the following lens materials is the most shatter-resistant? ANSW✅✅Polycarbonate
Which type of lens corrects vision at three distances? ANSW✅✅Trifocal
The part of the frame that surrounds each lens, holding the lens in place within the frame is the
ANSW✅✅Eyewire
The part of the frame that extends from the frame front, back, and alongside the head, and over the
ear of the wearer is ANSW✅✅Temple
The widest horizontal dimension of the lens opening of a frame is the ANSW✅✅A Dimension
