Certified Paraoptometric (CPO)
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Accounts Payable - ANSWER✔✔-Outstanding business obligations that are owed to
others.
Accounts Receivable - ANSWER✔✔-Outstanding obligations owed to the business by
others.
Cash Flow Statement - ANSWER✔✔-A picture of all cash inflows and outflows within
the business.
Gross Profit - ANSWER✔✔-The percentage of business income before expenses.
Just in Time (JIT) - ANSWER✔✔-A strategy to improve a business return on
investment.
Net Income/Profit - ANSWER✔✔-Revenues minus expenses.
Net Worth - ANSWER✔✔-The total value of a business.
,Return on Investment (ROI) - ANSWER✔✔-A measurement of success of a project; the
percent of profit earned on an investment.
An optometrist is licensed by which governing body: - ANSWER✔✔-State
The person generally responsible for grinding or duplicating lenses is the: -
ANSWER✔✔-Optician
A doctor of medicine specializing in surgery is an: - ANSWER✔✔-Ophthalmologist
Ophthalmic Medical Personnel can do all BUT - ANSWER✔✔-Offer medical diagnoses
A person who collects patient data, administers tests of the patient's visual capabilities,
and assists in office management would be best described as a/an - ANSWER✔✔-
Paraoptometric
When a staff member receives a call but is busy with a patient, the person answering the
phone should politely ask - ANSWER✔✔-for a return number or if someone else might
be of assistance
Prior to scheduling a patient appointment, what should be done first? - ANSWER✔✔-
Make certain the purpose of the visit is known, to schedule properly
What is the most straightforward type of filing system? - ANSWER✔✔-Alphabetical
Which is not a part of implementing HIPAA? - ANSWER✔✔-Unlimited PHI disclosure
for staff developing crisis.
,Which is not required for documentation of released PHI? - ANSWER✔✔-Age, name,
password
Ciliary Muscle - ANSWER✔✔-The muscle inside of the eyeball that alters the shape of
the crystalline lens. It has direct control over the focusing ability of the eye.
Medial Rectus - ANSWER✔✔-The most powerful of the extraocular muscles. Turns the
eye toward the nose.
Inferior Rectus - ANSWER✔✔-Its primary action is to turn the eye downward.
Lateral Rectus - ANSWER✔✔-Its only action is to move the eyes away from the nose.
Superior Rectus - ANSWER✔✔-Its primary action is to move the eye upward.
Superior Oblique - ANSWER✔✔-Rotates eye down and inward
Inferior Oblique - ANSWER✔✔-Rotates eye up and outward
Anterior Chamber - ANSWER✔✔-The area inside the eye, behind the cornea, and in
front of the iris.
Aqueous humor - ANSWER✔✔-a clear, watery fluid produced by the ciliary body. It
provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.
Choroid - ANSWER✔✔-Sandwiched between the sclera and the retina. This nourishes
the retina.
, Conjunctiva - ANSWER✔✔-clear, cellophane-like tissue that covers the sclera and the
inside surface of the eyelids. The *palpebral* _______ lines the lids, while the *bulbar*
_______ covers the sclera.
Fovea Centralis - ANSWER✔✔-Area in the macula where visual acuity is the sharpest.
Macula - ANSWER✔✔-The central part of the retina, which is used for seeing detail.
Posterior Chamber - ANSWER✔✔-The area behind the iris and in front of the lens.
Rods - ANSWER✔✔-Photoreceptors that provide black/white vision and are the most
sensitive.
Cones - ANSWER✔✔-Photoreceptors responsible for color vision and for clear central
vision.
Sclera - ANSWER✔✔-The white portion of the eye made up of a tough, fibrous tissue
that gives shape and structure to the eyeball.
Vitreous Humor - ANSWER✔✔-A thick, clear, jelly-like substance that fills the eye
between the lens and the retina. This serves to support the retina and helps keep the eye
round.
Ocular Adnexa - ANSWER✔✔-The adjacent structures of the eye, such as eyelids,
lashes, eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, tarsal plates, orbit, extraocular muscles and
conjunctiva.
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Accounts Payable - ANSWER✔✔-Outstanding business obligations that are owed to
others.
Accounts Receivable - ANSWER✔✔-Outstanding obligations owed to the business by
others.
Cash Flow Statement - ANSWER✔✔-A picture of all cash inflows and outflows within
the business.
Gross Profit - ANSWER✔✔-The percentage of business income before expenses.
Just in Time (JIT) - ANSWER✔✔-A strategy to improve a business return on
investment.
Net Income/Profit - ANSWER✔✔-Revenues minus expenses.
Net Worth - ANSWER✔✔-The total value of a business.
,Return on Investment (ROI) - ANSWER✔✔-A measurement of success of a project; the
percent of profit earned on an investment.
An optometrist is licensed by which governing body: - ANSWER✔✔-State
The person generally responsible for grinding or duplicating lenses is the: -
ANSWER✔✔-Optician
A doctor of medicine specializing in surgery is an: - ANSWER✔✔-Ophthalmologist
Ophthalmic Medical Personnel can do all BUT - ANSWER✔✔-Offer medical diagnoses
A person who collects patient data, administers tests of the patient's visual capabilities,
and assists in office management would be best described as a/an - ANSWER✔✔-
Paraoptometric
When a staff member receives a call but is busy with a patient, the person answering the
phone should politely ask - ANSWER✔✔-for a return number or if someone else might
be of assistance
Prior to scheduling a patient appointment, what should be done first? - ANSWER✔✔-
Make certain the purpose of the visit is known, to schedule properly
What is the most straightforward type of filing system? - ANSWER✔✔-Alphabetical
Which is not a part of implementing HIPAA? - ANSWER✔✔-Unlimited PHI disclosure
for staff developing crisis.
,Which is not required for documentation of released PHI? - ANSWER✔✔-Age, name,
password
Ciliary Muscle - ANSWER✔✔-The muscle inside of the eyeball that alters the shape of
the crystalline lens. It has direct control over the focusing ability of the eye.
Medial Rectus - ANSWER✔✔-The most powerful of the extraocular muscles. Turns the
eye toward the nose.
Inferior Rectus - ANSWER✔✔-Its primary action is to turn the eye downward.
Lateral Rectus - ANSWER✔✔-Its only action is to move the eyes away from the nose.
Superior Rectus - ANSWER✔✔-Its primary action is to move the eye upward.
Superior Oblique - ANSWER✔✔-Rotates eye down and inward
Inferior Oblique - ANSWER✔✔-Rotates eye up and outward
Anterior Chamber - ANSWER✔✔-The area inside the eye, behind the cornea, and in
front of the iris.
Aqueous humor - ANSWER✔✔-a clear, watery fluid produced by the ciliary body. It
provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.
Choroid - ANSWER✔✔-Sandwiched between the sclera and the retina. This nourishes
the retina.
, Conjunctiva - ANSWER✔✔-clear, cellophane-like tissue that covers the sclera and the
inside surface of the eyelids. The *palpebral* _______ lines the lids, while the *bulbar*
_______ covers the sclera.
Fovea Centralis - ANSWER✔✔-Area in the macula where visual acuity is the sharpest.
Macula - ANSWER✔✔-The central part of the retina, which is used for seeing detail.
Posterior Chamber - ANSWER✔✔-The area behind the iris and in front of the lens.
Rods - ANSWER✔✔-Photoreceptors that provide black/white vision and are the most
sensitive.
Cones - ANSWER✔✔-Photoreceptors responsible for color vision and for clear central
vision.
Sclera - ANSWER✔✔-The white portion of the eye made up of a tough, fibrous tissue
that gives shape and structure to the eyeball.
Vitreous Humor - ANSWER✔✔-A thick, clear, jelly-like substance that fills the eye
between the lens and the retina. This serves to support the retina and helps keep the eye
round.
Ocular Adnexa - ANSWER✔✔-The adjacent structures of the eye, such as eyelids,
lashes, eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, tarsal plates, orbit, extraocular muscles and
conjunctiva.
