Certified Paraoptometric Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
What is the lifeline into and out of the practice? - ANSWER✔✔-telephone
Who can examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and disorders of the
visual system? - ANSWER✔✔-Optometrist
Who specializes in the medical and surgical care of the eye, visual system, and in the
treatment of eye disease and injury? - ANSWER✔✔-Ophthalmologist
Who prepares and dispenses eyeglasses, lenses, duplicates, measures, verifies, adapts
the fit and adjusts eyeglasses? - ANSWER✔✔-Optician
Who takes patient histories, administering tests and evaluations, eye measurements,
and performs a variety of clinical skill? - ANSWER✔✔-Ophthalmic Medical Personnel
Who works under the direct supervision of a licensed doctor of optometry? -
ANSWER✔✔-Optometric Staff-Paraoptometric
How should the office phone be answered? - ANSWER✔✔-In a timely manner
,A system of sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment based on the urgency
of the symptoms. - ANSWER✔✔-triage
3 triage categories - ANSWER✔✔-emergency, urgent, routine
A comprehensive examination may require how much time? - ANSWER✔✔-30 to 45
minutes
When a patient enters the office - ANSWER✔✔-smile and make eye contact with the
patient, and provide a sincere greeting
There are two main types of filing systems: - ANSWER✔✔-Alphabetical and Numerical
HIPAA - ANSWER✔✔-Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
a-, an- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-without
ab- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-away
ad (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-to, toward
aniso (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-different
anti (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-against
bi (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-two
di- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-two
, ex (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-away from, out of
hyper- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-excessive, above, over
hypo (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-under, below
intra- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-within
para- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-beside, beyond, around
peri- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-surrounding
retro- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-backward
sub (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-under, below
-ectomy (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-cutting out, excision
-ia (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-diseased or abnormal state
-itis (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-inflammation
-meter (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-measurer
-ologist (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-one who studies or practices
ology (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-study of
-oma (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-tumor, swelling
-opia (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-vision condition
Questions and Answers
What is the lifeline into and out of the practice? - ANSWER✔✔-telephone
Who can examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and disorders of the
visual system? - ANSWER✔✔-Optometrist
Who specializes in the medical and surgical care of the eye, visual system, and in the
treatment of eye disease and injury? - ANSWER✔✔-Ophthalmologist
Who prepares and dispenses eyeglasses, lenses, duplicates, measures, verifies, adapts
the fit and adjusts eyeglasses? - ANSWER✔✔-Optician
Who takes patient histories, administering tests and evaluations, eye measurements,
and performs a variety of clinical skill? - ANSWER✔✔-Ophthalmic Medical Personnel
Who works under the direct supervision of a licensed doctor of optometry? -
ANSWER✔✔-Optometric Staff-Paraoptometric
How should the office phone be answered? - ANSWER✔✔-In a timely manner
,A system of sorting and assigning priorities for medical treatment based on the urgency
of the symptoms. - ANSWER✔✔-triage
3 triage categories - ANSWER✔✔-emergency, urgent, routine
A comprehensive examination may require how much time? - ANSWER✔✔-30 to 45
minutes
When a patient enters the office - ANSWER✔✔-smile and make eye contact with the
patient, and provide a sincere greeting
There are two main types of filing systems: - ANSWER✔✔-Alphabetical and Numerical
HIPAA - ANSWER✔✔-Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
a-, an- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-without
ab- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-away
ad (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-to, toward
aniso (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-different
anti (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-against
bi (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-two
di- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-two
, ex (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-away from, out of
hyper- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-excessive, above, over
hypo (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-under, below
intra- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-within
para- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-beside, beyond, around
peri- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-surrounding
retro- (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-backward
sub (prefix) - ANSWER✔✔-under, below
-ectomy (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-cutting out, excision
-ia (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-diseased or abnormal state
-itis (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-inflammation
-meter (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-measurer
-ologist (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-one who studies or practices
ology (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-study of
-oma (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-tumor, swelling
-opia (suffix) - ANSWER✔✔-vision condition
