COMPLETE FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT AND DETAILED
ANSWERS||BRAND NEW VERSION 2025
UPDATE||ALREADY GRADED!!!
1. How is the interpupillary distance commonly abbreviated? -
ANSWER ✓ PD
2. The frame hinge must be angled down to add approximately
_________________. - ANSWER ✓ 15 degrees of pantoscopic tilt
3. If a phone call is for a staff member who is busy with a patient, the
paraoptometric should ________________. - ANSWER ✓ ask to
take a message
4. What is a normal reading for the Schirmer tear test? - ANSWER ✓
15-20 mm in 5 minutes
5. A new patient wishes to schedule an appointment, but you are
having trouble verifying their insurance. You should - ANSWER
✓ Call their insurance company to verify coverage
6. Which of the following describes a minus (concave) lens? -
ANSWER ✓ Thinner in the center thicker on the edge
7. Light passing through a plus (convex) lens is - ANSWER ✓
Converged
8. Before Goldmann Applanation Tonometry, a patient should be
given one drop of - ANSWER ✓ Proparacaine
,9. When performing lensometry, the vertical lines are the - ANSWER
✓ Spherical lines
10. A ____________ lens is used to correct a combination of
myopia or hyperopia with astigmatism. - ANSWER ✓
spherocylindrical
11. At what distance should the examiner be positioned from the
patient when taking their interpupillary distance measurement? -
ANSWER ✓ 40 cm
12. The diagnosis of hypertension is made when the blood
pressure measurement is: - ANSWER ✓ 125/85
13. Documenting the patient's symptoms, including onset,
frequency, and duration, is known as the _______________. -
ANSWER ✓ case history
14. Which coating is recommended to eliminates glare at night? -
ANSWER ✓ Anti-reflective coating
15. If in doubt as to whether a patient requires an emergency
appointment, the paraoptometric should _______________. -
ANSWER ✓ consult with the doctor
16. A foreign body injury has symptoms similar to which one of
the following? - ANSWER ✓ A corneal injury
17. The cap color of dilation drops used in the office is -
ANSWER ✓ red
, 18. When preparing a patient's chart, the most important thing to
confirm is their: - ANSWER ✓ Identity (i.e., name and birthdate)
19. Sports vision therapy is recommended for _____________. -
ANSWER ✓ anyone interested in improving their visual skills
20. What instrument is used to measure the power of spectacle
lenses? - ANSWER ✓ Lensometer
21. Patients presenting with symptoms including flashes of light
should be seen ______________. - ANSWER ✓ immediately
22. The most common instrument used for measuring the base
curve of a rigid contact lens is the ________________. -
ANSWER ✓ radiuscope
23. While a paraoptometric is taking visual acuities, a patient is
able to read all of the 20/25 line and only two letters on the 20/20
line. How could this be best recorded? - ANSWER ✓ 20/25 +2
24. Which of the following would not be considered an
emergency situation requiring immediate attention? - ANSWER ✓
Loss of a contact lens
25. When performing cover-uncover test, you notice that a
patient's right eye moves in when the left eye is occluded, the
patient has a - ANSWER ✓ Right exotropia
26. Treatment for a superficial corneal abrasion usually includes
which one of the following? - ANSWER ✓ Cyclopleging the eye
27. While recording case history, the 'O' in FOLDAR stands: -
ANSWER ✓ onset