CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC COMPLETE
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS RATED A
◉ 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
◉ osis (suffix) Answer: abnormal condition
◉ pathy (suffix) Answer: disease
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS RATED A
◉ 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
◉ osis (suffix) Answer: abnormal condition
◉ pathy (suffix) Answer: disease
