CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC EXAM FINAL
TEST PAPER 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+
◉ The area of the macula where visual acuity is the sharpest and is
used for daytime and color vision is called the _____. Answer: Fovea
centralis
◉ What is the measurement from edge to edge of the lens at the
widest point called? Answer: Overall diameter
◉ Ad- Answer: to, toward
◉ A person who collects patient data, administers tests of the
patients visual capabilities, and assists in office management would
be best described as a/an ______. Answer: Paraoptemetric
◉ What is the loss of ability to see clearly at near called? Answer:
Presbyopia
◉ Which instrument allows close examination of the lids and lashes?
Answer: Biomicroscope
,◉ The area in space that is visible to the eye is called _______. Answer:
Visual field
◉ Blephar (root word) Answer: Eyelid
◉ The letters that are often the most used to measure visual acuity
are called _____ letters. Answer: Snellen
◉ The cornea changes to an irregular cone shape. Answer:
Keratoconus
◉ Alternating esotropia is a condition in which _____. Answer: The
patient fixates with only one eye while the other eye turns in.
◉ The thick jelly-like substance that fills the eyeball behind the lens
is called the ______. Answer: Vitreous humor
◉ What is a nonspecific term that means the patient has a refractive
condition called? Answer: Ametropia
◉ The condition that causes fragile blood vessels on the retina to
leak or break. Answer: Diabetic retinopathy
◉ Which type of lens corrects hyperopia? Answer: Plus
, ◉ Which of the following lens materials has the hardest surface and
is also the heaviest? Answer: Glass
◉ ____ 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. Answer: Plus
◉ In order to get a more complete look at the back of the eye, _____ is
often done as a part of a complete eye exam. Answer: Pupil dilation
◉ Thickening of the connective tissue on the sides of the cornea,
usually in 3 & 9 o'clock positions is called a/an _____. Answer:
Pinguecula
◉ Which lens material is the most shatter-resistant? Answer:
Polycarbonate
◉ Nearsightedness is to myopia as farsightedness is to _____. Answer:
Hyperopia
◉ The most common reason patients stop wearing CLs is ____.
Answer: Non-compliance
TEST PAPER 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+
◉ The area of the macula where visual acuity is the sharpest and is
used for daytime and color vision is called the _____. Answer: Fovea
centralis
◉ What is the measurement from edge to edge of the lens at the
widest point called? Answer: Overall diameter
◉ Ad- Answer: to, toward
◉ A person who collects patient data, administers tests of the
patients visual capabilities, and assists in office management would
be best described as a/an ______. Answer: Paraoptemetric
◉ What is the loss of ability to see clearly at near called? Answer:
Presbyopia
◉ Which instrument allows close examination of the lids and lashes?
Answer: Biomicroscope
,◉ The area in space that is visible to the eye is called _______. Answer:
Visual field
◉ Blephar (root word) Answer: Eyelid
◉ The letters that are often the most used to measure visual acuity
are called _____ letters. Answer: Snellen
◉ The cornea changes to an irregular cone shape. Answer:
Keratoconus
◉ Alternating esotropia is a condition in which _____. Answer: The
patient fixates with only one eye while the other eye turns in.
◉ The thick jelly-like substance that fills the eyeball behind the lens
is called the ______. Answer: Vitreous humor
◉ What is a nonspecific term that means the patient has a refractive
condition called? Answer: Ametropia
◉ The condition that causes fragile blood vessels on the retina to
leak or break. Answer: Diabetic retinopathy
◉ Which type of lens corrects hyperopia? Answer: Plus
, ◉ Which of the following lens materials has the hardest surface and
is also the heaviest? Answer: Glass
◉ ____ 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. Answer: Plus
◉ In order to get a more complete look at the back of the eye, _____ is
often done as a part of a complete eye exam. Answer: Pupil dilation
◉ Thickening of the connective tissue on the sides of the cornea,
usually in 3 & 9 o'clock positions is called a/an _____. Answer:
Pinguecula
◉ Which lens material is the most shatter-resistant? Answer:
Polycarbonate
◉ Nearsightedness is to myopia as farsightedness is to _____. Answer:
Hyperopia
◉ The most common reason patients stop wearing CLs is ____.
Answer: Non-compliance
