CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC EXAM
SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● The person generally responsible for grinding or duplicating lenses is
the ________.
Answer: Optician
●● An instrument worn on the examiners head and used to view the
back of the eye is call a/an _______.
Answer: Binocular indirect opthalmoscope
●● Kerat (root word)
Answer: Cornea
●● A test that does not require responses from the patient is called a/an
__________ test.
Answer: Objective
●● The retinoscope will indicate the patient's refractive error when
_________.
Answer: All motion in every direction is stopped when the light is
moved across the pupil.
,●● -itis
Answer: Inflamation
●● Which lens has the same power in all areas of the lens and is used to
treat mypoia and hyperopia?
Answer: Spherical
●● -osis
Answer: Abnormal condition
●● The ______ is a clear, cellophane-like tissue that lines the inside
surface of the eyelids.
Answer: Palpebral Conjunctiva
●● The _______ muscle has direct control over the focusing ability of
the eye.
Answer: Ciliary
●● What is the prescription strength of the lens called?
Answer: Lens power
,●● ______ is the term for the condition in which an image will focus on
the back of the retina when accommodation is relaxed. These patients
will not require any corrective prescription lenses.
Answer: Emmetropia
●● The choroid consists primarily of blood vessels that nourish the
________.
Answer: Retina
●● Commonly known as pink eye.
Answer: Conjunctivitis
●● Term for when small blood vessels rupture between the sclera and
conjunctiva.
Answer: Subconjuntival hemorrhage
●● A doctor of medicine specializing in surgery is a/an ________.
Answer: Opthamologist
●● The area of the retina responsible for seeing detail is the ______.
Answer: Macula
, ●● What are additional curves on the lens that surrounds the optical
zone called?
Answer: Peripheral curves
●● Which test is used to measure the visual field?
Answer: Perimetry
●● What type of ametropia occurs when an image is focused in front of
the retina and is usually caused by the eye being too long?
Answer: Myopia
●● -opia
Answer: Vision condition
●● The instrument that is used for manual refracting is called a/an
_______.
Answer: Phoropter
●● The part of the eye examination that serves as a guide for the tests to
be performed during the office visit is called a/an ________.
Answer: Case history
●● -pathy
SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● The person generally responsible for grinding or duplicating lenses is
the ________.
Answer: Optician
●● An instrument worn on the examiners head and used to view the
back of the eye is call a/an _______.
Answer: Binocular indirect opthalmoscope
●● Kerat (root word)
Answer: Cornea
●● A test that does not require responses from the patient is called a/an
__________ test.
Answer: Objective
●● The retinoscope will indicate the patient's refractive error when
_________.
Answer: All motion in every direction is stopped when the light is
moved across the pupil.
,●● -itis
Answer: Inflamation
●● Which lens has the same power in all areas of the lens and is used to
treat mypoia and hyperopia?
Answer: Spherical
●● -osis
Answer: Abnormal condition
●● The ______ is a clear, cellophane-like tissue that lines the inside
surface of the eyelids.
Answer: Palpebral Conjunctiva
●● The _______ muscle has direct control over the focusing ability of
the eye.
Answer: Ciliary
●● What is the prescription strength of the lens called?
Answer: Lens power
,●● ______ is the term for the condition in which an image will focus on
the back of the retina when accommodation is relaxed. These patients
will not require any corrective prescription lenses.
Answer: Emmetropia
●● The choroid consists primarily of blood vessels that nourish the
________.
Answer: Retina
●● Commonly known as pink eye.
Answer: Conjunctivitis
●● Term for when small blood vessels rupture between the sclera and
conjunctiva.
Answer: Subconjuntival hemorrhage
●● A doctor of medicine specializing in surgery is a/an ________.
Answer: Opthamologist
●● The area of the retina responsible for seeing detail is the ______.
Answer: Macula
, ●● What are additional curves on the lens that surrounds the optical
zone called?
Answer: Peripheral curves
●● Which test is used to measure the visual field?
Answer: Perimetry
●● What type of ametropia occurs when an image is focused in front of
the retina and is usually caused by the eye being too long?
Answer: Myopia
●● -opia
Answer: Vision condition
●● The instrument that is used for manual refracting is called a/an
_______.
Answer: Phoropter
●● The part of the eye examination that serves as a guide for the tests to
be performed during the office visit is called a/an ________.
Answer: Case history
●● -pathy
