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2023 CPO Paraoptometric Certification Exam With Answers (320 Solved Questions)

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    Certified Paraoptometric (CPO) Exam summary Questions Latest Update 2023 (Verified Answers) Accounts Payable - correct answer ✅ Outstanding business obligations that are owed to others. Accounts Receivable - correct answer ✅ Outstanding obligations owed to the business by others. Cash Flow Statement - correct answer ✅ A picture of all cash inflows and outflows within the business. Gross Profit - correct answer ✅ The percentage of business income before expenses. Just in Time (JIT) - correct answer ✅ A strategy to improve a business return on investment. Net Worth - correct answer ✅ The total value of a business.

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    Net Income/Profit - correct answer ✅ Revenues minus expenses. Return on Investment (ROI) - correct answer ✅ A measurement of success of a project; the percent of profit earned on an investment. An optometrist is licensed by which gov erning body: - correct answer ✅ State The person generally responsible for grinding or duplicating lenses is the: - correct answer ✅ Optician A doctor of medicine specializing in surgery is an: - correct answer ✅ Ophthalmologist Ophthalmic Medical Personne l can do all BUT - correct answer ✅ Offer medical diagnoses

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    A person who collects patient data, administers tests of the patient's visual capabilities, and assists in office management would be best described as a/an - correct answer ✅ Paraoptometric When a staff member receives a call but is busy with a patient, the person answering the phone should politely ask - correct answer ✅ for a return number or if someone else might be of assistance Prior to scheduling a patient appointment, what should be done first? - correct answer ✅ Make certain the purpose of the visit is known, to schedule properly What is the most straightforward type of filing system? - correct answer ✅ Alphabetical

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    Which is n ot a part of implementing HIPAA? - correct answer ✅ Unlimited PHI disclosure for staff developing crisis. Which is not required for documentation of released PHI? - correct answer ✅ Age, name, password Ciliary Muscle - correct answer ✅ The muscle inside of the eyeball that alters the shape of the crystalline lens. It has direct control over the focusing ability of the eye. Medial Rectus - correct answer ✅ The most powerful of the extraocular muscles. Turns the eye toward the nose. Inferior Rectus - correct answer ✅ Its primary action is to turn the eye downward.

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    Lateral Rectus - correct answer ✅ Its only action is to move the eyes away from the nose. Superior Rectus - correct answer ✅ Its primary action is to move the eye upward. Superior Oblique - c orrect answer ✅ Rotates eye down and inward Inferior Oblique - correct answer ✅ Rotates eye up and outward Anterior Chamber - correct answer ✅ The area inside the eye, behind the cornea, and in front of the iris. Aqueous humor - correct answer ✅ a clear, wa tery fluid produced by the ciliary body. It provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea.

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    Choroid - correct answer ✅ Sandwiched between the sclera and the retina. This nourishes the retina. Conjunctiva - correct answer ✅ clear, cellophane - like tissue that covers the sclera and the inside surface of the eyelids. The *palpebral* _______ lines the lids, while the *bulbar* _______ covers the sclera. Fovea Centralis - correct answer ✅ Area in the macula where visual acuity is the sharpest. Macula - correct answer ✅ The central part of the retina, which is used for seeing detail. Posterior Chamber - correct answer ✅ The area behind the iris and in front of the lens.

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    Rods - correct answer ✅ Photoreceptors that provide black/white vision and are the most sensitive. Cones - correct answer ✅ Photoreceptors responsible for color vision and for clear central vision. Sclera - correct answer ✅ The white portion of the eye made up of a tough, fibrous tissue that gives shape and structure to the eyeball. Vitreou s Humor - correct answer ✅ A thick, clear, jelly - like substance that fills the eye between the lens and the retina. This serves to support the retina and helps keep the eye round. Ocular Adnexa - correct answer ✅ The adjacent structures of the eye, such as eyelids, lashes, eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, tarsal plates, orbit, extraocular muscles and conjunctiva.

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    Sinuses - correct answer ✅ Air spaces within the bones. Lacrimal Gland - correct answer ✅ The gland that supplies most of the tears to the eye. Lacri mal Duct - correct answer ✅ The drainage system for tears. Nasolacrimal Duct - correct answer ✅ The drainage system for the tears to leave the eye. Amblyopia - correct answer ✅ A loss of vision in one or both eyes. Aphakia - correct answer ✅ When a cataract progress to the degree that it interferes with vision, the crystalline lens can be surgically removed. Absence of the lens in the eye.

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    Chalazion - correct answer ✅ As the inflammation resolves in a hordeolum, it will sometimes leave a granuloma (small lum p). Blepharitis - correct answer ✅ Inflammation of the lid margin. Diabetic Retinopathy - correct answer ✅ Due to poor blood circulation that occurs with diabetes mellitus, new blood vessel growth often develops in the retina. Esotropia - correct answer ✅ A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward. Flashes or floaters - correct answer ✅ Caused by mechanical stimulation of the nerves in the retina. Glaucoma - correct answer ✅ A condition in which the optic nerve is damaged from increased ocul ar pressure.

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    Hordeolum - correct answer ✅ Commonly known as a stye, occurs when pores in the eyelid become blocked and inflamed. This essentially is a "pimple" in the eyelid. Keratoconus - correct answer ✅ The cornea thins and bulges forward. Nystagmus - correct answer ✅ A vision condition in which the eyes make repetitive, uncontrolled movements, often resulting in reduced vision. Pinguecula - correct answer ✅ A thickening of the connective tissue on the sides of the cornea (3 and 9 o'clock). Ptygerium - correct answer ✅ A type of abnormal growth of tissue on the conjunctiva. Different from (other disorder) in its wedge - shape and ability to invade the cornea.

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    Retinal detachment - correct answer ✅ The retina pulls away from the rest of the eyeball. A - , An - - correct answer ✅ (without) Ab - - correct answer ✅ (away) Ad - - correct answer ✅ (to, toward) Aniso - - correct answer ✅ (different) Anti - - correct answer ✅ (against) Bi - , Di - - correct answer ✅ (two)

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    Ex - - correct answer ✅ (away from, out of) Hyp er - - correct answer ✅ (excessive, above, over) Hypo - , Sub - - correct answer ✅ (under, below) Intra - - correct answer ✅ (within) Para - - correct answer ✅ (beside, beyond, around) Peri - - correct answer ✅ (surrounding) Retro - - correct answer ✅ (backward) - ectomy - correct answer ✅ (cutting out, excision)

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    - ia - correct answer ✅ (diseased or abnormal state) - itis - correct answer ✅ (inflammation) - meter - correct answer ✅ (measurer) - ologist - correct answer ✅ (someone who studies or practices) - ology - correct answer ✅ (study of) - oma - correct answer ✅ (tumor, swelling) - opia - correct answer ✅ (vision condition)

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    - osis - correct answer ✅ (abnormal condition) - pathy - correct answer ✅ (disease) - phobia - correct answer ✅ (abnormal fear of, or aversion to, specific things) - scope - correct answer ✅ (instrument used for examination) - al, - ic, - ous - correct answer ✅ (pertaining to) BLEPHAR - correct answer ✅ (eyelid) CHROM - correct answer ✅ (color)

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    CONJUNCTIV - correct answer ✅ (conjunctiva) COR, CORE - correct answer ✅ (pupil) CORNE, KERAT - correct answer ✅ (cornea) DIPL - correct answer ✅ (double) IRID, IRI - correct answer ✅ (iris) OCUL, OPHTHALM - correct answer ✅ (eye) OPT - correct answer ✅ (vision) ORTH - correct answer ✅ (straight)

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