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Health Promotion and MaintenanceQuestion 1627 of 2368

A client's far vision is recorded as 20/40 on the Snellen chart. What does this result mean?

  1. The client sees at 40 feet what a person with normal vision sees at 20 feet
  2. The client has normal far vision
  3. The client has lost half of their peripheral vision
  4. The client sees at 20 feet what a person with normal vision sees at 40 feet
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Correct answer: The client sees at 20 feet what a person with normal vision sees at 40 feet

The top number is the distance the client stands, and the bottom number is the distance a person with normal vision could read that line.

Source: Nursing Skills, 2nd edition (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2023), Neurological Assessment: Cranial Nerve II – Optic. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026