Hyperopia is characterized by images focusing where?

• A. In front of the retina
• B. Behind the retina
• C. On the retina
• D. At the cornea

Answer: (B)

Hyperopia occurs when light is focused behind the retina. This happens because the eye is too short or the cornea lacks enough curvature, so the focal point falls behind the retina rather than on it. As a result, distant objects can sometimes be seen with effort, but near objects appear blurred unless the eye increases its focusing power. If a vision issue had the image forming in front of the retina, that would describe myopia, while an image forming directly on the retina indicates normal or emmetropic vision; focusing at the cornea isn’t how refractive errors are described.