Ophthalmic Medical Assisting Exam
(OMA) Questions And Answers
/.(Chapter 1) What does the abbreviation IJCAHPO stand for? - Answer-✅International
Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
/.(Chapter 1) What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? -
Answer-✅Performing certain diagnostic tests
/.(Chapter 1) What disease is associated with increased pressure inside the eye? -
Answer-✅Glaucoma
/.(Chapter 1) What eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? -
Answer-✅Optician
/.(Chapter 1) What does an orthoptist do? - Answer-✅Evaluates Strabismus
/.(Chapter 1) What instrument does an ophthalmologist use to examine the retina and
optic nerve? - Answer-✅Ophthalmoscope
/.(Chapter 1) What eye care professional would fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? -
Answer-✅Ocularist
/.(Chapter 1) What is the first IJCAHPO level of certification? - Answer-✅Certified
Ophthalmic Assistant
/.(Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - Answer-
✅Rotates the eye inward toward the nose
/.(Chapter 2) In what order is visual information from the retina transmitted to the visual
cortex? - Answer-✅Bipolar cells to ganglion cells to lateral geniculate body
/.(Chapter 2) Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the eye's focusing power? -
Answer-✅Cornea
/.(Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) affects globe rotation (incyclotorsion
and excyclotorsion)? - Answer-✅Superior oblique, inferior oblique, superior rectus,
inferior rectus
/.(Chapter 2) What membrane lines the inner eyelid? - Answer-✅Palpebral Conjunctiva
,/.(Chapter 2) What structure separates an internal hordeolum (chalazion) from an
external hordeolum (stye)? - Answer-✅Tarsal Plate
/.(Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) results in enlargement of the pupil? -
Answer-✅Dilator
/.(Chapter 2) What structure is responsible for secreting the aqueous humor? - Answer-
✅Ciliary Body
/.(Chapter 2) What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual
to focus on a near target? - Answer-✅Accommodation
/.(Chapter 2) What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the
macula? - Answer-✅Detailed Central Vision
/.(Chapter 2) The crystalline lens regularly comes into contact with what fluids and
tissues? - Answer-✅Iris, Zonules, Aqueous Humor, Vitreous
/.(Chapter 2) What cells and glands of the eye and adnexa contribute to tear
production? - Answer-✅Goblet Cells, Meibomian Glands, Lacrimal Gland
/.(Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? -
Answer-✅To change the pupil size to control the amount of light entering the eye
/.(Chapter 3) What is amblyopia? - Answer-✅Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual
deprivation in the first decade of life
/.(Chapter 3) What is diplopia? - Answer-✅Double vision
/.(Chapter 3) What is the defining feature of wet age-related macular degeneration
(AMD) in comparison to dry AMD? - Answer-✅The presence of aberrant blood vessels
leaking fluid in the central retina
/.(Chapter 3) In what condition do the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball
forward? - Answer-✅Exophthalmos (Proptosis)
/.(Chapter 3) What differentiates pterygia from pingueculae? - Answer-✅Pterygia
extend onto the surface of the cornea
/.(Chapter 3) Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? -
Answer-✅Optic Nerve
, /.(Chapter 3) What is the term for the inward deviation of the eye that occurs only when
1 eye is covered? - Answer-✅Esophoria
/.(Chapter 3) An embolic retinal artery occlusion due to atherosclerosis is best classified
as what type of process? - Answer-✅Ischemic
/.(Chapter 3) What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician
observes while examining a patient? - Answer-✅Sign
/.(Chapter 3) What is the cause of presbyopia? - Answer-✅Progressive hardening of
the crystalline lens
/.(Chapter 3) What is a chalazion? - Answer-✅A lump that develops after inflammation
and infection
/.(Chapter 3) What term best describes pooling of white blood cells at the bottom of the
anterior chamber in the setting of an infectious or inflammatory process? - Answer-
✅Hypopyon
/.(Chapter 3) What sign or symptom most strongly suggests the presence of a retinal
detachment rather than a posterior vitreous detachment? - Answer-✅A new, unilateral
peripheral defect on confrontational visual fields
/.(Chapter 3) What term describes bilateral, elevated optic nerves due to increased
intracranial pressure? - Answer-✅Papilledema
/.(Chapter 4) What retinal infection typically occurs in patients with acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who have CD4 counts less than 50? - Answer-
✅Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
/.(Chapter 4) What are the common ocular manifestations of myasthenia gravis? -
Answer-✅Ptosis, diplopia
/.(Chapter 4) What type of herpes simplex virus usually produces genital infections? -
Answer-✅Type 2
/.(Chapter 4) What is the common ocular manifestation of Sjögren syndrome? - Answer-
✅Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
/.(Chapter 4) What is a cancer that spreads to other parts of the body called? - Answer-
✅Metastatic
/.(Chapter 4) The eyes are considered part of what body system? - Answer-✅Nervous
(OMA) Questions And Answers
/.(Chapter 1) What does the abbreviation IJCAHPO stand for? - Answer-✅International
Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
/.(Chapter 1) What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? -
Answer-✅Performing certain diagnostic tests
/.(Chapter 1) What disease is associated with increased pressure inside the eye? -
Answer-✅Glaucoma
/.(Chapter 1) What eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? -
Answer-✅Optician
/.(Chapter 1) What does an orthoptist do? - Answer-✅Evaluates Strabismus
/.(Chapter 1) What instrument does an ophthalmologist use to examine the retina and
optic nerve? - Answer-✅Ophthalmoscope
/.(Chapter 1) What eye care professional would fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? -
Answer-✅Ocularist
/.(Chapter 1) What is the first IJCAHPO level of certification? - Answer-✅Certified
Ophthalmic Assistant
/.(Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - Answer-
✅Rotates the eye inward toward the nose
/.(Chapter 2) In what order is visual information from the retina transmitted to the visual
cortex? - Answer-✅Bipolar cells to ganglion cells to lateral geniculate body
/.(Chapter 2) Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the eye's focusing power? -
Answer-✅Cornea
/.(Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) affects globe rotation (incyclotorsion
and excyclotorsion)? - Answer-✅Superior oblique, inferior oblique, superior rectus,
inferior rectus
/.(Chapter 2) What membrane lines the inner eyelid? - Answer-✅Palpebral Conjunctiva
,/.(Chapter 2) What structure separates an internal hordeolum (chalazion) from an
external hordeolum (stye)? - Answer-✅Tarsal Plate
/.(Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) results in enlargement of the pupil? -
Answer-✅Dilator
/.(Chapter 2) What structure is responsible for secreting the aqueous humor? - Answer-
✅Ciliary Body
/.(Chapter 2) What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual
to focus on a near target? - Answer-✅Accommodation
/.(Chapter 2) What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the
macula? - Answer-✅Detailed Central Vision
/.(Chapter 2) The crystalline lens regularly comes into contact with what fluids and
tissues? - Answer-✅Iris, Zonules, Aqueous Humor, Vitreous
/.(Chapter 2) What cells and glands of the eye and adnexa contribute to tear
production? - Answer-✅Goblet Cells, Meibomian Glands, Lacrimal Gland
/.(Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? -
Answer-✅To change the pupil size to control the amount of light entering the eye
/.(Chapter 3) What is amblyopia? - Answer-✅Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual
deprivation in the first decade of life
/.(Chapter 3) What is diplopia? - Answer-✅Double vision
/.(Chapter 3) What is the defining feature of wet age-related macular degeneration
(AMD) in comparison to dry AMD? - Answer-✅The presence of aberrant blood vessels
leaking fluid in the central retina
/.(Chapter 3) In what condition do the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball
forward? - Answer-✅Exophthalmos (Proptosis)
/.(Chapter 3) What differentiates pterygia from pingueculae? - Answer-✅Pterygia
extend onto the surface of the cornea
/.(Chapter 3) Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? -
Answer-✅Optic Nerve
, /.(Chapter 3) What is the term for the inward deviation of the eye that occurs only when
1 eye is covered? - Answer-✅Esophoria
/.(Chapter 3) An embolic retinal artery occlusion due to atherosclerosis is best classified
as what type of process? - Answer-✅Ischemic
/.(Chapter 3) What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician
observes while examining a patient? - Answer-✅Sign
/.(Chapter 3) What is the cause of presbyopia? - Answer-✅Progressive hardening of
the crystalline lens
/.(Chapter 3) What is a chalazion? - Answer-✅A lump that develops after inflammation
and infection
/.(Chapter 3) What term best describes pooling of white blood cells at the bottom of the
anterior chamber in the setting of an infectious or inflammatory process? - Answer-
✅Hypopyon
/.(Chapter 3) What sign or symptom most strongly suggests the presence of a retinal
detachment rather than a posterior vitreous detachment? - Answer-✅A new, unilateral
peripheral defect on confrontational visual fields
/.(Chapter 3) What term describes bilateral, elevated optic nerves due to increased
intracranial pressure? - Answer-✅Papilledema
/.(Chapter 4) What retinal infection typically occurs in patients with acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who have CD4 counts less than 50? - Answer-
✅Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
/.(Chapter 4) What are the common ocular manifestations of myasthenia gravis? -
Answer-✅Ptosis, diplopia
/.(Chapter 4) What type of herpes simplex virus usually produces genital infections? -
Answer-✅Type 2
/.(Chapter 4) What is the common ocular manifestation of Sjögren syndrome? - Answer-
✅Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
/.(Chapter 4) What is a cancer that spreads to other parts of the body called? - Answer-
✅Metastatic
/.(Chapter 4) The eyes are considered part of what body system? - Answer-✅Nervous
