JCAHPO COA EXAM ACTUAL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical
assistant? Answer: performing certain diagnostic tests
◉ Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? Answer:
ophthalmologist
◉ Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for
eyeglasses? Answer: optician
◉ What does an orthoptist do? Answer: evaluates double vision
◉ What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one
area of the eye? Answer: a subspecialist
◉ Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic
eye? Answer: ocularist
◉ What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical
assistant on JCAHPO's certification ladder? Answer: certified
ophthalmic technician
,◉ What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle?
Answer: rotates the eye inward toward the nose
◉ In this figure of the visual pathway, the structures are correctly
identified as which of the following? Answer: (1) optic nerve (2)
optic chiasm (3) visual cortex
◉ Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power
of the eye? Answer: cornea
◉ Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? Answer: anterior
chamber angle, through trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlemm
◉ What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? Answer:
palpebral conjunctiva
◉ Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? Answer:
eyelid
◉ What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the
anterior chamber? Answer: aqueous humor
,◉ Which structures are part of the uveal tract? Answer: iris, ciliary
body, choroid
◉ What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an
individual to focus on a near target? Answer: accommodation
◉ What kind of vision loss is associated with Injury or degeneration
of the macula? Answer: detailed central vision
◉ What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and
forming the main structural component of the globe? Answer: sclera
◉ In this figure of the lacrimal system, the structures are correctly
identified as which grouping? Answer: (1) lacrimal gland (2)
lacrimal sac (3) punctum
◉ What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator
muscles? Answer: change the pupil size in order to control the
amount of light entering the eye
◉ What is amblyopia? Answer: poor vision in an eye secondary to
visual deprivation in the first decade of life
◉ What is diplopia? Answer: double vision
, ◉ What does the suffix itis mean? Answer: inflammation
◉ What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell,
pushing the eyeball forward? Answer: exophthalmos (proptosis)
◉ What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital
strabismus? Answer: eye muscles
◉ Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of
the eye? Answer: optic nerve
◉ What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs
only when the eye is covered? Answer: esophoria
◉ What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal
blood supply? Answer: ischemic
◉ What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician
observes while examining a patient? Answer: a sign
◉ What is a cataract? Answer: an opacification of the crystalline lens
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical
assistant? Answer: performing certain diagnostic tests
◉ Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? Answer:
ophthalmologist
◉ Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for
eyeglasses? Answer: optician
◉ What does an orthoptist do? Answer: evaluates double vision
◉ What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one
area of the eye? Answer: a subspecialist
◉ Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic
eye? Answer: ocularist
◉ What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical
assistant on JCAHPO's certification ladder? Answer: certified
ophthalmic technician
,◉ What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle?
Answer: rotates the eye inward toward the nose
◉ In this figure of the visual pathway, the structures are correctly
identified as which of the following? Answer: (1) optic nerve (2)
optic chiasm (3) visual cortex
◉ Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power
of the eye? Answer: cornea
◉ Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? Answer: anterior
chamber angle, through trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlemm
◉ What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? Answer:
palpebral conjunctiva
◉ Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? Answer:
eyelid
◉ What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the
anterior chamber? Answer: aqueous humor
,◉ Which structures are part of the uveal tract? Answer: iris, ciliary
body, choroid
◉ What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an
individual to focus on a near target? Answer: accommodation
◉ What kind of vision loss is associated with Injury or degeneration
of the macula? Answer: detailed central vision
◉ What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and
forming the main structural component of the globe? Answer: sclera
◉ In this figure of the lacrimal system, the structures are correctly
identified as which grouping? Answer: (1) lacrimal gland (2)
lacrimal sac (3) punctum
◉ What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator
muscles? Answer: change the pupil size in order to control the
amount of light entering the eye
◉ What is amblyopia? Answer: poor vision in an eye secondary to
visual deprivation in the first decade of life
◉ What is diplopia? Answer: double vision
, ◉ What does the suffix itis mean? Answer: inflammation
◉ What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell,
pushing the eyeball forward? Answer: exophthalmos (proptosis)
◉ What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital
strabismus? Answer: eye muscles
◉ Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of
the eye? Answer: optic nerve
◉ What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs
only when the eye is covered? Answer: esophoria
◉ What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal
blood supply? Answer: ischemic
◉ What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician
observes while examining a patient? Answer: a sign
◉ What is a cataract? Answer: an opacification of the crystalline lens
