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