OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL ASSISTING
EXAM 2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS |
VERIFIED Q&A
If a pinhole acuity test is found to significantly improve a
patient's poor visual acuity, the patient probably has what?
Correct Answer A refractive error
In a normal consensual reaction, when a light is directed
into the pupil of one eye, what will the pupil of the other
do? Correct Answer Constrict
How often should healthy, asymptomatic individuals
between the ages of 40 and 64 have a comprehensive
medical eye examination? Correct Answer every 2 to 4
years
What part of the comprehensive medical eye examination
includes the inspection of the visible parts of the lacrimal
apparatus? Correct Answer The external examination
A reading of 3 on the Goldmann tonometer dial indicates
an intraocular pressure of? Correct Answer 30 mmHg
What does indirect ophthalmoscopy provide? Correct
Answer A wider field of view of the fundus than does direct
ophthalmoscopy
,What should the ophthalmic medical assistant do when
recording the patient's chief complaint? Correct Answer
Include only the facts as stated by the patient
Intraocular pressure is measured by flattening a small
area of the central cornea using what procedure? Correct
Answer Applanation tonometry
Jaeger notations, Snellen M units, and distance
equivalents are various units of measuring which of the
following? Correct Answer Near visual acuity
What is the procedure called gonioscopy used to view?
Correct Answer Structures of the anterior chamber angle
What does the number 100 represent when reading the
Snellen acuity recording 20/100? Correct Answer
Distance in feet at which a normal eye can see a particular
on the chart
Which instrument can be used for close examination of the
eyelids, lashes, cornea, and lens? Correct Answer
Biomicroscope
What is latent strabismus called? Correct Answer Phoria
What term refers to observation of eye movements of both
eyes together? Correct Answer Versions
Monocular patients can have which of the following?
Correct Answer Amblyopia
, What is the horizontal eye movement that turns the eye
laterally called? Correct Answer Abduction
The third cranial nerve controls which muscle? Correct
Answer Medial rectus
Which of the following is not part of the evaluation of
ocular motility? Correct Answer Visual field testing
Proper execution of the Titmus stereopsis test requires the
patient to wear what type of spectacles? Correct Answer
Light-polarizing spectacles
The sixth cranial nerve powers which EOM's? Correct
Answer Lateral rectus
Which of the following is an example of a corneal light
reflex test used for strabismus detection? Correct Answer
Hirschberg test
B-scan ultrasonography is used for what purpose?
Correct Answer To provide a 2D image of intraocular
structures and abnormalities, such as tumors
What are the 3 transparent structures that compose what
is termed the ocular media? Correct Answer Cornea,
lens, and vitreous
What is pachymetry useful in determine? Correct Answer
Thickness of the cornea
EXAM 2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS |
VERIFIED Q&A
If a pinhole acuity test is found to significantly improve a
patient's poor visual acuity, the patient probably has what?
Correct Answer A refractive error
In a normal consensual reaction, when a light is directed
into the pupil of one eye, what will the pupil of the other
do? Correct Answer Constrict
How often should healthy, asymptomatic individuals
between the ages of 40 and 64 have a comprehensive
medical eye examination? Correct Answer every 2 to 4
years
What part of the comprehensive medical eye examination
includes the inspection of the visible parts of the lacrimal
apparatus? Correct Answer The external examination
A reading of 3 on the Goldmann tonometer dial indicates
an intraocular pressure of? Correct Answer 30 mmHg
What does indirect ophthalmoscopy provide? Correct
Answer A wider field of view of the fundus than does direct
ophthalmoscopy
,What should the ophthalmic medical assistant do when
recording the patient's chief complaint? Correct Answer
Include only the facts as stated by the patient
Intraocular pressure is measured by flattening a small
area of the central cornea using what procedure? Correct
Answer Applanation tonometry
Jaeger notations, Snellen M units, and distance
equivalents are various units of measuring which of the
following? Correct Answer Near visual acuity
What is the procedure called gonioscopy used to view?
Correct Answer Structures of the anterior chamber angle
What does the number 100 represent when reading the
Snellen acuity recording 20/100? Correct Answer
Distance in feet at which a normal eye can see a particular
on the chart
Which instrument can be used for close examination of the
eyelids, lashes, cornea, and lens? Correct Answer
Biomicroscope
What is latent strabismus called? Correct Answer Phoria
What term refers to observation of eye movements of both
eyes together? Correct Answer Versions
Monocular patients can have which of the following?
Correct Answer Amblyopia
, What is the horizontal eye movement that turns the eye
laterally called? Correct Answer Abduction
The third cranial nerve controls which muscle? Correct
Answer Medial rectus
Which of the following is not part of the evaluation of
ocular motility? Correct Answer Visual field testing
Proper execution of the Titmus stereopsis test requires the
patient to wear what type of spectacles? Correct Answer
Light-polarizing spectacles
The sixth cranial nerve powers which EOM's? Correct
Answer Lateral rectus
Which of the following is an example of a corneal light
reflex test used for strabismus detection? Correct Answer
Hirschberg test
B-scan ultrasonography is used for what purpose?
Correct Answer To provide a 2D image of intraocular
structures and abnormalities, such as tumors
What are the 3 transparent structures that compose what
is termed the ocular media? Correct Answer Cornea,
lens, and vitreous
What is pachymetry useful in determine? Correct Answer
Thickness of the cornea
