JCAPHO CERTIFIED OPTHALMIC 2024 UPDATE
VERIFIED FOR SUCCESS COMPREHENSIVE
QUSTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL PASSED A+
Pertinent family history of a patient should include which relatives?
Parents, grandparents and genetic siblings
A patient describing an experience of getting hives after taking sulfa drugs is providing
information about _______________
an allergic reaction
What is the term for the spasmodic, rhythmic dilating and contracting pupillary
movements during pupil function testing?
HIppus
What is the name of the test used for detecting a relative afferent pupillary defect?
Swinging flashlight test
Which muscle of the iris constricts in bright lights?
Spincter
What is pupil dilation termed?
Mydriasis
What is the term used when there is a difference in pupil size?
Anisocoria
What is pupillometry?
The measurement of pupillary diameters
What is the name of the reflexive reaction that occurs when a light is directed into one
pupil and the pupil of the opposite eye simultaneously reacts?
Consensual pupillary reaction
Calibration of the applanation tonometer should be checked approximately every
_____________ months.
Two (or sooner with regular use)
When cleaning the goniolens, what is used to rinse off the methycellulose?
Warm running water
Name the nine components of the ophthalmic history
Chief complaint, present illness, past ocular history, ocular medications, general medical and
surgical history, systemic medications, allergies, social history and family history.
Why is it important to specifically ask a patent about the medications they are taking?
Because certain medications may affect the eyes.
What is the proper response to a patient's request from the ophthalmic technician for
medical advice or a diagnosis?
Refer the patient to the opthalmologist
What is the term used for the reason for the patient's visit?
chief complaint
What elements are important in social history?
smoking, alcohol and drug use
, Prior use of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents is part of a patient's
_______________________
past ocular history
When replacing a light bulb ____________________ can diminish its effectiveness and life.
oil from fingers
Diagnostic lenses that contact the eye can be sterilized using?
Ethylene Oxide gas
How should the removable glass slides inside the American Optical acuity projector be
cleaned?
Wipe with clean, soft lint-free towel or photographic lens paper
If dust accumulates on the mirror of the slit lamp, the technician may clean it by using
what cleaning methods?
A lint-free cloth, a lens brush, or a blast of air
Who should repair and maintain equipment such as a laser?
A qualified service technician
Which accessories are used to check the calibration of an opthalmometer/keratometer?
Three test balls made of steel, also called "Lensco Meter"
What should be used to clean the accessible lenses of a phoropter?
Photographic lens cleaner and lens tissue
What size letters (optotypes) are typically used to calibrate visual acuity projectors?
20/200
What is the name of the instrument used to neutralize lenses?
Lensometer (Lensmeter)
When recording prism in a spectacle Rx, what does the abbreviation BO stand for?
Base out
What is determined by focusing the thin lines in a manual lensometer?
The sphere of the spectacle Rx is determined by the thin lines
What is the first step in performing lensometry?
Focus the eyepiece
If you cannot center the thick and thin lines in the center in the lensometer, the lens has
__________________
Ground-in prism
Each black ring seen in the lensometer eyepiece reticle measures how much prism?
1 diopter for each ring
When performing lensometry, what is indicated if both thin and wide lines are in focus at
the same time?
The lens is spherical
What is the technique used to measure the radius of curvature of the anterior corneal
surface?
A-Scan keratometry Length Measurements
Keratometry is performed with a device called a _________________
Keratometer or opthalmometer
Give three examples in which a keratometry measurement would be useful.
Contact lens fitting, refractive surgery, intra ocular lens calculations, keratoconus
Keratometry is measured in ________________
Diopters
VERIFIED FOR SUCCESS COMPREHENSIVE
QUSTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL PASSED A+
Pertinent family history of a patient should include which relatives?
Parents, grandparents and genetic siblings
A patient describing an experience of getting hives after taking sulfa drugs is providing
information about _______________
an allergic reaction
What is the term for the spasmodic, rhythmic dilating and contracting pupillary
movements during pupil function testing?
HIppus
What is the name of the test used for detecting a relative afferent pupillary defect?
Swinging flashlight test
Which muscle of the iris constricts in bright lights?
Spincter
What is pupil dilation termed?
Mydriasis
What is the term used when there is a difference in pupil size?
Anisocoria
What is pupillometry?
The measurement of pupillary diameters
What is the name of the reflexive reaction that occurs when a light is directed into one
pupil and the pupil of the opposite eye simultaneously reacts?
Consensual pupillary reaction
Calibration of the applanation tonometer should be checked approximately every
_____________ months.
Two (or sooner with regular use)
When cleaning the goniolens, what is used to rinse off the methycellulose?
Warm running water
Name the nine components of the ophthalmic history
Chief complaint, present illness, past ocular history, ocular medications, general medical and
surgical history, systemic medications, allergies, social history and family history.
Why is it important to specifically ask a patent about the medications they are taking?
Because certain medications may affect the eyes.
What is the proper response to a patient's request from the ophthalmic technician for
medical advice or a diagnosis?
Refer the patient to the opthalmologist
What is the term used for the reason for the patient's visit?
chief complaint
What elements are important in social history?
smoking, alcohol and drug use
, Prior use of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents is part of a patient's
_______________________
past ocular history
When replacing a light bulb ____________________ can diminish its effectiveness and life.
oil from fingers
Diagnostic lenses that contact the eye can be sterilized using?
Ethylene Oxide gas
How should the removable glass slides inside the American Optical acuity projector be
cleaned?
Wipe with clean, soft lint-free towel or photographic lens paper
If dust accumulates on the mirror of the slit lamp, the technician may clean it by using
what cleaning methods?
A lint-free cloth, a lens brush, or a blast of air
Who should repair and maintain equipment such as a laser?
A qualified service technician
Which accessories are used to check the calibration of an opthalmometer/keratometer?
Three test balls made of steel, also called "Lensco Meter"
What should be used to clean the accessible lenses of a phoropter?
Photographic lens cleaner and lens tissue
What size letters (optotypes) are typically used to calibrate visual acuity projectors?
20/200
What is the name of the instrument used to neutralize lenses?
Lensometer (Lensmeter)
When recording prism in a spectacle Rx, what does the abbreviation BO stand for?
Base out
What is determined by focusing the thin lines in a manual lensometer?
The sphere of the spectacle Rx is determined by the thin lines
What is the first step in performing lensometry?
Focus the eyepiece
If you cannot center the thick and thin lines in the center in the lensometer, the lens has
__________________
Ground-in prism
Each black ring seen in the lensometer eyepiece reticle measures how much prism?
1 diopter for each ring
When performing lensometry, what is indicated if both thin and wide lines are in focus at
the same time?
The lens is spherical
What is the technique used to measure the radius of curvature of the anterior corneal
surface?
A-Scan keratometry Length Measurements
Keratometry is performed with a device called a _________________
Keratometer or opthalmometer
Give three examples in which a keratometry measurement would be useful.
Contact lens fitting, refractive surgery, intra ocular lens calculations, keratoconus
Keratometry is measured in ________________
Diopters
