Ophthalmic Medical Assisting Exam
(OMA) fully solved
(Chapter 1) What does the abbreviation IJCAHPO stand for? - correct answer ✔✔International Joint
Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
(Chapter 1) What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - correct answer
✔✔Performing certain diagnostic tests
(Chapter 1) What disease is associated with increased pressure inside the eye? - correct answer
✔✔Glaucoma
(Chapter 1) What eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - correct answer
✔✔Optician
(Chapter 1) What does an orthoptist do? - correct answer ✔✔Evaluates Strabismus
(Chapter 1) What instrument does an ophthalmologist use to examine the retina and optic nerve? -
correct answer ✔✔Ophthalmoscope
(Chapter 1) What eye care professional would fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - correct answer
✔✔Ocularist
(Chapter 1) What is the first IJCAHPO level of certification? - correct answer ✔✔Certified Ophthalmic
Assistant
(Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - correct answer ✔✔Rotates the
eye inward toward the nose
,(Chapter 2) In what order is visual information from the retina transmitted to the visual cortex? - correct
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? - correct answer
✔✔Cornea
(Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) affects globe rotation (incyclotorsion and excyclotorsion)?
- correct answer ✔✔Superior oblique, inferior oblique, superior rectus, inferior rectus
(Chapter 2) What membrane lines the inner eyelid? - correct answer ✔✔Palpebral Conjunctiva
(Chapter 2) What structure separates an internal hordeolum (chalazion) from an external hordeolum
(stye)? - correct answer ✔✔Tarsal Plate
(Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) results in enlargement of the pupil? - correct answer
✔✔Dilator
(Chapter 2) What structure is responsible for secreting the aqueous humor? - correct answer ✔✔Ciliary
Body
(Chapter 2) What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a near
target? - correct answer ✔✔Accommodation
(Chapter 2) What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the macula? - correct
answer ✔✔Detailed Central Vision
(Chapter 2) The crystalline lens regularly comes into contact with what fluids and tissues? - correct
answer ✔✔Iris, Zonules, Aqueous Humor, Vitreous
(Chapter 2) What cells and glands of the eye and adnexa contribute to tear production? - correct answer
✔✔Goblet Cells, Meibomian Glands, Lacrimal Gland
, (Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - correct answer
✔✔To change the pupil size to control the amount of light entering the eye
(Chapter 3) What is amblyopia? - correct answer ✔✔Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual
deprivation in the first decade of life
(Chapter 3) What is diplopia? - correct answer ✔✔Double vision
(Chapter 3) What is the defining feature of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in comparison
to dry AMD? - correct 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? - correct
answer ✔✔Exophthalmos (Proptosis)
(Chapter 3) What differentiates pterygia from pingueculae? - correct answer ✔✔Pterygia extend onto
the surface of the cornea
(Chapter 3) Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? - correct answer
✔✔Optic Nerve
(Chapter 3) What is the term for the inward deviation of the eye that occurs only when 1 eye is covered?
- correct answer ✔✔Esophoria
(Chapter 3) An embolic retinal artery occlusion due to atherosclerosis is best classified as what type of
process? - correct answer ✔✔Ischemic
(Chapter 3) What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while examining
a patient? - correct answer ✔✔Sign
(Chapter 3) What is the cause of presbyopia? - correct answer ✔✔Progressive hardening of the
crystalline lens
(OMA) fully solved
(Chapter 1) What does the abbreviation IJCAHPO stand for? - correct answer ✔✔International Joint
Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
(Chapter 1) What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - correct answer
✔✔Performing certain diagnostic tests
(Chapter 1) What disease is associated with increased pressure inside the eye? - correct answer
✔✔Glaucoma
(Chapter 1) What eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - correct answer
✔✔Optician
(Chapter 1) What does an orthoptist do? - correct answer ✔✔Evaluates Strabismus
(Chapter 1) What instrument does an ophthalmologist use to examine the retina and optic nerve? -
correct answer ✔✔Ophthalmoscope
(Chapter 1) What eye care professional would fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - correct answer
✔✔Ocularist
(Chapter 1) What is the first IJCAHPO level of certification? - correct answer ✔✔Certified Ophthalmic
Assistant
(Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - correct answer ✔✔Rotates the
eye inward toward the nose
,(Chapter 2) In what order is visual information from the retina transmitted to the visual cortex? - correct
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? - correct answer
✔✔Cornea
(Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) affects globe rotation (incyclotorsion and excyclotorsion)?
- correct answer ✔✔Superior oblique, inferior oblique, superior rectus, inferior rectus
(Chapter 2) What membrane lines the inner eyelid? - correct answer ✔✔Palpebral Conjunctiva
(Chapter 2) What structure separates an internal hordeolum (chalazion) from an external hordeolum
(stye)? - correct answer ✔✔Tarsal Plate
(Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) results in enlargement of the pupil? - correct answer
✔✔Dilator
(Chapter 2) What structure is responsible for secreting the aqueous humor? - correct answer ✔✔Ciliary
Body
(Chapter 2) What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a near
target? - correct answer ✔✔Accommodation
(Chapter 2) What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the macula? - correct
answer ✔✔Detailed Central Vision
(Chapter 2) The crystalline lens regularly comes into contact with what fluids and tissues? - correct
answer ✔✔Iris, Zonules, Aqueous Humor, Vitreous
(Chapter 2) What cells and glands of the eye and adnexa contribute to tear production? - correct answer
✔✔Goblet Cells, Meibomian Glands, Lacrimal Gland
, (Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - correct answer
✔✔To change the pupil size to control the amount of light entering the eye
(Chapter 3) What is amblyopia? - correct answer ✔✔Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual
deprivation in the first decade of life
(Chapter 3) What is diplopia? - correct answer ✔✔Double vision
(Chapter 3) What is the defining feature of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in comparison
to dry AMD? - correct 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? - correct
answer ✔✔Exophthalmos (Proptosis)
(Chapter 3) What differentiates pterygia from pingueculae? - correct answer ✔✔Pterygia extend onto
the surface of the cornea
(Chapter 3) Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? - correct answer
✔✔Optic Nerve
(Chapter 3) What is the term for the inward deviation of the eye that occurs only when 1 eye is covered?
- correct answer ✔✔Esophoria
(Chapter 3) An embolic retinal artery occlusion due to atherosclerosis is best classified as what type of
process? - correct answer ✔✔Ischemic
(Chapter 3) What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while examining
a patient? - correct answer ✔✔Sign
(Chapter 3) What is the cause of presbyopia? - correct answer ✔✔Progressive hardening of the
crystalline lens
