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Ophthalmic Medical Assisting Exam
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What does the abbreviation JCAHPO stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Joint
Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Performing certain diagnostic tests
Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Ophthalmologist
Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Optician
What does an orthoptist do? - CORRECT ANSWER-Evaluates double vision
What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye? -
CORRECT ANSWER-A subspecialist
Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Ocularist
What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assistant on JCAPO's
certification ladder? - CORRECT ANSWER-Certified ophthalmic technician
What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Rotates the eye inward toward the nose
Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Cornea
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Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? - CORRECT ANSWER-Anterior
chamber angle, through trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlemm
What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? - CORRECT ANSWER-Palpebral
conjunctiva
Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? - CORRECT ANSWER-Eyelid
What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Aqueous humor
Which structures are part of the uveal tract? - CORRECT ANSWER-Iris, ciliary body,
choroid
What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a
near target? - CORRECT ANSWER-Accommodation
What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the macula? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Detailed central vision
What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the main
structural component of the globe? - CORRECT ANSWER-Sclera
What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Change the pupil size in order to control the amount of light entering the eye
What is amblyopia? - CORRECT ANSWER-Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual
deprivation in the first decade of life
What is diplopia? - CORRECT ANSWER-Double vision
What does the suffix -itis mean? - CORRECT ANSWER-Inflammation
What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball
forward? - CORRECT ANSWER-Exophthalmos (proptosis)
What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Eye muscles
Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Optic nerve
What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye is
covered? - CORRECT ANSWER-Esophoria
What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Ischemic
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What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while
examining a patient? - CORRECT ANSWER-A sign
What is a cataract? - CORRECT ANSWER-An opacification of the crystalline lens
What is a chalazion? - CORRECT ANSWER-A lump that develops after inflammation
and infection of the meibomian glands
Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process? - CORRECT ANSWER-Metabolic
What condition has symptoms that include flashes of light in the corner of the eye,
followed by a sensation of a curtain moving across the vision? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Retinal detachment
What is another name for dry eye? - CORRECT ANSWER-Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Which of the following applies to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Infection of the retina can be caused by the cytomegalovirus
(CMV), opportunistic infections of the retina are more likely when the CD4 count is less
than 50, and antiretroviral drugs can help a person with HIV live symptom-free
The retina examination is often important in detecting which disease? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Hypertension
What type of herpes simplex virus usually produces genital infections? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Type 2
Dry eyes are common in which disease? - CORRECT ANSWER-Rheumatoid arthritis
What is cancer that spreads to other parts of the body called? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Metastatic
The eyes are considered part of which body system? - CORRECT ANSWER-Nervous
Which of the following diseases is a chronic autoimmune condition that interferes with
proper nerve transmission in the skeletal muscles? - CORRECT ANSWER-Myasthenia
gravis
Which of the following is a waste product of metabolism? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Carbon dioxide
What is a common eye disorder associated with multiple sclerosis? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Optic neuritis
What is the common cause of exophthalmos in an adult? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Thyroid eye disease
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Ophthalmic Medical Assisting Exam
with complete solutions latest version
What does the abbreviation JCAHPO stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Joint
Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Performing certain diagnostic tests
Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Ophthalmologist
Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Optician
What does an orthoptist do? - CORRECT ANSWER-Evaluates double vision
What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye? -
CORRECT ANSWER-A subspecialist
Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Ocularist
What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assistant on JCAPO's
certification ladder? - CORRECT ANSWER-Certified ophthalmic technician
What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Rotates the eye inward toward the nose
Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Cornea
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Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? - CORRECT ANSWER-Anterior
chamber angle, through trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlemm
What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? - CORRECT ANSWER-Palpebral
conjunctiva
Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? - CORRECT ANSWER-Eyelid
What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Aqueous humor
Which structures are part of the uveal tract? - CORRECT ANSWER-Iris, ciliary body,
choroid
What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a
near target? - CORRECT ANSWER-Accommodation
What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the macula? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Detailed central vision
What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the main
structural component of the globe? - CORRECT ANSWER-Sclera
What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Change the pupil size in order to control the amount of light entering the eye
What is amblyopia? - CORRECT ANSWER-Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual
deprivation in the first decade of life
What is diplopia? - CORRECT ANSWER-Double vision
What does the suffix -itis mean? - CORRECT ANSWER-Inflammation
What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball
forward? - CORRECT ANSWER-Exophthalmos (proptosis)
What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Eye muscles
Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Optic nerve
What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye is
covered? - CORRECT ANSWER-Esophoria
What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Ischemic
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What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while
examining a patient? - CORRECT ANSWER-A sign
What is a cataract? - CORRECT ANSWER-An opacification of the crystalline lens
What is a chalazion? - CORRECT ANSWER-A lump that develops after inflammation
and infection of the meibomian glands
Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process? - CORRECT ANSWER-Metabolic
What condition has symptoms that include flashes of light in the corner of the eye,
followed by a sensation of a curtain moving across the vision? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Retinal detachment
What is another name for dry eye? - CORRECT ANSWER-Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Which of the following applies to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Infection of the retina can be caused by the cytomegalovirus
(CMV), opportunistic infections of the retina are more likely when the CD4 count is less
than 50, and antiretroviral drugs can help a person with HIV live symptom-free
The retina examination is often important in detecting which disease? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Hypertension
What type of herpes simplex virus usually produces genital infections? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Type 2
Dry eyes are common in which disease? - CORRECT ANSWER-Rheumatoid arthritis
What is cancer that spreads to other parts of the body called? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Metastatic
The eyes are considered part of which body system? - CORRECT ANSWER-Nervous
Which of the following diseases is a chronic autoimmune condition that interferes with
proper nerve transmission in the skeletal muscles? - CORRECT ANSWER-Myasthenia
gravis
Which of the following is a waste product of metabolism? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Carbon dioxide
What is a common eye disorder associated with multiple sclerosis? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Optic neuritis
What is the common cause of exophthalmos in an adult? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Thyroid eye disease
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