COA Practice Exam (JCAHPO)
Questions With Complete Solutions
/. What does the abbreviation JCAHPO stand for? - Answer-✅Joint Commission on
Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
/.What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - Answer-
✅performing certain diagnostic tests
/.Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? - Answer-✅ophthalmologist
/.Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - Answer-
✅optician
/.What does an orthoptist do? - Answer-✅evaluates double vision
/.What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye? -
Answer-✅a subspecialist
/.Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - Answer-
✅ocularist
/.What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assistant on JCAHPO's
certification ladder? - Answer-✅certified ophthalmic technician
/.What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - Answer-✅rotates the eye
inward toward the nose
/.In this figure of the visual pathway, the structures are correctly identified as which of
the following? - Answer-✅(1) optic nerve (2) optic chiasm (3) visual cortex
/.Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye? - Answer-
✅cornea
/.Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? - Answer-✅anterior chamber angle,
through trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlemm
/.What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? - Answer-✅palpebral conjunctiva
/.Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? - Answer-✅eyelid
,/.What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber? -
Answer-✅aqueous humor
/.Which structures are part of the uveal tract? - Answer-✅iris, ciliary body, choroid
/.What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a
near target? - Answer-✅accommodation
/.What kind of vision loss is associated with Injury or degeneration of the macula? -
Answer-✅detailed central vision
/.What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the main
structural component of the globe? - Answer-✅sclera
/.In this figure of the lacrimal system, the structures are correctly identified as which
grouping? - Answer-✅(1) lacrimal gland (2) lacrimal sac (3) punctum
/.What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - Answer-
✅change the pupil size in order to control the amount of light entering the eye
/.What is amblyopia? - Answer-✅poor vision in an eye secondary to visual deprivation
in the first decade of life
/.What is diplopia? - Answer-✅double vision
/.What does the suffix itis mean? - Answer-✅inflammation
/.What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball
forward? - Answer-✅exophthalmos (proptosis)
/.What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus? - Answer-✅eye
muscles
/.Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? - Answer-
✅optic nerve
/.What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye is
covered? - Answer-✅esophoria
/.What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply? -
Answer-✅ischemic
, /.What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while
examining a patient? - Answer-✅a sign
/.What is a cataract? - Answer-✅an opacification of the crystalline lens
/.What is a chalazion? - Answer-✅a lump that develops after inflammation and infection
of the meibomian glands
/.Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process? - 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? - Answer-✅retinal
detachment
/.What is another name for dry eye? - Answer-✅keratoconjunctivitis sicca
/.Which of the following applies to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)? -
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.
Antiretroviral drugs can help a person with HIV live symptom-free.
/.The retina examination is often important in detecting which disease? - Answer-
✅hypertension
/.What type of herpes simplex virus usually produces genital infections? - Answer-
✅type 2
/.Dry eyes are common in which of the following diseases? - Answer-✅rheumatoid
arthritis
/.What is a cancer that spreads to other parts of the body called? - Answer-✅metastatic
/.The eyes are considered part of which body system? - Answer-✅nervous
/.Which of the following diseases is a chronic autoimmune condition that interferes with
proper nerve transmission in the skeletal muscles? - Answer-✅myasthenia gravis
/.Which of the following is a waste product of metabolism? - Answer-✅carbon dioxide
/.What is a common eye disorder associated with multiple sclerosis? - Answer-✅optic
neuritis
Questions With Complete Solutions
/. What does the abbreviation JCAHPO stand for? - Answer-✅Joint Commission on
Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
/.What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - Answer-
✅performing certain diagnostic tests
/.Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? - Answer-✅ophthalmologist
/.Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - Answer-
✅optician
/.What does an orthoptist do? - Answer-✅evaluates double vision
/.What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye? -
Answer-✅a subspecialist
/.Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - Answer-
✅ocularist
/.What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assistant on JCAHPO's
certification ladder? - Answer-✅certified ophthalmic technician
/.What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - Answer-✅rotates the eye
inward toward the nose
/.In this figure of the visual pathway, the structures are correctly identified as which of
the following? - Answer-✅(1) optic nerve (2) optic chiasm (3) visual cortex
/.Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye? - Answer-
✅cornea
/.Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? - Answer-✅anterior chamber angle,
through trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlemm
/.What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? - Answer-✅palpebral conjunctiva
/.Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? - Answer-✅eyelid
,/.What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber? -
Answer-✅aqueous humor
/.Which structures are part of the uveal tract? - Answer-✅iris, ciliary body, choroid
/.What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a
near target? - Answer-✅accommodation
/.What kind of vision loss is associated with Injury or degeneration of the macula? -
Answer-✅detailed central vision
/.What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the main
structural component of the globe? - Answer-✅sclera
/.In this figure of the lacrimal system, the structures are correctly identified as which
grouping? - Answer-✅(1) lacrimal gland (2) lacrimal sac (3) punctum
/.What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - Answer-
✅change the pupil size in order to control the amount of light entering the eye
/.What is amblyopia? - Answer-✅poor vision in an eye secondary to visual deprivation
in the first decade of life
/.What is diplopia? - Answer-✅double vision
/.What does the suffix itis mean? - Answer-✅inflammation
/.What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball
forward? - Answer-✅exophthalmos (proptosis)
/.What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus? - Answer-✅eye
muscles
/.Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? - Answer-
✅optic nerve
/.What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye is
covered? - Answer-✅esophoria
/.What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply? -
Answer-✅ischemic
, /.What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while
examining a patient? - Answer-✅a sign
/.What is a cataract? - Answer-✅an opacification of the crystalline lens
/.What is a chalazion? - Answer-✅a lump that develops after inflammation and infection
of the meibomian glands
/.Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process? - 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? - Answer-✅retinal
detachment
/.What is another name for dry eye? - Answer-✅keratoconjunctivitis sicca
/.Which of the following applies to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)? -
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.
Antiretroviral drugs can help a person with HIV live symptom-free.
/.The retina examination is often important in detecting which disease? - Answer-
✅hypertension
/.What type of herpes simplex virus usually produces genital infections? - Answer-
✅type 2
/.Dry eyes are common in which of the following diseases? - Answer-✅rheumatoid
arthritis
/.What is a cancer that spreads to other parts of the body called? - Answer-✅metastatic
/.The eyes are considered part of which body system? - Answer-✅nervous
/.Which of the following diseases is a chronic autoimmune condition that interferes with
proper nerve transmission in the skeletal muscles? - Answer-✅myasthenia gravis
/.Which of the following is a waste product of metabolism? - Answer-✅carbon dioxide
/.What is a common eye disorder associated with multiple sclerosis? - Answer-✅optic
neuritis
