Ophthalmic Medical Assisting Exam with
question and answer 100% correct
What does the abbreviation JCAHPO stand for? - Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in
Ophthalmology
What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - Performing certain
diagnostic tests
Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? - Ophthalmologist
Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - Optician
What does an orthoptist do? - Evaluates double vision
What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye? - A subspecialist
Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - Ocularist
What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assistant on JCAPO's certification
ladder? - Certified ophthalmic technician
What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - Rotates the eye inward toward the
nose
Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye? - Cornea
,Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? - Anterior chamber angle, through trabecular
meshwork, to canal of Schlemm
What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? - Palpebral conjunctiva
Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? - Eyelid
What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber? - Aqueous
humor
Which structures are part of the uveal tract? - Iris, ciliary body, choroid
What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a near
target? - Accommodation
What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the macula? - Detailed
central vision
What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the main structural
component of the globe? - Sclera
What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - Change the pupil size in
order to control the amount of light entering the eye
What is amblyopia? - Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual deprivation in the first decade of
life
What is diplopia? - Double vision
, What does the suffix -itis mean? - Inflammation
What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball forward? -
Exophthalmos (proptosis)
What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus? - Eye muscles
Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? - Optic nerve
What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye is covered? -
Esophoria
What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply? - Ischemic
What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while examining a
patient? - A sign
What is a cataract? - An opacification of the crystalline lens
What is a chalazion? - A lump that develops after inflammation and infection of the meibomian
glands
Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process? - 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? - Retinal detachment
question and answer 100% correct
What does the abbreviation JCAHPO stand for? - Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in
Ophthalmology
What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - Performing certain
diagnostic tests
Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? - Ophthalmologist
Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - Optician
What does an orthoptist do? - Evaluates double vision
What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye? - A subspecialist
Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - Ocularist
What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assistant on JCAPO's certification
ladder? - Certified ophthalmic technician
What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - Rotates the eye inward toward the
nose
Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye? - Cornea
,Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? - Anterior chamber angle, through trabecular
meshwork, to canal of Schlemm
What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? - Palpebral conjunctiva
Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? - Eyelid
What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber? - Aqueous
humor
Which structures are part of the uveal tract? - Iris, ciliary body, choroid
What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a near
target? - Accommodation
What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the macula? - Detailed
central vision
What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the main structural
component of the globe? - Sclera
What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - Change the pupil size in
order to control the amount of light entering the eye
What is amblyopia? - Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual deprivation in the first decade of
life
What is diplopia? - Double vision
, What does the suffix -itis mean? - Inflammation
What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball forward? -
Exophthalmos (proptosis)
What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus? - Eye muscles
Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? - Optic nerve
What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye is covered? -
Esophoria
What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply? - Ischemic
What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while examining a
patient? - A sign
What is a cataract? - An opacification of the crystalline lens
What is a chalazion? - A lump that develops after inflammation and infection of the meibomian
glands
Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process? - 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? - Retinal detachment
