OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL ASSISTING LATEST EXAMS
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Of the following, which procedure must be performed before pupillary dilation? -
✔✔The swinging-light test
✔✔What is the prism and alternate cover test used for? - ✔✔To measure deviation in a
misaligned eye
✔✔Of the following, which is the test that evaluates disturbances or defects in the visual
field? - ✔✔Amsler grid test
✔✔Having a patient follow a finger in the six cardinal positions of gaze is a method of
evaluating which of the following? - ✔✔Extraocular muscle function
✔✔If a pinhole acuity test is found to significantly improve a patient's poor visual acuity,
the patient probably has what? - ✔✔A refractive error
✔✔In a normal consensual reaction, when a light is directed into the pupil of one eye,
what will the pupil of the other do? - ✔✔Constrict
✔✔How often should healthy, asymptomatic individuals between the ages of 40 and 64
have a comprehensive medical eye examination? - ✔✔every 2 to 4 years
✔✔What part of the comprehensive medical eye examination includes the inspection of
the visible parts of the lacrimal apparatus? - ✔✔The external examination
✔✔A reading of 3 on the Goldmann tonometer dial indicates an intraocular pressure of?
- ✔✔30 mmHg
✔✔What does indirect ophthalmoscopy provide? - ✔✔A wider field of view of the fundus
than does direct ophthalmoscopy
✔✔What should the ophthalmic medical assistant do when recording the patient's chief
complaint? - ✔✔Include only the facts as stated by the patient
✔✔Intraocular pressure is measured by flattening a small area of the central cornea
using what procedure? - ✔✔Applanation tonometry
✔✔Jaeger notations, Snellen M units, and distance equivalents are various units of
measuring which of the following? - ✔✔Near visual acuity
, ✔✔What is the procedure called gonioscopy used to view? - ✔✔Structures of the
anterior chamber angle
✔✔What does the number 100 represent when reading the Snellen acuity recording
20/100? - ✔✔Distance in feet at which a normal eye can see a particular on the chart
✔✔Which instrument can be used for close examination of the eyelids, lashes, cornea,
and lens? - ✔✔Biomicroscope
✔✔What is latent strabismus called? - ✔✔Phoria
✔✔What term refers to observation of eye movements of both eyes together? -
✔✔Versions
✔✔Monocular patients can have which of the following? - ✔✔Amblyopia
✔✔What is the horizontal eye movement that turns the eye laterally called? -
✔✔Abduction
✔✔The third cranial nerve controls which muscle? - ✔✔Medial rectus
✔✔Which of the following is not part of the evaluation of ocular motility? - ✔✔Visual field
testing
✔✔Proper execution of the Titmus stereopsis test requires the patient to wear what type
of spectacles? - ✔✔Light-polarizing spectacles
✔✔The sixth cranial nerve powers which EOM's? - ✔✔Lateral rectus
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a corneal light reflex test used for
strabismus detection? - ✔✔Hirschberg test
✔✔B-scan ultrasonography is used for what purpose? - ✔✔To provide a 2D image of
intraocular structures and abnormalities, such as tumors
✔✔What are the 3 transparent structures that compose what is termed the ocular
media? - ✔✔Cornea, lens, and vitreous
✔✔What is pachymetry useful in determine? - ✔✔Thickness of the cornea
✔✔Optical coherence tomography is used in the evaluation of what condition? -
✔✔Macular edema
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Of the following, which procedure must be performed before pupillary dilation? -
✔✔The swinging-light test
✔✔What is the prism and alternate cover test used for? - ✔✔To measure deviation in a
misaligned eye
✔✔Of the following, which is the test that evaluates disturbances or defects in the visual
field? - ✔✔Amsler grid test
✔✔Having a patient follow a finger in the six cardinal positions of gaze is a method of
evaluating which of the following? - ✔✔Extraocular muscle function
✔✔If a pinhole acuity test is found to significantly improve a patient's poor visual acuity,
the patient probably has what? - ✔✔A refractive error
✔✔In a normal consensual reaction, when a light is directed into the pupil of one eye,
what will the pupil of the other do? - ✔✔Constrict
✔✔How often should healthy, asymptomatic individuals between the ages of 40 and 64
have a comprehensive medical eye examination? - ✔✔every 2 to 4 years
✔✔What part of the comprehensive medical eye examination includes the inspection of
the visible parts of the lacrimal apparatus? - ✔✔The external examination
✔✔A reading of 3 on the Goldmann tonometer dial indicates an intraocular pressure of?
- ✔✔30 mmHg
✔✔What does indirect ophthalmoscopy provide? - ✔✔A wider field of view of the fundus
than does direct ophthalmoscopy
✔✔What should the ophthalmic medical assistant do when recording the patient's chief
complaint? - ✔✔Include only the facts as stated by the patient
✔✔Intraocular pressure is measured by flattening a small area of the central cornea
using what procedure? - ✔✔Applanation tonometry
✔✔Jaeger notations, Snellen M units, and distance equivalents are various units of
measuring which of the following? - ✔✔Near visual acuity
, ✔✔What is the procedure called gonioscopy used to view? - ✔✔Structures of the
anterior chamber angle
✔✔What does the number 100 represent when reading the Snellen acuity recording
20/100? - ✔✔Distance in feet at which a normal eye can see a particular on the chart
✔✔Which instrument can be used for close examination of the eyelids, lashes, cornea,
and lens? - ✔✔Biomicroscope
✔✔What is latent strabismus called? - ✔✔Phoria
✔✔What term refers to observation of eye movements of both eyes together? -
✔✔Versions
✔✔Monocular patients can have which of the following? - ✔✔Amblyopia
✔✔What is the horizontal eye movement that turns the eye laterally called? -
✔✔Abduction
✔✔The third cranial nerve controls which muscle? - ✔✔Medial rectus
✔✔Which of the following is not part of the evaluation of ocular motility? - ✔✔Visual field
testing
✔✔Proper execution of the Titmus stereopsis test requires the patient to wear what type
of spectacles? - ✔✔Light-polarizing spectacles
✔✔The sixth cranial nerve powers which EOM's? - ✔✔Lateral rectus
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a corneal light reflex test used for
strabismus detection? - ✔✔Hirschberg test
✔✔B-scan ultrasonography is used for what purpose? - ✔✔To provide a 2D image of
intraocular structures and abnormalities, such as tumors
✔✔What are the 3 transparent structures that compose what is termed the ocular
media? - ✔✔Cornea, lens, and vitreous
✔✔What is pachymetry useful in determine? - ✔✔Thickness of the cornea
✔✔Optical coherence tomography is used in the evaluation of what condition? -
✔✔Macular edema
