Ophthalmic Medical Assisting Exam (OMA)
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
(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
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
(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
