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