COA Study Guide Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers

Name the nine components of the ophthalmic history. Correct Answer Chief complaint, present illness, past ocular history, ocular medications, general medical and surgical history, systemic medications, allergies, social history, and family history. Why is it important to specifically ask a patient about the medications they are taking? Correct Answer Because certain medications may affect the eyes. What is the proper response to a patient's request from the ophthalmic technician for medical advice or a diagnosis? Correct Answer Refer the patient to the ophthalmologist What is the term used for the reason for the patient's visit? Correct Answer Chief complaint What elements are important in social history taking? Correct Answer Smoking, alcohol, and drug use Prior use of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents is part of a patient's ________. Correct Answer Past ocular history Pertinent family history of a patient should include which relatives? Correct Answer Parents, grandparents, and genetic siblings A patient describing an experience of getting hives after taking sulfa drugs is providing information about __________. Correct Answer An allergic reaction What is the term for the spasmodic, rhythmic dilating, and contracting pupillary movements during pupil function testing? Correct Answer Hippus What is the name of the test used for detecting a relative afferent pupillary defect? Correct Answer Swinging flashlight test Which muscle of the iris constricts in bright light? Correct Answer Sphincter What is pupil dilation termed? Correct Answer Mydriasis What is the term used when there is a difference in pupil size? Correct Answer Anisocoria What is pupillometry? Correct Answer The measurement of pupillary diameters.