Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) Chapter 1 – Exam Review Practice Questions and Answers
Study Guide
A history is obtained by: - correct answer ✔✔Asking a series of organized and specific
questions.
The history should be recorded - correct answer ✔✔By condensing the patient's story, including
pertinent facts.
When taking a history of a school-aged child, it is important to: - correct answer ✔✔Get an
account of the illness from both the parent and child.
Which of the following statements are false? - correct answer ✔✔All information given by the
patient can be shared with insurance companies without patient permission.
Which of the following is NOT a part of a history? - correct answer ✔✔Visual acuity
The "presenting complaint" is: - correct answer ✔✔The main reason that the patient has come
to the office.
An example of a question relating to onset would be? - correct answer ✔✔"When did you first
notice the problem?"
The question "Does your head hurt so badly that you have to leave school early?" relate to: -
correct answer ✔✔Severity
To obtain the most important information about the presenting complaint, you should ask
questions relating to: - correct answer ✔✔Location, quality, severity, timing, and aggravating
and alleviating factors.
, A symptom is: - correct answer ✔✔A changed noticed by the patient.
An example of a sign is: - correct answer ✔✔An elevated intraocular pressure reading.
A 56 year old patient complains of a sudden onset of double vision. It is important to ask: -
correct answer ✔✔"Does the doubling go away if you cover one eye?"
An old photograph of the patient will be most useful to the physician if the patient complains of
or exhibits: - correct answer ✔✔lid droop, pupil abnomality, or head tilt
Your patient has a cut eyelid. It is important to know what caused the injury because: - correct
answer ✔✔If the object was organic (plant of animal matter), there is greater risk of infection.
A patient presents with a corneal foreign body, and your supervisor asks how the foreign body
got into the eye. This is an important question because: - correct answer ✔✔If the particle was
under high speed, there might be internal ocular damage.
The patient is not wearing contacts, but would like to be fit for them. The most relevant
question is: - correct answer ✔✔"Have you tried contact lenses before?"
A 52 year old patient hand you his single vision glasses, the only glasses he has. Which of the
following is the most important question determining the patient's refractive status? - correct
answer ✔✔"Do you wear these for driving or for reading?"
A patient reports that he sleeps in his contact lenses. An important question would be: - correct
answer ✔✔"What type of lenses are they?"
Study Guide
A history is obtained by: - correct answer ✔✔Asking a series of organized and specific
questions.
The history should be recorded - correct answer ✔✔By condensing the patient's story, including
pertinent facts.
When taking a history of a school-aged child, it is important to: - correct answer ✔✔Get an
account of the illness from both the parent and child.
Which of the following statements are false? - correct answer ✔✔All information given by the
patient can be shared with insurance companies without patient permission.
Which of the following is NOT a part of a history? - correct answer ✔✔Visual acuity
The "presenting complaint" is: - correct answer ✔✔The main reason that the patient has come
to the office.
An example of a question relating to onset would be? - correct answer ✔✔"When did you first
notice the problem?"
The question "Does your head hurt so badly that you have to leave school early?" relate to: -
correct answer ✔✔Severity
To obtain the most important information about the presenting complaint, you should ask
questions relating to: - correct answer ✔✔Location, quality, severity, timing, and aggravating
and alleviating factors.
, A symptom is: - correct answer ✔✔A changed noticed by the patient.
An example of a sign is: - correct answer ✔✔An elevated intraocular pressure reading.
A 56 year old patient complains of a sudden onset of double vision. It is important to ask: -
correct answer ✔✔"Does the doubling go away if you cover one eye?"
An old photograph of the patient will be most useful to the physician if the patient complains of
or exhibits: - correct answer ✔✔lid droop, pupil abnomality, or head tilt
Your patient has a cut eyelid. It is important to know what caused the injury because: - correct
answer ✔✔If the object was organic (plant of animal matter), there is greater risk of infection.
A patient presents with a corneal foreign body, and your supervisor asks how the foreign body
got into the eye. This is an important question because: - correct answer ✔✔If the particle was
under high speed, there might be internal ocular damage.
The patient is not wearing contacts, but would like to be fit for them. The most relevant
question is: - correct answer ✔✔"Have you tried contact lenses before?"
A 52 year old patient hand you his single vision glasses, the only glasses he has. Which of the
following is the most important question determining the patient's refractive status? - correct
answer ✔✔"Do you wear these for driving or for reading?"
A patient reports that he sleeps in his contact lenses. An important question would be: - correct
answer ✔✔"What type of lenses are they?"
