Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) Exam – Comprehensive Practice Questions and Answers
Study Guide
D. Conjunctivitis - ✔✔Which of the following conditions is NOT hereditary?
A. Migraines
B. Diabetes
C. Nystagmus
D. Conjunctivitis
History - ✔✔Which part of the patient examination is performed by asking specific questions
in an orderly sequence?
Do you have blurred vision? - ✔✔What is an important question to ask a patient that
complains of a "red eye"?
asthenopia - ✔✔The term used to rear to symptoms due to uncorrected refractive error is ...
conjunctivits - ✔✔Symptoms associated with a red, irritated, bloodshot eye are most likely due
to a(n)
D. Eye fatigue - ✔✔Which of the following MOST qualifies as a chief complaint?
A. Current medications
B. Munson's sign
C. eye fatigue
D. Exophoria
B. Keratoconus - ✔✔Which common familial ocular disorder should you record during a
patient's history?
,A. Scholiosis
B. Keratoconus
C. Hemophilia
D. Cholesteremia
D. sudden loss of vision - ✔✔Which of the following symptoms requires prompt attention?
A. Diplopia
B. Halos around lights
C. Pain in the eye
D. Sudden loss of vision
the chief complaint or reason for the patient's visit - ✔✔After introduction to the patient, one
of the first items that should be obtained as part of history taking is...
To determine the type of dup;opia the patient is experiencing - ✔✔When a patient complains
of diplopia, why is it important to ask if the second image does away after closing one eye?
medication and contact allergies - ✔✔In general, which types of allures should be discussed
with the patient?
C. Thyroid disorder - ✔✔Of the following conditions, which one is least likely to cause transient
loss of vision?
A. Papilledema
B. Carotid artery disease
C, Thyroid disorder
D. Migraine
, D. ethnicity - ✔✔Which history taking category would not typically be pertinent when
interviewing a patient with a chief complaint of headaches?
A. Duration
B. Cause
C. Date
D. ethnicity
a weak or paralyzed extraocular muscle - ✔✔Binocular diplopia is always caused by...
induced prism in spectacle lenses - ✔✔An improperly measured inter pupillary distance (PD)
may result in...
left pupil constriction - ✔✔consensual light reflex in the right eye results in...
miosis - ✔✔The state of pupillary contraction is known as
afferent pupillary defect or Marcus gun pupil - ✔✔The amount of light information transmitted
to the brain from one eye differs from that of the other eye, the patient has a...
anisocoria - ✔✔When pupils are of unequal size it is called
swinging flashlight test - ✔✔Which test compares the direct and cons usual responses to the
pulp?
irritation - ✔✔A disadvantage of chemical-based contact lens care systems is
proteins - ✔✔Soft contact lenses are susceptible to deposits of
Study Guide
D. Conjunctivitis - ✔✔Which of the following conditions is NOT hereditary?
A. Migraines
B. Diabetes
C. Nystagmus
D. Conjunctivitis
History - ✔✔Which part of the patient examination is performed by asking specific questions
in an orderly sequence?
Do you have blurred vision? - ✔✔What is an important question to ask a patient that
complains of a "red eye"?
asthenopia - ✔✔The term used to rear to symptoms due to uncorrected refractive error is ...
conjunctivits - ✔✔Symptoms associated with a red, irritated, bloodshot eye are most likely due
to a(n)
D. Eye fatigue - ✔✔Which of the following MOST qualifies as a chief complaint?
A. Current medications
B. Munson's sign
C. eye fatigue
D. Exophoria
B. Keratoconus - ✔✔Which common familial ocular disorder should you record during a
patient's history?
,A. Scholiosis
B. Keratoconus
C. Hemophilia
D. Cholesteremia
D. sudden loss of vision - ✔✔Which of the following symptoms requires prompt attention?
A. Diplopia
B. Halos around lights
C. Pain in the eye
D. Sudden loss of vision
the chief complaint or reason for the patient's visit - ✔✔After introduction to the patient, one
of the first items that should be obtained as part of history taking is...
To determine the type of dup;opia the patient is experiencing - ✔✔When a patient complains
of diplopia, why is it important to ask if the second image does away after closing one eye?
medication and contact allergies - ✔✔In general, which types of allures should be discussed
with the patient?
C. Thyroid disorder - ✔✔Of the following conditions, which one is least likely to cause transient
loss of vision?
A. Papilledema
B. Carotid artery disease
C, Thyroid disorder
D. Migraine
, D. ethnicity - ✔✔Which history taking category would not typically be pertinent when
interviewing a patient with a chief complaint of headaches?
A. Duration
B. Cause
C. Date
D. ethnicity
a weak or paralyzed extraocular muscle - ✔✔Binocular diplopia is always caused by...
induced prism in spectacle lenses - ✔✔An improperly measured inter pupillary distance (PD)
may result in...
left pupil constriction - ✔✔consensual light reflex in the right eye results in...
miosis - ✔✔The state of pupillary contraction is known as
afferent pupillary defect or Marcus gun pupil - ✔✔The amount of light information transmitted
to the brain from one eye differs from that of the other eye, the patient has a...
anisocoria - ✔✔When pupils are of unequal size it is called
swinging flashlight test - ✔✔Which test compares the direct and cons usual responses to the
pulp?
irritation - ✔✔A disadvantage of chemical-based contact lens care systems is
proteins - ✔✔Soft contact lenses are susceptible to deposits of
