OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL ASSISTING
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS RESOURCE
●● (Chapter 1) What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic
medical assistant?
Answer: Performing certain diagnostic tests
●● (Chapter 1) What disease is associated with increased pressure inside
the eye?
Answer: Glaucoma
●● (Chapter 1) What eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions
for eyeglasses?
Answer: Optician
●● (Chapter 1) What does an orthoptist do?
Answer: Evaluates Strabismus
●● (Chapter 1) What instrument does an ophthalmologist use to examine
the retina and optic nerve?
Answer: Ophthalmoscope
,●● (Chapter 1) What eye care professional would fit a patient with a
prosthetic eye?
Answer: Ocularist
●● (Chapter 1) What is the first IJCAHPO level of certification?
Answer: Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
●● (Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the medial rectus
muscle?
Answer: Rotates the eye inward toward the nose
●● (Chapter 2) In what order is visual information from the retina
transmitted to the visual cortex?
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?
Answer: Cornea
●● (Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) affects globe rotation
(incyclotorsion and excyclotorsion)?
Answer: Superior oblique, inferior oblique, superior rectus, inferior
rectus
,●● (Chapter 2) What membrane lines the inner eyelid?
Answer: Palpebral Conjunctiva
●● (Chapter 2) What structure separates an internal hordeolum
(chalazion) from an external hordeolum (stye)?
Answer: Tarsal Plate
●● (Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) results in enlargement
of the pupil?
Answer: Dilator
●● (Chapter 2) What structure is responsible for secreting the aqueous
humor?
Answer: Ciliary Body
●● (Chapter 2) What is the process where the lens changes shape to
allow an individual to focus on a near target?
Answer: Accommodation
●● (Chapter 2) What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or
degeneration of the macula?
Answer: Detailed Central Vision
, ●● (Chapter 2) The crystalline lens regularly comes into contact with
what fluids and tissues?
Answer: Iris, Zonules, Aqueous Humor, Vitreous
●● (Chapter 2) What cells and glands of the eye and adnexa contribute
to tear production?
Answer: Goblet Cells, Meibomian Glands, Lacrimal Gland
●● (Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and
dilator muscles?
Answer: To change the pupil size to control the amount of light entering
the eye
●● (Chapter 3) What is amblyopia?
Answer: Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual deprivation in the first
decade of life
●● (Chapter 3) What is diplopia?
Answer: Double vision
●● (Chapter 3) What is the defining feature of wet age-related macular
degeneration (AMD) in comparison to dry AMD?
Answer: The presence of aberrant blood vessels leaking fluid in the
central retina
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS RESOURCE
●● (Chapter 1) What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic
medical assistant?
Answer: Performing certain diagnostic tests
●● (Chapter 1) What disease is associated with increased pressure inside
the eye?
Answer: Glaucoma
●● (Chapter 1) What eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions
for eyeglasses?
Answer: Optician
●● (Chapter 1) What does an orthoptist do?
Answer: Evaluates Strabismus
●● (Chapter 1) What instrument does an ophthalmologist use to examine
the retina and optic nerve?
Answer: Ophthalmoscope
,●● (Chapter 1) What eye care professional would fit a patient with a
prosthetic eye?
Answer: Ocularist
●● (Chapter 1) What is the first IJCAHPO level of certification?
Answer: Certified Ophthalmic Assistant
●● (Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the medial rectus
muscle?
Answer: Rotates the eye inward toward the nose
●● (Chapter 2) In what order is visual information from the retina
transmitted to the visual cortex?
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?
Answer: Cornea
●● (Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) affects globe rotation
(incyclotorsion and excyclotorsion)?
Answer: Superior oblique, inferior oblique, superior rectus, inferior
rectus
,●● (Chapter 2) What membrane lines the inner eyelid?
Answer: Palpebral Conjunctiva
●● (Chapter 2) What structure separates an internal hordeolum
(chalazion) from an external hordeolum (stye)?
Answer: Tarsal Plate
●● (Chapter 2) The contraction of what muscle(s) results in enlargement
of the pupil?
Answer: Dilator
●● (Chapter 2) What structure is responsible for secreting the aqueous
humor?
Answer: Ciliary Body
●● (Chapter 2) What is the process where the lens changes shape to
allow an individual to focus on a near target?
Answer: Accommodation
●● (Chapter 2) What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or
degeneration of the macula?
Answer: Detailed Central Vision
, ●● (Chapter 2) The crystalline lens regularly comes into contact with
what fluids and tissues?
Answer: Iris, Zonules, Aqueous Humor, Vitreous
●● (Chapter 2) What cells and glands of the eye and adnexa contribute
to tear production?
Answer: Goblet Cells, Meibomian Glands, Lacrimal Gland
●● (Chapter 2) What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and
dilator muscles?
Answer: To change the pupil size to control the amount of light entering
the eye
●● (Chapter 3) What is amblyopia?
Answer: Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual deprivation in the first
decade of life
●● (Chapter 3) What is diplopia?
Answer: Double vision
●● (Chapter 3) What is the defining feature of wet age-related macular
degeneration (AMD) in comparison to dry AMD?
Answer: The presence of aberrant blood vessels leaking fluid in the
central retina
