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