CERTIFIED OPHTHALMIC ASSISTANT STUDY
GUIDE II MOCK TEST WITH ANSWER
RATIONALES 2026
◉ Why is it important to specifically ask a patient about the
medications they are taking?
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?
Answer: Refer the patient to the ophthalmologist
◉ What is the term used for the reason for the patient's visit?
Answer: Chief complaint
◉ What elements are important in social history taking?
Answer: Smoking, alcohol, and drug use
◉ Prior use of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents is part of a
patient's ________.
Answer: Past ocular history
,◉ Pertinent family history of a patient should include which
relatives?
Answer: Parents, grandparents, and genetic siblings
◉ A patient describing an experience of getting hives after taking
sulfa drugs is providing information about __________.
Answer: An allergic reaction
◉ What is the term for the spasmodic, rhythmic dilating, and
contracting pupillary movements during pupil function testing?
Answer: Hippus
◉ What is the name of the test used for detecting a relative afferent
pupillary defect?
Answer: Swinging flashlight test
◉ Which muscle of the iris constricts in bright light?
Answer: Sphincter
◉ What is pupil dilation termed?
Answer: Mydriasis
◉ What is the term used when there is a difference in pupil size?
,Answer: Anisocoria
◉ What is pupillometry?
Answer: The measurement of pupillary diameters.
◉ What is the name of the reflexive reaction that occurs when a light
is directed into one pupil and the pupil of the opposite eye
simultaneously reacts
Answer: Consensual pupillary reaction
◉ Calibration of the applanation tonometer should be checked
approximately every _____ months.
Answer: Two (or sooner with regular use)
◉ When cleaning the goniolens, what is uses to rinse off the
methycellulose?
Answer: Warm running water
◉ When replacing a light bulb _____ can diminish its effectiveness
and life.
Answer: Oil from fingers
◉ Diagnostic lenses that contact the eye can be sterilized using?
, Answer: Ethylene Oxide gas
◉ How should the removable glass slides inside the American
Optical acuity projector be cleaned?
Answer: Wipe with clean, soft lint-free towel or photographic lens
paper
◉ If dust accumulates on the mirror of the slit lamp, the technician
may clean it by using what cleaning methods?
Answer: A lint-free cloth, a lens brush, or a blast of air
◉ Who should repair and maintain equipment such as a laser?
Answer: A qualified service technician.
◉ Which accessories are used to check the calibration of an
ophthalmometer/keratometer?
Answer: Three test balls made of steel also called "Lensco Meter"
◉ What should be used to clean the accessible lenses of a
phoropter?
Answer: Photographic lens cleaner and lens tissue
GUIDE II MOCK TEST WITH ANSWER
RATIONALES 2026
◉ Why is it important to specifically ask a patient about the
medications they are taking?
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?
Answer: Refer the patient to the ophthalmologist
◉ What is the term used for the reason for the patient's visit?
Answer: Chief complaint
◉ What elements are important in social history taking?
Answer: Smoking, alcohol, and drug use
◉ Prior use of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents is part of a
patient's ________.
Answer: Past ocular history
,◉ Pertinent family history of a patient should include which
relatives?
Answer: Parents, grandparents, and genetic siblings
◉ A patient describing an experience of getting hives after taking
sulfa drugs is providing information about __________.
Answer: An allergic reaction
◉ What is the term for the spasmodic, rhythmic dilating, and
contracting pupillary movements during pupil function testing?
Answer: Hippus
◉ What is the name of the test used for detecting a relative afferent
pupillary defect?
Answer: Swinging flashlight test
◉ Which muscle of the iris constricts in bright light?
Answer: Sphincter
◉ What is pupil dilation termed?
Answer: Mydriasis
◉ What is the term used when there is a difference in pupil size?
,Answer: Anisocoria
◉ What is pupillometry?
Answer: The measurement of pupillary diameters.
◉ What is the name of the reflexive reaction that occurs when a light
is directed into one pupil and the pupil of the opposite eye
simultaneously reacts
Answer: Consensual pupillary reaction
◉ Calibration of the applanation tonometer should be checked
approximately every _____ months.
Answer: Two (or sooner with regular use)
◉ When cleaning the goniolens, what is uses to rinse off the
methycellulose?
Answer: Warm running water
◉ When replacing a light bulb _____ can diminish its effectiveness
and life.
Answer: Oil from fingers
◉ Diagnostic lenses that contact the eye can be sterilized using?
, Answer: Ethylene Oxide gas
◉ How should the removable glass slides inside the American
Optical acuity projector be cleaned?
Answer: Wipe with clean, soft lint-free towel or photographic lens
paper
◉ If dust accumulates on the mirror of the slit lamp, the technician
may clean it by using what cleaning methods?
Answer: A lint-free cloth, a lens brush, or a blast of air
◉ Who should repair and maintain equipment such as a laser?
Answer: A qualified service technician.
◉ Which accessories are used to check the calibration of an
ophthalmometer/keratometer?
Answer: Three test balls made of steel also called "Lensco Meter"
◉ What should be used to clean the accessible lenses of a
phoropter?
Answer: Photographic lens cleaner and lens tissue
