Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA)
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
How are systemic medications administered? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Orally, injection (subcutaneously or intramuscularly) or intravenously
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How should drops be properly instilled into a patient's eye? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Into the lower cul de sac (lower fornix) | | | | | | |
What does the term idiosyncrasy refer to with ophthalmic drugs? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A bizarre, peculiar reaction to a drug that is not
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commonly seen, such as tremors, excitability or even collapse
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What is the name of the instrument used to neutralize lenses? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Lensometer (Lensmeter)
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When recording a prism in a spectacle prescription, what does the
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abbreviation BO stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Base out
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What is determined by focusing the thin lines in a manual lensometer? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The sphere of the spectacle prescription
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,What is the first step in performing lensometry? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Focus the eyepiece | |
When PRK is being performed, time remaining in the procedure should
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be announced in increments of ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-10
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seconds
Name the organism that is most destructive to the eye. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Pseudomonas Aeruginosa |
What procedure using an Argon Laser is thought to destroy areas of
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ischemic retina? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Panretinal photocoagulation
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or panretinal laser
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What type of intraocular injection is made at the Pars plana site with a
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needle and syringe of medication? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Intravitreal
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injection
What are the parallel movements of the eyes from one gaze position to
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another - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Versions
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What is the movement of one eye called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Duction
,Versions and ductions are tested by using ________ to test the six pairs
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of _______ muscles. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Six Cardinal positions,
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yoke
The movement of the eye outward toward the temple is called _____ -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Abduction |
What is the technique used to measure the radius of curvature of the
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anterior corneal surface? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A-Scan Keratometry
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Length Measurements
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Keratometry is performed with a device called a ______ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Keratometer or ophthalmometer | |
Give three examples in which a Keratometry measurement would be
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useful. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Contact lens fitting, refractive surgery,
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intraocular lens calculations, keratoconus| | |
Keratometry is measured in _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Diopters
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Measuring intraocular pressure is also called _____ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Tonometry
, The higher the intraocular pressure of an eye, the ____ the eye -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Harder |
Applanation tonometry displaces less than ____ of aqueous. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-0.5 microliters |
When recording intraocular pressure, the reading on the Goldmann
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applanation tonometer scale should be multiplied by ____. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-10
Because there are no rods or cones in the optic nerve head a____ blind
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spot is created in the normal visual field. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Physiologic
A defect in the patient's superior temporal retina, will affect the
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patient's ____ field of vision. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Inferior nasal
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The two basic methods employed to map the field of vision are ____
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and ____ perimetry. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Kinetic, static
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A localized area of reduced sensitivity in a visual field that is surrounded
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by an area of greater sensitivity is termed a ____. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Scotoma
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
How are systemic medications administered? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Orally, injection (subcutaneously or intramuscularly) or intravenously
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How should drops be properly instilled into a patient's eye? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Into the lower cul de sac (lower fornix) | | | | | | |
What does the term idiosyncrasy refer to with ophthalmic drugs? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A bizarre, peculiar reaction to a drug that is not
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commonly seen, such as tremors, excitability or even collapse
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What is the name of the instrument used to neutralize lenses? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Lensometer (Lensmeter)
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When recording a prism in a spectacle prescription, what does the
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abbreviation BO stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Base out
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What is determined by focusing the thin lines in a manual lensometer? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The sphere of the spectacle prescription
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,What is the first step in performing lensometry? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Focus the eyepiece | |
When PRK is being performed, time remaining in the procedure should
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be announced in increments of ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-10
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seconds
Name the organism that is most destructive to the eye. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Pseudomonas Aeruginosa |
What procedure using an Argon Laser is thought to destroy areas of
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ischemic retina? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Panretinal photocoagulation
| | | | | |
or panretinal laser
| |
What type of intraocular injection is made at the Pars plana site with a
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needle and syringe of medication? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Intravitreal
| | | | | | | |
injection
What are the parallel movements of the eyes from one gaze position to
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another - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Versions
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What is the movement of one eye called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Duction
,Versions and ductions are tested by using ________ to test the six pairs
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of _______ muscles. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Six Cardinal positions,
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yoke
The movement of the eye outward toward the temple is called _____ -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Abduction |
What is the technique used to measure the radius of curvature of the
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anterior corneal surface? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A-Scan Keratometry
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Length Measurements
|
Keratometry is performed with a device called a ______ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Keratometer or ophthalmometer | |
Give three examples in which a Keratometry measurement would be
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useful. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Contact lens fitting, refractive surgery,
| | | | | | | |
intraocular lens calculations, keratoconus| | |
Keratometry is measured in _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Diopters
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Measuring intraocular pressure is also called _____ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Tonometry
, The higher the intraocular pressure of an eye, the ____ the eye -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Harder |
Applanation tonometry displaces less than ____ of aqueous. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-0.5 microliters |
When recording intraocular pressure, the reading on the Goldmann
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applanation tonometer scale should be multiplied by ____. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-10
Because there are no rods or cones in the optic nerve head a____ blind
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spot is created in the normal visual field. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Physiologic
A defect in the patient's superior temporal retina, will affect the
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patient's ____ field of vision. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Inferior nasal
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The two basic methods employed to map the field of vision are ____
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and ____ perimetry. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Kinetic, static
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A localized area of reduced sensitivity in a visual field that is surrounded
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by an area of greater sensitivity is termed a ____. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Scotoma
