JCAHPO COA 11TH EDITION PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS IS NOT HEREDITARY? - ✔️✔️✔
️CONJUNCTIVITIS
WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE REGARDING DOCUMENTING THE PATIENTS COMPLAINTS? -
✔️✔️✔️YOU SHOULD ATTEMPT TO USE THE PATIENTS EXACT WORDS
WHAT IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK A PATIENT THAT COMPLAINS OF "RED EYE"?
- ✔️✔️✔️DO YOU HAVE BLURRED VISION?
WHAT IS THE TERM THAT DESCRIBES AN UNCORRECTED REFRACTIVE ERROR? - ✔️✔️
✔️ASTHENOPIA
IN WHAT CONDITION WILL THE PATIENT DESCRIBE SYMPTOMS OF A RED AND IRRITATED
EYE? - ✔️✔️✔️CONJUNCTIVITIS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MOST QUALIFIES AS A CHIEF COMPLAINT? - ✔️✔️✔️EYE
FATIGUE
WHICH COMMON FAMILIAL OCULAR DISORDER SHOULD YOU RECORD DURING A
PATIENTS HISTORY? - ✔️✔️✔️KERATOCONUS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS REQUIRES PROMPT ATTENTION? - ✔️✔️✔
️SUDDEN VISION LOSS
AFTER INTRODUCTIONS TO THE PATIENT, WHAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS THAT
SHOULD BE OBTAINED AS PART OF HISTORY TAKING? - ✔️✔️✔️CHIEF COMPLAINT
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IN WHAT CONDITION IS POTENTIAL ACUITY METER A USEFUL TEST? - ✔️✔️✔
️CATARACTS
NEAR VISION CHARTS SHOULD BE HELD HOW MANY INCHES FROM THE EYE? - ✔️✔️✔
️14- 16
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TESTS WOULD CAUSE AN INCREASE IN VISUAL ACUITY OF A
PATIENT WITH AN UNCORRECTED REFRACTIVE ERROR? - ✔️✔️✔️PINHOLE
OCCLUDAR
WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED DISTANCE USED FOR ASSESSING DISTANCE ACUITY? - ✔️
✔️✔️20 FEET
WHAT WOULD YOU RECORD AS VISUAL ACUITY OF A PERSON WHO IS ABLE TO CLEARLY
SEE AN OBJECT AT 20 FEET THAT CAN BE SEEN AT 60 FEET BY THE PERSON WITH NO
REFRACTIVE ERROR? - ✔️✔️✔️20/60
WHAT DOES THE NUMERATOR STAND FOR IN THE 20/20 NOTATION? - ✔️✔️✔
️DISTANCE FROM THE PATIENT'S EYES TO CHART
WHAT STATEMENT IS TRUE REGARDING THE SNELLEN CHART - ✔️✔️✔️THE NORMAL
EYE CAN DISTINGUISH TWO POINTS SEPARATED BY AN ANGLE OF 5 MINUTES OF ARC.
WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IF YOUR PATIENT IS UNABLE TO READ THE LARGEST LETTER ON
THE SNELLEN CHART? - ✔️✔️✔️ASK THE PATIENT TO COUNT FINGERS
AT WHAT AGE WOULD YOU EXPECT AN INFANT TO START REACHING FOR TOYS? - ✔️✔
️✔️4-6 MONTHS
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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON WAY TO RECORD VISUAL ACUITY IN INFANTS AND
PREVERBAL CHILDREN? - ✔️✔️✔️CSM
THE AMSLER GRID IS DESIGNED TO EVALUATE VISUAL FIELD DEFIENCIES IN HOW MANY
DEGREES OF CENTRAL VISION? - ✔️✔️✔️20 DEGREES
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR AN AREA OF COMPLETE OR PARTIAL BLINDNESS IN AN
OTHERWISE NORMAL VISUAL FIELD? - ✔️✔️✔️SCOTOMA
VISUAL FIELD LOSS DUE TO OPTIC NERVE CUPPING IS RELATED TO WHICH CONDITION?
- ✔️✔️✔️GLAUCOMA
WHAT TYPE OF PERIMETRY TECHNIQUE INVOLVES A MOVING TARGET? - ✔️✔️✔
️KINETIC
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A SCOTOMA THAT IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY NASAL OR
TEMPORAL TO FIXATION? - ✔️✔️✔️PARACENTRAL
WHAT IS THE MOST WIDELY USED METHOD OF VISUAL FIELD SCREENING THAT
REQUIRES NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT? - ✔️✔️✔️CONFRONTATION TESTING
WHAT TYPE OF PATIENTS UNIFORMLY REQUIRE A THRESHOLD 24- DEGREE CENTRAL
FIELD TEST? - ✔️✔️✔️GLAUCOMA
WHAT CONSENSUAL RESPONSE NORMALLY OCCURS WHEN SHINING A LIGHT IN THE
RIGHT EYE? - ✔️✔️✔️LEFT PUPIL CONSTRICTION
WHICH TERM DESCRIBES PUPILLARY CONSTRICTION? - ✔️✔️✔️MIOSIS
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