CERTIFIED OPHTHALMIC ASSISTANT EXAM (COA) 2025 QUESTIONS AND
CERTIFIED ANSWERS 100% CORRECT GRADED A
1.Which of the following MOST qualifies as a chief complaint?
A. Current medications
B. Munson's sign
C. eye fatigue
D. Exophoria
D. Eye fatigue
2.Which common familial ocular disorder should you record during a patient's history?
A. Scoliosis
B. Keratoconus
C. Hemophilia
D. Cholesterolemia
B. Keratoconus
3.Which of the following conditions is NOT hereditary?
A. Migraines
B. Diabetes
C. Nystagmus
D. Conjunctivitis
D. Conjunctivitis
4.To provide informed consent, patients must
comprehend the doctors’ recommendations
5.Ophthalmologists have a duty to ensure that each patient understands their
treatment recommendations
6.The primary role and responsibility of ophthalmic medical personnel is the
collection of data and the performance of clinical evaluations as authorized by the supervising
licensed clinician
7.A common medium used to culture
microorganisms is
agar plates
,8.Universal precautions require that equipment or devices that only come in contact wit
ha patient's intact skin should undergo sterilization before every use Degermation of the
hands is known as scrubbing
Viruses can be seen with a(n)
electron microscope
9.Which eye drop paralyzes accommodation and thereby allows all of the hyperopia to be
uncovered?
cycloplegic
10.Drus that dilate the pupil without cycloplegia operate by stimulating which iris muscle?
ciliary
11.which type of drug is used to treat acute allergic reactions?
antihistamines
12.A cycloplegic that is ideal for office use because it has rapid onset and short duration is
cyclopentolate?
13.Which drug is a powerful mydriatic and cycloplegic that can take up to two weeks to
wear off? atropine
14.Oral medications are considered to be what kind of drug?
Systemic
15.Which of the following symptoms requires prompt attention?
A. Diplopia
B. Halos around lights
C. Pain in the eye
D. Sudden loss of vision
D. sudden loss of vision
16.After introduction to the patient, one of the first items that should be obtained as part of
history taking is...
the chief complaint or reason for the patient's visit
17.When a patient complains of diplopia, why is it important to ask if the second image
does away after closing one eye?
To determine the type of diplopia the patient is experiencing
, 18.In general, which types of allures should be discussed with the patient?
medication and contact allergies
19.Of the following conditions, which one is least likely to cause transient loss of vision?
A. Papilledema
B. Carotid artery disease
C, Thyroid disorder
D. Migraine
C. Thyroid disorder
20.Which part of the patient examination is performed by asking specific questions in an
orderly sequence?
History
21.What is an important question to ask a patient that complains of a "red eye"?
Do you have blurred vision?
22.The term used to rear to symptoms due to uncorrected refractive error is
... asthenopia
23.Symptoms associated with a red, irritated, bloodshot eye are most likely due to a(n)
conjunctivitis
24.Which history taking category would not typically be pertinent when interviewing a
patient with a chief complaint of headaches?
A. Duration
B. Cause
C. Date
D. ethnicity
D. ethnicity
25.Binocular diplopia is always
caused by... a weak or paralyzed
extraocular muscle
25.An improperly measured inter pupillary distance (PD) may result in...
induced prism in spectacle lenses consensual
26. light reflex in the right eye results in...
left pupil constriction
CERTIFIED ANSWERS 100% CORRECT GRADED A
1.Which of the following MOST qualifies as a chief complaint?
A. Current medications
B. Munson's sign
C. eye fatigue
D. Exophoria
D. Eye fatigue
2.Which common familial ocular disorder should you record during a patient's history?
A. Scoliosis
B. Keratoconus
C. Hemophilia
D. Cholesterolemia
B. Keratoconus
3.Which of the following conditions is NOT hereditary?
A. Migraines
B. Diabetes
C. Nystagmus
D. Conjunctivitis
D. Conjunctivitis
4.To provide informed consent, patients must
comprehend the doctors’ recommendations
5.Ophthalmologists have a duty to ensure that each patient understands their
treatment recommendations
6.The primary role and responsibility of ophthalmic medical personnel is the
collection of data and the performance of clinical evaluations as authorized by the supervising
licensed clinician
7.A common medium used to culture
microorganisms is
agar plates
,8.Universal precautions require that equipment or devices that only come in contact wit
ha patient's intact skin should undergo sterilization before every use Degermation of the
hands is known as scrubbing
Viruses can be seen with a(n)
electron microscope
9.Which eye drop paralyzes accommodation and thereby allows all of the hyperopia to be
uncovered?
cycloplegic
10.Drus that dilate the pupil without cycloplegia operate by stimulating which iris muscle?
ciliary
11.which type of drug is used to treat acute allergic reactions?
antihistamines
12.A cycloplegic that is ideal for office use because it has rapid onset and short duration is
cyclopentolate?
13.Which drug is a powerful mydriatic and cycloplegic that can take up to two weeks to
wear off? atropine
14.Oral medications are considered to be what kind of drug?
Systemic
15.Which of the following symptoms requires prompt attention?
A. Diplopia
B. Halos around lights
C. Pain in the eye
D. Sudden loss of vision
D. sudden loss of vision
16.After introduction to the patient, one of the first items that should be obtained as part of
history taking is...
the chief complaint or reason for the patient's visit
17.When a patient complains of diplopia, why is it important to ask if the second image
does away after closing one eye?
To determine the type of diplopia the patient is experiencing
, 18.In general, which types of allures should be discussed with the patient?
medication and contact allergies
19.Of the following conditions, which one is least likely to cause transient loss of vision?
A. Papilledema
B. Carotid artery disease
C, Thyroid disorder
D. Migraine
C. Thyroid disorder
20.Which part of the patient examination is performed by asking specific questions in an
orderly sequence?
History
21.What is an important question to ask a patient that complains of a "red eye"?
Do you have blurred vision?
22.The term used to rear to symptoms due to uncorrected refractive error is
... asthenopia
23.Symptoms associated with a red, irritated, bloodshot eye are most likely due to a(n)
conjunctivitis
24.Which history taking category would not typically be pertinent when interviewing a
patient with a chief complaint of headaches?
A. Duration
B. Cause
C. Date
D. ethnicity
D. ethnicity
25.Binocular diplopia is always
caused by... a weak or paralyzed
extraocular muscle
25.An improperly measured inter pupillary distance (PD) may result in...
induced prism in spectacle lenses consensual
26. light reflex in the right eye results in...
left pupil constriction
