JCAT/COA Practice Test Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Graded A+
Ametropia - -refractive error
Recommended distance for assessing distance
acuity - -20 feet
Asthenopia - -Eye strain
What is meant by 20/60 vision? - -The
Esotropia - -Inward turning of the eye patient is able to clearly see an object at 20 feet
that a can be seen at 60 feet by a person with no
refractive error. Gold standard of vision is 20/20.
Anisometropia - -Difference in refractive
power between the two eyes.
What does the numerator stand for in 20/20 -
-Distance from the patients eyes to the
Anisocoria - -Difference in pupil sizes chart.
Symptoms of conjunctivitis - -red, irritated, Snellen chart - -Letters subtend the same
bloodshot eyes amount of arc but some letters are easier to
recognize than others.
Chief complaint - -the main reason for the
patient's visit; eye fatigue, headaches, blurred When is counting fingers used? - -When
vision, esotropia the patient cannot read the largest letter on the
Snellen chart.
Keratoconus - -cone shaped protrusion of
At what age is an infant expected to reach for
the cornea; causes distorted vision.
toys? 2-4, 4-6, 6-8 or 8-10 months? - -4-6
months
Diplopia - -double vision
Most common way to record visual acuity in
infants and pre verbal children? MCS, CSM,
When is the PAM used? - -To get visual
MCG, CMG - -CSM
acuity of patients with cataracts
How many degrees does the Amsler grid
How many inches should near vision charts be
evaluate? 10, 20, 45, 90? - -20
held from patient's eyes? - -14-16 inches
Term for an area of complete or partial blindness
Pinhole disc - -Used to get visual acuity by
in an otherwise normal visual field. - -
taking out any refractive error.
Scotoma
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from one eye differs from that of the other eye.
Visual field loss due to optic nerve cupping is
related to which condition? Glaucoma, Tropia,
Phoria, Nystagmus - -Glaucoma Tonic Pupil (Adie's Pupil) - -Sluggish
reaction to light accommodation. usually
Unilateral, a large regular pupil that does react,
Type of perimetry technique that involves a but sluggishly after long latent time. No
moving target - -Kinetic pathological significance.
Scotomas located immediately nasal or temporal Amblyopia - -Difference in visual acuity
to fixation are known as...central, paracentral, between the two eyes.
acruate, nasal step. - -Paracentral
Swinging flash light test - -Test comparing
Most widely used method of visual field the direct and consensual responses to the pupil.
screening requiring no special equipment:
Goldmann, Tangent screen, Amsler grid,
Confrontation testing. - -Confrontation Viruses can be seen with a: magnifying glass,
testing light microscope, electron microscope, slit lamp?
- -electron microscope
What types of patients require a threshold 24
degree central field test? - -Glaucoma What type of tonometer is mounted on a slit
lamp? - -Applanation
Consensual light reflex in the right eye results in -
-left pupil restriction The calibration of the Goldmann applanation
tonometer should be checked at which settings? -
-0, 2, 6
Miosis - -constricted pupils
Diamter of plastic prism comprised of a flat
Mydriasis - -dilation of the pupils surface within the applanation tonometer? -
-7mm
Cycloplegia - -State of paralysis of ciliary
muscle resulting in both dilation of pupil and loss What # bulb is used in a non contact tonometer?
of accommodation. - -12419
Afferent pupillary defect (Marcus-Gunn pupil) - What instrument is used to measure intra ocular
-amount of light transmitted to the brain pressure? - -Tonometer
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Ametropia - -refractive error
Recommended distance for assessing distance
acuity - -20 feet
Asthenopia - -Eye strain
What is meant by 20/60 vision? - -The
Esotropia - -Inward turning of the eye patient is able to clearly see an object at 20 feet
that a can be seen at 60 feet by a person with no
refractive error. Gold standard of vision is 20/20.
Anisometropia - -Difference in refractive
power between the two eyes.
What does the numerator stand for in 20/20 -
-Distance from the patients eyes to the
Anisocoria - -Difference in pupil sizes chart.
Symptoms of conjunctivitis - -red, irritated, Snellen chart - -Letters subtend the same
bloodshot eyes amount of arc but some letters are easier to
recognize than others.
Chief complaint - -the main reason for the
patient's visit; eye fatigue, headaches, blurred When is counting fingers used? - -When
vision, esotropia the patient cannot read the largest letter on the
Snellen chart.
Keratoconus - -cone shaped protrusion of
At what age is an infant expected to reach for
the cornea; causes distorted vision.
toys? 2-4, 4-6, 6-8 or 8-10 months? - -4-6
months
Diplopia - -double vision
Most common way to record visual acuity in
infants and pre verbal children? MCS, CSM,
When is the PAM used? - -To get visual
MCG, CMG - -CSM
acuity of patients with cataracts
How many degrees does the Amsler grid
How many inches should near vision charts be
evaluate? 10, 20, 45, 90? - -20
held from patient's eyes? - -14-16 inches
Term for an area of complete or partial blindness
Pinhole disc - -Used to get visual acuity by
in an otherwise normal visual field. - -
taking out any refractive error.
Scotoma
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Graded A+
from one eye differs from that of the other eye.
Visual field loss due to optic nerve cupping is
related to which condition? Glaucoma, Tropia,
Phoria, Nystagmus - -Glaucoma Tonic Pupil (Adie's Pupil) - -Sluggish
reaction to light accommodation. usually
Unilateral, a large regular pupil that does react,
Type of perimetry technique that involves a but sluggishly after long latent time. No
moving target - -Kinetic pathological significance.
Scotomas located immediately nasal or temporal Amblyopia - -Difference in visual acuity
to fixation are known as...central, paracentral, between the two eyes.
acruate, nasal step. - -Paracentral
Swinging flash light test - -Test comparing
Most widely used method of visual field the direct and consensual responses to the pupil.
screening requiring no special equipment:
Goldmann, Tangent screen, Amsler grid,
Confrontation testing. - -Confrontation Viruses can be seen with a: magnifying glass,
testing light microscope, electron microscope, slit lamp?
- -electron microscope
What types of patients require a threshold 24
degree central field test? - -Glaucoma What type of tonometer is mounted on a slit
lamp? - -Applanation
Consensual light reflex in the right eye results in -
-left pupil restriction The calibration of the Goldmann applanation
tonometer should be checked at which settings? -
-0, 2, 6
Miosis - -constricted pupils
Diamter of plastic prism comprised of a flat
Mydriasis - -dilation of the pupils surface within the applanation tonometer? -
-7mm
Cycloplegia - -State of paralysis of ciliary
muscle resulting in both dilation of pupil and loss What # bulb is used in a non contact tonometer?
of accommodation. - -12419
Afferent pupillary defect (Marcus-Gunn pupil) - What instrument is used to measure intra ocular
-amount of light transmitted to the brain pressure? - -Tonometer
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