COA EXAM PRACTICE TEST A | QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (PROFESSOR VERIFIED) | ALREADY GRADED A+

COA EXAM PRACTICE TEST A | QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (PROFESSOR VERIFIED) |
ALREADY GRADED A+

What does the abbreviation JCAHPO stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER -Joint Commission on
Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology


What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical assistant? - CORRECT ANSWER -
performing certain diagnostic tests



Which eye care professional is a medical doctor? - CORRECT ANSWER -Opthamologist



Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses? - CORRECT ANSWER
-Optician



What does an orthoptist do? - CORRECT ANSWER -Evaluates double vision



What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye? - CORRECT
ANSWER -A subspecialist


Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Ocularist


What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assistant on JCAHPO's
certification ladder? - CORRECT ANSWER -Certified ophthalmic technician


What is the primary function of the medial rectus muscle? - CORRECT ANSWER -Rotates the
eye downward and inward toward the nose

,Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Cornea



Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence? - CORRECT ANSWER -Anterior chamber
angle, through trabecular meshwork, to canal of Schlemm



What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid? - CORRECT ANSWER -palpebral conjunctiva



Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa? - CORRECT ANSWER -Orbits. Extraocular
muscles, & Eyelid



What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Aqueous humor


Which structures are part of the uveal tract? - CORRECT ANSWER -iris, ciliary body, choroid



What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a near
target? - CORRECT ANSWER -Accommodation



What kind of vision loss is associated with Injury or degeneration of the macula? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Detailed central vision



What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the main structural
component of the globe? - CORRECT ANSWER -Sclera



What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Change the pupil size in order to control the amount of light entering the eye



What is amblyopia? - CORRECT ANSWER -Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual
deprivation in the first decade of life

, What is diplopia? - CORRECT ANSWER -Double Vision



What does the suffix -itis mean? - CORRECT ANSWER -inflammation


What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the eyeball forward? -
CORRECT ANSWER -exophthalmos (proptosis)


What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus? - CORRECT ANSWER -eye
muscles



Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye? - CORRECT ANSWER
-optic nerve



What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye is covered? -
CORRECT ANSWER -esophoria



What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply? - CORRECT
ANSWER -ischemic



What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while examining a
patient? - CORRECT ANSWER -A sign



What is a cataract? - CORRECT ANSWER -an opacification of the crystalline lens



What is a chalazion? - CORRECT ANSWER -a lump that develops after inflammation and
infection of the meibomian glands


Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process? - CORRECT ANSWER -metabolic