COA PRACTICE EXAM | 180 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 -ophthalmologist
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 inward toward the nose
,In this figure of the visual pathway, the structures are correctly identified as which of the
following? - CORRECT ANSWER -(1) optic nerve (2) optic chiasm (3) visual cortex
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 -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
In this figure of the lacrimal system, the structures are correctly identified as which grouping? -
CORRECT ANSWER -(1) lacrimal gland (2) lacrimal sac (3) punctum
, 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
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 -ophthalmologist
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 inward toward the nose
,In this figure of the visual pathway, the structures are correctly identified as which of the
following? - CORRECT ANSWER -(1) optic nerve (2) optic chiasm (3) visual cortex
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 -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
In this figure of the lacrimal system, the structures are correctly identified as which grouping? -
CORRECT ANSWER -(1) lacrimal gland (2) lacrimal sac (3) punctum
, 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
