COA Practice Test
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1. Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology: What does the
abbreviation JCAHPO stand for?
2. Performing certain diagnostic tests: What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical
assistant?
3. Ophthalmologist: Which eye care professional is a medical doctor?
4. Optician: Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses?
5. Evaluates double vision: What does an orthoptist do?
6. A sub specialist: What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye?
7. Ocularist: Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye?
8. Certified ophthalmic technician: What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assis-
tant on JCAHPO's certification ladder?
9. Rotates the eye inward toward the nose: What is the primary function of the medial recuts
muscle?
10. (1) Optic nerve (2) Optic chiasm (3) Visual cortex: In this figure of the visual pathway, the
structures are correctly identified as which of the following?
11. Cornea: Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye?
12. Anterior chamber angle, through trabecular meshwork to canal of Schlemm-
: Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence?
13. Palpebral conjunctiva: What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid?
14. Eyelid: Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa?
15. Aqueous humor: What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber?
16. Iris, ciliary body, choroid: Which structures are part of the uveal tract?
17. Accommodation: What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a
near target?
18. Detailed central vision: What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the macula?
19. Sclera: What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the main structural component
of the globe?
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20. (1) Lacrimal gland (2) Lacrimal sac (3) Punctum: In this figure of the lacrimal system, the
structures are correctly identified as which grouping?
21. Change the pupil size in order to control the amount of light entering the
eye.: What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles?
22. Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual deprivation in the first decade of
life: What is amblyopia?
23. Double vision: What is diplopia?
24. Inflammation: What does the suffix itis mean?
25. Exophthalmos (proptosis): What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the
eyeball forward?
26. Eye muscles: What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus?
27. Optic nerve: Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye?
28. Esophoria: What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye is covered?
29. Ischemic: What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply?
30. A sign: What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while examining a patient?
31. An opacification of the crystalline lens: What is a cataract?
32. A lump that develops after inflammation and infection of the meibomian
glands: What is a chalazion?
33. Metabolic: Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process?
34. Retinal detachment: What condition has symptoms that include flashes of light in the corner of the eye,
followed by a sensation of a curtain moving across the vision?
35. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca: What is another name for dry eye?
36. -Infection of the retina can be caused by the cytomegalovirus (CMV)
-Opportunistic infections of the retina are more likely when he CD4 count is less
than 50
-Antiretroviral drugs can help a person with HIV live symptom-free: What applies to
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?
37. Hypertension: The retina examination is often important in detecting what disease?
38. Type 2: What type of herpes simplex virus usually produces genital infections?
39. Rheumatoid arthritis: Dry eyes are common in which of the following diseases?
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1. Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology: What does the
abbreviation JCAHPO stand for?
2. Performing certain diagnostic tests: What responsibility routinely falls to the ophthalmic medical
assistant?
3. Ophthalmologist: Which eye care professional is a medical doctor?
4. Optician: Which eye care professional routinely fills prescriptions for eyeglasses?
5. Evaluates double vision: What does an orthoptist do?
6. A sub specialist: What do you call an ophthalmologist who concentrates on one area of the eye?
7. Ocularist: Which eye care professional can fit a patient with a prosthetic eye?
8. Certified ophthalmic technician: What is the level directly above certified ophthalmic medical assis-
tant on JCAHPO's certification ladder?
9. Rotates the eye inward toward the nose: What is the primary function of the medial recuts
muscle?
10. (1) Optic nerve (2) Optic chiasm (3) Visual cortex: In this figure of the visual pathway, the
structures are correctly identified as which of the following?
11. Cornea: Which part of the eye provides two-thirds of the focusing power of the eye?
12. Anterior chamber angle, through trabecular meshwork to canal of Schlemm-
: Aqueous fluid leaves the eye in what sequence?
13. Palpebral conjunctiva: What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid?
14. Eyelid: Which of the following is part of the ocular adnexa?
15. Aqueous humor: What is the term for the clear, transparent fluid that fills the anterior chamber?
16. Iris, ciliary body, choroid: Which structures are part of the uveal tract?
17. Accommodation: What is the process where the lens changes shape to allow an individual to focus on a
near target?
18. Detailed central vision: What kind of vision loss is associated with injury or degeneration of the macula?
19. Sclera: What is the term for the white tissue surrounding the cornea and forming the main structural component
of the globe?
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20. (1) Lacrimal gland (2) Lacrimal sac (3) Punctum: In this figure of the lacrimal system, the
structures are correctly identified as which grouping?
21. Change the pupil size in order to control the amount of light entering the
eye.: What is the primary function of the iris sphincter and dilator muscles?
22. Poor vision in an eye secondary to visual deprivation in the first decade of
life: What is amblyopia?
23. Double vision: What is diplopia?
24. Inflammation: What does the suffix itis mean?
25. Exophthalmos (proptosis): What is the condition called where the orbital contents swell, pushing the
eyeball forward?
26. Eye muscles: What part of the eye undergoes surgery for congenital strabismus?
27. Optic nerve: Primary open-angle glaucoma results in damage to what part of the eye?
28. Esophoria: What is the term for the inward deviation of an eye that occurs only when the eye is covered?
29. Ischemic: What is a tissue or organ called when it is deprived of its normal blood supply?
30. A sign: What is the term for an abnormal physical change that a physician observes while examining a patient?
31. An opacification of the crystalline lens: What is a cataract?
32. A lump that develops after inflammation and infection of the meibomian
glands: What is a chalazion?
33. Metabolic: Diabetes mellitus is what type of disease process?
34. Retinal detachment: What condition has symptoms that include flashes of light in the corner of the eye,
followed by a sensation of a curtain moving across the vision?
35. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca: What is another name for dry eye?
36. -Infection of the retina can be caused by the cytomegalovirus (CMV)
-Opportunistic infections of the retina are more likely when he CD4 count is less
than 50
-Antiretroviral drugs can help a person with HIV live symptom-free: What applies to
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?
37. Hypertension: The retina examination is often important in detecting what disease?
38. Type 2: What type of herpes simplex virus usually produces genital infections?
39. Rheumatoid arthritis: Dry eyes are common in which of the following diseases?
