COA JCAHPO Test
Disorders associated with headaches? - ✔✔ correct answer Hypertension or Brain Tumor
Headaches caused by refractive error will not appear during? - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Not appear at
night
2. Will not appear during sleep
3. Will not appear when you wake up
Where is the aqueous humor located? - ✔✔ correct answer Between the lens and the cornea.
How many rods are there? - ✔✔ correct answer 125 million
Where are the rods located? - ✔✔ correct answer In the retina
How many cones are there? - ✔✔ correct answer 6 million
Where are the cones located? - ✔✔ correct answer In the retina.
Rods are best in what lighting condition? - ✔✔ correct answer dim light
Without rods what condition will occur? - ✔✔ correct answer night-blindness
Rods are good in what color light? - ✔✔ correct answer Red
What type of drops are used to dilate the eyes? - ✔✔ correct answer Mydriatic drops
What type of drops are used to dilate the eyes and paralyze the fine focusing muscle for near vision?
- ✔✔ correct answer Cycloplegic drops
Measuring PD starts from where and ends where? - ✔✔ correct answer Nasal side of right pupil to
the temporal side of the pupil on the patients left eye.
What is Rhodopsin? - ✔✔ correct answer Rod pigment. (allows for visual purple)
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Rhodopsin forms in ______ and is destroyed by _____? - ✔✔ correct answer forms in dark, and is
destroyed by light
Rhodopsin is composed of what Vitamin? - ✔✔ correct answer Vitamin A (deficiency causes night
blindness)
What is Adie's Syndrome? - ✔✔ correct answer Tonic Pupil. (pupil responds to light stimulation very
slowly)
How do you measure a patient's PD when they can only see from one eye? - ✔✔ correct answer
measure from center of the pupil of the good eye to the center of the bridge of the nose
How do you measure a patient's PD when they have unequal pupils? - ✔✔ correct answer measure
from nasal side of the limbus of patients right eye to the temporal side of the limbus of the left eye.
How do you measure a patient's PD when they have a squint? - ✔✔ correct answer Measure from
the inner canthus of one eye to the outer canthus of the opposite eye.
What are the most important disorders to ask patients about? - ✔✔ correct answer Diabetes
High Blood Pressure (HTN)
Heart Health/ Cardiovascular Issues
Arthritis
What are the main symptoms of diplopia? - ✔✔ correct answer Loss of alignment of eyes
(covering one eye will always eliminate the second image)
What is the cause of light flashes? - ✔✔ correct answer Retinal detachment
What is the cause of Ptosis? - ✔✔ correct answer 3rd Nerve palsy or Diabetes
What is the cause of Diplopia? - ✔✔ correct answer Thyroid Disorder
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Diabetes
3rd Nerve Palsy
Myathenia Gravis
What is the cause of sudden loss of vision? - ✔✔ correct answer Macular degeneration
Retinal Detachment
Retinal Vein or Artery Occlusion
Retrobulbar Neuritis
What is the cause of Foreign Body Sensation (FBS)? - ✔✔ correct answer Corneal Abrasion
Herpes Simplex
What is the cause of blurred distance vision in adults? - ✔✔ correct answer Diabetes
Cataracts
Macular Edema
What is the cause of Halos around lights? - ✔✔ correct answer Angle Closure Glaucoma
Cataracts
What is the cause of spots before the eye? - ✔✔ correct answer Retinal Tear
Vitreous Detachment
What are the most important items to ask patients during work up? - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Present
and Past Health History
2. Medication (current and exact name/ purpose)
3. Allergies (drug, inhalants, contactants, food, injections, ingestants)
What symptoms are associated with Acute conjunctivitis? - ✔✔ correct answer Discharge
Pain
Blurred Vision
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What organism is the cause of Acute Conjunctivitis? - ✔✔ correct answer Staph Aureus
What are some important familial history of common ocular defects? - ✔✔ correct answer Myopia
Strabismus
Glaucoma
What are the 6 steps to taking history? - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Chief Complaint
2. Secondary Problems of the eye
3. Systemic or general illness (current)
4. Past ocular disorders
5. Wear contacts or glasses?
6. Therapies, response to therapies
What are the three main layers of tears? - ✔✔ correct answer Oily Layer (outer)
Aqueous Layer (middle)
Mucin Layer ( inner)
What is the flow path of the aqueous humor? (PPATSA) - ✔✔ correct answer (PPATSA)
Posterior Chamber---Pupil---Anterior Chamber---Trabecular Meshwork---Schlemm's Canal---Aqueous
Vein
Lens of the eye? - ✔✔ correct answer A biconvex structure that light passes through.
Vitreous Body? - ✔✔ correct answer Fluid filled space located behind the lens, occupies 2/3rds of
the volume of the eye.
Name the drops used that do not have cycloplegic effects.
(CHEEP) - ✔✔ correct answer cocaine (anesthetic)
hydroxaphetamine
eucatropine hydrochloride
Disorders associated with headaches? - ✔✔ correct answer Hypertension or Brain Tumor
Headaches caused by refractive error will not appear during? - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Not appear at
night
2. Will not appear during sleep
3. Will not appear when you wake up
Where is the aqueous humor located? - ✔✔ correct answer Between the lens and the cornea.
How many rods are there? - ✔✔ correct answer 125 million
Where are the rods located? - ✔✔ correct answer In the retina
How many cones are there? - ✔✔ correct answer 6 million
Where are the cones located? - ✔✔ correct answer In the retina.
Rods are best in what lighting condition? - ✔✔ correct answer dim light
Without rods what condition will occur? - ✔✔ correct answer night-blindness
Rods are good in what color light? - ✔✔ correct answer Red
What type of drops are used to dilate the eyes? - ✔✔ correct answer Mydriatic drops
What type of drops are used to dilate the eyes and paralyze the fine focusing muscle for near vision?
- ✔✔ correct answer Cycloplegic drops
Measuring PD starts from where and ends where? - ✔✔ correct answer Nasal side of right pupil to
the temporal side of the pupil on the patients left eye.
What is Rhodopsin? - ✔✔ correct answer Rod pigment. (allows for visual purple)
,COA JCAHPO Test
Rhodopsin forms in ______ and is destroyed by _____? - ✔✔ correct answer forms in dark, and is
destroyed by light
Rhodopsin is composed of what Vitamin? - ✔✔ correct answer Vitamin A (deficiency causes night
blindness)
What is Adie's Syndrome? - ✔✔ correct answer Tonic Pupil. (pupil responds to light stimulation very
slowly)
How do you measure a patient's PD when they can only see from one eye? - ✔✔ correct answer
measure from center of the pupil of the good eye to the center of the bridge of the nose
How do you measure a patient's PD when they have unequal pupils? - ✔✔ correct answer measure
from nasal side of the limbus of patients right eye to the temporal side of the limbus of the left eye.
How do you measure a patient's PD when they have a squint? - ✔✔ correct answer Measure from
the inner canthus of one eye to the outer canthus of the opposite eye.
What are the most important disorders to ask patients about? - ✔✔ correct answer Diabetes
High Blood Pressure (HTN)
Heart Health/ Cardiovascular Issues
Arthritis
What are the main symptoms of diplopia? - ✔✔ correct answer Loss of alignment of eyes
(covering one eye will always eliminate the second image)
What is the cause of light flashes? - ✔✔ correct answer Retinal detachment
What is the cause of Ptosis? - ✔✔ correct answer 3rd Nerve palsy or Diabetes
What is the cause of Diplopia? - ✔✔ correct answer Thyroid Disorder
,COA JCAHPO Test
Diabetes
3rd Nerve Palsy
Myathenia Gravis
What is the cause of sudden loss of vision? - ✔✔ correct answer Macular degeneration
Retinal Detachment
Retinal Vein or Artery Occlusion
Retrobulbar Neuritis
What is the cause of Foreign Body Sensation (FBS)? - ✔✔ correct answer Corneal Abrasion
Herpes Simplex
What is the cause of blurred distance vision in adults? - ✔✔ correct answer Diabetes
Cataracts
Macular Edema
What is the cause of Halos around lights? - ✔✔ correct answer Angle Closure Glaucoma
Cataracts
What is the cause of spots before the eye? - ✔✔ correct answer Retinal Tear
Vitreous Detachment
What are the most important items to ask patients during work up? - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Present
and Past Health History
2. Medication (current and exact name/ purpose)
3. Allergies (drug, inhalants, contactants, food, injections, ingestants)
What symptoms are associated with Acute conjunctivitis? - ✔✔ correct answer Discharge
Pain
Blurred Vision
, COA JCAHPO Test
What organism is the cause of Acute Conjunctivitis? - ✔✔ correct answer Staph Aureus
What are some important familial history of common ocular defects? - ✔✔ correct answer Myopia
Strabismus
Glaucoma
What are the 6 steps to taking history? - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Chief Complaint
2. Secondary Problems of the eye
3. Systemic or general illness (current)
4. Past ocular disorders
5. Wear contacts or glasses?
6. Therapies, response to therapies
What are the three main layers of tears? - ✔✔ correct answer Oily Layer (outer)
Aqueous Layer (middle)
Mucin Layer ( inner)
What is the flow path of the aqueous humor? (PPATSA) - ✔✔ correct answer (PPATSA)
Posterior Chamber---Pupil---Anterior Chamber---Trabecular Meshwork---Schlemm's Canal---Aqueous
Vein
Lens of the eye? - ✔✔ correct answer A biconvex structure that light passes through.
Vitreous Body? - ✔✔ correct answer Fluid filled space located behind the lens, occupies 2/3rds of
the volume of the eye.
Name the drops used that do not have cycloplegic effects.
(CHEEP) - ✔✔ correct answer cocaine (anesthetic)
hydroxaphetamine
eucatropine hydrochloride
