IJCAHPO COA ACTUAL EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
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Which of the following conditions is NOT hereditary?
A) Migraine
B) Diabetes
C) Nystagmus
D) Conjunctivitis - CORRECT ANSWERS - D) Conjunctivitis
Which part of patient examination is performed by asking specific questions in
an orderly sequence?
A) History
B) Diagnosis
C) Measurement
D) Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS - A) History
What is an important question to ask a patient that complains of a "red eye"?
A) Do you have blurred vision?
B) Do you see flashing lights?
C) Do you wear glasses?
D) Do you see floaters? - CORRECT ANSWERS - A) Do you have blurred
vision?
The term used to refer to symptoms due to uncorrected refractive error is
A) ametropia.
B) asthenopia.
C) esotropia.
,D) anisometropia. - CORRECT ANSWERS - A) ametropia
Symptoms associated with red, irritated bloodshot eye are most likely due to an
A) retinal detachment
B) cataract
C) conjunctivitis
D) open-angle glaucoma - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) conjunctivitis
Which of the following most qualifies as a chief complaint?
A) Current medications
B)Munsons sign
C) Eye fatigue
D) Exophoria - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) Eye fatigue
Which common familial ocular disorder should you recored during a patients
history?
A) Scoliosis
B) Keratoconus
C) Hemophilia
D) Cholesteremia - CORRECT ANSWERS - B) Keratoconus
Which of the following symptoms requires prompt attention?
A) Diplopia
B) Pain in the eye
C) Halos around lights
D) Sudden loss of vision - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) Halos around lights
,After introduction to the patient, one of the first items that should be obtained as
a part of history taking is
A) medications & dosage that the patient is currently taking
B) the chief complaint or reason for the patients visit
C) the patients allergy history
D) the patients family medical history - CORRECT ANSWERS - B) the chiefs
complaint or reason for the patients visit
When a patient complains of diplopia, why is it important to ask if the second
image goes away after closing one eye?
A) to determine the type of diplopia the patient is experiencing.
B) to see if the patient is making up the complaint
C) to determine which eye is experiencing diplopia
D) the question is irrelevant and has no bearing on the patients history of
diplopia - CORRECT ANSWERS - A) To determine the type of diplopia the
patients experiencing.
In general, which types of allergies should be discussed with the patient?
A) medications and contact allergies
B) Drugs, inhalants (dust, pollen), contactants (cosmetics, woolens), ingestants
(foods), injections (tetanus)
C) foods, meds, contactants
D) Ingestants, inhalants, and injections - CORRECT ANSWERS - B) Drugs,
inhalants, contactants, ingestants and injections
Of the following conditions, which one is least likely to cause transient loss of
vision?
A) Papilledema
B) Carotid artery disease
C) Thyroid disorder
, D) Migraine - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) Thyroid disorder
Which history taking category would not typically be pertinant when
interviewing a pt with a chief complaint of headaches?
A) Duration
B) Cause
C) Date
D) Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWERS - D) Ethnicity
Binocular double vision is always caused by
A) a cataract
B) a weak or paralyzed extra ocular muscle
C) aniseikonia
D) Nystagmus - CORRECT ANSWERS - B) a weak or paralyzed extra ocular
muscle
An improperly measured interpupillary distance (PD) may result in
A) a positive angle kappa
B) an artificial exophthalmos
C) induced prism in the spectacle lens
D) secondary anisometropi - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) induced prism in the
spectacle lens
Consensual light reflex in the right eye results in
A) right pupil constriction
B) right pupil dilation
C) left pupil constriction
D) left pupil dilation - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) left pupil constriction
VERIFIED ANSWERS | EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+ | LATEST
EXAM UPDATE
Which of the following conditions is NOT hereditary?
A) Migraine
B) Diabetes
C) Nystagmus
D) Conjunctivitis - CORRECT ANSWERS - D) Conjunctivitis
Which part of patient examination is performed by asking specific questions in
an orderly sequence?
A) History
B) Diagnosis
C) Measurement
D) Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS - A) History
What is an important question to ask a patient that complains of a "red eye"?
A) Do you have blurred vision?
B) Do you see flashing lights?
C) Do you wear glasses?
D) Do you see floaters? - CORRECT ANSWERS - A) Do you have blurred
vision?
The term used to refer to symptoms due to uncorrected refractive error is
A) ametropia.
B) asthenopia.
C) esotropia.
,D) anisometropia. - CORRECT ANSWERS - A) ametropia
Symptoms associated with red, irritated bloodshot eye are most likely due to an
A) retinal detachment
B) cataract
C) conjunctivitis
D) open-angle glaucoma - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) conjunctivitis
Which of the following most qualifies as a chief complaint?
A) Current medications
B)Munsons sign
C) Eye fatigue
D) Exophoria - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) Eye fatigue
Which common familial ocular disorder should you recored during a patients
history?
A) Scoliosis
B) Keratoconus
C) Hemophilia
D) Cholesteremia - CORRECT ANSWERS - B) Keratoconus
Which of the following symptoms requires prompt attention?
A) Diplopia
B) Pain in the eye
C) Halos around lights
D) Sudden loss of vision - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) Halos around lights
,After introduction to the patient, one of the first items that should be obtained as
a part of history taking is
A) medications & dosage that the patient is currently taking
B) the chief complaint or reason for the patients visit
C) the patients allergy history
D) the patients family medical history - CORRECT ANSWERS - B) the chiefs
complaint or reason for the patients visit
When a patient complains of diplopia, why is it important to ask if the second
image goes away after closing one eye?
A) to determine the type of diplopia the patient is experiencing.
B) to see if the patient is making up the complaint
C) to determine which eye is experiencing diplopia
D) the question is irrelevant and has no bearing on the patients history of
diplopia - CORRECT ANSWERS - A) To determine the type of diplopia the
patients experiencing.
In general, which types of allergies should be discussed with the patient?
A) medications and contact allergies
B) Drugs, inhalants (dust, pollen), contactants (cosmetics, woolens), ingestants
(foods), injections (tetanus)
C) foods, meds, contactants
D) Ingestants, inhalants, and injections - CORRECT ANSWERS - B) Drugs,
inhalants, contactants, ingestants and injections
Of the following conditions, which one is least likely to cause transient loss of
vision?
A) Papilledema
B) Carotid artery disease
C) Thyroid disorder
, D) Migraine - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) Thyroid disorder
Which history taking category would not typically be pertinant when
interviewing a pt with a chief complaint of headaches?
A) Duration
B) Cause
C) Date
D) Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWERS - D) Ethnicity
Binocular double vision is always caused by
A) a cataract
B) a weak or paralyzed extra ocular muscle
C) aniseikonia
D) Nystagmus - CORRECT ANSWERS - B) a weak or paralyzed extra ocular
muscle
An improperly measured interpupillary distance (PD) may result in
A) a positive angle kappa
B) an artificial exophthalmos
C) induced prism in the spectacle lens
D) secondary anisometropi - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) induced prism in the
spectacle lens
Consensual light reflex in the right eye results in
A) right pupil constriction
B) right pupil dilation
C) left pupil constriction
D) left pupil dilation - CORRECT ANSWERS - C) left pupil constriction
