COA PRACTICE EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
While performing an automated visual field test, your patient has 2 or more
false negatives. The best course of action is:
a. Make sure the fellow eye is patched properly
b. Let the patient take a break
c. Remind the patient to look only at the fixation light
d. Increase the stimulus size Answer - b. Let the patient take a break
As you are instructing a patient how to take an automated visual field test, the
patient states they cannot see the fixation light. Your next step would be:
a. Tape the patient's upper eye lid
b. Increase the stimulus size
c. Change the fixation target to a diamond
d. Remove the patch from the fellow eye Answer - c. Change the fixation target
to a diamond
Which of the following instructions are important to tell patients when
performing an automated visual field test?
a. Tell me when you see a light
b. Push the button when you see very bright lights
c. Do not blink during the test
d. Push the button when you see any light
, e. Be sure not to miss any lights Answer - d. Push the button when you see any
light
A patient doesn't push the response button when a light is presented to him
during an automated visual field test. A light is again presented to the patient
in the same point of the visual field only this time it's a brighter light. This is an
example of:
a. Kinetic VFT
b. Threshold VFT
c. False negatives
d. Fixation loss Answer - b. Threshold VFT
A patient responds to light that is presented with a visual field machine has
already determined his Blindspot is. This is an example of:
a. A false negative
b. Kinetic VFT
c. Threshold VFT
d. A fixation loss Answer - d. A fixation loss
A patient who is performing an automated visual field test has multiple fixation
masses and false positives. This is likely due to
a. Anxiety
b. Fatigue
c. Dense visual field defect
d. A lens rim artifact Answer - a. Anxiety
If an automated visual field machine cannot locate the patients Blindspot the
best course of action is to
2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
While performing an automated visual field test, your patient has 2 or more
false negatives. The best course of action is:
a. Make sure the fellow eye is patched properly
b. Let the patient take a break
c. Remind the patient to look only at the fixation light
d. Increase the stimulus size Answer - b. Let the patient take a break
As you are instructing a patient how to take an automated visual field test, the
patient states they cannot see the fixation light. Your next step would be:
a. Tape the patient's upper eye lid
b. Increase the stimulus size
c. Change the fixation target to a diamond
d. Remove the patch from the fellow eye Answer - c. Change the fixation target
to a diamond
Which of the following instructions are important to tell patients when
performing an automated visual field test?
a. Tell me when you see a light
b. Push the button when you see very bright lights
c. Do not blink during the test
d. Push the button when you see any light
, e. Be sure not to miss any lights Answer - d. Push the button when you see any
light
A patient doesn't push the response button when a light is presented to him
during an automated visual field test. A light is again presented to the patient
in the same point of the visual field only this time it's a brighter light. This is an
example of:
a. Kinetic VFT
b. Threshold VFT
c. False negatives
d. Fixation loss Answer - b. Threshold VFT
A patient responds to light that is presented with a visual field machine has
already determined his Blindspot is. This is an example of:
a. A false negative
b. Kinetic VFT
c. Threshold VFT
d. A fixation loss Answer - d. A fixation loss
A patient who is performing an automated visual field test has multiple fixation
masses and false positives. This is likely due to
a. Anxiety
b. Fatigue
c. Dense visual field defect
d. A lens rim artifact Answer - a. Anxiety
If an automated visual field machine cannot locate the patients Blindspot the
best course of action is to
