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Which of the following conditions is NOT hereditary? - ANSWER-- Conjunctivitis
Which statement is TRUE regarding documenting the patient's complaints? - ANS...
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Which of the following conditions is NOT hereditary? - ANSWER-- Conjunctivitis
Which statement is TRUE regarding documenting the patient's complaints? -
ANSWER-- You should attempt to use the patient's exact words.
What is an important question to ask a patient that complains of a "red eye"? -
ANSWER-- Do you have blurred vision?
What is the term that describes an uncorrected refractive error? - ANSWER-- Ametropia
In what condition will the patient describe symptoms of a red and irritated eye? -
ANSWER-- Conjunctivitis
Which of the following MOST qualifies as a chief complaint? - ANSWER-- Eye fatigue
Which common familial ocular disorder should you record during a patient's history? -
ANSWER-- Keratoconus
Which of the following symptoms requires prompt attention? - ANSWER-- Sudden loss
of vision
After introductions to the patient, what is one of the first items that should be obtained
as part of history taking? - ANSWER-- Chief complaint
In what condition is Potential Acuity Meter a useful test? - ANSWER-- Cataracts
Near vision charts should be held how many inches from the eye? - ANSWER-- 14-16
Which of the following tests would cause an increase in visual acuity of a patient with an
uncorrected refractive error? - ANSWER-- Pinhole occluder
What is the recommended distance used for assessing distance acuity? - ANSWER--
20 feet
What is the MOST widely used method of visual field screening that requires no special
equipment? - ANSWER-- Confrontation testing
What type of patients uniformly require a threshold 24-degree central field test? -
ANSWER-- Glaucoma
, What would you record as visual acuity of a person who is able to clearly see an object
at 20 feet that can be seen at 60 feet by a person withno refractive error? - ANSWER--
20/60
What does the numerator stand for in the 20/20 notation? - ANSWER-- Distance from
the patient's eyes to the chart
At what age would you expect an infant to start reaching for toys? - ANSWER-- 4 - 6
months
What is the MOST common way to record visual acuity in infants and preverbal
children? - ANSWER-- CSM
The Amsler grid is designed to evaluate visual field deficiencies in how many degrees of
central vision? - ANSWER-- 20
What is the term for an area of complete or partial blindness in an otherwise normal
visual field? - ANSWER-- Scotoma
Visual field loss due to optic nerve cupping is related to which condition? - ANSWER--
Glaucoma
Which type of perimetry technique involves a moving target? - ANSWER-- Kinetic
What is the term for a scotoma that is located immediately nasal or temporal to fixation?
- ANSWER-- Paracentral
What consensual response normally occurs when shining a light in the right eye? -
ANSWER-- Left pupil constriction
Which term describes pupillary constriction? - ANSWER-- Miosis
Which statement is TRUE regarding the Snellen chart? - ANSWER-- By convention,
visual acuity charts are constructed so that sections of the letters subtend 1 minute of
arc.
What is the first step if your patient is unable to read the largest letter on the Snellen
Chart? - ANSWER-- Ask the patient to count fingers
What is the condition that describes if the amount of light information transmitted to the
brain from one eye differs from that of the othereye? - ANSWER-- Afferent pupillary
defect
What is the term for pupils that are of unequal size? - ANSWER-- Anisocoria
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