Which of the following condition is NOT hereditary?
A. Migraines
B. Diabetes
C. Nystagmus
D. Conjunctivitis correct answers D. Conjunctivitis
What part of the patients exam is performed by asking specific questions in an orderly sequence? correct answers A. History
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Which of the following condition is NOT hereditary?
A. Migraines
B. Diabetes
C. Nystagmus
D. Conjunctivitis correct answers D. Conjunctivitis
What part of the patients exam is performed by asking specific questions in an orderly sequence?
correct answers A. History
What is an important question to ask a patient that complains of a red eye? correct answers A.
Do you have blurred vision?
What is the term used to refer to symptoms due to uncorrected refractive error? correct answers
D. Ametropia
Symptoms associated with a red, irritated, and blood shot eye are mostly due to correct answers
C. Conjunctivitis
Which of the following MOST qualifies as a chief complaint?
A. Current Medications
B. Munson's Sign
C. Eye Fatigue
D. Exophoria correct answers C. Eye Fatigue
Which common familiar ocular disorder should record during a patient history?
A. Scoliosis
B. Keratoconus
C. Hemophilia
D. Cholesteremia correct answers B. Keratoconus
Which of the following symptoms requires prompt, but not urgent attention?
A. Diplopia
B. Pain in the eye
C. Sudden loss of vision
D. Halos around lights correct answers B. Pain in the eye
After introduction to the patient one of the first items that should be obtained as part of history
taking is the correct answers B. Chief complaint or reason for the patient's visit
Measuring visual acuity with a potential acuity meter is useful for patients with correct answers
B. Cataracts
Near vision charts should be held how many inches from the eye? correct answers B. 14-16
, If poor vision is simply due to refractive error the acuity should improve with use of a(n) correct
answers B. Pinhole Disc
What is the recommended distance used for assessing distance acuity? correct answers C. 20 feet
If a person is able to clearly see an object at 20 feet that can be seen at 60 feet by a person with
no refractive error their visual acuity is said to be correct answers C. 20/60
What does the numerator stand for in the 20/20 notion? correct answers B. Distance from the
patient's eyes to the chart
Which statement correctly refers the letters on the Snellen chart?
A. Because they each subtend the same amount of arc, each letter is equally recognizable
B. Even though they each subtend the same amount of arc, some letters are easier to recognize
than others
C. Different letters subtend different amounts of arc, each letter is equally recognizable
D. Different letters subtend different amounts of arc, thus some letters are easier to recognize
than others correct answers B. Even though they each subtend the same amount of arc, some
letters are easier to recognize than others
If a patient is unable to distinguish the largest letter on a Snellen chart the assistant should
correct answers A. Determine if the patient can count fingers at a given distance
In visual assessment, and infant would be expected to reach for toys by the age of correct
answers B. 4-6 months
What is the most common way to record visual acuity in infants and preverbal children correct
answers B. CSM
The Amsler grid is designed to evaluate visual field deficiencies in how many degrees of central
vision? correct answers B. 20
What is the term for an area of complete or partial blindness in an otherwise normal visual field?
correct answers A. Scotoma
Visual field lost due to optic nerve cupping is related to which condition? correct answers A.
Glaucoma
Which type of perimetry technique involves a moving target? correct answers B. Kinetic
Scutomas located immediately nasal or temporal to fixation are known as correct answers B.
Paracentral
The most widely used method of visual field screening, requiring no special equipment, is
correct answers D. Confrontation testing
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