COA study

The ____ ocular shield is a fenestrated aluminum shield.

A____ patch must not be used on a patient with a lacerated globe.

_______ drugs are applied directly to ocular surfaced and/or surrounding tissues.

What is the term for a drug that dissolves completely in a slovent?

A ____ is a combination of liquid and drug particles, such as PF, prednisolone acetate

What is the test used for detecting a RAPD

which muscle of the iris constricts in bright light?

how is the anterior chamber depth estimated using a slit lamp?

Which two ocular structures can touch if the anterior chamber is flat

which instrument measures the radius of curvature, or base curve, of a spectacle lens surface in diopters.

The mannerisms of blind children, such as walking in circles or rubbing thier hands, are termed?

what is the most common cause of blindness in the world?

what diagnostic term is used when a patient's chief complaints are "tired eyes and fatigue" when describing symptoms

what type of glaucoma presents with the following ocular signs and symptoms: fixed mid-dilate pupil, corneal edema, red eye, blurry VA, and pain.

what are the 5 principle areas included in the history interview

Onset and duration of sx are included in the patients____

what should you do if a patient is unable to provide you with the names of the medications he/she is taking.

a patient that is describing an experience of getting hives after taking sulfa drugs is providing information about_______

A partially sighted patient can legally have a best corrected visual acuity of _____ in thier best eye?

Legal blindness is defined as?

which systemic disease might cause a patient to need a snack during a CE

In metric notation 100cm are equal to ___meters or ____millimeters

how many deciliters make one liter

Universal precautions are mandated by OSHA but were developed by the _______

Washing hands between patients is one example of_____

What instrctions would be given over the phone to a patient who had splashed a chemical into the eyes?

The most common type of glaucoma is __________?

Instrument lenses that contact the eye can be sterilized by _________________

Aqueous drains out of the eye through this net-like structure.

Which dye solution is used when performing Goldmann applanation tonometry?

Which device uses compressed gas to applanate the cornea and measure the intraocular presssure?

What is the diameter of the corneal area properly applanated by a Goldmann tonometer?

How many measutements does the Tono-pen record to give an averae IOP result?

Which tonometer device uses converion tables to convert units into millimeters of mercury?

What are the three colors of receptors found in cones?

what is the term for the thickest layer of the cornea

What is the visual symptom, and its cause, often experienced by diabetic patients durnig episodes of increased BS?

Episodes of sudden temporary VA loss most likely indicate a disorder of which physiological system.

What is the color of bottle caps of prostaglandin agents?

What are the names of three large groups of anti-infective agents?

A true allergic reaction to a drug invovles what symptoms?

What is a sign of sub-conjunctival hemorrhage?

Within how many hours should a patient with a retinal detachment be evaluated?

what is the most common symptom in age-related macular degeneration?

Which type of tonometer may be cleaned with a dry pip cleaner?

What may cause a rim artifact in perimetry?

Commercial cleaners may be used to clean which type of mirror?

The Goldmann applanation tonometer prism is best cleaned between patients with _______

What is the reason to not immerse a laminated projector slide in water, in order to clean it?

What size letters (optotypes) are typically used to calibrate visual acuity projectors?

What type of solutions should NOT be used on plastic prisms

What is the next step after disinfecting a Goldmann applanation tonometer tip with alcohol?

Wipe the cross cylinder with a lens tissue occasionally, protect the instrument with a dust cover when not in use, and clean the retinoscopy lens with a glass cleaner and cotton-tipped swabs are good practices with regard to care of which instrument?

Scheduled maintenance of a phoropter should be performed how often?

If dust accumulates on the mirror of the slit lamp, the technician may clean it by using what cleaning methods?

A standard habit for all personnel who use the slit lamp should be_______?

What must be checked when troubleshooting why a non-portable ultrasonic biometer fails to power up?

What is the correct way to clean the surface of the lenses of a lensmeter when dust has fallen on them?

If the lensmeter controls feel tight to the operator, who should fix it?

In order to maintain the retinoscope, generally you need to keep an adequate supply of _______ in the examining room.

The bestway to maintain Tangent Screen Tests Objects is to____________

What is the best way to maintain a tangent screen?

What is the most likely reason for a projected image to become dim, particularly on one-half of the acuity projector screen.

How should the removable glass slides inside the American Optical acuity projector be cleaned?

What instrument, used to examine the retina, is: easier to use with small or undilated pupils, permits a greater magnification, and is mechanically easier to use?

What instrument, used to examine the retina, is used to examine the complete fundus in steropsis, uses a hand-held condensing lens and the image appears as an inverted image of the retina?

Lack of calibration of the perimeter, small size of patient's pupils and noise distractions can lean to _________errors in perimetry.

In which type of mirror does the tip of an object, touching the glass, appear to touch it's image?

Which test is performed in a patient describing metamorphopsia (straight lines apearing wavy at near)

How many degrees of central vision are measured by an Amsler grid?

Which test measures the amount of tear production?

how long are the Schirmer strips left in place during a tear test?

A topical drug that dilates the pupil without affecting accommodation is termed________

A drug that produces a temporary paralysis of the ciliary muscle is termed?

A cycloplegic drug may blur vision at near due to a temporary loss of _________

In what part of the eye should ophthalmic drugs be placed?

Drainage of topical drops from the eye and their systemic absorbtion can be somewhat prevented by?

Which color vision test consists of pseudo isochromatic plates that determine red-green color anomalies and deficiencies?

What is the name of the instrument used to measure proptosis or exophthalmos in millimeters

Which refractive error is produced in an unaccommodating eye, when parallel rays focus behind retina?

Which refractive error is produced when parallel rays focus in front of retina?

If the mires projected through an ophthalmometer appear dim when looking through the eyepiece at the corneal surface, what is most likely the cause?

If there is no light source when you turn on an ophthalmometer, the first step you should take is to ____________

What is the best way to clean the back lenses (retinoscopy lens, red lens and Maddox Rod) of the phoropter?

Checking the calibration of a Goldmann applanation tonometer is performed with a ___________

When calibrating the non-contact tonometer it is critical that __________

Where do you check pulse on an adult CPR patient ?

what is the ratio of chest compressions to artificial ventilations in one-person adult CPR?

The heart consists of how many chambers

Increased thirst, excessive urine production, and increased hunger with weightloss are characteristics of which endocrine disease?

Which drug, that is included in a crash cart, is used to increase the heart rate?

which parts of the eye can be affected by hypertension?

Hemorrhage confined to the anterior chamber is termed?

Which corneal condition can result from proptosis

Name three infectious agents

What term is used when light rays focus on retina without requirimg correction?

how many pigments for vision are present in a normal human retina?

Which hormone is insuffucuent in a patient with diabetes melitus?

What is the term used to designate a range of procedures used to prevent spread of infectious microbes to and from patients and office personnel?

What finding can occur 6/8 hours after a metallic foreign body enters the cornea?

What is the term for destruction of all micro-organisms on instrument and materials?

Why are alkali burns more serious than acid burns on the cornea?

A metal chamber equipped to use steam under high pressure to destroy micro-organisms is termed?

Variability in the functions of levator and extraocular muscle is characteristic in which systemic disease

Blockage of the central retinal artery by an embolus, which stops blood flow and causes acute loss of vision and a cherry red spot in the retina, is termed?

What is the name of the mucous membrane covering the anterior sclera?

which color defects may be distinguished by the Ishihara test?

What is the spherical equivalent of -2.00+3.00x090?

Transpose +3.00 +1.00x180

What is the first step in performing lensometry of keratometry?

A-scan biometry measures the distance between ________

Applanation tonometry displaces less than ________of aqueous.

The Goldmann applanation tonometer gives a reliable measurement of intraocular pressure to within_________mmHg.

Disadvantages of the Goldmann tonometer include:

What color filter is used when performing Goldmann Applanation tonometry?

For every increment of 1 on the Goldmann applanation scale, this should be multiplied by _______?

The muscle light that is suddenly too dim most likely needs_______?

Maintenance for the muscle light may include_____

Front surface mirrors, in a projection system, should be cleaned by____________

Who should repair and maintain equipment such as a laser?

What items would hinder the characteristic high reflectance of the screen used with a visual acuity projector?

Patients with high myopia may have ______ocular rigidity because the sclera is thinner and stretched.

During Schiotz tonometry, the greater the distance the plunger indents the cornea , the ______ the eye or the _______ the intraocular pressure.

What are the commonly used weights when performing schiotz tonometry?

When performing Schiotz tonometry, if the tonometer should slide over the surface of the cornea, this may produce a ______________

The higher the intraocular pressure of an eye, the
_______ the eye

If you cannot center the intersection of the thick and thin lines in the lensmeter , the lens has ______

Each black ring seen in the eyepiece reticle of the lensmeter measures how much prism?

What is the Bausch & Lomb trade name for the ophthalmometer?

What do you do to transpose a spherocylinder lens from plus to minus cylinder form, or reverse?

Transpose +2.00-2.50x90

The chief use of A-scan biometry is to calculate the desired power of a(an)______

What is the name of the instrument used to measure extesion of the anterior surface of the cornea beyond the lateral orbital rim?

When the amsler grid is held at the proper distance and viewed with the distance and near corrections in place, each square subtends an angle of______degree(s)

What is pupil dilation termed?

What is the term used when there is a difference in pupil size?

which technique assumes that the rigidity of the sclera is normal?

If scleral rigidity is high, the intraocular pressure will be ____

Most inaccuracies in schiotz tonometry result in ______ rater than_____ readings.

Measuring intraocular pressure is also called______

when performing______ tonometry, the aqueous fluid in the anterior chamber between the cornea and iris is displaced.

What effect is produced when the distance between the optical centers of the lenses mounted in a spectacle does not correspond to the IPD of a patient?

What happens to light at the optical center of a lens?

Light rays are____ when they pass at an angle from one transparent medium to another of a different refractive index?

A prism bends light rays toward its _____

Light rays entering two prims placed base-to-base will be refracted so that the rays_____

What is a common problem that presents with symptoms of floaters and flashing lights?

Sudden, painless loss of vision is an example of an ocular _________

Prior use of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents is part of a patient's____________

A history of strabismus sx at age 5 should be included in what record?

What is the term used to describe the absence of a natural lens?

Pertinent family hx of a patient should include which relatives?

What reading should the light meter display when a Goldmann perimeter is accurately calibrated for the stimulus?

which substance is used to disinfect the ultrasound transducer?

Name the best way to prolong the life of transilluminator bulbs and batteries.

what should be used to clean the accessible lenses of a phoropter?

Which solution should NEVER be used on any working part of a phoropter (except the patient forehead and cheek rests)

when determining anterior chamber depth using a flashlight test,a shadow on the nasal iris indicates _________

Ophthalmologists often estimate anterior chamber depth by meaduring the angle between the a)______ and b)_________

The purpose of testing decreased visual acuity with the use of a pinhole serve to differentiate loss of vision between which two possible causes?

why is it important to observe the patient during VA testing

name at least ONE example of glare testing device

At what distance are adult near visual acuity charts designed to be read?

what is indicated if both the thin and wide lines are in focus at the same time while performing lensometry

normal visual acuity is a two-month old infant may be estimated by?

what is the name of the visual acuity test, for infants and nonverbal children, that urges gratings of vertical black and white stripes

which ocular condition is commonly associated with sjogren's syndrome

which systemic disease can cause temporary fluctuations in refractive errors?

What bacterium commonly causes contamination of fluorescein solution?

Name the virus that causes a dendritic pattern of keratitis

What is the ideal position for a patient who feels faint

What is the most common cause of blurred vision?

what is the term used for the reason for the patient's visit?

define "presbyopia"

Recent onset of light flashes and floaters is an example of an ocular________

Mild ocular irritation, itching and burning are patient complaints that would be handled as _________ situations

What systemic disease is important to note in family medical hx in African Americans?

What ocular disease is important to note in the family opthalmic hx of African Americans

what elements are important in social hx taking?

what info is obtained from a patient with a headache as the chief complaint ?

The important screening process used in emergencies to determine a patient's ocular needs is called?

What medication is used as a topical anesthetics?

what is the color of the bottle caps of mydriatic agents?

If a patient is instructed to take a medication "q.o.d." what does this mean?

Which drug delivery method commonly produces temporary blurred vision?

What is the term for an injection delivering drugs under the skin?

interpupillary distance (IPD) is the distance between_______

the distance from the bridge of the nose to the center of a pupil is a ________

What type of glaucoma constitutes an ocular emergency?

The condition of low blood sugar is termed?

What is the single most important thing an opthalmic assistant can do to help prevent corneal infections during A-scan biometry?

Ophthalmic ______ temporarily stain cell and tissue in the eye to highlight defects or necrosis.

_______ drugs induce contraction of the iris sphincter.

What drug reduces inflamation without using cortico-steroids?

Drugs that constric blood vessels in the conjunctiva are termed?

What abbreviation is used for the recipe or directions of a drug or lens perscription

The distance from the posterior surface of a spectacle lens to the anterior surface of the cornea is termed?

Bifocal spectacles will enable a patient to see clearly at _____ distances

What is the minimun thickness of safety lenses?

The trifocal portion of a +2.00 ADD will be______

Which method of drug delivery might be recommended for a crying child?

A bard parker blade, clamp and curette are instruments used for what surgical procedure?

Patient questions pertaining to surgical procedures should be answered by ___________

A patient with a lacerated globe must have a ________ applied for protection.

a _______ applied over the eye can minimize post-operative bleeding

In terms of lens thickness, the greater the refractive index, the ________ the lens

A _______ board may be used to immobilise an infant for an ophthalmic examination.

How does acetazolamide (diamox) affect the eye

What is the term for "the complete destruction of all microorganisms"

Name six accepted methods of sterilization

What doees the acronym LASER stand for?

Protocols for pressure patching or shields require that the adhesive tape must be applied from _______ to _______

What is the nomral range of intraocular pressure?

Which method of tonometry is described here: Measurement of the amount pressure needed to flatten the cornea by a standard amount

Name two possible complications of applanation tonometry

What measurement error is produced when the fluorecein rings are too narrow during applanation?

What measurement error is introduced during applanation when a patient is holding their breath or wearing a collar the is buttoned too tightly

which portable tonometer measures intraocular pressure by corneal indentation?

What is the term for the spasmodic, rhythmic dilating, and contrating pupillary movements during swinging light test?

Name the black felt perimeter, used for testing the central 30 degrees of peripheral vision.

in the 20/20 notation, what does the numerator stand for?

what is the distometer used for?

What is anisometropia

What substance should be used to clean the screen for and acuity projector ?

What is the best procedure for cleaning the mirror of the retinoscope?

What accessories are used to check the calibration of an ophthalmometer?

If after cleaning the joy stick pad the slit lamp is still difficult to move what other cleaning soulution may me used on the pad?

After changing the bulb on a slit lamp that does not illuminate, what other things should be checked?

How long do airborne bacteria remain active in the operating room, for example if a person enters without a mask?

name three examples of antiseptic solutions used to wash hands in an operating room

when instilling ophthalmic gtts or UNG it is important that the tip of the container_________

Name the common types of ophthalmic sutures

what is the first step in disinfecting or sterilizing surgical instruments?