Question 1

Which of the following is a means of measuring intraocular pressure?

Accepted Answer

A)  ophthalmometer 
B)  ophthalmometry 
C)  tonometer 
D)  tonometry

Question 2

Which term means pertaining to the sense of hearing and the organs involved?

Accepted Answer

A)  audible 
B)  auditory 
C)  auricular 
D)  cochlear

Question 3

The auditory tube is another name for which tube?

Accepted Answer

A)  eustachian 
B)  lacrimal 
C)  nasolacrimal 
D)  semicircular

Question 4

Which of the following cause refraction of light rays?

Accepted Answer

A)  daltonism and achromatic vision 
B)  optic nerve and optic disk 
C)  rods and cones 
D)  shape and thickness of lens

Question 5

A 17-year-old girl developed a sty following the use of false eyelashes. Resulting from an infected sebaceous gland of an eyelash, a sty is also called a:

Accepted Answer

A)  blepharitis 
B)  cerumen 
C)  conjunctivitis 
D)  hordeolum

Question 6

What is the function of a Snellen chart?

Accepted Answer

A)  It examines the various layers of the eye. 
B)  It is used for assessment of visual fields. 
C)  It is used to measure the cornea. 
D)  It tests sharpness of vision.

Question 7

Which of the following is a test that examines movement of blood through blood vessels of the eye?

Accepted Answer

A)  accommodation reflex 
B)  fluorescein angiography 
C)  tono-pen tomography 
D)  visual field assessment

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a small bone of the middle ear?

Accepted Answer

A)  incus 
B)  malleus 
C)  sclera 
D)  stapes

Question 9

Which term means progressive deterioration of the retina associated with new vessel formation?

Accepted Answer

A)  cataract 
B)  glaucoma 
C)  macular degeneration 
D)  photophobia

Question 10

Which term means pertaining to sound or hearing?

Accepted Answer

A)  acoustic 
B)  auricular 
C)  cochlear 
D)  deafness

Question 11

_____ is defined as poor vision at night or in dim light.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ is defined as poor vision at...

Question 12

A 9-year-old girl complains that she cannot see the chalkboard at school. She is able to read the work at her desk. This irregularity in vision is:

Accepted Answer

A)  amblyopia 
B)  astigmatism 
C)  myopia 
D)  presbyopia

Question 13

An abnormal condition of increased pressure within the eye is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  diplopia 
B)  glaucoma 
C)  hordeolum 
D)  nyctalopia

Question 14

Which of the following is a structure located in the posterior part of the eye and filled with a soft, jellylike material?

Accepted Answer

A)  cornea 
B)  lens 
C)  pupil 
D)  vitreous chamber

Question 15

What does iridic mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  of, pertaining to, or affecting the eye 
B)  pertaining to hearing 
C)  the cornea 
D)  pertaining to the iris

Question 16

A 7-year-old girl complains of an ear ache. The term for this is:

Accepted Answer

A)  otalgia 
B)  otitis media 
C)  otomycosis 
D)  otorrhea

Question 17

A 23-year-old woman has swelling in her eyelid following an infection caused by her eye makeup. Another term for this swelling is:

Accepted Answer

A)  blepharitis 
B)  conjunctivitis 
C)  myringitis 
D)  otitis

Question 18

Which of the following refers to colorblindness?

Accepted Answer

A)  achromatic vision 
B)  day vision 
C)  double vision 
D)  night vision

Question 19

A 34-year-old woman has a disorder of the left eye that presents as an uneven focusing of the image, which results from distortion of the curvature of the lens or cornea. This disorder is called:

Accepted Answer