CCEC Round 2

Pharmacology

200

A 79 year old Female is taking medication for Open-Angle Glaucoma.  She has an syncopal episode and is found to have a pulse rate of 36 beats per minute. What glaucoma medication is most likely the cause? 

Timolol

400

What eye drop inactivates the sphincter muscle of the iris?

Cycloplegic

600

What cycloplegic agent produces the longest lasting effect?

Atropine Sulfate

800

What is a cycloplegic that is ideal for office use because it is relatively weak and is primarily used for its dilating ability?

Tropicamide

1000

What is the principle mode of action for carbonic anhydrase inhibitors when used for the treatment of glaucoma?

A. Contriction of the pupil
B. Reduction of the pressure in the aqueous veins
C. Reduction in the amount of aqeuous formed by the ciliary body
D. Increased rate of flow of aqueous through the trabecular meshwork

C. Reduction in the amount of aqeuous formed by the ciliary body

Refraction, lensometry, Keratometry, Contact Lens

200

What is the result of a loss of accommodation? 

Presbyopia

400

Visual acuity of 6/12 is equivalent to 

20/40

600

Daily wear contacts lenses should be removed each night or patients are at a greater risk of developing what condition?

Corneal edema will also accept corneal ulcer

800

The results of keratometry can be expressed in 

Diopters

1000

Transpose:

OD: +2.25-0.75x165

OS: +3.75-1.25x003

OD:+1.50+0.75x75

OS:+2.50+1.25x093

Visual Fields

200

Visual field loss due to optic nerve cupping is related to what condition?

Glaucoma

400

The MOST widely used method of visual field screening, requiring no special equipment, is 

Confrontation testing

600

What type of perimetry involves a moving target?

A. Threshold
B. Kinetic
C. Static
D. Automatic

B.Kinetic

800

What is the term for an area of complete or partical blindness in an otherwise normal visual field?

Scotoma

1000

Scotomas located immediately nasal or temporal to fixation are known as

Paracentral

Testing

200

Ultrasound machines have a large number of switches and dials, most of whcih are rarely touched. What is the only change made during the aver exam using a B-Scan?

A. Sound intensity
B. LCD Display
C. Pulse Controls
D. Tranducer

A. Sound intensity

400

These plates are used to assess color vision

Ishihara

600

Titmus testing evaluates stereopsis by assessing if certain portions of images are

Elevated

800

The cones of the human eye are sensitive to which colores?

Red, green, blue

1000

A Schirmer test can be used for someone who is considering this

Cataract surgery

and more testing

200

How many dimensions are represented in a Bscan image?

2

400

The source used to obtain the image in OCT is 

high resolution imaging

600

The 3 principal types of ophthalmic imaging are

External, slit lamp, and fundus

800

What is the purpose of dilating the eye?

To allow for a more complete posterior segment exam

1000

To photograph the posterior pole, the center of focus is
A. The macula
B. The optic disc
C. Between the macula and the optic disc
D. Between the optic disc and the nasal arcades

C. Between the macular and optic disc