FREE CPO Visual Field Testing (Perimetry) Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of visual field testing (perimetry)?

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To map a patient's peripheral and central vision

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To measure the refractive error of the eye

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To assess the health of the cornea

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To determine the intraocular pressure

Question 2

During automated perimetry, what is the most common method the machine uses to ensure the patient is maintaining steady fixation?

Accepted Answer

Presenting stimuli in the physiological blind spot

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Asking the patient periodically if they are looking at the target

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Using a chin strap to hold the head still

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Tracking the pupil with a video camera

Question 3

A visual field test where the stimulus light is stationary but varies in brightness to find the dimmest light a patient can see at each location is known as:

Accepted Answer

Static perimetry

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Kinetic perimetry

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Confrontation visual field testing

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Amsler grid testing

Question 4

Which of the following visual field defects is most characteristically associated with early to moderate glaucoma?

Accepted Answer

Arcuate scotoma

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Bitemporal hemianopia

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Central scotoma

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Altitudinal defect

Question 5

What is the most critical instruction to give a patient before starting an automated visual field test?

Accepted Answer

'Press the button for every light you see, no matter how dim, while always looking at the central light.'

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'Try not to blink during the entire test.'

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'Try to find the lights by looking around the bowl.'

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'Only press the button for the very bright lights.'

Question 6

On a Humphrey Visual Field printout, a high number of 'False Positives' indicates that the patient was:

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Pressing the response button too often or randomly

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Not paying attention

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Moving their eye off the fixation target

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Failing to see bright stimuli they should have seen