1. Lid retraction is a characteristic
sign of
a. acute facial nerve palsy
b. myasthenia gravis
c. thyrotoxicosis
d. myotonic dystrophy
e. aberrant regeneration of the
third cranial nerve
2. Retinoblastoma:
a. characteristically presents
in late childhood
b. may be familial
c. is a radiosensitive tumour
d. may be associated with a deletion
of
chromosome 13
e. arises from the retinal pigment
epithelium
3. Regarding a patient
with acute angle closure glaucoma,
which of
the following statements are correct:
a. an attack may be precipated
after some time in
the dark
b. the optic disc is seen to be
cupped at the height
of an attack
c. surgical treatment is seldom
recommended
d. the eye may show iris atrophy
and sub capsular
lens opacities
after an attack
e. the patient should avoid oral
contraceptives
4. A “blow-out” fracture
of the orbital floor can result in which
of the
following:
a. diplopia
b. delayed exophthalmos
c. anaesthesia in the distribution
of the infraorbital
nerve
d. depression of the globe
e. epiphora
5. Which of the following
are experienced following a brief high
intensity
light flash being received on the retina:
a. Purkinje images
b. Purkinje shift
c. positive after image
d. negative after image
e. retinal inhibition
6. Which of the following
statements regarding an eye with
metallic
intraocular foreign body are correct:
a. the eye is always painful
b. the wound of entry can always
be identified
c. the orbit should be X-rayed
d. sympathetic ophthalmitis may
occur in the fellow
eye
e. it most commonly results from
drilling sheet metal
7. Retinal haemorrhages
may be a feature of:
a. leukaemia
b. anaemia
c. occlusion of central retinal
artery
d. early neonatal life
e. septicaemia
8. Regarding disciform
degeneration of the macula:
a. the earliest ophthalmoscopic
change may be a
macular haemorrhage
b. there is rounded elevation in
the macular area
c. there may be a multiple Drusen
d. visual acuity is not severely
affected
e. the condition is never bilateral
9. Glaucoma associated
with diabetic rubeosis iridis:
a. may be treated by cyclocryotherapy
or
cyclodiathermy
b. frequently leads to enucleation
c. may produce spontaneous hypaema
d. is frequently reversible
e. is always painless
10. Atrophy of the iris
is a recognised complication in which of
the conditions listed below:
a. prolonged exposure to
ultraviolet irradiation
b. acute angle closure glaucoma
c. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
d. anterior segment necrosis
e. ocular concussion
11. Which of the following are
features of vernal conjunctivitis
(Spring
catarrh):
a. exophthalmos
b. mucous discharge
c. tarsal papillae
d. corneal ulceration
e. Bitot’s spots
12. A grey reflex in the
papillary area at birth may be due to:
a. retrolental fibroplasia
b. congenital cataract
c. albinism
d. congenital glaucoma
e. retinoblastoma
13. A myope:
a. cannot see at a short
distance without glasses
b. needs a concave lens for correction
c. has pupils which will not dilate
with
cyclopentalate
d. is more likely to be exophoric
than esophoric
e. has a shorter than average length
of eyeball