1. Chronic closed angle glaucoma:
a. can always be treated by cataract extraction alone
b. tropical medication is the first line of treatment
c. is common in Pekinese dogs
d. the prevalence of the disorder in indigenous people
varies with longitude
e. iridotomy alone is the adequate treatment in advanced
disease
2. Pseudoexfoliation syndrome:
a. is always eventually complicated by glaucoma
b. is associated with pseudoexfoliation in the orbit
c. the exfoliative material contains laminin
d. Sampaolesi's line is a characteristic feature
e. is common in France
3. Photodynamic therapy of subretinal neovascular membrane:
a. causes cataract
b. involves the injection of fluorescein at the time of
treatment
c. is not suitable for pigment epithelium detachment
d. is not suitable for foveal subretinal neovascular
membrane
e. is contraindicated in the presence of diabetic
retinopathy
4. Age related macular degeneration:
a. may be dominantly inherited
b. is commoner in dark skinned race
c. is usually a unilateral condition
d. may undergo spontaneous functional improvement
e. soft drusen have a better prognosis than that of hard
drusen
5. The following statements are true:
a. fundus flavimaculatus masks choroidal fluorescence
b. type B personalities are common in patients with
central serious retinopathy
c. different pattern dystrophies occur in the same family
d. Best's disease causes an enhanced EOG
e. central retinal artery occlusion abolishes the a wave of
the ERG
6. Cataract:
a. is a complication of lactose intolerance
b. may be a late sequel of severe dehydration
c. is reversible in diabetes
d. complicates blunt eye injuries
e. may be prevented by aspirin
7. The following complications are well-recognised:
a. retinopathy due to tamoxifen
b. cataract due to ibuprofen
c. cornea verticillata due to chloroquine
d. palinopsia due to chlorpromazine
e. optic atrophy due to ethambutol
8. In patients with visual field loss:
a. wedge scotomata result from lateral geniculate body
pathology
b. junctional scotoma and Foster-Kennedy syndrome
may occur in the same patient
c. macular sparing is the hallmark of occipital tumour
formation
d. arcuate scotomata can occur with chiasmal
compression
e. central scotoma complciate retrochiasmal dysfunction
9. Accommodation:
a. is impaired in Adie's syndrome
b. produces tension in the lens capsule
c. is impaired following traumatic hyphaema
d. is enhanced by beta blockers
e. is reduced by alpha agonists
10. The following drugs or techniques can be used to reduce
intraocular pressure:
a. hypoventilation
b. ketamine
c. intravenous sucrose
d. halothane
e. nitrous oxide