Practice Questions

Question 1

Neurological control of eye movements consist of a

Answer 1

Pulse and a step

Question 2

The king decvick test can be administered by ___.

Answer 2

A parent

Question 3

King devick is best administered when

Answer 3

There is a baseline prior to the accident to see the change

Question 4

King devick testing can occur ___ after.

Answer 4

Months after suspected injury to evaluate recovery

Question 5

In eye movements, the pulse is

Answer 5

Responsible for overcoming the viscosity of the orbit

Question 6

What keeps the eye in the new position

Answer 6

Step

Question 7

Command for lateral eye movements are initiated by

Answer 7

Contralateral FEFs

Question 8

VOR has the ____ latency.

Answer 8

Shorter latency

Question 9

Nystagmus can be only

Answer 9

Pursuit eye movements

Can also be only saccade movements

Question 10

I missed my train that is moving from my left to my right. My nystagmus will

Answer 10

Be leftward (left beating/fast) 
Have a slow phase to the right

Question 11

Eye movements are said to be made about an axis on

Answer 11

Listings plane

Question 12

The center of rotation of eye movements is

Answer 12

Really not a single point

Question 13

Center of rotation is point of ___ velocity during eye movement

Answer 13

Zero

Question 14

Movement of only left eye in any direction is a

Answer 14

Duction

Question 15

What EOM has toe closest insertion point

Answer 15

Medial rectus

Question 16

EOM that passes through the trochlea

Answer 16

Superior oblique

Question 17

What muscles mostly elevate or depress the eye when reading

Answer 17

Inferior and superior obliques

Question 18

A purely down gaze places the eyes in a

Answer 18

Secondary position

Question 19

Unlike the SR and IR, the obliques

Answer 19

Elevate or depress when reading

Question 20

When the left eye is moving to the left what will be the agonist?

Answer 20

The LLR

Question 21

Antagonist muscles pull the eye

Answer 21

Away from desired position

Question 22

It is best if the eye movement recorder is

Answer 22

Not on the patient’s line of sight
Shows linearity over a large range
Can disregard head movements

Question 23

In recording eye movements, we know that recording can only be accurate if

Answer 23

We tailor the measuring device ti the type of eye movement being measured

Question 24

Most likely to use if measuring very small amplitude eye movement (seconds of arc) such as fixational eye movements.

Answer 24

Electro magnetic coil (has better resolution)

Question 25

Which are used in clinical settings to measure eye movements

Answer 25

Direct patient observation (most used)

And EOG

Question 26

EOG can be used to

Answer 26

Measure vertical eye movements

Measure in some clinics

Question 27

Infrared limbal reflection is

Answer 27

Not usually used to measure vertical eye movements

Question 28

Ramp is less than ___ more than ____

Answer 28

Less than a pulse more than a step

Question 29

3 types of eye movements

Answer 29

Pursuits, saccades, vergence

Question 30

To make a saccadic eye movement you need

Answer 30

A pulse followed by a step

Question 31

To make a saccadic eye movement the eyes must

Answer 31

Overcome the resistance within the orbit, then maintain the new position

Question 32

To make a pursuit eye movement, the eyes must

Answer 32

Slowly move from where they are now, to the new position

Question 33

A target is located 10 degrees to the left, The signal to the muscles will be

Answer 33

A VELOCITY signal to move the eye 10 degrees to the left