18 May 2021

EBO MCQ examples

Welcome to your EBO MCQ examples

1) Fundus Autofluorescence (AF):

a) can be imaged using an SLO that uses blue laser excitation (488 nm)

b) provides information about RPE safety

c) is able to detect every type of optic disk drusen

d) shows hyper-autofluorescence areas in geographic atrophy

e) shows hyperautofluorescence borders in geographic atrophy

2) Marfan syndrome:

a) Is the most common cause of heritable ectopia lentis

b) Is an autosomal recessive disease

c) Is due to fibrillin-1 mutations

d) Lens dislocation is usually bilateral and occurs most often in the superotemporal direction

e) Is associated with anterior chamber angle alterations

EBO MCQ examples

EBO MCQ examples


Every stem of a question has 5 statements to whom candidate must choose between True/False/Don’t know.

3) Angioid Streaks :

b) Are crack-like breaks in RPE

a) Are usually monolateral

c) Can be associated with numerous systemic diseases, the most common being pseudoxanthoma elasticum

d) Are usually localize in the temporal area

e) Typically have a “window defect” in fluorescein angiography

4) Juvenile idiopathic arthritis:

a) Presents in patients under age 10

b) Is associated with uveitis development

c) Pauciarticolar form have a great risk for developing uveitis

d) Still disease is always associated with uveitis

e) Over 80% of patients with JIA related uveitis are positive for antinucealr antibody (ANA)

5) The Jackson cross cylinder:

a) has a spherical equivalent always equal to one half of the cylinder power.

b) is useful to detect astigmatism without changing the spherical equivalent of the lens system.

c) provides an objective refractometry

d) has a spherical equivalent always null

e) is useful to detect spherical aberration

6)A 12-year old male is affected by convergence insufficiency. This condition is often characterized by:

a) asthenopia, blurred near vision

b) exotropia

c) intracranial lesion

d) seeming increase in myopia

e) remote near point of convergence, poor near fusional convergence amplitudes

7) The topical ophthalmic prostaglandin latanoprost:

a) may successfully lower the pressure in an eye with elevated episcleral venous pressure

b) increases non-trabecular uveoscleral outflow

c) has no pressure lowering effect in an eye with a severe angle closure

d) has an effect on IOP pressure dependent

e) has no additional intraocular pressure lowering effect in an eye already treated with topical ocular beta-adrenergic antagonist

8) Choroidal hemangiomas:

a) can arise as isolated lesions or in association with Sturge-Weber syndrome

b) exhibit a low internal reflectivity on A-scan echography

c) can produce subretinal serous or lipid exudation

d) during ICGA, they fill in early phase with a “wash-out” in the late phase

e) can often develop a subretinal neovascular membrane

9) The “PresbyLASIK” technique:

a) It is contraindicated for patients with suspected corneal ectatic disorders

b) Pseudophakic patients with an EDoF IOL have more predictable outcome than pseudophakic patients with a monofocal IOL

c) Usually the ablation pattern induces a more hyperopic profile in the central 3 mm cornea

d) This technique is associated with a lower risk of flap related complications respect to traditional LASIK

e) Up to 4 diopters can be added for near vision

10) The Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON):

a) Males are affected more than females being an X-linked disease

b) On presentation optic nerve may be hyperemic and surrounded by teleangectasias

c) Cardiac conduction anomalies and dystonia may be associated to this disease

d) An arcuate scotoma at visual field testing is a typical finding at presentation

e) Gene therapy was abandoned since the pathophysiology in not completely understood

11) The Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome:

a) Is associated with a 50% probability of glaucoma development

b) Autosomal recessive inheritance is the most common

c) Systemic abnormalities include redundant periumbilical skin, hypospadias, and microdontia

d) Most common genetic mutation involves the PAX6 gene

e) Posterior embryotoxon is a feature of the syndrome

12) In superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis:

a) It may be associated with thyroid gland dysfunction

b) Topical lubricants have no role in treatment

c) Excess of lax conjunctiva may be a pathological finding

d) It is generally a systemic condition and may involve the upper and lower respiratory tract, kidneys and middle ear

e) Superior punctate corneal epithelialiopathy is a common finding

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