Self-Assessment Exam

1. Exudative AMD is characterized by:
   a. CNV
   b. Subretinal fibrosis
   c. Disciform scarring
   d. All of the above
   
   
2. Historically, ophthalmologists have performed macular photocoagulation with the goal of achieving white retinal burn by using:
   a. Green and/or red lasers
   b. Green and/or yellow lasers
   c. Yellow and/or red lasers
   d. Red and/or blue lasers
   
   
3. According to Dr. Friberg, patients age 65 and older who have drusen in both eyes have approximately a _____ chance of vision loss from AMD:
   a. 10 percent
   b. 18 percent
   c. 20 percent
   d. 28 percent
   
   
4. Which of the following have been promoted as having long-term benefits for patients with Dry AMD:
   a. Vitamins
   b. Minerals
   c. Micronutrient supplements
   d. All of the above
   
   
5. Data from the PTAMD Study has suggested that minimal subthreshold laser treatment is unlikely to benefit unilateral patients:
   a. True
   b. False
   
   
6. Which wavelength has been determined theoretically undesirable for its absorption by macular xanthophyll:
   a. Yellow
   b. Blue
   c. Green
   d. Red
   
   
7. White retinal burn is basically transparent to all laser lines except:
   a. 488 nm
   b. 514 nm
   c. 647 nm
   d. 810 nm
   
   
8. Red and infrared lasers are available at what wavelength:
   a. 514 nm
   b. 532 nm
   c. 577 nm
   d. 647 nm
   
   
9. The invisible 810 nm wavelength has which of the following properties:
   a. Less tolerability by photophobic patients
   b. Higher thermal elevation at the RPE/outer retina
   c. Deeper thermal effect in the choroid
   d. Higher scatter in the cloudy ocular media of elderly patients
   
   
10. TTT for subfoveal occult CNVM involves ______ laser exposure:
    a. Small spot - high irradiance - short duration
    b. Small spot - low irradiance - short duration
    c. Large spot - low irradiance - long duration
    d. Large spot - high irradiance - long duration
    
    
11. Diode laser treatment has which of the following advantages:
    a. Better tolerated and less invasive than visible wavelength treatments
    b. No absorption and negligible scatter in retinal layers
    c. Ability to modulate thermal gradient for minimal damage
    d. All of the above.
    
    
12. According to Dr. Mainster, the temperature rise during TTT approaches:
    a. 49°C
    b. 57°C
    c. 68°C
    d. 75°C
    
    
13. Which of the following statements concerning TTT is true:
    a. Laser power should be doubled when using a 2.0x magnifying lens.
    b. The method of determining appropriate power settings for TTT is significantly different from that of traditional laser photocoagulation.
    c. The status of choroidal circulation is especially important.
    d. All of the above.
    
    
14. Which of the following is not a result of using a tilted indirect lens in TTT:
    a. Increases the size of the spot
    b. Distorts the spot
    c. Induces astigmatism
    d. Results in retinal burn
    
    
15. The treatment of feeder vessels can be associated with:
    a. Recurrent choroidal neovascularization
    b. Von Hipple lesions
    c. Neovascularization of Eales’s disease
    d. All of the above
    
    
16. HSICG angiography has the ability to capture:
    a. 1 frame per second
    b. 3 to 10 frames per second
    c. 6 to 40 frames per second
    d. 8 to 70 frames per second
    
    
17. Analyzing dynamic HSICG images requires simple pattern recognition of static images: a. True b. False
    
    
18. Feeder vessels can be imaged in more than _____ of eyes with CNV:
    a. 25 percent
    b. 50 percent
    c. 75 percent
    d. 100 percent
    
    
19. In classic CNV, the neovascular structure:
    a. Fills late
    b. Slowly becomes hyperfluorescent
    c. Randomly leaks until the end
    d. Occasionally displays a radial pattern of vessel anatomy
    
    
20. Data from the first approved PDT for CNV in AMD determined a retreatment rate of _____ in the first year:
    a. 1.4 times
    b. 2 times
    c. 3.4 times
    d. 4 times