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Ophthalmology

9 free practice questions at the pre-internship stage shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.

Practise theseOne at a time, in a random order, with the explanation after each.

A 68-year-old woman comes to the emergency department at 10 pm with four hours of severe right-sided headache and vomiting that began while she was watching a f…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 74-year-old man attends for a repeat prescription. He drives himself and his wife to the shops and to church each week. He has had dry age-related macular deg…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 43-year-old woman has had two days of boring pain behind the right eye and, since this morning, double vision. Her right upper lid now covers the pupil and sh…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 79-year-old woman lives alone and has stopped driving after dark because oncoming headlights spread into a glare she cannot see through. She has given up the…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 71-year-old man says the vision in his right eye switched off ninety minutes ago, without pain. He can count fingers only on that side. The right pupil dilate…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 74-year-old woman has had a new right-sided headache for three weeks and says her scalp is sore when she brushes her hair. She has begun stopping halfway thro…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 47-year-old man was hammering a steel chisel without eye protection when he felt something strike his left eye an hour ago. Visual acuity is 6/60 on the left…

Pre-internship · common

A 68-year-old woman arrives at 10 pm vomiting, with a painful red right eye and rings around the streetlights. The right cornea is cloudy, the pupil is mid-dila…

Pre-internship · niche

A 22-year-old student attends a rural emergency department at 9 pm with a painful red left eye. She wears monthly soft contact lenses and slept in them last nig…

Pre-internship · middle twist