ICO Visual Sciences
ICO Part A Question Bank
4,000 MCQs across the Visual Sciences syllabus—the basic-science paper most trainees sit early in residency. Built with practising ophthalmologists.
Part A is the Visual Sciences paper: 120 single-best-answer MCQs over three hours. The syllabus is deliberately broad—anatomy and embryology through to epidemiology and statistics—and most candidates sit it early in training, before clinical subspecialty work has filled in the gaps.
This bank lets you work through those basic-science topics systematically, with 4,000 MCQs and explanations so weak areas show up before exam day—not after.
What's included
Science-heavy MCQ prep organised by topic—rather than a single undifferentiated question dump.
4,000 Visual Sciences MCQs
Anatomy, embryology, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, pharmacology, genetics, and statistics—the full Part A syllabus
Basic-science depth
The recall and understanding Part A expects, without wading through a general ophthalmology textbook
Explanations that stick
Rationales that teach the underlying science—useful when the same concept reappears in a different stem
Topic-level progress
See which basic-science areas are solid and which still need another pass before you sit the paper
Written for early training
Most candidates take Visual Sciences early in residency—this bank matches that stage of the FICO pathway
120 questions, 3 hours
Practice at the volume and pace of the real Visual Sciences MCQ—four-option single best answer, no negative marking
About the Visual Sciences paper
You get four options per question and three hours for 120 MCQs. Wrong answers do not lose marks—you simply gain credit for correct ones. Part A is the opening exam on the ICO Standard pathway; passing it (along with Part B later) is required before you can sit the clinical Part C paper and progress towards FICO.
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ICO Part A Question Bank
Includes:
4,000 Visual Sciences MCQs- Topic progress and analytics
- Detailed science explanations
- Mobile & desktop access