EEG BOARD LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔This EEG pattern is commonly considered voltage theta or delta waves, seen in
children 8-14 years old, and are accentuated by hyperventilation. - ✔✔Posterior slow
waves of youth
✔✔what is posterior slow waves of youth also called? - ✔✔PSWY
✔✔when comparing EEG recordings from both adults and children the pediatric may
have amplitude that is what? - ✔✔higher
✔✔Infantile spasms are also known as what type of event? - ✔✔electrodecremental
events
✔✔When are asynchronous sleep spindles considered to be abnormal? - ✔✔after 2
years of age.
✔✔An awake 5 month old infant will have a PDR of what? - ✔✔5 Hz
✔✔The main difference between trace discontinue and trace alternant is what? -
✔✔Trace discontinue shows greater supression
✔✔Encoches Frontales appear at what age? - ✔✔35-45 weeks
✔✔A pattern of 1 to 1.5 Hz activity with superimposed 8 to 20 Hz activity seen in
neonates is called what? - ✔✔delta brushes
✔✔Temporal theta-burst or temporal sharp transients can be seen in a baby with a
conceptional age of what? - ✔✔28-32 weeks
✔✔By one year of age, the posterior dominant rhythm should be what - ✔✔5-6 Hz
✔✔This is a randomly disorganized pattern characterized by extremely high voltage
activity with slow waves and multifocal spikes and is seen with infantile spasms -
✔✔hypsarrhymthmia
✔✔Trace Alternant is seen in babies with a conceptional age of what - ✔✔35-45 weeks
✔✔The primary motor cortex is located on this surface of the brain - ✔✔precentral gyrus
✔✔Which 3 cranial nerves arise from the medulla? - ✔✔IX, X, XII
, ✔✔What sulcus separates the parietal lobe from the occipital lobe? - ✔✔Parieto-
occipital sulcus
✔✔Which artery supplies the largest portion of the lateral hemisphere? - ✔✔MCA
✔✔Which one of the cranial nerves carries sensory signals from the taste buds? - ✔✔IX
✔✔The thalamus and hypothalamus are part of the what? - ✔✔diencephalon
✔✔the cerebrum controls what 3 main things? - ✔✔body movements, balance, and
posture
✔✔Your sensitivity is at 7uV/mm and the frequency is 6Hz, what is the duration of the
wave? - ✔✔166.67 ms
✔✔Using the International 10-20 electrode placements, if the distance from Fp2 to F4 is
5.5 cm, what is the distance from P4 to O2? - ✔✔5.5 cm
✔✔If the measurement between preauricular point and T3/T7 is 3.2 cm, what is the
distance between C3 and Cz? - ✔✔6.4 cm
✔✔With a sensitivity of 7 uV/mm, what should the height be for the activity of 35 uV? -
✔✔5 mm
✔✔When an EEG signal is recorded at a sensitivity of 2, what is the voltage of activity
measuring 4mm? - ✔✔8 uV
✔✔The frequency of your have is 4 Hz , what is the duration of your wave? Answer in
milliseconds - ✔✔250 ms
✔✔With a sensitivity of 20 uV/mm, what voltage will you need to yield a 10mm
deflection in calibration? - ✔✔200 uV
✔✔A 14 year old boy wakes up early in the morning to get ready for school, and about 1
hour later he picks up his phone to check his facebook and the next thing he notices he
has jerked and dropped his phone. This can be classified as? - ✔✔Juvenile myoclonic
epilepsy
✔✔Sleep spindles should appear by what age? - ✔✔6 months
✔✔ What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves? - ✔✔N1
✔✔What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles? - ✔✔N2
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔This EEG pattern is commonly considered voltage theta or delta waves, seen in
children 8-14 years old, and are accentuated by hyperventilation. - ✔✔Posterior slow
waves of youth
✔✔what is posterior slow waves of youth also called? - ✔✔PSWY
✔✔when comparing EEG recordings from both adults and children the pediatric may
have amplitude that is what? - ✔✔higher
✔✔Infantile spasms are also known as what type of event? - ✔✔electrodecremental
events
✔✔When are asynchronous sleep spindles considered to be abnormal? - ✔✔after 2
years of age.
✔✔An awake 5 month old infant will have a PDR of what? - ✔✔5 Hz
✔✔The main difference between trace discontinue and trace alternant is what? -
✔✔Trace discontinue shows greater supression
✔✔Encoches Frontales appear at what age? - ✔✔35-45 weeks
✔✔A pattern of 1 to 1.5 Hz activity with superimposed 8 to 20 Hz activity seen in
neonates is called what? - ✔✔delta brushes
✔✔Temporal theta-burst or temporal sharp transients can be seen in a baby with a
conceptional age of what? - ✔✔28-32 weeks
✔✔By one year of age, the posterior dominant rhythm should be what - ✔✔5-6 Hz
✔✔This is a randomly disorganized pattern characterized by extremely high voltage
activity with slow waves and multifocal spikes and is seen with infantile spasms -
✔✔hypsarrhymthmia
✔✔Trace Alternant is seen in babies with a conceptional age of what - ✔✔35-45 weeks
✔✔The primary motor cortex is located on this surface of the brain - ✔✔precentral gyrus
✔✔Which 3 cranial nerves arise from the medulla? - ✔✔IX, X, XII
, ✔✔What sulcus separates the parietal lobe from the occipital lobe? - ✔✔Parieto-
occipital sulcus
✔✔Which artery supplies the largest portion of the lateral hemisphere? - ✔✔MCA
✔✔Which one of the cranial nerves carries sensory signals from the taste buds? - ✔✔IX
✔✔The thalamus and hypothalamus are part of the what? - ✔✔diencephalon
✔✔the cerebrum controls what 3 main things? - ✔✔body movements, balance, and
posture
✔✔Your sensitivity is at 7uV/mm and the frequency is 6Hz, what is the duration of the
wave? - ✔✔166.67 ms
✔✔Using the International 10-20 electrode placements, if the distance from Fp2 to F4 is
5.5 cm, what is the distance from P4 to O2? - ✔✔5.5 cm
✔✔If the measurement between preauricular point and T3/T7 is 3.2 cm, what is the
distance between C3 and Cz? - ✔✔6.4 cm
✔✔With a sensitivity of 7 uV/mm, what should the height be for the activity of 35 uV? -
✔✔5 mm
✔✔When an EEG signal is recorded at a sensitivity of 2, what is the voltage of activity
measuring 4mm? - ✔✔8 uV
✔✔The frequency of your have is 4 Hz , what is the duration of your wave? Answer in
milliseconds - ✔✔250 ms
✔✔With a sensitivity of 20 uV/mm, what voltage will you need to yield a 10mm
deflection in calibration? - ✔✔200 uV
✔✔A 14 year old boy wakes up early in the morning to get ready for school, and about 1
hour later he picks up his phone to check his facebook and the next thing he notices he
has jerked and dropped his phone. This can be classified as? - ✔✔Juvenile myoclonic
epilepsy
✔✔Sleep spindles should appear by what age? - ✔✔6 months
✔✔ What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves? - ✔✔N1
✔✔What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles? - ✔✔N2
