ABRET EEG EXAM 800 2026 FINAL
CERTIFICATION PREPARATION GUIDE WITH KEY
EEG PATTERNS AND INTERPRETATION NOTES
◉ Signals common to both inputs of a differential amplifier with like
frequency, amplitude and phase are:
Answer: canceled
◉ With rapidly increasing dosage, which of the following
medications will have the most sedative effect on the patient?
Answer: Barbiturates
◉ Photic light should be how far from a patient\'s eyes?
Answer: 12 inches
◉ A common electrographic correlate of a seizure:
Answer: Rhythmic activity
◉ EMG artifacts time locked with the flash frequency of photic
stimulation
Answer: Photomyogenic Response
,◉ When attempting to minimize relentless muscle artifact on a
recording, the technologist should be aware that lowering the high
filter could cause the artifact to resemble:
Answer: beta activity.
◉ Which of the following converts an analog signal into a series of
digital binary numbers?
Answer: A/D Converter
◉ An EEG performed two days following a transient ischemic attack
is most likely to show:
Answer: Normal activity
◉ Of the following, which is NOT an ACNS guideline for ECI
recording?
Answer: Record at the standard sensitivity setting of 7 AµV/mm for
at least 30 minutes of the recording.
◉ A childhood disorder characterized by acquired aphasia,
multifocal epileptiform abnormalities, and focal or generalized
seizures:
Answer: Landau-Kleffner syndrome
,◉ In a differential amplifier, if input 1 received a voltage of + 50
microvolts and input 2 a voltage of - 100 microvolts, the output
voltage and deflection would be approximately
Answer: 150 downward
◉ The onset of West syndrome is most likely to occur at age:
Answer: 4 months
◉ If the nasion to inion measurement is 40 cm, what is the distance
between Cz and Pz?
Answer: 8 cm
◉ In the EEG laboratory, the major concern for transmission of
infection is through
Answer: blood.
◉ Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Answer: Neurocutaneous involvement
◉ Which activity does NOT typically cause an attenuation of the
posterior dominant alpha rhythm in the normal adult?
Answer: Relaxed wakefulness with eyes closed
, ◉ Ruptured aneurysm with headache, nuchal rigidity, confusion and
drowsiness.
Answer: Subarachnoid hemorrhage
◉ In the International 10-20 electrode placements, C6 is located on
which side of the head?
Answer: Right
◉ A meningioma is usually
Answer: encapsulated.
◉ The activity in the red box would best be described as:
Answer: EMG
◉ ALPHA COMA
Answer: Cardiopulmonary Arrest
◉ Which of the following EEG patterns is LEAST likely to be
associated with clinical symptoms?
Answer: 6 Hz spike and wave
◉ HESCHL'S GYRUS
CERTIFICATION PREPARATION GUIDE WITH KEY
EEG PATTERNS AND INTERPRETATION NOTES
◉ Signals common to both inputs of a differential amplifier with like
frequency, amplitude and phase are:
Answer: canceled
◉ With rapidly increasing dosage, which of the following
medications will have the most sedative effect on the patient?
Answer: Barbiturates
◉ Photic light should be how far from a patient\'s eyes?
Answer: 12 inches
◉ A common electrographic correlate of a seizure:
Answer: Rhythmic activity
◉ EMG artifacts time locked with the flash frequency of photic
stimulation
Answer: Photomyogenic Response
,◉ When attempting to minimize relentless muscle artifact on a
recording, the technologist should be aware that lowering the high
filter could cause the artifact to resemble:
Answer: beta activity.
◉ Which of the following converts an analog signal into a series of
digital binary numbers?
Answer: A/D Converter
◉ An EEG performed two days following a transient ischemic attack
is most likely to show:
Answer: Normal activity
◉ Of the following, which is NOT an ACNS guideline for ECI
recording?
Answer: Record at the standard sensitivity setting of 7 AµV/mm for
at least 30 minutes of the recording.
◉ A childhood disorder characterized by acquired aphasia,
multifocal epileptiform abnormalities, and focal or generalized
seizures:
Answer: Landau-Kleffner syndrome
,◉ In a differential amplifier, if input 1 received a voltage of + 50
microvolts and input 2 a voltage of - 100 microvolts, the output
voltage and deflection would be approximately
Answer: 150 downward
◉ The onset of West syndrome is most likely to occur at age:
Answer: 4 months
◉ If the nasion to inion measurement is 40 cm, what is the distance
between Cz and Pz?
Answer: 8 cm
◉ In the EEG laboratory, the major concern for transmission of
infection is through
Answer: blood.
◉ Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Answer: Neurocutaneous involvement
◉ Which activity does NOT typically cause an attenuation of the
posterior dominant alpha rhythm in the normal adult?
Answer: Relaxed wakefulness with eyes closed
, ◉ Ruptured aneurysm with headache, nuchal rigidity, confusion and
drowsiness.
Answer: Subarachnoid hemorrhage
◉ In the International 10-20 electrode placements, C6 is located on
which side of the head?
Answer: Right
◉ A meningioma is usually
Answer: encapsulated.
◉ The activity in the red box would best be described as:
Answer: EMG
◉ ALPHA COMA
Answer: Cardiopulmonary Arrest
◉ Which of the following EEG patterns is LEAST likely to be
associated with clinical symptoms?
Answer: 6 Hz spike and wave
◉ HESCHL'S GYRUS
