EEG BOARD CORRECT COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Sturge-weber syndrome:
a. basal nucei degeneration
b. V111 cranial nerve involvement
c. Neurocutaneous involvement
d. cherry red spot in macula of the eye - ✔✔c. neurocutaneous involvement
✔✔Rolandic gyrus - ✔✔Frontal and parietal lobes
✔✔Which of the following is grounds for disciplinary action according to ABRET's code
of ethics?
a. being found to have been ineligible to take the credentialing exam, even if the
credential has already been earned
b. refusing primary responsibility for interpretation of a study
c. not identifying oneself as credentialed
d. not using the credential after it has been earned - ✔✔a. being found to have been
ineligible to take the credentialing exam, even if the credential has already been earned.
✔✔Acoustic neuromas arise on the following cranial nerve: - ✔✔CN V111
✔✔Subacute Panencephalitis SSPE is caused from what disease? - ✔✔Measles
✔✔If a patient has a stroke involving the basilar artery, what clinical signs are expected
to be seen?
a. apraxia
b. global aphasia
c. quadriplegia
d. diplopia - ✔✔D. diplopia
✔✔where do most brain tumors occur in children?
,a. frontal lobe
b. temporal lobe
c. posterior fossa
d. anterior fossa - ✔✔Posterior fossa (c.)
✔✔According to the abret code of ethics, a credentialed technologist should report to
abret if;
a. they lose their certificate
b. they have been convicted of a felony related to their work in neuordiagnostics.
c. they received poor performance review from their employer
d. they have not been keeping current in their primary field of employement. - ✔✔b. they
have been convicted of a felony related to their work in neurodiagnostics
✔✔The most common site of brain tumors in children is the ?
a. third ventricle
b. meninges
c. middle fossa
d. posterior fossa - ✔✔d. posterior fossa
✔✔Which of the following is often caused by prolonged severe cerebral anoxia?
a. appearance of posts
b. burst suppression activity
c. increase in voltage of the mu rhythm
d. increase in the frequency of the alpha rhythm - ✔✔b. burst suppression
✔✔The occipital lobe receives its blood supply directly from which artery?
a. posterior cerebral
b. middle cerebral
c. posterior cerebellar
d. internal coratid - ✔✔a. posterior cerebral
✔✔Focal or unilateral suppression and slowing:
a. generalized seizure disorder
b. drowsiness in an elderly patient
c. subdural hematoma
d. renal failure - ✔✔c. subdural hematoma
✔✔The posterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the:
a. frontal lobe
b. visual cortex
c. temporal lobe
d. lateral surface of the brain - ✔✔b. visual cortex
✔✔Treatment for infantile spasms; - ✔✔Adrenocorticotrophic hormone ACTH
,✔✔Atonic
a. stiffness
b. loss of muscle tone
c. jerking
d. rhythmic jerking - ✔✔b. loss of muscle tone
✔✔Which of the following is a violation of ABRETS code of ethics
a. teaching other technologists without proper credentials
b. being disrespectful to co-workers
c. not joining a professional organization
d. not striving to keep current in the technology - ✔✔a. teaching other technologists
without proper creds
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔Nearer to the trunk of the body
✔✔Precentral gyrus - ✔✔frontal lobe, primary motor cortex
✔✔what is the most common low-graded tumor detected in adults with epilepsy;
a. menengioma
b. astrocytoma
c. carcinoma
d. sarcoma - ✔✔
✔✔SDS - ✔✔Safety Data Sheet
✔✔The fissure that separates the temporal lobe from the frontal - ✔✔sylvian
✔✔What is the most effective means of preventing nosocomial infections? - ✔✔hand
hygiene
✔✔Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges are most likely associated with:
a. metabolic encephalopathy
b. generalized tonic-clonic seizures
c. herpes simplex encephalitis
d. atypical absence seizures - ✔✔c. herpes simplex encephalitis
✔✔The central sulcus is the anterior boundary of the ? - ✔✔parietal lobe
✔✔which of the following EEG findings indicates the worst prognosis in patients with
cerebral hemorrhages?
a. polymorphic delta activity
b. sharp waves
c. spikes
, d. burst suppression - ✔✔d. burst suppression
✔✔which of the following is an immediate threat to life?
a. arachnoiditis
b. multiple sclerosis
c. epidural hematoma
d. chronic subdural hematoma - ✔✔c. epidural hematoma
✔✔The main difference between simple partial and complex partial is:
a. preservation of consciousness
b.focal motor activity
c. autonomic activity
d. anatomic location - ✔✔a. preservation consciousness
✔✔Jacknife seizures - ✔✔west syndrome
✔✔The etiology MOST commonly associated with LPDs/PLEDS is what?
a. anoxic injury
b. ischemic stroke
c. brain tumors
d. intracranial hemorrhage - ✔✔a. anoxic injury
✔✔Which electrode type gives the LEAST distrotion of low frequencies?
a. gold
b. stainless steel
c. platinum
d. silver-silver chloride - ✔✔
✔✔What is the value of EEG in psychiatric disorders?
a. rule out seizures
b. rule out brain tumors
c. diagnose psychiatric disorders
d. evaluate effectiveness of medication - ✔✔a. rule out seizures
✔✔Damage to broca's area may result in? - ✔✔expressive aphasia
✔✔Gelastic epilepsy - ✔✔laughing
✔✔scotoma
a. retinal inflammation
b. increase in intraocular pressure
c. scieral tumor
d. area of visual loss - ✔✔b. increase in intraocular pressure
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Sturge-weber syndrome:
a. basal nucei degeneration
b. V111 cranial nerve involvement
c. Neurocutaneous involvement
d. cherry red spot in macula of the eye - ✔✔c. neurocutaneous involvement
✔✔Rolandic gyrus - ✔✔Frontal and parietal lobes
✔✔Which of the following is grounds for disciplinary action according to ABRET's code
of ethics?
a. being found to have been ineligible to take the credentialing exam, even if the
credential has already been earned
b. refusing primary responsibility for interpretation of a study
c. not identifying oneself as credentialed
d. not using the credential after it has been earned - ✔✔a. being found to have been
ineligible to take the credentialing exam, even if the credential has already been earned.
✔✔Acoustic neuromas arise on the following cranial nerve: - ✔✔CN V111
✔✔Subacute Panencephalitis SSPE is caused from what disease? - ✔✔Measles
✔✔If a patient has a stroke involving the basilar artery, what clinical signs are expected
to be seen?
a. apraxia
b. global aphasia
c. quadriplegia
d. diplopia - ✔✔D. diplopia
✔✔where do most brain tumors occur in children?
,a. frontal lobe
b. temporal lobe
c. posterior fossa
d. anterior fossa - ✔✔Posterior fossa (c.)
✔✔According to the abret code of ethics, a credentialed technologist should report to
abret if;
a. they lose their certificate
b. they have been convicted of a felony related to their work in neuordiagnostics.
c. they received poor performance review from their employer
d. they have not been keeping current in their primary field of employement. - ✔✔b. they
have been convicted of a felony related to their work in neurodiagnostics
✔✔The most common site of brain tumors in children is the ?
a. third ventricle
b. meninges
c. middle fossa
d. posterior fossa - ✔✔d. posterior fossa
✔✔Which of the following is often caused by prolonged severe cerebral anoxia?
a. appearance of posts
b. burst suppression activity
c. increase in voltage of the mu rhythm
d. increase in the frequency of the alpha rhythm - ✔✔b. burst suppression
✔✔The occipital lobe receives its blood supply directly from which artery?
a. posterior cerebral
b. middle cerebral
c. posterior cerebellar
d. internal coratid - ✔✔a. posterior cerebral
✔✔Focal or unilateral suppression and slowing:
a. generalized seizure disorder
b. drowsiness in an elderly patient
c. subdural hematoma
d. renal failure - ✔✔c. subdural hematoma
✔✔The posterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the:
a. frontal lobe
b. visual cortex
c. temporal lobe
d. lateral surface of the brain - ✔✔b. visual cortex
✔✔Treatment for infantile spasms; - ✔✔Adrenocorticotrophic hormone ACTH
,✔✔Atonic
a. stiffness
b. loss of muscle tone
c. jerking
d. rhythmic jerking - ✔✔b. loss of muscle tone
✔✔Which of the following is a violation of ABRETS code of ethics
a. teaching other technologists without proper credentials
b. being disrespectful to co-workers
c. not joining a professional organization
d. not striving to keep current in the technology - ✔✔a. teaching other technologists
without proper creds
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔Nearer to the trunk of the body
✔✔Precentral gyrus - ✔✔frontal lobe, primary motor cortex
✔✔what is the most common low-graded tumor detected in adults with epilepsy;
a. menengioma
b. astrocytoma
c. carcinoma
d. sarcoma - ✔✔
✔✔SDS - ✔✔Safety Data Sheet
✔✔The fissure that separates the temporal lobe from the frontal - ✔✔sylvian
✔✔What is the most effective means of preventing nosocomial infections? - ✔✔hand
hygiene
✔✔Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges are most likely associated with:
a. metabolic encephalopathy
b. generalized tonic-clonic seizures
c. herpes simplex encephalitis
d. atypical absence seizures - ✔✔c. herpes simplex encephalitis
✔✔The central sulcus is the anterior boundary of the ? - ✔✔parietal lobe
✔✔which of the following EEG findings indicates the worst prognosis in patients with
cerebral hemorrhages?
a. polymorphic delta activity
b. sharp waves
c. spikes
, d. burst suppression - ✔✔d. burst suppression
✔✔which of the following is an immediate threat to life?
a. arachnoiditis
b. multiple sclerosis
c. epidural hematoma
d. chronic subdural hematoma - ✔✔c. epidural hematoma
✔✔The main difference between simple partial and complex partial is:
a. preservation of consciousness
b.focal motor activity
c. autonomic activity
d. anatomic location - ✔✔a. preservation consciousness
✔✔Jacknife seizures - ✔✔west syndrome
✔✔The etiology MOST commonly associated with LPDs/PLEDS is what?
a. anoxic injury
b. ischemic stroke
c. brain tumors
d. intracranial hemorrhage - ✔✔a. anoxic injury
✔✔Which electrode type gives the LEAST distrotion of low frequencies?
a. gold
b. stainless steel
c. platinum
d. silver-silver chloride - ✔✔
✔✔What is the value of EEG in psychiatric disorders?
a. rule out seizures
b. rule out brain tumors
c. diagnose psychiatric disorders
d. evaluate effectiveness of medication - ✔✔a. rule out seizures
✔✔Damage to broca's area may result in? - ✔✔expressive aphasia
✔✔Gelastic epilepsy - ✔✔laughing
✔✔scotoma
a. retinal inflammation
b. increase in intraocular pressure
c. scieral tumor
d. area of visual loss - ✔✔b. increase in intraocular pressure
