EEG BOARD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A 60yr old make presents with new onset dementia and myoclonus. what would you
expect to see on the EEG?
a. GPED
b. burst suppression
c. rolandic spikes
d. hypsarrhythmia - ✔✔a. gpeds
✔✔The eeg of a patient with hepatic encephalopathy is most likey to show;
a. atypical spike and wave
b. burst suppression
c. generalized triphasic waves
d. firda - ✔✔c. generalized triphasic waves
✔✔which of the following occurs during a typical absence seizure
a. impaired consciousness
b. aura
c. generalized tonic clonic activity
d. prolonged postictal period - ✔✔a. impaired consciousness
✔✔in the majority of patients with arterial hypertension and acute pure motor
hemiplegia, an eeg will most likely show
a. contralateral hemispheric polymorphic delta
b. normal activity
c. frontal intermittent rhythmic delta
d. hyperventilation induced focal delta slowing - ✔✔b. normal activity
✔✔a stroke which results in only left leg wekness most likely involves which of the
following arteries?
a. the right vertebral artery
b. the right posterior communicating artery
c. the right posterior cerebral artery
,d. the right anterior cerebral artery - ✔✔d. the right anterior cerebral artery
✔✔Five year old boy with previously normal development, presents with sudden loss of
language skills. EEG shows frequent epileptiform discharges during sleep. WHich of the
following could be considered as a potetial diagnosis;
a. tourette syndrome
b. dravet syndrome
c. landau-kleffner syndrome
d. lennox-gastaut syndrome - ✔✔c. landau-kleffner
✔✔seizures with visual hallucinations such as flashing lights are most likely to arise
from the;
a. parietal lobe
b. frontal lobe
c. temporal lobe
d. occipital lobe - ✔✔d. occipital lobe
✔✔this pt seizures begin with mumbling and difficulty with speech, progress to jerking
on the right side, then a generalized convulsion. what is the likely correlate?
a. wicket spikes
b. complex partial siezure
c. bi pleds
d. electrodecremental seizure - ✔✔b. complex partial siezure
✔✔PLEDS are not typically seen in pts with
a. acute cerebral infarct
b. acute cerebral lesions
c. herpes simplex encephalo
d. lennox gastaut - ✔✔d. lennox gastaut
✔✔The EEG is most likely to show a hypsarrhythmia pattern in pt with? - ✔✔west
syndrome
✔✔Benign rolandic epilepsy
a. frontal spikes
b. centraltemporal spikes
c. parietal occipital spikes
d. occipital spikes - ✔✔b. central temporal spikes
✔✔which of the following EEG pattern is characteristic of west syndrome? -
✔✔hypsarrhythmia
✔✔The EEG pattern of hypsarrhythmia is usually associated with? - ✔✔infantile
spasms
, ✔✔Burst suppression
a. transient ischemic attack
b. deep anesthesia
c. benign hypertension
d. rage attack - ✔✔b. deep anesthesia
✔✔features such as bicycling movements, kicking, throwing things, rocking, often
nocturnal
a. temporal lobe seizures
b. parietal lobe seizures
c. occipital lobe seizures
d. frontal lobe seizures - ✔✔d. frontal lobe seizures
✔✔what clinical states may cause the alpha rhythm to attenuate? - ✔✔attention, anxiety
, drowiness
✔✔tonic phase in GTC is characterized by
a. focal polyspikes
b. generalized delta theta with focal spike and wave
c. generalized voltage suppression and muscle arifact
d. synchronous spike and wave - ✔✔c. generalized voltage suppression and muscle
artifact
✔✔Very high voltage generalized, but anterior dominant fast activity appearing as
continuous sleep spindles sometimes foundin mental retardation has been referred to
as :\
a. frontal spindles
b. mega spindles
c. extreme spindles
d. super spindles - ✔✔c. extreme spindles
✔✔which of the following must be ruled out as a cause of electrocerebral inactivity in
the determination of brain death?
a. huntingtons' chorea
b. hyperthermia
c. catatonic state
d. barbiturate overdose - ✔✔d. barbiturate overdose
✔✔Meningitis - ✔✔nuchal rigidity
✔✔The EEG of a pt with meningitis is most likely to show;
a. temporal sharp waves
b. triphasic waves
✔✔A 60yr old make presents with new onset dementia and myoclonus. what would you
expect to see on the EEG?
a. GPED
b. burst suppression
c. rolandic spikes
d. hypsarrhythmia - ✔✔a. gpeds
✔✔The eeg of a patient with hepatic encephalopathy is most likey to show;
a. atypical spike and wave
b. burst suppression
c. generalized triphasic waves
d. firda - ✔✔c. generalized triphasic waves
✔✔which of the following occurs during a typical absence seizure
a. impaired consciousness
b. aura
c. generalized tonic clonic activity
d. prolonged postictal period - ✔✔a. impaired consciousness
✔✔in the majority of patients with arterial hypertension and acute pure motor
hemiplegia, an eeg will most likely show
a. contralateral hemispheric polymorphic delta
b. normal activity
c. frontal intermittent rhythmic delta
d. hyperventilation induced focal delta slowing - ✔✔b. normal activity
✔✔a stroke which results in only left leg wekness most likely involves which of the
following arteries?
a. the right vertebral artery
b. the right posterior communicating artery
c. the right posterior cerebral artery
,d. the right anterior cerebral artery - ✔✔d. the right anterior cerebral artery
✔✔Five year old boy with previously normal development, presents with sudden loss of
language skills. EEG shows frequent epileptiform discharges during sleep. WHich of the
following could be considered as a potetial diagnosis;
a. tourette syndrome
b. dravet syndrome
c. landau-kleffner syndrome
d. lennox-gastaut syndrome - ✔✔c. landau-kleffner
✔✔seizures with visual hallucinations such as flashing lights are most likely to arise
from the;
a. parietal lobe
b. frontal lobe
c. temporal lobe
d. occipital lobe - ✔✔d. occipital lobe
✔✔this pt seizures begin with mumbling and difficulty with speech, progress to jerking
on the right side, then a generalized convulsion. what is the likely correlate?
a. wicket spikes
b. complex partial siezure
c. bi pleds
d. electrodecremental seizure - ✔✔b. complex partial siezure
✔✔PLEDS are not typically seen in pts with
a. acute cerebral infarct
b. acute cerebral lesions
c. herpes simplex encephalo
d. lennox gastaut - ✔✔d. lennox gastaut
✔✔The EEG is most likely to show a hypsarrhythmia pattern in pt with? - ✔✔west
syndrome
✔✔Benign rolandic epilepsy
a. frontal spikes
b. centraltemporal spikes
c. parietal occipital spikes
d. occipital spikes - ✔✔b. central temporal spikes
✔✔which of the following EEG pattern is characteristic of west syndrome? -
✔✔hypsarrhythmia
✔✔The EEG pattern of hypsarrhythmia is usually associated with? - ✔✔infantile
spasms
, ✔✔Burst suppression
a. transient ischemic attack
b. deep anesthesia
c. benign hypertension
d. rage attack - ✔✔b. deep anesthesia
✔✔features such as bicycling movements, kicking, throwing things, rocking, often
nocturnal
a. temporal lobe seizures
b. parietal lobe seizures
c. occipital lobe seizures
d. frontal lobe seizures - ✔✔d. frontal lobe seizures
✔✔what clinical states may cause the alpha rhythm to attenuate? - ✔✔attention, anxiety
, drowiness
✔✔tonic phase in GTC is characterized by
a. focal polyspikes
b. generalized delta theta with focal spike and wave
c. generalized voltage suppression and muscle arifact
d. synchronous spike and wave - ✔✔c. generalized voltage suppression and muscle
artifact
✔✔Very high voltage generalized, but anterior dominant fast activity appearing as
continuous sleep spindles sometimes foundin mental retardation has been referred to
as :\
a. frontal spindles
b. mega spindles
c. extreme spindles
d. super spindles - ✔✔c. extreme spindles
✔✔which of the following must be ruled out as a cause of electrocerebral inactivity in
the determination of brain death?
a. huntingtons' chorea
b. hyperthermia
c. catatonic state
d. barbiturate overdose - ✔✔d. barbiturate overdose
✔✔Meningitis - ✔✔nuchal rigidity
✔✔The EEG of a pt with meningitis is most likely to show;
a. temporal sharp waves
b. triphasic waves
