EEG Board Prep Practice Questions with Certified
Solutions
What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves? - Answer N1
What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles? - Answer N2
What stage of sleep will you see POSTS? - Answer N1
What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome? - Answer Normal
If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most likely to do what? - Answer
Disappear
What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4? - Answer Mu
What is seen most often in children? - Answer Rolandic spikes
What region do you see Rolandic spikes? - Answer central
At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes? - Answer 32-34 weeks
electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what? - Answer 2 microvolts
Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be? - Answer normal
beta coma most commonly results from what? - Answer drug overdose
a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern? - Answer breech rhythm
, What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES? - Answer no disruption of the PDR
an electrographic seizure is characterized by what activity? - Answer episodic rhymes activity
What is most useful when determining localization and polarity? - Answer montage
what normal variant has positive polarity? - Answer lambda
according to guidelines what is the bandwidth for routine EEGs? - Answer 1-70 hz
how many millimeters are in one centimeter? - Answer 10 mm
what is unilateral spikes considered ? - Answer focal abnormality
what are the 3 best ways to describe EEG patterns and seizures? - Answer morphology, location,
frequecy
what is another name for small sharp spikes ? - Answer BETS
what makes lambda different from posts? - Answer occurs with eyes open
are spikes considered abnormal? - Answer yes
what type of activity will a neonatal seizure show on an EEG? - Answer focal rhythmic ativity
What montage should be used for an ECI according to guidelines? - Answer double distance
which filter setting will record the greatest effect on a 70 Hz wave? - Answer 70 Hz
Solutions
What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves? - Answer N1
What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles? - Answer N2
What stage of sleep will you see POSTS? - Answer N1
What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome? - Answer Normal
If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most likely to do what? - Answer
Disappear
What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4? - Answer Mu
What is seen most often in children? - Answer Rolandic spikes
What region do you see Rolandic spikes? - Answer central
At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes? - Answer 32-34 weeks
electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what? - Answer 2 microvolts
Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be? - Answer normal
beta coma most commonly results from what? - Answer drug overdose
a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern? - Answer breech rhythm
, What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES? - Answer no disruption of the PDR
an electrographic seizure is characterized by what activity? - Answer episodic rhymes activity
What is most useful when determining localization and polarity? - Answer montage
what normal variant has positive polarity? - Answer lambda
according to guidelines what is the bandwidth for routine EEGs? - Answer 1-70 hz
how many millimeters are in one centimeter? - Answer 10 mm
what is unilateral spikes considered ? - Answer focal abnormality
what are the 3 best ways to describe EEG patterns and seizures? - Answer morphology, location,
frequecy
what is another name for small sharp spikes ? - Answer BETS
what makes lambda different from posts? - Answer occurs with eyes open
are spikes considered abnormal? - Answer yes
what type of activity will a neonatal seizure show on an EEG? - Answer focal rhythmic ativity
What montage should be used for an ECI according to guidelines? - Answer double distance
which filter setting will record the greatest effect on a 70 Hz wave? - Answer 70 Hz
