EEG BOARD VIEW AHEAD EXAM TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 100
PERCENT CORRECT
◉ 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
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 100
PERCENT CORRECT
◉ 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
