Abret Practice Exam Part 1 Updated Actual Questions And Correct Answers

ABRET PRACTICE EXAM PART 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question 1.
Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be protected.
This means

Correct Answer: all staff are accountable for protecting the patient
confidentiality


Question 2.
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy?

Correct Answer: 60%


Question 3.
Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the

Correct Answer: hypothalamus


Question 4.
What clinical signs are expected to be seen if a patient has a stroke involving the left
anterior cerebral artery?

Correct Answer: Right lower extremity sensory loss


Question 5.
A meningioma is usually

Correct Answer: encapsulated


Question 6.
Bell's palsy is characterized by

Correct Answer: facial paralysis


Question 7.
Which of the following is characterized by dementia, myoclonus, and biphasic or triphasic
repetitive discharges?

Correct Answer: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease


Question 8.
CRANIAL NERVES

Correct Answer: Four have both sensory and motor functions

,Question 9.
The onset of West syndrome is most likely to occur at age:

Correct Answer: 4 months


Question 10.
What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one direction only?

Correct Answer: Direct current


Question 11.
Which electrode type gives the LEAST distortion of low frequencies?

Correct Answer: Silver-silver chloride


Question 12.
The onset of Sturge-Weber disease is typically during

Correct Answer: Infancy


Question 13.
HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA

Correct Answer: Loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes


Question 14.
The most important source generator of the EEG is

Correct Answer: pyramidal dendritic PSPs


Question 15.
During an absence seizure, the technologist should

Correct Answer: test the patient's level of consciousness


Question 16.
ACTH is used to treat

Correct Answer: Infantile spasms


Question 17.
Decorticate posturing is characterized by

Correct Answer: bilateral flexion at the elbows


Question 18.
Reduction of health care-associated infections is addressed by

Correct Answer: National Patient Safety Goals

, Question 19.
Which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex?

Correct Answer: Rolandic fissure


Question 20.
Which of the following should be documented in the history?

Correct Answer: The patient had dialysis this morning


Question 21.
The EEG is MOST useful in evaluating

Correct Answer: seizure disorders


Question 22.
Life-threatening current could pass through a patient if

Correct Answer: the machine ground is not intact


Question 23.
Which of the following is a violation of ABRET's Code of Ethics?

Correct Answer: Not striving to keep current in the technology


Question 24.
In the International 10-20 electrode placements, C6 is located on which part of the head?

Correct Answer: Right


Question 25.
A single attenuated channel of EEG may be the result of

Correct Answer: Inter-electrode spacing too close


Question 26.
PLEDS are associated with

Correct Answer: Acute cerebral infarction


Question 27.
SDS is an acronym for

Correct Answer: safety data sheet


Question 28.
What clinical signs might be seen with a cerebellar hemorrhage?

Correct Answer: Trunkal imbalance and poor coordination