EEG BOARD PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-N1
What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-N2
What stage of sleep will you see POSTS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-N1
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What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Normal
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If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most
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likely to do what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Disappear
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What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Mu
What is seen most often in children? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rolandic
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spikes
, What region do you see Rolandic spikes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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central
At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-32-34 weeks |
electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2 microvolts| |
Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-normal
beta coma most commonly results from what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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drug overdose
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a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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breech rhythm |
What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-no disruption of the PDR | | | |
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-N1
What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-N2
What stage of sleep will you see POSTS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-N1
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What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Normal
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If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most
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likely to do what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Disappear
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What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Mu
What is seen most often in children? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rolandic
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spikes
, What region do you see Rolandic spikes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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central
At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-32-34 weeks |
electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2 microvolts| |
Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-normal
beta coma most commonly results from what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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drug overdose
|
a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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breech rhythm |
What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-no disruption of the PDR | | | |