EEG board prep ASAP test prep questions
with correct answers
Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop normally until age what?
a. 18-24 months
b. 3-6 months
c. 6-18 months
d. 2-4 years - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. 6-18 months
Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal
EEG?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma
b. left frontal abscess
c. acoustic neuroma
d. cerebellar abscess - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. cerebellar abscess
During an absence seizure the technologist should?
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid
b. turn the patients head to the left
c. test the patients level of consciousness
,d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
c. test the level of patients consciousness
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with :
a. Absence seizures
b. Atonic seizures
c. Infantile spasms
d. Gelastic seizures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Infantile spasms
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. receptive aphasia
A spike or sharp wave results from?
a. asynchronous activation of neurons
b. depolarization of neurons
c. repolarization of neurons
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons
,Papilledema is most common in which of the following conditions?
a. huntington chorea
b. posterior fossa tumor
c. temporal lobe seizures
d. sturge-weber syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. posterior fossa
tumor
Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of
hyperperfusion;
a. ct
b. interictal pet
c. ictal spect
d. MRI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. ictal spect
Collateral perfusion is maintained by? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-circle of
willis
The neurological examination is most likely to be abnormal in patients
with:
a. absence seizures
b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
, d. rolandic epilepsy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. lennox gastaut syndrome
If a patient has a circumference measurement of 55cm, which of the
following interelectrode distances can be calculated?
a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
d. f7 to fz - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. o1 to o2
The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with
parkinson's disease is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dopamine
which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory
cortex? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rolandic fissure
The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. infancy
consciousness
with correct answers
Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop normally until age what?
a. 18-24 months
b. 3-6 months
c. 6-18 months
d. 2-4 years - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. 6-18 months
Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal
EEG?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma
b. left frontal abscess
c. acoustic neuroma
d. cerebellar abscess - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. cerebellar abscess
During an absence seizure the technologist should?
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid
b. turn the patients head to the left
c. test the patients level of consciousness
,d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
c. test the level of patients consciousness
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with :
a. Absence seizures
b. Atonic seizures
c. Infantile spasms
d. Gelastic seizures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Infantile spasms
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. receptive aphasia
A spike or sharp wave results from?
a. asynchronous activation of neurons
b. depolarization of neurons
c. repolarization of neurons
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons
,Papilledema is most common in which of the following conditions?
a. huntington chorea
b. posterior fossa tumor
c. temporal lobe seizures
d. sturge-weber syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. posterior fossa
tumor
Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of
hyperperfusion;
a. ct
b. interictal pet
c. ictal spect
d. MRI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. ictal spect
Collateral perfusion is maintained by? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-circle of
willis
The neurological examination is most likely to be abnormal in patients
with:
a. absence seizures
b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
, d. rolandic epilepsy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. lennox gastaut syndrome
If a patient has a circumference measurement of 55cm, which of the
following interelectrode distances can be calculated?
a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
d. f7 to fz - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. o1 to o2
The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with
parkinson's disease is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dopamine
which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory
cortex? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rolandic fissure
The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. infancy
consciousness
