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• Technical & Instrumentation Mastery: Questions covering Ohm’s law,
digital instrumentation, filter setups, and troubleshooting 60Hz or sweat
artifacts.
• Waveform & Pattern Recognition: Deep dive into adult, pediatric, and
neonatal normal variants, sleep stages, and abnormal EEG pathologies (such
as CJD, West Syndrome, and infantile spasms).
• Recording Strategies & ACNS Guidelines: Test your knowledge on
electrode placement, montage changes, activation techniques (photic
stimulation/hyperventilation), and safety protocols.
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Quiz__________?
Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be
protected. This means -
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all staff are accountable for protecting the patient confidentiality
Quiz__________?
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy? -
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60%
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Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the -
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hypothalamus
Quiz__________?
What clinical signs are expected to be seen if a patient has a stroke involving the left
anterior cerebral artery? -
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Right lower extremity sensory loss
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A meningioma is usually -
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encapsulated
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Bell's palsy is characterized by -
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facial paralysis
Quiz__________?
Which of the following is characterized by dementia, myoclonus, and biphasic or
triphasic repetitive discharges? -
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Quiz__________?
CRANIAL NERVES -
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Four have both sensory and motor functions
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The onset of West syndrome is most likely to occur at age: -
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4 months
Quiz__________?
What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one direction
only? -
Answer✅ ✅
Direct current
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Which electrode type gives the LEAST distortion of low frequencies? -
Answer✅ ✅
2
, Silver-silver chloride
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The onset of Sturge-Weber disease is typically during -
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Infancy
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HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA -
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Loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes
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The most important source generator of the EEG is -
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pyramidal dendritic PSPs
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During an absence seizure, the technologist should -
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test the patient's level of consciousness
Quiz__________?
ACTH is used to treat -
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Infantile spasms
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Decorticate posturing is characterized by -
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bilateral flexion at the elbows
Quiz__________?
Reduction of health care-associated infections is addressed by -
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National Patient Safety Goals
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Which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex? -
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Rolandic fissure
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Which of the following should be documented in the history? -
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The patient had dialysis this morning
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The EEG is MOST useful in evaluating -
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