ABRET NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS UPDATED ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
Todd's Paralysis
a. Ictal-contralaterally
b. Ictal-ipsilaterally
c. post-ictal
d. seizure onset
ANSWER
post-ictal
Question 2.
The EEG of a patient with a tumor in the left frontal lobe would most likely show
a. TIRDA
b. Generalized slowing
c. FIRDA
d. left frontal polymorphic delta activity
ANSWER
left frontal polymorphic delta activity
Question 3.
A childhood disorder characterized by acquired aphasia, multifocal epileptiform abnormalities,
and focal or generalized seizures:
a. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
b. Landau-Kleffner syndrome
c. West Syndrome
d. Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
ANSWER
Landau-Kleffner syndrome
Question 4.
What type of seizure is NOT associated with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome?
a. atypical seizure
b. complex seizure
c. atonic seizure
d. tonic seizure
ANSWER
Complex seizure
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, Question 5.
a. electrographic seizures
b. condition causing seizures
c. changes seen in the EEG
d. behaviors during patient events
ANSWER
events
Question 6.
Gelastic epilepsy
a. talking
b. laughing
c. reading
d. crying
ANSWER
laughing
Question 7.
Which is not a risk factor for JME? (juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
a. patients ages 14-15
b. patients ages 3-4
c. absence seizures
d. sleep deprivation
ANSWER
patient ages 3-4
Question 8.
In children, most intracranial tumors are found in
a. posterior fossa
b. optic chiasm
c. temporal lobes
d. frontal lobes
ANSWER
posterior fossa
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
Todd's Paralysis
a. Ictal-contralaterally
b. Ictal-ipsilaterally
c. post-ictal
d. seizure onset
ANSWER
post-ictal
Question 2.
The EEG of a patient with a tumor in the left frontal lobe would most likely show
a. TIRDA
b. Generalized slowing
c. FIRDA
d. left frontal polymorphic delta activity
ANSWER
left frontal polymorphic delta activity
Question 3.
A childhood disorder characterized by acquired aphasia, multifocal epileptiform abnormalities,
and focal or generalized seizures:
a. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
b. Landau-Kleffner syndrome
c. West Syndrome
d. Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
ANSWER
Landau-Kleffner syndrome
Question 4.
What type of seizure is NOT associated with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome?
a. atypical seizure
b. complex seizure
c. atonic seizure
d. tonic seizure
ANSWER
Complex seizure
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, Question 5.
a. electrographic seizures
b. condition causing seizures
c. changes seen in the EEG
d. behaviors during patient events
ANSWER
events
Question 6.
Gelastic epilepsy
a. talking
b. laughing
c. reading
d. crying
ANSWER
laughing
Question 7.
Which is not a risk factor for JME? (juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
a. patients ages 14-15
b. patients ages 3-4
c. absence seizures
d. sleep deprivation
ANSWER
patient ages 3-4
Question 8.
In children, most intracranial tumors are found in
a. posterior fossa
b. optic chiasm
c. temporal lobes
d. frontal lobes
ANSWER
posterior fossa
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