ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 Questions with
Verified Correct Answers
Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be
protected. This means
all staff are accountable for protecting the patient confidentiality
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy?
60%
Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the
hypothalamus
What clinical signs are expected to be seen if a patient has a stroke involving the left
anterior cerebral artery?
Right lower extremity sensory loss
A meningioma is usually
encapsulated
Bell's palsy is characterized by
facial paralysis
Which of the following is characterized by dementia, myoclonus, and biphasic or
triphasic repetitive discharges?
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
CRANIAL NERVES
Four have both sensory and motor functions
,The onset of West syndrome is most likely to occur at age:
4 months
What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one direction
only?
Direct current
Which electrode type gives the LEAST distortion of low frequencies?
Silver-silver chloride
The onset of Sturge-Weber disease is typically during
Infancy
HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA
Loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes
The most important source generator of the EEG is
pyramidal dendritic PSPs
During an absence seizure, the technologist should
test the patient's level of consciousness
ACTH is used to treat
Infantile spasms
Decorticate posturing is characterized by
bilateral flexion at the elbows
Reduction of health care-associated infections is addressed by
, National Patient Safety Goals
Which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex?
Rolandic fissure
Which of the following should be documented in the history?
The patient had dialysis this morning
The EEG is MOST useful in evaluating
seizure disorders
Life-threatening current could pass through a patient if
the machine ground is not intact
Which of the following is a violation of ABRET's Code of Ethics?
Not striving to keep current in the technology
In the International 10-20 electrode placements, C6 is located on which part of the
head?
Right
A single attenuated channel of EEG may be the result of
Inter-electrode spacing too close
PLEDS are associated with
Acute cerebral infarction
SDS is an acronym for
safety data sheet
Verified Correct Answers
Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be
protected. This means
all staff are accountable for protecting the patient confidentiality
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy?
60%
Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the
hypothalamus
What clinical signs are expected to be seen if a patient has a stroke involving the left
anterior cerebral artery?
Right lower extremity sensory loss
A meningioma is usually
encapsulated
Bell's palsy is characterized by
facial paralysis
Which of the following is characterized by dementia, myoclonus, and biphasic or
triphasic repetitive discharges?
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
CRANIAL NERVES
Four have both sensory and motor functions
,The onset of West syndrome is most likely to occur at age:
4 months
What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one direction
only?
Direct current
Which electrode type gives the LEAST distortion of low frequencies?
Silver-silver chloride
The onset of Sturge-Weber disease is typically during
Infancy
HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA
Loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes
The most important source generator of the EEG is
pyramidal dendritic PSPs
During an absence seizure, the technologist should
test the patient's level of consciousness
ACTH is used to treat
Infantile spasms
Decorticate posturing is characterized by
bilateral flexion at the elbows
Reduction of health care-associated infections is addressed by
, National Patient Safety Goals
Which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex?
Rolandic fissure
Which of the following should be documented in the history?
The patient had dialysis this morning
The EEG is MOST useful in evaluating
seizure disorders
Life-threatening current could pass through a patient if
the machine ground is not intact
Which of the following is a violation of ABRET's Code of Ethics?
Not striving to keep current in the technology
In the International 10-20 electrode placements, C6 is located on which part of the
head?
Right
A single attenuated channel of EEG may be the result of
Inter-electrode spacing too close
PLEDS are associated with
Acute cerebral infarction
SDS is an acronym for
safety data sheet
