RPSGT- EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

A collection of electrode derivations used in a sleep study is called a: Correct Answer: montage Which of the following terms describes external or environmental time cues? Correct Answer: Zeitgeber. At what percentage of the distance from the nasion to the onion is Fz located up from the nasion? Correct Answer: 30 % Which of the following techniques best promotes patient compliance with PAP therapy? Correct Answer: Management of interface problems and leaks, and nasal congestion and airway dryness. During standard polysomnography, the electrooculogram high frequency filter should be set at: Correct Answer: 35 Hz 2 A combination of electrical companents designed to increase power, voltage or current of a signal is a(n): Correct Answer: amplifier. Prior to lights out you would explain all of the following EXCEPT: Correct Answer: the need to lie supine throughout the entire study. A simple self-administered questionnaire that is used to assess a patient's perception of sleepiness is known as the: Correct Answer: Epworth Sleepiness Scale. According to the principes of differential amplification, electrical interference can best be prevented if: Correct Answer: electrode impedances are similar. You begin a sleep study on a patient at 9:30 pm. At 10:45 pm, you think to yourself that the patient should be in stage N3 by now, but the EEG does not demonstrate this. You realize that the low frenquency filter is set at 3 Hz. The appropriate instrumentation change would be to : Correct Answer: decrease the low frequency filter to 10 Hz