EEG BOARDS PART 2 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Insdeepeningscoma,sTriphasicswavessaresmostslikelysto
A)sbecomesmoresprominent
B)sdisappear
C)sincreasesinsfrequency
D)sbecomesunilaterals-sans--disappear
DeltasBrushessaresseensin:
A)sawake,sneonate
B)sNeonate,sQuietssleep
C)sNeonate,sactivessleeps-sans--Neonate,sQuietsSleep
PeriodicsLateralizedsepileptiformsdischargessaresmostslikelysassociatedswith:
A)sgeneralizedsTonic-clonicsseizures
B)sMetabolicsEncepholopathy
C)sAtypicalsAbscencesseizures
D)sHerpessSimplexsEncephalitiss-sans--HerpessSimplexsEncephalitis
Papilledemasissmostscommonsinswhichsofsthesfollowingsconditions:
A)stemporalslobesseizures
B)sHuntingtonsChorea
C)sPosteriorsFossasTumor
D)sSturgesWebers-sans--PosteriorsFossasTumor
WhichsofsthesfollowingsissoftenscausedsbysprolongedsseveresAnoxia?
A)sBurstssuppressionsactivity
B)sappearancesofsPOSTS
C)sincreasesinsvoltagesofsMUsRhythm
D)sincreasesthesfrequencysofsthesAlphasRhythms-sans--Burstssuppressionsactivity
WhichsofsthesFollowingsEEGsfindingssindicatessthesworstsprognosissinspatientsswithscerebr
alshemorrhages?
A)spolymorphicsDeltasActivity
B)sBurstsSuppression
C)sSharpsWaves
D)sSpikess-sans--BurstsSuppression
, PLEDSsaresmostslikelystosbesseensinsaspatientspresentingswith:
A)scerebralsEmbolus
B)sHypoglycemia
C)sLiversFailure
D)sAcutesDrugsToxicitys-sans--cerebralsEmbolus
PLEDS
A)smetabolicsdisease
B)smeningitis
C)sAcutescerebralsinfarction
D)sJCDs-sans--Acutescerebralsinfarction
AnsEEGsperformeds2sdayssfollowingsasTIAsissmostslikelystosshow:
A)sfocalssuppression
B)spolymorphicsactivity
C)sNormalsActivity
D)sFIRDAs-sans--NormalsActivity
Aslargeslesionsatsthesopticschiasmsprovesswhichsofsthesfollowingsconditions?
A)sleftshomonymousshemionopisia
B)srightshomonymousshemionopisia
C)scompletesvisualsloss
D)scorticalsblindnesss-sans--completesvisualsloss
DuringsHyperventilationsofsaspatientsw/sastumorsinsthesRIGHTsfrontalsarea,sthesEEGsissmosts
likelystosshow:
A)ssuppressionsofsthesactivitysinsthesrightsfrontalsarea
B)sFIRDA
C)sHighsvoltage,sslowsactivitysoversthesrightsfrontalsarea
D)sgeneralizedsastypicalsspikesandswaves-sans--
Highsvoltage,sslowsactivitysoversthesrightsfrontalsarea
WhichsofsthesfollowingstumorssissmostslikelystosprovokesEEGsabnormalities?
A)smeningioma
B)schordoma
C)sacousticsneuroma
D)sgliobastomas-sans--gliobastoma
ThesEEGsifsaspatientsw/sastumorsoversthesLEFTsfrontalslobeswouldsmostslikelysshow:
A)sFIRDA
B)sgeneralizedsslowing
C)sTIRDA
D)sleftsfrontalspolymorphicsDeltasActivitys-sans--leftsfrontalspolymorphicsDeltasActivity
ThesEEGsofsaspatientsw/sHepaticsencepholopathyswillsmostslikelysshow:
A)sslowing
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Insdeepeningscoma,sTriphasicswavessaresmostslikelysto
A)sbecomesmoresprominent
B)sdisappear
C)sincreasesinsfrequency
D)sbecomesunilaterals-sans--disappear
DeltasBrushessaresseensin:
A)sawake,sneonate
B)sNeonate,sQuietssleep
C)sNeonate,sactivessleeps-sans--Neonate,sQuietsSleep
PeriodicsLateralizedsepileptiformsdischargessaresmostslikelysassociatedswith:
A)sgeneralizedsTonic-clonicsseizures
B)sMetabolicsEncepholopathy
C)sAtypicalsAbscencesseizures
D)sHerpessSimplexsEncephalitiss-sans--HerpessSimplexsEncephalitis
Papilledemasissmostscommonsinswhichsofsthesfollowingsconditions:
A)stemporalslobesseizures
B)sHuntingtonsChorea
C)sPosteriorsFossasTumor
D)sSturgesWebers-sans--PosteriorsFossasTumor
WhichsofsthesfollowingsissoftenscausedsbysprolongedsseveresAnoxia?
A)sBurstssuppressionsactivity
B)sappearancesofsPOSTS
C)sincreasesinsvoltagesofsMUsRhythm
D)sincreasesthesfrequencysofsthesAlphasRhythms-sans--Burstssuppressionsactivity
WhichsofsthesFollowingsEEGsfindingssindicatessthesworstsprognosissinspatientsswithscerebr
alshemorrhages?
A)spolymorphicsDeltasActivity
B)sBurstsSuppression
C)sSharpsWaves
D)sSpikess-sans--BurstsSuppression
, PLEDSsaresmostslikelystosbesseensinsaspatientspresentingswith:
A)scerebralsEmbolus
B)sHypoglycemia
C)sLiversFailure
D)sAcutesDrugsToxicitys-sans--cerebralsEmbolus
PLEDS
A)smetabolicsdisease
B)smeningitis
C)sAcutescerebralsinfarction
D)sJCDs-sans--Acutescerebralsinfarction
AnsEEGsperformeds2sdayssfollowingsasTIAsissmostslikelystosshow:
A)sfocalssuppression
B)spolymorphicsactivity
C)sNormalsActivity
D)sFIRDAs-sans--NormalsActivity
Aslargeslesionsatsthesopticschiasmsprovesswhichsofsthesfollowingsconditions?
A)sleftshomonymousshemionopisia
B)srightshomonymousshemionopisia
C)scompletesvisualsloss
D)scorticalsblindnesss-sans--completesvisualsloss
DuringsHyperventilationsofsaspatientsw/sastumorsinsthesRIGHTsfrontalsarea,sthesEEGsissmosts
likelystosshow:
A)ssuppressionsofsthesactivitysinsthesrightsfrontalsarea
B)sFIRDA
C)sHighsvoltage,sslowsactivitysoversthesrightsfrontalsarea
D)sgeneralizedsastypicalsspikesandswaves-sans--
Highsvoltage,sslowsactivitysoversthesrightsfrontalsarea
WhichsofsthesfollowingstumorssissmostslikelystosprovokesEEGsabnormalities?
A)smeningioma
B)schordoma
C)sacousticsneuroma
D)sgliobastomas-sans--gliobastoma
ThesEEGsifsaspatientsw/sastumorsoversthesLEFTsfrontalslobeswouldsmostslikelysshow:
A)sFIRDA
B)sgeneralizedsslowing
C)sTIRDA
D)sleftsfrontalspolymorphicsDeltasActivitys-sans--leftsfrontalspolymorphicsDeltasActivity
ThesEEGsofsaspatientsw/sHepaticsencepholopathyswillsmostslikelysshow:
A)sslowing