ABRET EEG-PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

ABRET PRACTICE EXAM PART 2
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
HYPERVENTILATIONsresults-sans--
✔✔Hypocapnia:sstatesofsreducedscarbonsdioxidesinsthesblood

Photoparoxysmalsresponses-sans--✔✔EEGsresponsestoslightswithsspikes,sspike-
wavesdischargesand/orsintermittentsslowswaves

Inputsimpedancesshouldsbes-sans--✔✔veryshigh

AccordingstosthesGuidelines,showsmanysbitssofsresolutionsissrequired?s-sans--✔✔11

WhichsofsthesfollowingsissthesWORSTsprognosticsfeaturesinsthesEEGsofsascomatosespatient
?s-sans--✔✔monorhythmicstracingswithoutsvariability

SMALLsSHARPsSPIKESsaresalsoscalleds-sans--
✔✔BenignsEpileptiformsTransientssofsSleeps(BETS)

HYPSARRHYTHMIAsshowss-sans--
✔✔Disorganized,scontinuousshighsvoltagesslowswavesswithsinterspersedsmultifocalsspikes
waves

Asseizuresdischargesarisingsfromsthesrightsfrontalslobesisslikelystosbescharacterizedsclinicallys
bys-sans--✔✔deviationsofsheadsandseyes

Whatsissmostsimportantswhensevaluatingsthesbackgroundsactivity?s-sans--
✔✔Recordsthesmaximalsstatesofsalertness

Highsvoltagesthetasorsdeltaswaves,scommonlysseensinschildrens8-
14syears,saccentuatedsbyshyperventilation:s-sans--
✔✔PosteriorsSlowsWavessofsYouths(PSWY)

AsstrokeswhichsresultssinsonlysLEFTslegsweaknesssmostslikelysinvolvesswhichsofsthesfollowin
gsarteries?s-sans--✔✔ThesRIGHTsanteriorscerebralsartery

Rares6-
11shzsnegativessharpsarciformswaves,smostscommonlysseensinsadultssovers30syearssinsthes
mid-temporalsregions.s-sans--✔✔Wickets

,Asprolongedsseriessofsgeneralizedsconvulsionsswithoutsanysperiodsofsconsciousnesssbetwe
ensthemsissreferredstosass-sans--✔✔statussepilepticus

WhatsdifferentiatessLambdasandsPOSTSs-sans--✔✔Occursswithseyessopen

IfsthesLowsFrequencysFiltersisschangedsfroms1sHzstos5sHz,showswillsas2sHzsslowswavesbesaff
ected?s-sans--✔✔Itswillsbessignificantlysattenuated

Creuetzfeldt-JakobsdiseasesEEGsshowss-sans--✔✔GPDs/GPEDS

MusRhythmsissasfrequencysofs-sans--✔✔8-10sHz

Inswhichsofsthesfollowingsconditionssaresperiodicslateralizedsepileptiformsdischargessmostsli
kely?s-sans--✔✔Herpesssimplexsencephalitis

Photicsinducedsepileptiformsdischargessaresmostslikelysassociatedswiths-sans--
✔✔barbiturateswithdrawal

Subacutessclerosingspanecephalitississassociatedswiths-sans--✔✔Measles

Seizuresscommonlysresultsfromswithdrawalsofswhichsofsthesfollowing?s-sans--✔✔Alcohol

Atswhatsconceptionalsagesissasdeltasbrushspatternsprimarilysseen?s-sans--
✔✔32stos34sweeks

Anselectrographicsseizuresisscharacterizedsbys-sans--✔✔Episodicsrhythmicsactivity

Whichsofsthesfollowingsoccurssduringsastypicalsabsencesseizure?s-sans--
✔✔Impairedsconsciousness

Whatsissthestermsthatsdescribessfailuresofsthesalphasrhythmstosattenuateswithseyesopening?s
-sans--✔✔Bancaud'ssPhenomenon

INFANTILEsSPASMSsEEGsshowss-sans--✔✔ElectrodecrementalsEvents

Slowssamplingsratesmayscausesfastsfrequenciesstosappearsslower:s-sans--✔✔aliasing

ThespolaritysconventionsforsEEGsstatessthatsthesdeflectionsissupsifsinputs-sans--
✔✔1sissmoresnegativesthansinputs2

ThesEEGspatternsofshypsarrhythmiasissusuallysassociatedswiths-sans--✔✔infantilesspasms

AnsEEGsobtainedswithins24shourssfollowingsasclosedsheadsinjuryswouldsbesLEASTslikelystos
shows-sans--✔✔focalsspikesactivity

, Excessivesbetasfrequencysactivitysmaysbesthesresultsofswhichsofsthesfollowing?s-sans--
✔✔Drugseffect

TIMEsCONSTANTs-sans--✔✔Lowsfrequencysfilter

Photicsstimulationsissmostseffectivesinsevokingsepileptiformsabnormailtiessinspatientsswiths-
sans--✔✔asfamilyshistorysofsseizures




WhatsnormalsactivityswouldsbesseensmostsprominentlysatsthesC3sorsC4selectrodespostion?s-
sans--✔✔Mu




Patientsswithstemporalslobesepilepsysmaysdisplaysictalsautomatisms,swhichsare:s-sans--
✔✔Stereotyped,srepetitivesmovements,ssuchsasslipssmackingsorsrubbingsfingersstogether

Whichsofsthesfollowingsinfectioussdiseasessissmostsfrequentlysassociatedswithsperiodicscom
plexessinsthesEEG?s-sans--✔✔Herpesssimplexsencephalitis

Whatsissmostsusefulswhensdeterminingslocalizationsandspolarity?s-sans--✔✔montage

HYPNAGOGICsHYPERSYNCHRONYs-sans--
✔✔cansbespresentsduringsarousalsstatestransitions,sbothspriorstossleepsandsonsetsandsfollo
wingsarousal

Whichsofsthesfollowingsissabnormal?s-sans--✔✔asymmetricsattenuationsofsthesalphasactivity

Alphascomasissmostsoftensseensfollowing:s-sans--✔✔cardiacsarrest

MusRhythmsisslocateds...s-sans--✔✔C3/C4

Hyperventilationsshouldsbesdonesatsasratesof:s-sans--✔✔20sbreathsspersminute

Whichsneurologicssyndromesmaysbesassociatedswithsfocalsepilepsy?s-sans--
✔✔TuberoussSclerosissComplex

Whichsofsthesfollowingsisscharacteristicsofsactivessleepsinsasneonate?s-sans--
✔✔Frequentsmovements

Photoparoxysmalsresponsessarescharacterizedsby:s-sans--
✔✔Generalizedsirregularsspikesandswavesdischargessorspolyspikesandswavesbursts

Ascommonselectrographicscorrelatesofsasseizure:s-sans--✔✔Rhythmicsactivity