EEG board prep ASAP test prep
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Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop normally until age what?
a. 18-24 months
b. 3-6 months
c. 6-18 months
d. 2-4 years - ✔✔c. 6-18 months
Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma
b. left frontal abscess
c. acoustic neuroma
d. cerebellar abscess - ✔✔d. cerebellar abscess
During an absence seizure the technologist should?
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid
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,b. turn the patients head to the left
c. test the patients level of consciousness
d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth - ✔✔c. test the level of patients
consciousness
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with :
a. Absence seizures
b. Atonic seizures
c. Infantile spasms
d. Gelastic seizures - ✔✔c. Infantile spasms
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia - ✔✔a. receptive aphasia
A spike or sharp wave results from?
a. asynchronous activation of neurons
b. depolarization of neurons
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,c. repolarization of neurons
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons. - ✔✔d. synchronous activation of
multiple neurons
Papilledema is most common in which of the following conditions?
a. huntington chorea
b. posterior fossa tumor
c. temporal lobe seizures
d. sturge-weber syndrome - ✔✔b. posterior fossa tumor
Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperperfusion;
a. ct
b. interictal pet
c. ictal spect
d. MRI - ✔✔c. ictal spect
Collateral perfusion is maintained by? - ✔✔circle of willis
The neurological examination is most likely to be abnormal in patients with:
a. absence seizures
b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
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, c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rolandic epilepsy - ✔✔c. lennox gastaut syndrome
If a patient has a circumference measurement of 55cm, which of the following
interelectrode distances can be calculated?
a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
d. f7 to fz - ✔✔b. o1 to o2
The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with parkinson's disease is?
- ✔✔dopamine
which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex? -
✔✔Rolandic fissure
The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy - ✔✔d. infancy
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop normally until age what?
a. 18-24 months
b. 3-6 months
c. 6-18 months
d. 2-4 years - ✔✔c. 6-18 months
Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma
b. left frontal abscess
c. acoustic neuroma
d. cerebellar abscess - ✔✔d. cerebellar abscess
During an absence seizure the technologist should?
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid
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,b. turn the patients head to the left
c. test the patients level of consciousness
d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth - ✔✔c. test the level of patients
consciousness
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with :
a. Absence seizures
b. Atonic seizures
c. Infantile spasms
d. Gelastic seizures - ✔✔c. Infantile spasms
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia - ✔✔a. receptive aphasia
A spike or sharp wave results from?
a. asynchronous activation of neurons
b. depolarization of neurons
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,c. repolarization of neurons
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons. - ✔✔d. synchronous activation of
multiple neurons
Papilledema is most common in which of the following conditions?
a. huntington chorea
b. posterior fossa tumor
c. temporal lobe seizures
d. sturge-weber syndrome - ✔✔b. posterior fossa tumor
Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperperfusion;
a. ct
b. interictal pet
c. ictal spect
d. MRI - ✔✔c. ictal spect
Collateral perfusion is maintained by? - ✔✔circle of willis
The neurological examination is most likely to be abnormal in patients with:
a. absence seizures
b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
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, c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rolandic epilepsy - ✔✔c. lennox gastaut syndrome
If a patient has a circumference measurement of 55cm, which of the following
interelectrode distances can be calculated?
a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
d. f7 to fz - ✔✔b. o1 to o2
The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with parkinson's disease is?
- ✔✔dopamine
which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex? -
✔✔Rolandic fissure
The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy - ✔✔d. infancy
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