NRCME Questions And Answers With Verified
Solutions Graded A+ Latest Update 2025.
1 year - ANSWER Max certification for ALL NEURO conditions
DQ driver for these issues/conditions - ANSWER 1) Use of anticoagulants w/NEURO
Condition
2) Parkinson's dx
3) Epilepsy
4) Severe TBI
5) Meniere's disease
6) AVM/aneurysm
7) Dementia
8) Cerebellar Ataxia
9) Peripheral Neuropathy (guideline, not regulation)
How is Epilepsy defined? - ANSWER 2+ UNPROVOKED Seizures
After a SINGLE UNPROVOKED Sz, risk of another sz is greatest risk w/in.. - ANSWER first
2 years
DQ - ANSWER Dx of Epilepsy
DO NOT certify driver if --- - ANSWER 1) Dx Epilepsy
2) Taking sz medications to control sz
2nd UNPROVOKED Sz - ANSWER Dx: Epilepsy --> DQ driver
Epilepsy waiting period - Dx Epilepsy - ANSWER 10 years off anticonvulsant and SZ FREE
Waiting period for single SZ - ANSWER Must be Sz FREE and off anticonvulsants for @ least
5 years
Childhood Febrile Sz - ANSWER 1) Occurs 2-5% of kids
2) Occurs in kids < 5 yrs of age
3) Likelihood of UNPROVOKED sz occurs w/in the first 10 yrs of life
Waiting period for Childhood Febrile Sz - ANSWER 1) No recommended time
2) Need to know etiology and treatment
What is the max certification for a driver w/hx of childhood febrile sz? - ANSWER Max Cert -
2years
, Single Unprovoked sz--Waiting period - ANSWER 5 years, Sz Free and off Anticonvulsants
Max Certification for Single Unprovoked sz - ANSWER Max Cert --> 1 year
Acute Seizure ---> Structural Insult to brain - ANSWER 1) mild
2) moderate
3) severe
Acute Sz - waiting period - ANSWER Must be Sz Free/off Anticonvulsants
Acute Sz - Minimum one (1) year waiting period following - ANSWER 1) stroke w/o risk for sz
2) mild insult w/o early sz
3) intracerebral / subarch hemorrhage w/o risk for sz
Stroke w/o risk for sz - minimum waiting period - ANSWER 1 year
Mild insult w/o early sz - min wtg period - ANSWER 1 year
Minimum two (2) years waiting period - ANSWER 1) moderate insult w/o early sz
2) mild insult w/ early sz
Early sz w/mild insult - ANSWER Min 2 years
Moderate insult w/o early sz - ANSWER Min 2 years
Moderate insult WITH early sz - ANSWER 5 years
Stroke WITH risk for sz - ANSWER 5 years
Minimum 5 years - ANSWER Intracerebral / subarach hemorrhage WITH risk sz
Maximum certification # ______ year - ANSWER 1 year for ---Moderate insult WITH Early sz
Stroke WITH insult for sz
Intracerebral/
subarach hemorrhage WITH risk of sz
Moderate insult WITHOUT early sz - ANSWER Minimum 2 years waiting period
Mild insult WITH early sz - ANSWER Min 2 years
Dementia - ANSWER Progressive mental decline in mental functions that can interfere w/
memory, lang, spatial func, higher order perceptual func, prob-solving, judgment, behavior and emotional
func
Dementia is caused by ... - ANSWER Alzheimer's (most common)
Pick's Disease
Solutions Graded A+ Latest Update 2025.
1 year - ANSWER Max certification for ALL NEURO conditions
DQ driver for these issues/conditions - ANSWER 1) Use of anticoagulants w/NEURO
Condition
2) Parkinson's dx
3) Epilepsy
4) Severe TBI
5) Meniere's disease
6) AVM/aneurysm
7) Dementia
8) Cerebellar Ataxia
9) Peripheral Neuropathy (guideline, not regulation)
How is Epilepsy defined? - ANSWER 2+ UNPROVOKED Seizures
After a SINGLE UNPROVOKED Sz, risk of another sz is greatest risk w/in.. - ANSWER first
2 years
DQ - ANSWER Dx of Epilepsy
DO NOT certify driver if --- - ANSWER 1) Dx Epilepsy
2) Taking sz medications to control sz
2nd UNPROVOKED Sz - ANSWER Dx: Epilepsy --> DQ driver
Epilepsy waiting period - Dx Epilepsy - ANSWER 10 years off anticonvulsant and SZ FREE
Waiting period for single SZ - ANSWER Must be Sz FREE and off anticonvulsants for @ least
5 years
Childhood Febrile Sz - ANSWER 1) Occurs 2-5% of kids
2) Occurs in kids < 5 yrs of age
3) Likelihood of UNPROVOKED sz occurs w/in the first 10 yrs of life
Waiting period for Childhood Febrile Sz - ANSWER 1) No recommended time
2) Need to know etiology and treatment
What is the max certification for a driver w/hx of childhood febrile sz? - ANSWER Max Cert -
2years
, Single Unprovoked sz--Waiting period - ANSWER 5 years, Sz Free and off Anticonvulsants
Max Certification for Single Unprovoked sz - ANSWER Max Cert --> 1 year
Acute Seizure ---> Structural Insult to brain - ANSWER 1) mild
2) moderate
3) severe
Acute Sz - waiting period - ANSWER Must be Sz Free/off Anticonvulsants
Acute Sz - Minimum one (1) year waiting period following - ANSWER 1) stroke w/o risk for sz
2) mild insult w/o early sz
3) intracerebral / subarch hemorrhage w/o risk for sz
Stroke w/o risk for sz - minimum waiting period - ANSWER 1 year
Mild insult w/o early sz - min wtg period - ANSWER 1 year
Minimum two (2) years waiting period - ANSWER 1) moderate insult w/o early sz
2) mild insult w/ early sz
Early sz w/mild insult - ANSWER Min 2 years
Moderate insult w/o early sz - ANSWER Min 2 years
Moderate insult WITH early sz - ANSWER 5 years
Stroke WITH risk for sz - ANSWER 5 years
Minimum 5 years - ANSWER Intracerebral / subarach hemorrhage WITH risk sz
Maximum certification # ______ year - ANSWER 1 year for ---Moderate insult WITH Early sz
Stroke WITH insult for sz
Intracerebral/
subarach hemorrhage WITH risk of sz
Moderate insult WITHOUT early sz - ANSWER Minimum 2 years waiting period
Mild insult WITH early sz - ANSWER Min 2 years
Dementia - ANSWER Progressive mental decline in mental functions that can interfere w/
memory, lang, spatial func, higher order perceptual func, prob-solving, judgment, behavior and emotional
func
Dementia is caused by ... - ANSWER Alzheimer's (most common)
Pick's Disease
