ABRET Neurological Disorders UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Todd's Paralysis
a. Ictal-contralaterally
b. Ictal-ipsilaterally
c. post-ictal
d. seizure onset - CORRECT ANSWER - post-ictal
The EEG of a patient with a tumor in the left frontal lobe would most likely show
a. TIRDA
b. Generalized slowing
c. FIRDA
d. left frontal polymorphic delta activity - CORRECT ANSWER - left frontal polymorphic
delta activity
A childhood disorder characterized by acquired aphasia, multifocal epileptiform abnormalities,
and focal or generalized seizures:
a. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
b. Landau-Kleffner syndrome
c. West Syndrome
d. Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - Landau-Kleffner syndrome
What type of seizure is NOT associated with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome?
,a. atypical seizure
b. complex seizure
c. atonic seizure
d. tonic seizure - CORRECT ANSWER - Complex seizure
Clinical semiology is a way to describe
a. electrographic seizures
b. condition causing seizures
c. changes seen in the EEG
d. behaviors during patient events - CORRECT ANSWER - behaviors during patient
events
Gelastic epilepsy
a. talking
b. laughing
c. reading
d. crying - CORRECT ANSWER - laughing
Which is not a risk factor for JME? (juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
a. patients ages 14-15
b. patients ages 3-4
c. absence seizures
d. sleep deprivation - CORRECT ANSWER - patient ages 3-4
, In children, most intracranial tumors are found in
a. posterior fossa
b. optic chiasm
c. temporal lobes
d. frontal lobes - CORRECT ANSWER - posterior fossa
The onset of West Syndrome is most likely occur at age:
a. 5 years
b. 4 months
c. 12 years
d 18 years - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 months
What is the value of EEG in psychiatric disorders?
a. diagnose psychiatric disorder
b. rule out brain tumor
c. evaluate effectiveness of medications
d. rule out seizures - CORRECT ANSWER - rule out seizures
Which of the following tumors is least likely to cause Epileptiform activity in an EEG?
a. metastatic carcinoma
b. glioblastoma multiforme
c. astrocytoma
d. pituitary adenoma - CORRECT ANSWER - pituitary adenoma (it is benign-not
harmful)
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Todd's Paralysis
a. Ictal-contralaterally
b. Ictal-ipsilaterally
c. post-ictal
d. seizure onset - CORRECT ANSWER - post-ictal
The EEG of a patient with a tumor in the left frontal lobe would most likely show
a. TIRDA
b. Generalized slowing
c. FIRDA
d. left frontal polymorphic delta activity - CORRECT ANSWER - left frontal polymorphic
delta activity
A childhood disorder characterized by acquired aphasia, multifocal epileptiform abnormalities,
and focal or generalized seizures:
a. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
b. Landau-Kleffner syndrome
c. West Syndrome
d. Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - Landau-Kleffner syndrome
What type of seizure is NOT associated with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome?
,a. atypical seizure
b. complex seizure
c. atonic seizure
d. tonic seizure - CORRECT ANSWER - Complex seizure
Clinical semiology is a way to describe
a. electrographic seizures
b. condition causing seizures
c. changes seen in the EEG
d. behaviors during patient events - CORRECT ANSWER - behaviors during patient
events
Gelastic epilepsy
a. talking
b. laughing
c. reading
d. crying - CORRECT ANSWER - laughing
Which is not a risk factor for JME? (juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
a. patients ages 14-15
b. patients ages 3-4
c. absence seizures
d. sleep deprivation - CORRECT ANSWER - patient ages 3-4
, In children, most intracranial tumors are found in
a. posterior fossa
b. optic chiasm
c. temporal lobes
d. frontal lobes - CORRECT ANSWER - posterior fossa
The onset of West Syndrome is most likely occur at age:
a. 5 years
b. 4 months
c. 12 years
d 18 years - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 months
What is the value of EEG in psychiatric disorders?
a. diagnose psychiatric disorder
b. rule out brain tumor
c. evaluate effectiveness of medications
d. rule out seizures - CORRECT ANSWER - rule out seizures
Which of the following tumors is least likely to cause Epileptiform activity in an EEG?
a. metastatic carcinoma
b. glioblastoma multiforme
c. astrocytoma
d. pituitary adenoma - CORRECT ANSWER - pituitary adenoma (it is benign-not
harmful)
