ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 Questions And
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Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be protected. This
means - Answer✔all staff are accountable for protecting the patient confidentiality
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy? - Answer✔60%
Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the - Answer✔hypothalamus
What clinical signs are expected to be seen if a patient has a stroke involving the left anterior
cerebral artery? - Answer✔Right lower extremity sensory loss
A meningioma is usually - Answer✔encapsulated
Bell's palsy is characterized by - Answer✔facial paralysis
Which of the following is characterized by dementia, myoclonus, and biphasic or triphasic
repetitive discharges? - Answer✔Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
CRANIAL NERVES - Answer✔Four have both sensory and motor functions
The onset of West syndrome is most likely to occur at age: - Answer✔4 months
What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one direction only? -
Answer✔Direct current
Which electrode type gives the LEAST distortion of low frequencies? - Answer✔Silver-silver
chloride
The onset of Sturge-Weber disease is typically during - Answer✔Infancy
HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA - Answer✔Loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes
The most important source generator of the EEG is - Answer✔pyramidal dendritic PSPs
During an absence seizure, the technologist should - Answer✔test the patient's level of
consciousness
ACTH is used to treat - Answer✔Infantile spasms
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Decorticate posturing is characterized by - Answer✔bilateral flexion at the elbows
Reduction of health care-associated infections is addressed by - Answer✔National Patient
Safety Goals
Which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex? -
Answer✔Rolandic fissure
Which of the following should be documented in the history? - Answer✔The patient had
dialysis this morning
The EEG is MOST useful in evaluating - Answer✔seizure disorders
Life-threatening current could pass through a patient if - Answer✔the machine ground is not
intact
Which of the following is a violation of ABRET's Code of Ethics? - Answer✔Not striving to keep
current in the technology
In the International 10-20 electrode placements, C6 is located on which part of the head? -
Answer✔Right
A single attenuated channel of EEG may be the result of - Answer✔Inter-electrode spacing too
close
PLEDS are associated with - Answer✔Acute cerebral infarction
SDS is an acronym for - Answer✔safety data sheet
What clinical signs might be seen with a cerebellar hemorrhage? - Answer✔Trunkal imbalance
and poor coordination
An EEG performed two days following a transient ischemic attack is most likely to show: -
Answer✔Normal activity
DIPLOPIA means - Answer✔Double vision
Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient? - Answer✔last seizure
TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS is - Answer✔genetic
What is the cause of Wernicke's encephalopathy? - Answer✔Thiamine deficiency
Which of the following is the most likely explanation for the generation of EEG activity? -
Answer✔Both excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials
A large lesion at the optic chiasm produces which of the following conditions? -
Answer✔Complete visual loss
DYSARTHRIA is - Answer✔Impaired speech
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