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ABRET Part 2 Questions and Answers
CRANIAL NERVES
Ans: Four have both sensory and motor functions
Which would be of concern in the EEG of a 65 year old patient?
Ans: 7 hertz background
Regarding eye movement artifacts, which of the following is true?
Ans: Vertical eye movements are seen maximally at FP1 and FP2, while
horizontal eye movements are recorded best at F7 and F8
In evaluating abnormal EEG discharges it is most important to
document
Ans: level of consciousness and movements
The atrophy associated with Huntington\'s disease involves the
Ans: basal ganglia.
Which of the following is important to know when evaluating the
background activity?
Ans: Patient's level of alertness
At what age do encoches frontales first appear?
Ans: 34-37 weeks CA
Which of the following is important for the technologist to
document in order to aid in interpretation?
Ans: The patient was awake and alert during the recording.
FEBRILE SEIZURES
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Ans: Age-related
What is the typical clinical presentation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease?
Ans: Progressive dementia, bilateral rigidity and myoclonus, stupor,
death
A disease occurring only in females characterized by normal
development until six to eighteen months of age, after which there
is a quick deterioration of mental abilities:
Ans: Rett's syndrome
. The amount by which the differential amplifier increases the
magnitude of the input signal is its
Ans: Sensitivity
Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG
patient?
Ans: skull defects
Which of the following is the standard of conduct for credentialed
technologists?
Ans: ABRET Code of Ethics
Features such as bicycling movements, kicking, throwing things,
rocking; often nocturnal
Ans: Frontal lobe seizures
Which of the following is an immediate threat to life?
Ans: Epidural hematoma
PROXIMAL
Ans: Near to
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TIME CONSTANT
Ans: Low frequency filter
The EEG is most likely to show a hypsarrhythmia pattern in
patients with:
Ans: West syndrome
The EEG of a patient with a tumor in the left frontal lobe would
most likely show:
Ans: left frontal polymorphic delta activity
Sharp waves located at the vertex indicate what state?
Ans: Stage 1 Sleep
Alpha coma is most often seen following:
Ans: cardiac arrest
ICTAL EEG
Ans: time during the event
The clonic phase in a generalized tonic-clonic seizure is
characterized by:
Ans: Diffuse rhythmic spikes followed by diffuse SSW activity
COMMON MODE REJECTION
Ans: Differential amplifier
Excessive beta frequency activity may be the result of which of the
following?
Ans: Skull breach
The most important source generator of the EEG is:
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ABRET Part 2 Questions and Answers
CRANIAL NERVES
Ans: Four have both sensory and motor functions
Which would be of concern in the EEG of a 65 year old patient?
Ans: 7 hertz background
Regarding eye movement artifacts, which of the following is true?
Ans: Vertical eye movements are seen maximally at FP1 and FP2, while
horizontal eye movements are recorded best at F7 and F8
In evaluating abnormal EEG discharges it is most important to
document
Ans: level of consciousness and movements
The atrophy associated with Huntington\'s disease involves the
Ans: basal ganglia.
Which of the following is important to know when evaluating the
background activity?
Ans: Patient's level of alertness
At what age do encoches frontales first appear?
Ans: 34-37 weeks CA
Which of the following is important for the technologist to
document in order to aid in interpretation?
Ans: The patient was awake and alert during the recording.
FEBRILE SEIZURES
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Ans: Age-related
What is the typical clinical presentation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease?
Ans: Progressive dementia, bilateral rigidity and myoclonus, stupor,
death
A disease occurring only in females characterized by normal
development until six to eighteen months of age, after which there
is a quick deterioration of mental abilities:
Ans: Rett's syndrome
. The amount by which the differential amplifier increases the
magnitude of the input signal is its
Ans: Sensitivity
Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG
patient?
Ans: skull defects
Which of the following is the standard of conduct for credentialed
technologists?
Ans: ABRET Code of Ethics
Features such as bicycling movements, kicking, throwing things,
rocking; often nocturnal
Ans: Frontal lobe seizures
Which of the following is an immediate threat to life?
Ans: Epidural hematoma
PROXIMAL
Ans: Near to
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TIME CONSTANT
Ans: Low frequency filter
The EEG is most likely to show a hypsarrhythmia pattern in
patients with:
Ans: West syndrome
The EEG of a patient with a tumor in the left frontal lobe would
most likely show:
Ans: left frontal polymorphic delta activity
Sharp waves located at the vertex indicate what state?
Ans: Stage 1 Sleep
Alpha coma is most often seen following:
Ans: cardiac arrest
ICTAL EEG
Ans: time during the event
The clonic phase in a generalized tonic-clonic seizure is
characterized by:
Ans: Diffuse rhythmic spikes followed by diffuse SSW activity
COMMON MODE REJECTION
Ans: Differential amplifier
Excessive beta frequency activity may be the result of which of the
following?
Ans: Skull breach
The most important source generator of the EEG is:
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