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ABRET Exam Prep Questions with Answers
(100% Correct Answers)
Which is important to document to aid in interpretation?
a) low grade fever
b) uncooperative pt
c) pt was awake and alert during recording
d) HV was not performed due to asthma Answer: c
What additional electrodes could help decipher b/w artifact and cortical
activity?
a) respiration transducer
b) sphenoidal
c) EMG
d) EOG Answer: d
What additional monitoring should be done in a middle age pt who repeatedly
alerts from sleep during EEG?
a) eye movement
b) movement
c) muscle tone
d) respiration Answer: d
Which of the following extra electrodes might best demonstrate the EEG
activity associated with focal motor twitching of the right corner of the mouth?
a) P5
,2
b) FT9 (T1)
c) C1
d) C5 Answer: d
An abbreviated 10-20 placement, respiration, ECG, and EOG
a) neonates
b) toddlers
c) ICU pts
d) Elderly pts Answer: a
Cortical EEG recording can be obscured in pts who are tense and anxious due
to
a) multifocal spikes
b) delta slowing
c) generalized spike wave
d) myogenic artifact Answer: d
What type of monitoring would be useful in an EEG pt experiencing syncope?
a) movement transducer
b) respiration transducer
c) EOG
d) ECG Answer: d
BRAIN ABCESS
a) burst suppression
,3
b) ECI
c) focal polymorphic delta activity
d) diffuse slowing Answer: c
Sphenoidal electrodes are used to record activity from the
a) brain stem
b) anterior temp lobes
c) basal ganglia
d) mesial frontal lobes Answer: b
A slow wave focus is best seen w/
a) LF 0.3Hz, paper speed 60mm/sec
b) HF 70Hz, paper speed 60mm/sec
c) LF 5Hz, paper speed 15mm/sec
d) LF 0.3Hz, paper speed 15mm/sec Answer: d
The best reference electrode in an awake pt w/ excessive temporal myogenic
activity would be
a) ear lobes
b) mastoids
c) neck
d) Cz Answer: d
14 & 6Hz positive spikes are best recorded w/
a) avg reference
, 4
b) contralateral ear reference
c) bipolar chain
d) both ears connected to reference Answer: b
Which montage would best display the amp of a left temp spike?
a) left temp to ipsi ear
b) left temp to contra ear
c) ant-post bipolar temp chain
d) transverse (coronal) bipolar chain Answer: b
BEST choice of reference to be used when recording in suspected temp lob
epilepsy
a) A1+A2
b) ipsi ear
c) Cz
d) nasopharyngeals Answer: c
Which settings will help enhance a low volt slow wave that's being masked by
muscle activity?
a) sens 2; LF 5; HF 35
b) sens 10; LF 1; HF 5
c) sens 5; LF 0.3; HF 35
d) sens 7; LF 1; HF 70 Answer: c
Most appropriate setting change that should be made to enhance cortical
slowing?
ABRET Exam Prep Questions with Answers
(100% Correct Answers)
Which is important to document to aid in interpretation?
a) low grade fever
b) uncooperative pt
c) pt was awake and alert during recording
d) HV was not performed due to asthma Answer: c
What additional electrodes could help decipher b/w artifact and cortical
activity?
a) respiration transducer
b) sphenoidal
c) EMG
d) EOG Answer: d
What additional monitoring should be done in a middle age pt who repeatedly
alerts from sleep during EEG?
a) eye movement
b) movement
c) muscle tone
d) respiration Answer: d
Which of the following extra electrodes might best demonstrate the EEG
activity associated with focal motor twitching of the right corner of the mouth?
a) P5
,2
b) FT9 (T1)
c) C1
d) C5 Answer: d
An abbreviated 10-20 placement, respiration, ECG, and EOG
a) neonates
b) toddlers
c) ICU pts
d) Elderly pts Answer: a
Cortical EEG recording can be obscured in pts who are tense and anxious due
to
a) multifocal spikes
b) delta slowing
c) generalized spike wave
d) myogenic artifact Answer: d
What type of monitoring would be useful in an EEG pt experiencing syncope?
a) movement transducer
b) respiration transducer
c) EOG
d) ECG Answer: d
BRAIN ABCESS
a) burst suppression
,3
b) ECI
c) focal polymorphic delta activity
d) diffuse slowing Answer: c
Sphenoidal electrodes are used to record activity from the
a) brain stem
b) anterior temp lobes
c) basal ganglia
d) mesial frontal lobes Answer: b
A slow wave focus is best seen w/
a) LF 0.3Hz, paper speed 60mm/sec
b) HF 70Hz, paper speed 60mm/sec
c) LF 5Hz, paper speed 15mm/sec
d) LF 0.3Hz, paper speed 15mm/sec Answer: d
The best reference electrode in an awake pt w/ excessive temporal myogenic
activity would be
a) ear lobes
b) mastoids
c) neck
d) Cz Answer: d
14 & 6Hz positive spikes are best recorded w/
a) avg reference
, 4
b) contralateral ear reference
c) bipolar chain
d) both ears connected to reference Answer: b
Which montage would best display the amp of a left temp spike?
a) left temp to ipsi ear
b) left temp to contra ear
c) ant-post bipolar temp chain
d) transverse (coronal) bipolar chain Answer: b
BEST choice of reference to be used when recording in suspected temp lob
epilepsy
a) A1+A2
b) ipsi ear
c) Cz
d) nasopharyngeals Answer: c
Which settings will help enhance a low volt slow wave that's being masked by
muscle activity?
a) sens 2; LF 5; HF 35
b) sens 10; LF 1; HF 5
c) sens 5; LF 0.3; HF 35
d) sens 7; LF 1; HF 70 Answer: c
Most appropriate setting change that should be made to enhance cortical
slowing?
