ABRET EEG EXAM 800 2026 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
STUDY GUIDE AND CORE CONCEPT REVIEW
◉ APRAXIA.
Answer: DIFFICULTY WITH MOTOR PLANNING TO PERFORM TASKS
OR MOVEMENTS (YOUR BRAIN KNOWS BUT IT CANT CARRY OUT)
◉ HOW OFTEN DOES OSHA CHECK LEAKAGE OF CURRENT.
Answer: SEMIANNUALLY
◉ WHAT KIND OF SEIZURE BEGINS WITH THE HEAD AND EYES
TURNING TO ONE SIDE.
Answer: ADVERSIVE SEIZURE
◉ WHAT DYSFUNCTION IS INDICATED BY THE PRESENCE OF
UNILATERAL BABINSKI SIGNS.
Answer: PYRAMIDAL TRACT DYSFUNCTION
◉ WHAT IS THE UNILATERAL BABINSKI SIGNS.
Answer: WHEN A DOCTOR STROKES THE FOOT TO SEE THE
RETRACTION OF INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES
,◉ IF A PATIENT HAS A STROKE INVOLVING BASILAR ARTERY,
WHAT CLINICAL SIGNS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEEN.
Answer: DIPLOPIA
◉ WHAT IS DIPLOPIA.
Answer: DOUBLE VISION
◉ BEST DESCRIBES A NON CRITICAL INFECTIOUS INSTRUMENT.
Answer: HAS CONTACT WITH INTACT SKIN
◉ NEURO CUTANEOUS INVOLVEMENT syndrome.
Answer: STURGE WEBBER SYNDROME
◉ WHAT ARE NEURO CUTANEOUS SYNDROMES.
Answer: DISORDERS THAT AFFECT THE BRAIN, SPINAL CORD,
ORGANS, SKIN, AND BONES. THE DISEASES ARE LIFELONG
CONDITIONS THAT CAN CAUSE TUMORS TO GROW IN THESE
AREAS. THEY CAN ALSO CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS
HEARING LOSS, SEIZURES, AND DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS.
◉ A LARGE LESION AT THE OPTIC CHIASM CAUSES WHAT.
Answer: COMPLETE VISUAL LOSS
,◉ HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA.
Answer: LOSS OF THE LEFT OR RIGHT VISUAL FIELD IN BOTH EYES
◉ USED TO TREAT INFANTILE SPASMS.
Answer: ACTH (ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE)
◉ MAY BE INDICATED BY THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD IN THE
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID.
Answer: SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
◉ WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BLOOD VESSELS IS MOST
FREQUENTLY INVOLVED IN STROKES.
Answer: MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY
◉ USED IN TREATMENT OF GTC SEIZURES AND COMMONLY IN
ABSENCE EPILEPSY TREATMENT.
Answer: ETHOSUXIMIDE
◉ WHCIH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED IN THE
HISTORY.
Answer: PATIENT HAD DIALYSIS THIS MORNING
, ◉ WHICH KIND OF TUMOR IS LEAST LIKELY TO CAUSE
EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY IN EEG.
Answer: PITUITARY ADENOMA
◉ IN THE EEG LABORATORY THE MAJOR CONCERN FOR
TRANSMISSION ON INFECTION IS THROUGH.
Answer: BLOOD
◉ IN EVALUATING ABNORMAL EEG DISCHARGES IT IS MOST
IMPORTANT TO DOCUMENT.
Answer: LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND MOVEMENTS
◉ PROXIMAL VS DISTAL.
Answer: PROXIMAL IS NEAR TO AND DISTAL IS FAR
◉ CREUTZFELD-JACOB DISEASE EEG PATTERN.
Answer: PERIODIC SHARP WAVES
◉ IMPEDANCE CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS.
Answer: RESISTANCE TO ALTERNATING CURRENT
◉ MOST PROMINENT CLINICAL FEATURE OF DILANTIN TOXICITY.
EVALUATION ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
STUDY GUIDE AND CORE CONCEPT REVIEW
◉ APRAXIA.
Answer: DIFFICULTY WITH MOTOR PLANNING TO PERFORM TASKS
OR MOVEMENTS (YOUR BRAIN KNOWS BUT IT CANT CARRY OUT)
◉ HOW OFTEN DOES OSHA CHECK LEAKAGE OF CURRENT.
Answer: SEMIANNUALLY
◉ WHAT KIND OF SEIZURE BEGINS WITH THE HEAD AND EYES
TURNING TO ONE SIDE.
Answer: ADVERSIVE SEIZURE
◉ WHAT DYSFUNCTION IS INDICATED BY THE PRESENCE OF
UNILATERAL BABINSKI SIGNS.
Answer: PYRAMIDAL TRACT DYSFUNCTION
◉ WHAT IS THE UNILATERAL BABINSKI SIGNS.
Answer: WHEN A DOCTOR STROKES THE FOOT TO SEE THE
RETRACTION OF INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES
,◉ IF A PATIENT HAS A STROKE INVOLVING BASILAR ARTERY,
WHAT CLINICAL SIGNS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEEN.
Answer: DIPLOPIA
◉ WHAT IS DIPLOPIA.
Answer: DOUBLE VISION
◉ BEST DESCRIBES A NON CRITICAL INFECTIOUS INSTRUMENT.
Answer: HAS CONTACT WITH INTACT SKIN
◉ NEURO CUTANEOUS INVOLVEMENT syndrome.
Answer: STURGE WEBBER SYNDROME
◉ WHAT ARE NEURO CUTANEOUS SYNDROMES.
Answer: DISORDERS THAT AFFECT THE BRAIN, SPINAL CORD,
ORGANS, SKIN, AND BONES. THE DISEASES ARE LIFELONG
CONDITIONS THAT CAN CAUSE TUMORS TO GROW IN THESE
AREAS. THEY CAN ALSO CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS
HEARING LOSS, SEIZURES, AND DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS.
◉ A LARGE LESION AT THE OPTIC CHIASM CAUSES WHAT.
Answer: COMPLETE VISUAL LOSS
,◉ HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA.
Answer: LOSS OF THE LEFT OR RIGHT VISUAL FIELD IN BOTH EYES
◉ USED TO TREAT INFANTILE SPASMS.
Answer: ACTH (ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE)
◉ MAY BE INDICATED BY THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD IN THE
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID.
Answer: SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
◉ WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BLOOD VESSELS IS MOST
FREQUENTLY INVOLVED IN STROKES.
Answer: MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY
◉ USED IN TREATMENT OF GTC SEIZURES AND COMMONLY IN
ABSENCE EPILEPSY TREATMENT.
Answer: ETHOSUXIMIDE
◉ WHCIH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED IN THE
HISTORY.
Answer: PATIENT HAD DIALYSIS THIS MORNING
, ◉ WHICH KIND OF TUMOR IS LEAST LIKELY TO CAUSE
EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY IN EEG.
Answer: PITUITARY ADENOMA
◉ IN THE EEG LABORATORY THE MAJOR CONCERN FOR
TRANSMISSION ON INFECTION IS THROUGH.
Answer: BLOOD
◉ IN EVALUATING ABNORMAL EEG DISCHARGES IT IS MOST
IMPORTANT TO DOCUMENT.
Answer: LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND MOVEMENTS
◉ PROXIMAL VS DISTAL.
Answer: PROXIMAL IS NEAR TO AND DISTAL IS FAR
◉ CREUTZFELD-JACOB DISEASE EEG PATTERN.
Answer: PERIODIC SHARP WAVES
◉ IMPEDANCE CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS.
Answer: RESISTANCE TO ALTERNATING CURRENT
◉ MOST PROMINENT CLINICAL FEATURE OF DILANTIN TOXICITY.
