EEG BOARD ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS PRACTICE SOLUTION
VERIFIED
◉ Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma
b. left frontal abscess
c. acoustic neuroma
d. cerebellar abscess. Answer: d. cerebellar abscess
◉ During an absence seizure the technologist should?
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid
b. turn the patients head to the left
c. test the patients level of consciousness
d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth. Answer: c. test the level of patients consciousness
◉ Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with :
a. Absence seizures
b. Atonic seizures
c. Infantile spasms
d. Gelastic seizures. Answer: c. Infantile spasms
◉ Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
,d. Expressive aphasia. Answer: a. receptive aphasia
◉ A spike or sharp wave results from?
a. asynchronous activation of neurons
b. depolarization of neurons
c. repolarization of neurons
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons.. Answer: d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons
◉ Papilledema is most common in which of the following conditions?
a. huntington chorea
b. posterior fossa tumor
c. temporal lobe seizures
d. sturge-weber syndrome. Answer: b. posterior fossa tumor
◉ Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperperfusion;
a. ct
b. interictal pet
c. ictal spect
d. MRI. Answer: c. ictal spect
◉ Collateral perfusion is maintained by?. Answer: circle of willis
◉ The neurological examination is most likely to be abnormal in patients with:
a. absence seizures
b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rolandic epilepsy. Answer: c. lennox gastaut syndrome
,◉ If a patient has a circumference measurement of 55cm, which of the following interelectrode
distances can be calculated?
a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
d. f7 to fz. Answer: b. o1 to o2
◉ The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with parkinson's disease is?. Answer:
dopamine
◉ which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex?. Answer: Rolandic fissure
◉ The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy. Answer: d. infancy
◉ consciousness
a. striate cortex
b. reticular formation
c. cerebellum
d. basal ganglia. Answer: b. reticular formation
◉ which is not a risk factor for JME?
a. absence seizure
b. patients ages 14-15
c. sleep deprivation
d. patients ages 3-4. Answer: d. patients ages 3-4
, ◉ If the nasion to inion measurement is 40cm, what is the distance between cz to pz?. Answer: 8cm
◉ PLEDS are most likely to be seen in patients presenting with:
a. acute drug toxicity
b. hypoglycemia
c. cerebral embolus
d. liver failure. Answer: a. acute drug toxicity
◉ short interelectrode distance between electrodes will cause which of the following changes to the
EEG waveform?
a. increase frequency
b. decrease in frequency
c. decrease amplitude
d. increase amplitude. Answer: c. decrease amplitude
◉ Ictal;
a. after
b. in between
c. during
d. before. Answer: c. during
◉ If the distance from the right preauricular to the right outer canthus measures 9cm, where should
electrode t2 be placed?
a. 1cm out from the right outer canthus and 1cm down
b. 3cm out from the right preauricular point and 1 cm up
c. 1cm out from the right preauricular point and 1 cm down
d. 3 cm out form the right outer canthus and 1cm up. Answer: d. 3cm out from the right outer canthus
and 1cm up
AND ANSWERS PRACTICE SOLUTION
VERIFIED
◉ Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma
b. left frontal abscess
c. acoustic neuroma
d. cerebellar abscess. Answer: d. cerebellar abscess
◉ During an absence seizure the technologist should?
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid
b. turn the patients head to the left
c. test the patients level of consciousness
d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth. Answer: c. test the level of patients consciousness
◉ Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with :
a. Absence seizures
b. Atonic seizures
c. Infantile spasms
d. Gelastic seizures. Answer: c. Infantile spasms
◉ Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
,d. Expressive aphasia. Answer: a. receptive aphasia
◉ A spike or sharp wave results from?
a. asynchronous activation of neurons
b. depolarization of neurons
c. repolarization of neurons
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons.. Answer: d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons
◉ Papilledema is most common in which of the following conditions?
a. huntington chorea
b. posterior fossa tumor
c. temporal lobe seizures
d. sturge-weber syndrome. Answer: b. posterior fossa tumor
◉ Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperperfusion;
a. ct
b. interictal pet
c. ictal spect
d. MRI. Answer: c. ictal spect
◉ Collateral perfusion is maintained by?. Answer: circle of willis
◉ The neurological examination is most likely to be abnormal in patients with:
a. absence seizures
b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rolandic epilepsy. Answer: c. lennox gastaut syndrome
,◉ If a patient has a circumference measurement of 55cm, which of the following interelectrode
distances can be calculated?
a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
d. f7 to fz. Answer: b. o1 to o2
◉ The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with parkinson's disease is?. Answer:
dopamine
◉ which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex?. Answer: Rolandic fissure
◉ The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy. Answer: d. infancy
◉ consciousness
a. striate cortex
b. reticular formation
c. cerebellum
d. basal ganglia. Answer: b. reticular formation
◉ which is not a risk factor for JME?
a. absence seizure
b. patients ages 14-15
c. sleep deprivation
d. patients ages 3-4. Answer: d. patients ages 3-4
, ◉ If the nasion to inion measurement is 40cm, what is the distance between cz to pz?. Answer: 8cm
◉ PLEDS are most likely to be seen in patients presenting with:
a. acute drug toxicity
b. hypoglycemia
c. cerebral embolus
d. liver failure. Answer: a. acute drug toxicity
◉ short interelectrode distance between electrodes will cause which of the following changes to the
EEG waveform?
a. increase frequency
b. decrease in frequency
c. decrease amplitude
d. increase amplitude. Answer: c. decrease amplitude
◉ Ictal;
a. after
b. in between
c. during
d. before. Answer: c. during
◉ If the distance from the right preauricular to the right outer canthus measures 9cm, where should
electrode t2 be placed?
a. 1cm out from the right outer canthus and 1cm down
b. 3cm out from the right preauricular point and 1 cm up
c. 1cm out from the right preauricular point and 1 cm down
d. 3 cm out form the right outer canthus and 1cm up. Answer: d. 3cm out from the right outer canthus
and 1cm up
