ABRET PRACTICE EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔HESCHEL'S GYRUS - ✔✔Auditory Aura
✔✔Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG -
✔✔Cerebellar abscess
✔✔When is it permissible to release patient information to a third party? - ✔✔When the
patient provides written consent
✔✔fMRI - ✔✔functional MRI
✔✔Inflammation of the covering of the brain or spinal cord - ✔✔Meningitis
✔✔According to OSHA, when must electroneurodiagnostic equipment be checked for
leakage current, ground resistance, and electrical safety? - ✔✔Semiannually
✔✔"Jackknife" Seizure - ✔✔West Syndrome
✔✔Beginning in adolescence, several members of the same family developed
progressive instability, ataxia, and the inability to walk. Which of the following best
describes this condition? - ✔✔Olivopontocerebellar atrophy
✔✔Sturge-Weber Syndrome - ✔✔Neurocutaneous involvement
✔✔SCOTOMA - ✔✔Area of visual loss
✔✔While performing an EEG hookup, C4 must be moved 1 cm posteriorly due to an
incision on the patient\'s scalp. What else must the technologist do? - ✔✔Move C3 1 cm
posteriorly
, ✔✔The pain of a migraine generally results from - ✔✔dilation of blood vessels
✔✔Which of the following may be indicated by the presence of blood in the
cerebrospinal fluid? - ✔✔Subarachnoid hemorrhage
✔✔EEG activity is thought to arise from which of the following? - ✔✔Excitatory and
inhibitory postsynaptic potentials
✔✔The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with Parkinson's disease
is: - ✔✔dopamine
✔✔What is the most effective means of preventing nosocomial infections? - ✔✔Hand
hygiene
✔✔Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient? - ✔✔skull
defects
✔✔A seizure characterized by turning of the head, eyes, and trunk in a single direction
is usually caused by a focus in the - ✔✔frontal lobe on the contralateral side to the
direction the body turns
✔✔Thrombosis of the right middle cerebral artery would most likely cause - ✔✔left face
and arm paralysis
✔✔A disease that presents with an acoustic startle response within the first few months
of life: - ✔✔Tay Sachs disease
✔✔The atrophy associated with Huntington\'s disease involves the - ✔✔basal ganglia
✔✔A patient with a right hemiparesis most likely has a lesion of the left - ✔✔frontal lobe
✔✔The occipital lobe receives its blood supply directly from which artery? - ✔✔Posterior
cerebral
✔✔Where do most brain tumors occur in children? - ✔✔Posterior fossa
✔✔Patients with which of the following diseases would most likely have a normal
tracing? - ✔✔Multiple sclerosis
✔✔Changes in personality are most likely associated with tumors of the: - ✔✔frontal
lobe
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔HESCHEL'S GYRUS - ✔✔Auditory Aura
✔✔Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG -
✔✔Cerebellar abscess
✔✔When is it permissible to release patient information to a third party? - ✔✔When the
patient provides written consent
✔✔fMRI - ✔✔functional MRI
✔✔Inflammation of the covering of the brain or spinal cord - ✔✔Meningitis
✔✔According to OSHA, when must electroneurodiagnostic equipment be checked for
leakage current, ground resistance, and electrical safety? - ✔✔Semiannually
✔✔"Jackknife" Seizure - ✔✔West Syndrome
✔✔Beginning in adolescence, several members of the same family developed
progressive instability, ataxia, and the inability to walk. Which of the following best
describes this condition? - ✔✔Olivopontocerebellar atrophy
✔✔Sturge-Weber Syndrome - ✔✔Neurocutaneous involvement
✔✔SCOTOMA - ✔✔Area of visual loss
✔✔While performing an EEG hookup, C4 must be moved 1 cm posteriorly due to an
incision on the patient\'s scalp. What else must the technologist do? - ✔✔Move C3 1 cm
posteriorly
, ✔✔The pain of a migraine generally results from - ✔✔dilation of blood vessels
✔✔Which of the following may be indicated by the presence of blood in the
cerebrospinal fluid? - ✔✔Subarachnoid hemorrhage
✔✔EEG activity is thought to arise from which of the following? - ✔✔Excitatory and
inhibitory postsynaptic potentials
✔✔The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with Parkinson's disease
is: - ✔✔dopamine
✔✔What is the most effective means of preventing nosocomial infections? - ✔✔Hand
hygiene
✔✔Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient? - ✔✔skull
defects
✔✔A seizure characterized by turning of the head, eyes, and trunk in a single direction
is usually caused by a focus in the - ✔✔frontal lobe on the contralateral side to the
direction the body turns
✔✔Thrombosis of the right middle cerebral artery would most likely cause - ✔✔left face
and arm paralysis
✔✔A disease that presents with an acoustic startle response within the first few months
of life: - ✔✔Tay Sachs disease
✔✔The atrophy associated with Huntington\'s disease involves the - ✔✔basal ganglia
✔✔A patient with a right hemiparesis most likely has a lesion of the left - ✔✔frontal lobe
✔✔The occipital lobe receives its blood supply directly from which artery? - ✔✔Posterior
cerebral
✔✔Where do most brain tumors occur in children? - ✔✔Posterior fossa
✔✔Patients with which of the following diseases would most likely have a normal
tracing? - ✔✔Multiple sclerosis
✔✔Changes in personality are most likely associated with tumors of the: - ✔✔frontal
lobe
