EEG BOARD EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW
◉ sleep activation.
Answer: What activation is useful for detecting benign rolandic
epilepsy?
◉ Anterior Cerebral Artery.
Answer: Which artery supplies the frontal pole and mesial cortex of
frontal/parietal lobes?
◉ CN VIII (Vestibulocochlear).
Answer: Which nerve is affected with neurofibromatosis/Von
Recklinhausen's?
◉ ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic hormone).
Answer: What drug treats infantile spasms?
◉ Active Sleep.
Answer: ________ _________ in infants shows REM, irregular breathing,
smile, grimace, sucking, brief apnea, decreased tonic
,◉ Activite Moyenne.
Answer: ______ _________ is low voltage irregular theta and delta waves,
34-37 weeks
◉ PLED's.
Answer: What pattern would you expect after a CVA?
◉ frontal; contralateral.
Answer: Adversive seizures are from the ________ lobe with a __________
focus
◉ Neck rotation and conjugate gaze deviation in direction
contralateral to epileptic focus.
Answer: What does the body do during an adversive seizure?
◉ parietal.
Answer: Agraphia occurs from damage to the dominant __________
lobe
◉ Aicardi.
,Answer: ___________ syndrome occurs in females.absence/agenesis of
corpus callosum. Infantile spasms early onset. Often asymmetric,
diffuse EEG w/ suppression bursts and/or atypical hypsarrhythmia.
◉ EEG normal 90% time, with increased photomyoclonic reactivity.
Minor theta/beta anomalies possible.
Answer: What EEG changes might you see with alcohol withdrawal?
◉ voltage/alpha diminish, theta then delta intrude w/ sharps,
asymmetries may develop, less sleep signs.
Answer: What EEG changes would you see w/ Alzheimer's?
◉ amoxycillin.
Answer: Which anti-biotic can cause seizures which are
unresponsive to AED's?
◉ Ampere.
Answer: What is the unit of current?
◉ olfactory; gustatory.
Answer: Amygdalar temp lobe sz can have ___________ and ________
hallucinations
, ◉ generalized slowing (hypoxia).
Answer: ALS has normal EEG until weakness makes it harder to
breathe, so the EEG then has ______ ________
◉ angiography.
Answer: _________ is x-ray with contrast media
◉ anterograde.
Answer: __________ amnesia is loss of memory for periods of time
following accident
◉ increased theta/beta.
Answer: Antihistamines commonly cause what changes in the EEG
at the therapeutic levels?
◉ Antipsychotic drugs.
Answer: Chlorpromazine (Thorazine), haloperidol (haldol),
clozapine (clozaril), and risperidone are examples of what kind of
drug?
◉ apraxia.
Answer: ________ is the inability to perform purposeful movement
though no muscular or sensory disturbance is present
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW
◉ sleep activation.
Answer: What activation is useful for detecting benign rolandic
epilepsy?
◉ Anterior Cerebral Artery.
Answer: Which artery supplies the frontal pole and mesial cortex of
frontal/parietal lobes?
◉ CN VIII (Vestibulocochlear).
Answer: Which nerve is affected with neurofibromatosis/Von
Recklinhausen's?
◉ ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic hormone).
Answer: What drug treats infantile spasms?
◉ Active Sleep.
Answer: ________ _________ in infants shows REM, irregular breathing,
smile, grimace, sucking, brief apnea, decreased tonic
,◉ Activite Moyenne.
Answer: ______ _________ is low voltage irregular theta and delta waves,
34-37 weeks
◉ PLED's.
Answer: What pattern would you expect after a CVA?
◉ frontal; contralateral.
Answer: Adversive seizures are from the ________ lobe with a __________
focus
◉ Neck rotation and conjugate gaze deviation in direction
contralateral to epileptic focus.
Answer: What does the body do during an adversive seizure?
◉ parietal.
Answer: Agraphia occurs from damage to the dominant __________
lobe
◉ Aicardi.
,Answer: ___________ syndrome occurs in females.absence/agenesis of
corpus callosum. Infantile spasms early onset. Often asymmetric,
diffuse EEG w/ suppression bursts and/or atypical hypsarrhythmia.
◉ EEG normal 90% time, with increased photomyoclonic reactivity.
Minor theta/beta anomalies possible.
Answer: What EEG changes might you see with alcohol withdrawal?
◉ voltage/alpha diminish, theta then delta intrude w/ sharps,
asymmetries may develop, less sleep signs.
Answer: What EEG changes would you see w/ Alzheimer's?
◉ amoxycillin.
Answer: Which anti-biotic can cause seizures which are
unresponsive to AED's?
◉ Ampere.
Answer: What is the unit of current?
◉ olfactory; gustatory.
Answer: Amygdalar temp lobe sz can have ___________ and ________
hallucinations
, ◉ generalized slowing (hypoxia).
Answer: ALS has normal EEG until weakness makes it harder to
breathe, so the EEG then has ______ ________
◉ angiography.
Answer: _________ is x-ray with contrast media
◉ anterograde.
Answer: __________ amnesia is loss of memory for periods of time
following accident
◉ increased theta/beta.
Answer: Antihistamines commonly cause what changes in the EEG
at the therapeutic levels?
◉ Antipsychotic drugs.
Answer: Chlorpromazine (Thorazine), haloperidol (haldol),
clozapine (clozaril), and risperidone are examples of what kind of
drug?
◉ apraxia.
Answer: ________ is the inability to perform purposeful movement
though no muscular or sensory disturbance is present
