EEG board prep ASAP test prep| 650 Questions|
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Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop normally until age what?
a. 18-24 months
b. 3-6 months
c. 6-18 months
d. 2-4 years correct answer: c. 6-18 months
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 correct 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 correct 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 correct answer: c. Infantile spasms Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia correct 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. correct 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 correct 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 correct answer: c. ictal spect
Collateral perfusion is maintained by? correct 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 correct 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 correct answer: b. o1 to o2
The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with parkinson's disease is? correct answer: dopamine
which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex? correct answer: Rolandic fissure
The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy correct answer: d. infancy
consciousness
a. striate cortex
b. reticular formation
c. cerebellum d. basal ganglia correct 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 correct answer: d. patients ages 3-4
If the nasion to inion measurement is 40cm, what is the distance between cz to pz? correct 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 correct 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 correct answer: c. decrease amplitude
Ictal;
a. after
b. in between
c. during
d. before correct answer: c. during
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Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop normally until age what?
a. 18-24 months
b. 3-6 months
c. 6-18 months
d. 2-4 years correct answer: c. 6-18 months
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 correct 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 correct 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 correct answer: c. Infantile spasms Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia correct 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. correct 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 correct 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 correct answer: c. ictal spect
Collateral perfusion is maintained by? correct 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 correct 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 correct answer: b. o1 to o2
The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with parkinson's disease is? correct answer: dopamine
which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex? correct answer: Rolandic fissure
The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy correct answer: d. infancy
consciousness
a. striate cortex
b. reticular formation
c. cerebellum d. basal ganglia correct 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 correct answer: d. patients ages 3-4
If the nasion to inion measurement is 40cm, what is the distance between cz to pz? correct 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 correct 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 correct answer: c. decrease amplitude
Ictal;
a. after
b. in between
c. during
d. before correct answer: c. during
