EEG BOARD PREP EXAM | ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ |
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION
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A genetic epilepsy syndrome whos gene has been mapped to chromosome
6 and becomes evident in normal teenagers with early mornings myoclonic
jerks and generally clonic tonic seizures ------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
----JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY OF JANZ
CHARACTERIZED BY MULTIPLE SEIZURE TYPES THAT ARE
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ESPECIALLY ATONIC SEIZURES AND
ATYPICAL ABSENCES, IN ADDITION TO GENERALIZED
CONVULSIONS, AND AN ABNORMAL INTERICTAL EEG WITH
GENERALIZED 2 TO 2.5HZ. SLOW SPIKE AND WAVE DISCHARGES ----
--CORRECT ANSWER---------------LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME
_____ IS A WHITE MATTER DISEASE WITH LONG TRACT SIGNS
INCLUDING SPASTICITY, HYPERREFLEXIA, AND BABINSKI'S SIGN,
OPTIC ATROPHY, CORTICAL BLINDNESS OR DEAFNESS AND
SEIZURES OCCURING LATE IN THE COURSE ------CORRECT
ANSWER---------------LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES
IS A RARE PROGRESSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDER
PRIMARILY IN CHILDREN BUT ALSO ADULTS, CAUSED BY BLOCKED
ARTERIES IN THE BASAL GANGLIA. THE NAME MEANS "PUFF OF
SMOKE" NAMES FOR THE APPEARANCE OF A TANGLE OF TINY
BLOOD VESSELS THAT DEVELOP TO COMPENSATE FOR THE
BLOCKAGE AND APPEAR ON XRAY. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE STROKE
,AND TIA'S WITH ASSOCIATED WEAKNESS AND PARALYSIS. ------
CORRECT ANSWER---------------MOYAMOYA DISEASE
A BRIEF PERIOD OF TRANSIENT PARALYSIS FOLLOWING A
SEIZURE: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------TODD'S PARALYSIS
A RARE CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
USUALLY AFFECTING ONLY ONE HEMISPHERE OF THE BRAIN
CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT AND SEVERE SEIZURES, LOSS OF
MOTOR AND SPEECH AS WELL AS HEMIPARESIS AND MENTAL
DETERIORATION. ONSET IS COMMON IN CHILDHOOD AND RARE IN
ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
RASMUSSEN'S ENCEPHALITIS
A DISEASE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE, USUALLY FOLLOWING A VIRAL
INFECTION IN CHILDREN WHO HAVE TAKEN ASPIRIN AND
RESULTING IN VOMITING, LISTLESSNESS, PERSONALITY CHANGES,
DISORIENTATION, SEIZURES, AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: ------
CORRECT ANSWER---------------REYES SYNDROME
A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER INDICATED AT BIRTH BY SEIZURES
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE PORT-WINE STAIN BIRTHMARK ON THE
FOREHEAD, AND CEREBRAL CORTEX ATROPHY AND INCREASED
PRESSURE WITHIN THE EYE ON THE AFFECTED SIDE: ------
CORRECT ANSWER---------------STURGE-WEBER-SYNDROME
If a 10 uV, 1 Hz wave was recorded using a 1 Hz low frequency filter, what
would the voltage measure in the printout? ------CORRECT ANSWER--------
-------7 uV
,HOW MUCH DEFLECTION WILL OCCUR IF A 150uV SPIKE IS
RECORDED AT A SENSITIVITY OF 10 uV/MM ------CORRECT ANSWER-
--------------15MM
THE INDENTATION BETWEEN THE FOREHEAD AND THE NOSE IS
CALLED WHAT? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------NASION
IF THE MEASUREMENT FROM FP2 TO 02 IS 24CM, WHERE SHOULD
F4 BE MARKED IF THE ZERO REMAINS ON FP2? ------CORRECT
ANSWER---------------6 CM
THE ONSET OF STAGE 2 SLEEP IS INDICATED BY THE APPEARANCE
OF WHAT? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------SLEEP SPINDLES
Lambda can be elicited by: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------scanning
a complex image
WHICH FILTER WOULD MOST EFFECTIVELY REDUCE BITEMPORAL
40HZ MUSCLE ARTIFACT? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------HFF- 35
HERTZ
Input 1 = +100uV and Input 2 = +100uV. The waveform will ________. ------
CORRECT ANSWER---------------REMAIN AT A FLAT AND NEUTRAL
POSITION AND HAVE NO DEFLECTION
, Input 1 = -100uV and Input 2 = -50uV. The waveform will ________. ------
CORRECT ANSWER---------------DEFLECT UPWARD
IN A REFERENTIAL MONTAGE, WHAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE
LOCALIZING FEATURE? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------HIGHEST
VOLTAGE DISCHARGE
IN A CHAIN LINKED BIPOLAR MONTAGE, WHAT IS THE MOST
VALUABLE LOCALIZING FEATURE? ------CORRECT ANSWER-------------
--PHASE REVERSAL
WHAT IS THE MOST LIKELY EEG FINDING DURING A PSYCHOGENIC
NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
NORMAL AWAKE RHYTHMS
Hypocapnia causes ______. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------blood
vessels constrict
A surface-negative, wicket-type rhythm found in the central head regions is
known as ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------MU RHYTHM
WHEN SLEEP SPINDLES ARE RECEDED BY SHARP WAVES, WHICH
CAN BE ELICITED IN RESPONSE TO SOUND, THEY ARE CALLED
WHAT? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------K COMPLEXES
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ |
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION
(JUST RELEASED)
A genetic epilepsy syndrome whos gene has been mapped to chromosome
6 and becomes evident in normal teenagers with early mornings myoclonic
jerks and generally clonic tonic seizures ------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
----JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY OF JANZ
CHARACTERIZED BY MULTIPLE SEIZURE TYPES THAT ARE
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ESPECIALLY ATONIC SEIZURES AND
ATYPICAL ABSENCES, IN ADDITION TO GENERALIZED
CONVULSIONS, AND AN ABNORMAL INTERICTAL EEG WITH
GENERALIZED 2 TO 2.5HZ. SLOW SPIKE AND WAVE DISCHARGES ----
--CORRECT ANSWER---------------LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME
_____ IS A WHITE MATTER DISEASE WITH LONG TRACT SIGNS
INCLUDING SPASTICITY, HYPERREFLEXIA, AND BABINSKI'S SIGN,
OPTIC ATROPHY, CORTICAL BLINDNESS OR DEAFNESS AND
SEIZURES OCCURING LATE IN THE COURSE ------CORRECT
ANSWER---------------LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES
IS A RARE PROGRESSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDER
PRIMARILY IN CHILDREN BUT ALSO ADULTS, CAUSED BY BLOCKED
ARTERIES IN THE BASAL GANGLIA. THE NAME MEANS "PUFF OF
SMOKE" NAMES FOR THE APPEARANCE OF A TANGLE OF TINY
BLOOD VESSELS THAT DEVELOP TO COMPENSATE FOR THE
BLOCKAGE AND APPEAR ON XRAY. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE STROKE
,AND TIA'S WITH ASSOCIATED WEAKNESS AND PARALYSIS. ------
CORRECT ANSWER---------------MOYAMOYA DISEASE
A BRIEF PERIOD OF TRANSIENT PARALYSIS FOLLOWING A
SEIZURE: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------TODD'S PARALYSIS
A RARE CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
USUALLY AFFECTING ONLY ONE HEMISPHERE OF THE BRAIN
CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT AND SEVERE SEIZURES, LOSS OF
MOTOR AND SPEECH AS WELL AS HEMIPARESIS AND MENTAL
DETERIORATION. ONSET IS COMMON IN CHILDHOOD AND RARE IN
ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
RASMUSSEN'S ENCEPHALITIS
A DISEASE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE, USUALLY FOLLOWING A VIRAL
INFECTION IN CHILDREN WHO HAVE TAKEN ASPIRIN AND
RESULTING IN VOMITING, LISTLESSNESS, PERSONALITY CHANGES,
DISORIENTATION, SEIZURES, AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: ------
CORRECT ANSWER---------------REYES SYNDROME
A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER INDICATED AT BIRTH BY SEIZURES
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE PORT-WINE STAIN BIRTHMARK ON THE
FOREHEAD, AND CEREBRAL CORTEX ATROPHY AND INCREASED
PRESSURE WITHIN THE EYE ON THE AFFECTED SIDE: ------
CORRECT ANSWER---------------STURGE-WEBER-SYNDROME
If a 10 uV, 1 Hz wave was recorded using a 1 Hz low frequency filter, what
would the voltage measure in the printout? ------CORRECT ANSWER--------
-------7 uV
,HOW MUCH DEFLECTION WILL OCCUR IF A 150uV SPIKE IS
RECORDED AT A SENSITIVITY OF 10 uV/MM ------CORRECT ANSWER-
--------------15MM
THE INDENTATION BETWEEN THE FOREHEAD AND THE NOSE IS
CALLED WHAT? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------NASION
IF THE MEASUREMENT FROM FP2 TO 02 IS 24CM, WHERE SHOULD
F4 BE MARKED IF THE ZERO REMAINS ON FP2? ------CORRECT
ANSWER---------------6 CM
THE ONSET OF STAGE 2 SLEEP IS INDICATED BY THE APPEARANCE
OF WHAT? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------SLEEP SPINDLES
Lambda can be elicited by: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------scanning
a complex image
WHICH FILTER WOULD MOST EFFECTIVELY REDUCE BITEMPORAL
40HZ MUSCLE ARTIFACT? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------HFF- 35
HERTZ
Input 1 = +100uV and Input 2 = +100uV. The waveform will ________. ------
CORRECT ANSWER---------------REMAIN AT A FLAT AND NEUTRAL
POSITION AND HAVE NO DEFLECTION
, Input 1 = -100uV and Input 2 = -50uV. The waveform will ________. ------
CORRECT ANSWER---------------DEFLECT UPWARD
IN A REFERENTIAL MONTAGE, WHAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE
LOCALIZING FEATURE? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------HIGHEST
VOLTAGE DISCHARGE
IN A CHAIN LINKED BIPOLAR MONTAGE, WHAT IS THE MOST
VALUABLE LOCALIZING FEATURE? ------CORRECT ANSWER-------------
--PHASE REVERSAL
WHAT IS THE MOST LIKELY EEG FINDING DURING A PSYCHOGENIC
NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
NORMAL AWAKE RHYTHMS
Hypocapnia causes ______. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------blood
vessels constrict
A surface-negative, wicket-type rhythm found in the central head regions is
known as ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------MU RHYTHM
WHEN SLEEP SPINDLES ARE RECEDED BY SHARP WAVES, WHICH
CAN BE ELICITED IN RESPONSE TO SOUND, THEY ARE CALLED
WHAT? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------K COMPLEXES
