EEG BOARD PREP UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves? - CORRECT ANSWER - N1
What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles? - CORRECT ANSWER - N2
What stage of sleep will you see POSTS? - CORRECT ANSWER - N1
What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Normal
If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most likely to do what? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Disappear
What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mu
What is seen most often in children? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rolandic spikes
What region do you see Rolandic spikes? - CORRECT ANSWER - central
At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes? - CORRECT ANSWER - 32-34
weeks
electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what? - CORRECT ANSWER -
2 microvolts
Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be? - CORRECT ANSWER -
normal
, beta coma most commonly results from what? - CORRECT ANSWER - drug overdose
a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern? - CORRECT ANSWER - breech rhythm
What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES? - CORRECT ANSWER - no
disruption of the PDR
an electrographic seizure is characterized by what activity? - CORRECT ANSWER -
episodic rhymes activity
What is most useful when determining localization and polarity? - CORRECT ANSWER -
montage
what normal variant has positive polarity? - CORRECT ANSWER - lambda
according to guidelines what is the bandwidth for routine EEGs? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1-70 hz
how many millimeters are in one centimeter? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10 mm
what is unilateral spikes considered ? - CORRECT ANSWER - focal abnormality
what are the 3 best ways to describe EEG patterns and seizures? - CORRECT ANSWER -
morphology, location, frequecy
what is another name for small sharp spikes ? - CORRECT ANSWER - BETS
what makes lambda different from posts? - CORRECT ANSWER - occurs with eyes open
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves? - CORRECT ANSWER - N1
What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles? - CORRECT ANSWER - N2
What stage of sleep will you see POSTS? - CORRECT ANSWER - N1
What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Normal
If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most likely to do what? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Disappear
What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mu
What is seen most often in children? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rolandic spikes
What region do you see Rolandic spikes? - CORRECT ANSWER - central
At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes? - CORRECT ANSWER - 32-34
weeks
electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what? - CORRECT ANSWER -
2 microvolts
Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be? - CORRECT ANSWER -
normal
, beta coma most commonly results from what? - CORRECT ANSWER - drug overdose
a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern? - CORRECT ANSWER - breech rhythm
What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES? - CORRECT ANSWER - no
disruption of the PDR
an electrographic seizure is characterized by what activity? - CORRECT ANSWER -
episodic rhymes activity
What is most useful when determining localization and polarity? - CORRECT ANSWER -
montage
what normal variant has positive polarity? - CORRECT ANSWER - lambda
according to guidelines what is the bandwidth for routine EEGs? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1-70 hz
how many millimeters are in one centimeter? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10 mm
what is unilateral spikes considered ? - CORRECT ANSWER - focal abnormality
what are the 3 best ways to describe EEG patterns and seizures? - CORRECT ANSWER -
morphology, location, frequecy
what is another name for small sharp spikes ? - CORRECT ANSWER - BETS
what makes lambda different from posts? - CORRECT ANSWER - occurs with eyes open
