EEG Board Exam ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Hyperventilation - CORRECT ANSWER - What activation is useful for detecting absence
seizures?
sleep activation - CORRECT ANSWER - What activation is useful for detecting benign
rolandic epilepsy?
Anterior Cerebral Artery - CORRECT ANSWER - Which artery supplies the frontal pole
and mesial cortex of frontal/parietal lobes?
CN VIII (Vestibulocochlear) - CORRECT ANSWER - Which nerve is affected with
neurofibromatosis/Von Recklinhausen's?
ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic hormone) - CORRECT ANSWER - What drug treats infantile
spasms?
Active Sleep - CORRECT ANSWER - ________ _________ in infants shows REM,
irregular breathing, smile, grimace, sucking, brief apnea, decreased tonic
Activite Moyenne - CORRECT ANSWER - ______ _________ is low voltage irregular
theta and delta waves, 34-37 weeks
PLED's - CORRECT ANSWER - What pattern would you expect after a CVA?
frontal; contralateral - CORRECT ANSWER - Adversive seizures are from the ________
lobe with a __________ focus
,Neck rotation and conjugate gaze deviation in direction contralateral to epileptic focus -
CORRECT ANSWER - What does the body do during an adversive seizure?
parietal - CORRECT ANSWER - Agraphia occurs from damage to the dominant
__________ lobe
Aicardi - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - What EEG changes would you see w/ Alzheimer's?
amoxycillin - CORRECT ANSWER - Which anti-biotic can cause seizures which are
unresponsive to AED's?
Ampere - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the unit of current?
olfactory; gustatory - CORRECT ANSWER - Amygdalar temp lobe sz can have
___________ and ________ hallucinations
generalized slowing (hypoxia) - CORRECT ANSWER - ALS has normal EEG until
weakness makes it harder to breathe, so the EEG then has ______ ________
angiography - CORRECT ANSWER - _________ is x-ray with contrast media
, anterograde - CORRECT ANSWER - __________ amnesia is loss of memory for periods
of time following accident
increased theta/beta - CORRECT ANSWER - Antihistamines commonly cause what
changes in the EEG at the therapeutic levels?
Antipsychotic drugs - CORRECT ANSWER - Chlorpromazine (Thorazine), haloperidol
(haldol), clozapine (clozaril), and risperidone are examples of what kind of drug?
apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER - ________ is the inability to perform purposeful
movement though no muscular or sensory disturbance is present
between the third to fourth ventricle - CORRECT ANSWER - Where is the aqueduct of
sylvius located?
Area 6 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which Brodmann's area is the premotor area?
Area 17 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which Brodmann's area is the primary visual area (most
forms walls of deep calcarine sulcus)?
Area 18 and Area 19 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which two Brodmann's area is the visual
association areas?
Area 41 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which Brodmann's area is the primary auditory area?
Arnold-Chiari - CORRECT ANSWER - __________ is a congenital anomaly when the
hindbrain is displaced through the foramen magnum.
aterixis - CORRECT ANSWER - ___________ is a flapping tremor of hand when wrist
extended, resembling bird flapping wings
CORRECT Answers
Hyperventilation - CORRECT ANSWER - What activation is useful for detecting absence
seizures?
sleep activation - CORRECT ANSWER - What activation is useful for detecting benign
rolandic epilepsy?
Anterior Cerebral Artery - CORRECT ANSWER - Which artery supplies the frontal pole
and mesial cortex of frontal/parietal lobes?
CN VIII (Vestibulocochlear) - CORRECT ANSWER - Which nerve is affected with
neurofibromatosis/Von Recklinhausen's?
ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic hormone) - CORRECT ANSWER - What drug treats infantile
spasms?
Active Sleep - CORRECT ANSWER - ________ _________ in infants shows REM,
irregular breathing, smile, grimace, sucking, brief apnea, decreased tonic
Activite Moyenne - CORRECT ANSWER - ______ _________ is low voltage irregular
theta and delta waves, 34-37 weeks
PLED's - CORRECT ANSWER - What pattern would you expect after a CVA?
frontal; contralateral - CORRECT ANSWER - Adversive seizures are from the ________
lobe with a __________ focus
,Neck rotation and conjugate gaze deviation in direction contralateral to epileptic focus -
CORRECT ANSWER - What does the body do during an adversive seizure?
parietal - CORRECT ANSWER - Agraphia occurs from damage to the dominant
__________ lobe
Aicardi - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - What EEG changes would you see w/ Alzheimer's?
amoxycillin - CORRECT ANSWER - Which anti-biotic can cause seizures which are
unresponsive to AED's?
Ampere - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the unit of current?
olfactory; gustatory - CORRECT ANSWER - Amygdalar temp lobe sz can have
___________ and ________ hallucinations
generalized slowing (hypoxia) - CORRECT ANSWER - ALS has normal EEG until
weakness makes it harder to breathe, so the EEG then has ______ ________
angiography - CORRECT ANSWER - _________ is x-ray with contrast media
, anterograde - CORRECT ANSWER - __________ amnesia is loss of memory for periods
of time following accident
increased theta/beta - CORRECT ANSWER - Antihistamines commonly cause what
changes in the EEG at the therapeutic levels?
Antipsychotic drugs - CORRECT ANSWER - Chlorpromazine (Thorazine), haloperidol
(haldol), clozapine (clozaril), and risperidone are examples of what kind of drug?
apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER - ________ is the inability to perform purposeful
movement though no muscular or sensory disturbance is present
between the third to fourth ventricle - CORRECT ANSWER - Where is the aqueduct of
sylvius located?
Area 6 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which Brodmann's area is the premotor area?
Area 17 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which Brodmann's area is the primary visual area (most
forms walls of deep calcarine sulcus)?
Area 18 and Area 19 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which two Brodmann's area is the visual
association areas?
Area 41 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which Brodmann's area is the primary auditory area?
Arnold-Chiari - CORRECT ANSWER - __________ is a congenital anomaly when the
hindbrain is displaced through the foramen magnum.
aterixis - CORRECT ANSWER - ___________ is a flapping tremor of hand when wrist
extended, resembling bird flapping wings
