EEG BOARD PREP PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 100% PASS
What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves? - ✔✔N1
What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles? - ✔✔N2
What stage of sleep will you see POSTS? - ✔✔N1
What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome? - ✔✔Normal
If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most likely to do what?
- ✔✔Disappear
What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4? - ✔✔Mu
What is seen most often in children? - ✔✔Rolandic spikes
What region do you see Rolandic spikes? - ✔✔central
At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes? - ✔✔32-34 weeks
electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what? - ✔✔2 microvolts
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, Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be? - ✔✔normal
beta coma most commonly results from what? - ✔✔drug overdose
a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern? - ✔✔breech rhythm
What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES? - ✔✔no disruption of the PDR
an electrographic seizure is characterized by what activity? - ✔✔episodic rhymes
activity
What is most useful when determining localization and polarity? - ✔✔montage
what normal variant has positive polarity? - ✔✔lambda
according to guidelines what is the bandwidth for routine EEGs? - ✔✔1-70 hz
how many millimeters are in one centimeter? - ✔✔10 mm
what is unilateral spikes considered ? - ✔✔focal abnormality
what are the 3 best ways to describe EEG patterns and seizures? - ✔✔morphology,
location, frequecy
what is another name for small sharp spikes ? - ✔✔BETS
what makes lambda different from posts? - ✔✔occurs with eyes open
are spikes considered abnormal? - ✔✔yes
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 100% PASS
What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves? - ✔✔N1
What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles? - ✔✔N2
What stage of sleep will you see POSTS? - ✔✔N1
What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome? - ✔✔Normal
If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most likely to do what?
- ✔✔Disappear
What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4? - ✔✔Mu
What is seen most often in children? - ✔✔Rolandic spikes
What region do you see Rolandic spikes? - ✔✔central
At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes? - ✔✔32-34 weeks
electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what? - ✔✔2 microvolts
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, Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be? - ✔✔normal
beta coma most commonly results from what? - ✔✔drug overdose
a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern? - ✔✔breech rhythm
What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES? - ✔✔no disruption of the PDR
an electrographic seizure is characterized by what activity? - ✔✔episodic rhymes
activity
What is most useful when determining localization and polarity? - ✔✔montage
what normal variant has positive polarity? - ✔✔lambda
according to guidelines what is the bandwidth for routine EEGs? - ✔✔1-70 hz
how many millimeters are in one centimeter? - ✔✔10 mm
what is unilateral spikes considered ? - ✔✔focal abnormality
what are the 3 best ways to describe EEG patterns and seizures? - ✔✔morphology,
location, frequecy
what is another name for small sharp spikes ? - ✔✔BETS
what makes lambda different from posts? - ✔✔occurs with eyes open
are spikes considered abnormal? - ✔✔yes
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