CLTM exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does OSHA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Occupational Saftey & Health
Administration
OSHA function (select one)
a. Prevents wrong-site surgery
b. Protects Private Patient Health Information
c. Insures an environment of patient safety
d. insures and environment of safety for the staff - CORRECT ANSWER - insures an
environment of safety for the staff
What does CMS stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Center for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
CMS administers:
a. Medicare & Medicaid
b. Medicare, Medicaid & HIPPA
c. Affordable Care Act
d. Joint commission Accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicare, Medicaid & HIPPA
Define Dysgeusia - CORRECT ANSWER - Distortion of sense of taste. Used to describe
seizure or aura with taste component.
Define Dystonia - CORRECT ANSWER - Neurological movement disorder, in which
sustained muscle contractions cause twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures.
Define Ataxia - CORRECT ANSWER - Loss of the ability to coordinate muscular
movement. Results in gait disturbance
,Define Caraplexy - CORRECT ANSWER - Sudden, transient episode of loss of muscle
tone accompanied by full conscious awareness, often triggered by emotions such as laughing,
crying, terror
Define EEG in Caraplexy - CORRECT ANSWER - EEG is normal
Define Narcolepsy - CORRECT ANSWER - Chronic neurological disorder caused by the
brain's inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles normally
Define EEG in Narcolepsy - CORRECT ANSWER - Sleep onset REM sleep
Define Wallenbergs Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - Lateral medullary syndrome is a
disease in which the patient has a constellation of neurologic symptoms due to injury to the
lateral part of the medulla in the brain, resulting in tissue ischemia and necrosis. This syndrome
is characterized by sensory deficits affecting the trunk (torso) and extremities on the opposite
side of the infarction and sensory deficits affecting the face and cranial nerves on the same side
with the infarct. Specifically, there is a loss of pain and temperature sensation on the contralateral
(opposite) side of the body and ipsilateral (same) side of the face.
Define Dysphagia - CORRECT ANSWER - Difficulty swallowing
Define Vertigo - CORRECT ANSWER - Dizziness
Define Nystagmus - CORRECT ANSWER - Involuntary rhythmic movement of the eye,
can manifest either vertically or horizontally
Define Dysarthria - CORRECT ANSWER - Slurred Speech
Define Ptosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Dropping of the eyelid
,Define Horner's syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - The combination of drooping of the
eyelid (ptosis) and constriction of the pupil (miosis), sometimes accompanied by decreased
sweating (anhidrosis) of the face on the same side; redness of the conjunctive of the eye is often
also present.
Define Cortical Dysplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - Cortical dysplasia is a congenital
abnormality where the neurons is an area of the brains failed to migrate in the proper formation
in utero. Occasionally neurons will develop that are larger than normal in certain areas. The
causes the signals sent through the neurons in the area to misfire, which sends an incorrect
signal. it is commonly found near the cerebral cortex and is associated with seizures.
Cortical Dysplasia
a. Absence Seizures
b. Keppra
c. Intractable Seizures
d. West Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - Intractable Seizures
Define Hyperlexia - CORRECT ANSWER - Seen in autism & Landau Kleffner
A syndrome characterized by an intense fascination with letters or numbers and an advanced
reading ability
Define Hypergraphia - CORRECT ANSWER - An overwhelming urge to write. It is not
itself a disorder, but can be associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy, and hypomania
and mania in the context of bipolar disorder
Define Hippocampal Sclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER - A neuropathological condition
with severe neuronal cell loss and gliosis in the hippocampus, specifically in the CA-1 (Cornu
Ammonis Area 1) and subiculum of the hippocampus
Which test detects Hippocampal Sclerosis? - CORRECT ANSWER - MRI
Hippocampal Sclerosis
, a. Neocortex of Temporal Lobe
b. Globaus Pallidues
c. Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
d. Supplemental Motor Cortex - CORRECT ANSWER - Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Neocortex of Temporal Lobe
a. Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
b. Lateral Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
c. Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
d. Longitudinal Temporal Lobe Epilepsy - CORRECT ANSWER - Lateral Temporal Lobe
Epilepsy
Brand/Trade name of Phenytoin - CORRECT ANSWER - Dilantin
Brand/Trade name of Depakote - CORRECT ANSWER - Valproate Acid
Side effect of abrupt Phenytoin withdrawal? - CORRECT ANSWER - Status Epilepticus
Drug of choice for Infantile Spasms? - CORRECT ANSWER - ACTH
Drug of choice for Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy? - CORRECT ANSWER - Depakote
Drug of choice for Juvenile Absence seizures?
(Brand and Generic Name) - CORRECT ANSWER - Brand - Zarontin
Generic - Ethosuximide
Drug of choice for Lennox-Gastaut?
(Brand and Generic Name) - CORRECT ANSWER - Brand - Depakote
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does OSHA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Occupational Saftey & Health
Administration
OSHA function (select one)
a. Prevents wrong-site surgery
b. Protects Private Patient Health Information
c. Insures an environment of patient safety
d. insures and environment of safety for the staff - CORRECT ANSWER - insures an
environment of safety for the staff
What does CMS stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Center for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
CMS administers:
a. Medicare & Medicaid
b. Medicare, Medicaid & HIPPA
c. Affordable Care Act
d. Joint commission Accreditation - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicare, Medicaid & HIPPA
Define Dysgeusia - CORRECT ANSWER - Distortion of sense of taste. Used to describe
seizure or aura with taste component.
Define Dystonia - CORRECT ANSWER - Neurological movement disorder, in which
sustained muscle contractions cause twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures.
Define Ataxia - CORRECT ANSWER - Loss of the ability to coordinate muscular
movement. Results in gait disturbance
,Define Caraplexy - CORRECT ANSWER - Sudden, transient episode of loss of muscle
tone accompanied by full conscious awareness, often triggered by emotions such as laughing,
crying, terror
Define EEG in Caraplexy - CORRECT ANSWER - EEG is normal
Define Narcolepsy - CORRECT ANSWER - Chronic neurological disorder caused by the
brain's inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles normally
Define EEG in Narcolepsy - CORRECT ANSWER - Sleep onset REM sleep
Define Wallenbergs Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - Lateral medullary syndrome is a
disease in which the patient has a constellation of neurologic symptoms due to injury to the
lateral part of the medulla in the brain, resulting in tissue ischemia and necrosis. This syndrome
is characterized by sensory deficits affecting the trunk (torso) and extremities on the opposite
side of the infarction and sensory deficits affecting the face and cranial nerves on the same side
with the infarct. Specifically, there is a loss of pain and temperature sensation on the contralateral
(opposite) side of the body and ipsilateral (same) side of the face.
Define Dysphagia - CORRECT ANSWER - Difficulty swallowing
Define Vertigo - CORRECT ANSWER - Dizziness
Define Nystagmus - CORRECT ANSWER - Involuntary rhythmic movement of the eye,
can manifest either vertically or horizontally
Define Dysarthria - CORRECT ANSWER - Slurred Speech
Define Ptosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Dropping of the eyelid
,Define Horner's syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - The combination of drooping of the
eyelid (ptosis) and constriction of the pupil (miosis), sometimes accompanied by decreased
sweating (anhidrosis) of the face on the same side; redness of the conjunctive of the eye is often
also present.
Define Cortical Dysplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - Cortical dysplasia is a congenital
abnormality where the neurons is an area of the brains failed to migrate in the proper formation
in utero. Occasionally neurons will develop that are larger than normal in certain areas. The
causes the signals sent through the neurons in the area to misfire, which sends an incorrect
signal. it is commonly found near the cerebral cortex and is associated with seizures.
Cortical Dysplasia
a. Absence Seizures
b. Keppra
c. Intractable Seizures
d. West Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - Intractable Seizures
Define Hyperlexia - CORRECT ANSWER - Seen in autism & Landau Kleffner
A syndrome characterized by an intense fascination with letters or numbers and an advanced
reading ability
Define Hypergraphia - CORRECT ANSWER - An overwhelming urge to write. It is not
itself a disorder, but can be associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy, and hypomania
and mania in the context of bipolar disorder
Define Hippocampal Sclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER - A neuropathological condition
with severe neuronal cell loss and gliosis in the hippocampus, specifically in the CA-1 (Cornu
Ammonis Area 1) and subiculum of the hippocampus
Which test detects Hippocampal Sclerosis? - CORRECT ANSWER - MRI
Hippocampal Sclerosis
, a. Neocortex of Temporal Lobe
b. Globaus Pallidues
c. Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
d. Supplemental Motor Cortex - CORRECT ANSWER - Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Neocortex of Temporal Lobe
a. Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
b. Lateral Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
c. Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
d. Longitudinal Temporal Lobe Epilepsy - CORRECT ANSWER - Lateral Temporal Lobe
Epilepsy
Brand/Trade name of Phenytoin - CORRECT ANSWER - Dilantin
Brand/Trade name of Depakote - CORRECT ANSWER - Valproate Acid
Side effect of abrupt Phenytoin withdrawal? - CORRECT ANSWER - Status Epilepticus
Drug of choice for Infantile Spasms? - CORRECT ANSWER - ACTH
Drug of choice for Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy? - CORRECT ANSWER - Depakote
Drug of choice for Juvenile Absence seizures?
(Brand and Generic Name) - CORRECT ANSWER - Brand - Zarontin
Generic - Ethosuximide
Drug of choice for Lennox-Gastaut?
(Brand and Generic Name) - CORRECT ANSWER - Brand - Depakote
