151-200 CLTM PACKET UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
In children, what % of seizures were detected within the first hour? 24 hours?
a. 70% and 10%
b. 30% and 90%
c. 50% and 80%
d. 30% and 90% - CORRECT ANSWER - c. 50% and 80%
Hypoglycemia:
a. elevated blood calcium
b. causes increase in background alpha frequencies in EEG
c. low blood sugar
d. elevated blood sugar
e. low blood calcium - CORRECT ANSWER - c. low blood sugar
Number of distinct neurological diseases:
a. more than 8,000
b. over 1,400
c. less than 700
d. precisely 386
e. fewer than 100 - CORRECT ANSWER - b. over 1,400
Why is observation of the patients in LTM so important?
a. Without clinical observations it is not possible to identify epileptiform activity from artifactual
activity
, b. The safety goal of observation is to prevent the morbidity and mortality related to untreated
status epilepticus, cardiac arrest, and or respiratory arrest and falls and to ensure the recording
and clinical examination of every event
c. Health insurance restrictions regarding payment
d. To be able to show the patient their clinical manifestations - CORRECT ANSWER - b.
The safety goal of observation is to prevent the morbidity and mortality related to untreated
status epilepticus, cardiac arrest, and or respiratory arrest and falls and to ensure the recording
and clinical examination of every event
1 to 2.4 Hz generalized spike and wave is the characteristic pattern of:
a. Alzheimer's Disease
b. LGS
c. PLEDs
d. Huntington's Chorea - CORRECT ANSWER - b. LGS
A seizure characterized by a stare with no post-ictal confusion is an:
a. Myoclonic seizure
b. Absence seizure
c. Atonic seizure
d. Infantile spasm - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Absence seizure
FIRDA is seen in:
a. children
b. adults
c. preterm infants
d. full term infants - CORRECT ANSWER - b. adults
_______________ is characterized by multiple seizure types that are difficult to control,
especially atonic seizures and atypical absences, in addition to generalized convulsion, and an
abnormal interictal EEG with generalized 2 to 2.5Hz slow spike and wave discharges.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
In children, what % of seizures were detected within the first hour? 24 hours?
a. 70% and 10%
b. 30% and 90%
c. 50% and 80%
d. 30% and 90% - CORRECT ANSWER - c. 50% and 80%
Hypoglycemia:
a. elevated blood calcium
b. causes increase in background alpha frequencies in EEG
c. low blood sugar
d. elevated blood sugar
e. low blood calcium - CORRECT ANSWER - c. low blood sugar
Number of distinct neurological diseases:
a. more than 8,000
b. over 1,400
c. less than 700
d. precisely 386
e. fewer than 100 - CORRECT ANSWER - b. over 1,400
Why is observation of the patients in LTM so important?
a. Without clinical observations it is not possible to identify epileptiform activity from artifactual
activity
, b. The safety goal of observation is to prevent the morbidity and mortality related to untreated
status epilepticus, cardiac arrest, and or respiratory arrest and falls and to ensure the recording
and clinical examination of every event
c. Health insurance restrictions regarding payment
d. To be able to show the patient their clinical manifestations - CORRECT ANSWER - b.
The safety goal of observation is to prevent the morbidity and mortality related to untreated
status epilepticus, cardiac arrest, and or respiratory arrest and falls and to ensure the recording
and clinical examination of every event
1 to 2.4 Hz generalized spike and wave is the characteristic pattern of:
a. Alzheimer's Disease
b. LGS
c. PLEDs
d. Huntington's Chorea - CORRECT ANSWER - b. LGS
A seizure characterized by a stare with no post-ictal confusion is an:
a. Myoclonic seizure
b. Absence seizure
c. Atonic seizure
d. Infantile spasm - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Absence seizure
FIRDA is seen in:
a. children
b. adults
c. preterm infants
d. full term infants - CORRECT ANSWER - b. adults
_______________ is characterized by multiple seizure types that are difficult to control,
especially atonic seizures and atypical absences, in addition to generalized convulsion, and an
abnormal interictal EEG with generalized 2 to 2.5Hz slow spike and wave discharges.
