101-150 CLTM Exam PACKET (Questions
and Answers)
A rare chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease usually affecting only one hemisphere of the brain
characterized by frequent and severe seizures, loss of motor and speech as well as a hemiparesis and
mental deterioration. Onset is common in childhood and rare in adolescents and adults:
a. Todd's Paralysis
b. Shy-Drager Syndrome
c. Rassmussen's Encephalitis
d. Reyes Syndrome - Answer-c. Rassmussen's Encephalitis
"Episodic low amplitude events" or periods of attenuation seen in patients who are acutely ill from
medical events or status epilepticus _____________.
a. Are insignificant and have no bearing on patient outcomes
b. Are an indication of a good prognosis
c. Are simply part of a burst-suppression pattern when the technologists has missed the burst
d. Are a recognizable pattern and may serve as a marker for a moderately poor prognosis - Answer-d.
Are a recognizable pattern and may serve as a marker for a moderately poor prognosis
Port wine stain is associated with:
a. Herpes simplex encephalitis
b. Sturge-Weber syndrome
, c. Retinitis Pigmentosa
d. Epstein's Syndrome - Answer-b. Sturge-Weber syndrome
Activation of an absence seizure is most consistently obtained during:
a. sleep
b. photic stimulation
c. hyperventilation
d. eye opening and closing - Answer-c. hyperventilation
Wada Testing:
a. is named for use of a specialized curved arterial catheter
b. performed to identify the central sulcus
c. is named after a person
d. is an acronym for Wide Area Diagnostic Assessment - Answer-c. is named after a person
325mg, within 48 hours of stroke onset, modestly decreases morbidity and mortality
a. true
b. false - Answer-a. true
Which of the following are associated with unfavorable prognosis: (select all that apply)
a. reactivity
b. rapid EEG improvement
c. excessive discontinuity
d. severe attenuation
e. lack of reactivity
and Answers)
A rare chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease usually affecting only one hemisphere of the brain
characterized by frequent and severe seizures, loss of motor and speech as well as a hemiparesis and
mental deterioration. Onset is common in childhood and rare in adolescents and adults:
a. Todd's Paralysis
b. Shy-Drager Syndrome
c. Rassmussen's Encephalitis
d. Reyes Syndrome - Answer-c. Rassmussen's Encephalitis
"Episodic low amplitude events" or periods of attenuation seen in patients who are acutely ill from
medical events or status epilepticus _____________.
a. Are insignificant and have no bearing on patient outcomes
b. Are an indication of a good prognosis
c. Are simply part of a burst-suppression pattern when the technologists has missed the burst
d. Are a recognizable pattern and may serve as a marker for a moderately poor prognosis - Answer-d.
Are a recognizable pattern and may serve as a marker for a moderately poor prognosis
Port wine stain is associated with:
a. Herpes simplex encephalitis
b. Sturge-Weber syndrome
, c. Retinitis Pigmentosa
d. Epstein's Syndrome - Answer-b. Sturge-Weber syndrome
Activation of an absence seizure is most consistently obtained during:
a. sleep
b. photic stimulation
c. hyperventilation
d. eye opening and closing - Answer-c. hyperventilation
Wada Testing:
a. is named for use of a specialized curved arterial catheter
b. performed to identify the central sulcus
c. is named after a person
d. is an acronym for Wide Area Diagnostic Assessment - Answer-c. is named after a person
325mg, within 48 hours of stroke onset, modestly decreases morbidity and mortality
a. true
b. false - Answer-a. true
Which of the following are associated with unfavorable prognosis: (select all that apply)
a. reactivity
b. rapid EEG improvement
c. excessive discontinuity
d. severe attenuation
e. lack of reactivity
