ABRET Practice Exam Part 2 2024/2025
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HYPERVENTILATION result - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Hypocapnia: state of
reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Photoparoxysmal response - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔EEG response to light with
spikes, spike-wave discharge and/or intermittent slow waves
Input impedance should be - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔very high
According to the Guidelines, how many bits of resolution is required? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔11
Which of the following is the WORST prognostic feature in the EEG of a
comatose patient? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔monorhythmic tracing without
variability
SMALL SHARP SPIKES are also called - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Benign
Epileptiform Transients of Sleep (BETS)
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,HYPSARRHYTHMIA shows - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Disorganized, continuous
high voltage slow waves with interspersed multifocal spike waves
A seizure discharge arising from the right frontal lobe is likely to be
characterized clinically by - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔deviation of head and eyes
What is most important when evaluating the background activity? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Record the maximal state of alertness
High voltage theta or delta waves, commonly seen in children 8-14 years,
accentuated by hyperventilation: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Posterior Slow Waves of
Youth (PSWY)
A stroke which results in only LEFT leg weakness most likely involves
which of the following arteries? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The RIGHT anterior
cerebral artery
Rare 6-11 hz negative sharp arciform waves, most commonly seen in
adults over 30 years in the mid-temporal regions. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Wickets
A prolonged series of generalized convulsions without any period of
consciousness between them is referred to as - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔status
epilepticus
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,What differentiates Lambda and POSTS - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Occurs with eyes
open
If the Low Frequency Filter is changed from 1 Hz to 5 Hz, how will a 2 Hz
slow wave be affected? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It will be significantly attenuated
Creuetzfeldt-Jakob disease EEG shows - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔GPDs/GPEDS
Mu Rhythm is a frequency of - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔8-10 Hz
In which of the following conditions are periodic lateralized epileptiform
discharges most likely? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Herpes simplex encephalitis
Photic induced epileptiform discharges are most likely associated with -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔barbiturate withdrawal
Subacute sclerosing panecephalitis is associated with - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Measles
Seizures commonly result from withdrawal of which of the following? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Alcohol
At what conceptional age is a delta brush pattern primarily seen? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔32 to 34 weeks
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, An electrographic seizure is characterized by - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Episodic
rhythmic activity
Which of the following occurs during a typical absence seizure? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Impaired consciousness
What is the term that describes failure of the alpha rhythm to attenuate with
eye opening? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bancaud's Phenomenon
INFANTILE SPASMS EEG shows - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Electrodecremental
Events
Slow sampling rate may cause fast frequencies to appear slower: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔aliasing
The polarity convention for EEG states that the deflection is up if input -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔1 is more negative than input 2
The EEG pattern of hypsarrhythmia is usually associated with - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔infantile spasms
An EEG obtained within 24 hours following a closed head injury would be
LEAST likely to show - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔focal spike activity
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Exam Questions and Corresponding
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HYPERVENTILATION result - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Hypocapnia: state of
reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Photoparoxysmal response - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔EEG response to light with
spikes, spike-wave discharge and/or intermittent slow waves
Input impedance should be - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔very high
According to the Guidelines, how many bits of resolution is required? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔11
Which of the following is the WORST prognostic feature in the EEG of a
comatose patient? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔monorhythmic tracing without
variability
SMALL SHARP SPIKES are also called - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Benign
Epileptiform Transients of Sleep (BETS)
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,HYPSARRHYTHMIA shows - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Disorganized, continuous
high voltage slow waves with interspersed multifocal spike waves
A seizure discharge arising from the right frontal lobe is likely to be
characterized clinically by - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔deviation of head and eyes
What is most important when evaluating the background activity? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Record the maximal state of alertness
High voltage theta or delta waves, commonly seen in children 8-14 years,
accentuated by hyperventilation: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Posterior Slow Waves of
Youth (PSWY)
A stroke which results in only LEFT leg weakness most likely involves
which of the following arteries? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The RIGHT anterior
cerebral artery
Rare 6-11 hz negative sharp arciform waves, most commonly seen in
adults over 30 years in the mid-temporal regions. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Wickets
A prolonged series of generalized convulsions without any period of
consciousness between them is referred to as - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔status
epilepticus
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,What differentiates Lambda and POSTS - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Occurs with eyes
open
If the Low Frequency Filter is changed from 1 Hz to 5 Hz, how will a 2 Hz
slow wave be affected? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It will be significantly attenuated
Creuetzfeldt-Jakob disease EEG shows - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔GPDs/GPEDS
Mu Rhythm is a frequency of - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔8-10 Hz
In which of the following conditions are periodic lateralized epileptiform
discharges most likely? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Herpes simplex encephalitis
Photic induced epileptiform discharges are most likely associated with -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔barbiturate withdrawal
Subacute sclerosing panecephalitis is associated with - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Measles
Seizures commonly result from withdrawal of which of the following? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Alcohol
At what conceptional age is a delta brush pattern primarily seen? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔32 to 34 weeks
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, An electrographic seizure is characterized by - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Episodic
rhythmic activity
Which of the following occurs during a typical absence seizure? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Impaired consciousness
What is the term that describes failure of the alpha rhythm to attenuate with
eye opening? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bancaud's Phenomenon
INFANTILE SPASMS EEG shows - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Electrodecremental
Events
Slow sampling rate may cause fast frequencies to appear slower: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔aliasing
The polarity convention for EEG states that the deflection is up if input -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔1 is more negative than input 2
The EEG pattern of hypsarrhythmia is usually associated with - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔infantile spasms
An EEG obtained within 24 hours following a closed head injury would be
LEAST likely to show - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔focal spike activity
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