R.EEG.T EEG Exam questions 2024-2025
silver-silver chloride electrode, platinum or gold - answer The best metals for clinical
EEG recordings are
subdermal - answer Which electrodes do NOT record directly from the brain?
Opposition to alternating current flow - answer What is NOT related to measuring
electrodes resistance?
the patient has an indwelling heart catheter - answer A patient can become the pathway
for least resistance and therefore electrically susceptible to shock when?
mainly horizontal eye movements - answer Eye leads placed at the outer canthus of
each eye will record what?
60 hz interference - answer What is NOT a physiological artifact?
intravenous drip - answer What is NOT a source of 60hz interference?
10cm - answer When recording for ECI, the interelectrode distance should be at least?
100, 10,000 - answerWhen recording for ECI, interelectrode impedance should be at
least_______ohms, but less than_______ohms.
2, 1.0, 30 - answerWhen recording for ECI, it is recommended that the sensitivity
be______uv/mm and the low filter should not be higher than______Hz for at
least_____mins of recording.
frontal and parietal lobes - answerThe central sulcus(fissure of Rolando)demarcates
the______.
respiration and regulation of the heart rate - answerTwo important functions of the
medulla are____.
contralateral lower extremity weakness - answerThrombosis of the anterior cerebral
artery is most likely to cause _____.
left side paralysis, primarily of the face and arm - answerThrombosis of the right middle
cerebral artery would most likely cause___.
opening between lateral ventricles and third ventricle of the brain - answerThe foramen
of Munro is the_____.
, depolarization - answerAn action potential is an immediate result of which of the
following changes in the neural membrane?
50-100 mV with the inside of the cell more negative than the outside - answerThe
resting potential of a neuron is____?
the sensitivity should be decreased (from 7 uv/mm to 10, 15 uV/mm) - answerIf a
seizure discharge causes the wave forms in the channels to square off and run into
each other, what should be done?
medulloblastoma - answerMALIGNANT TUMOR PRIMARILY SEEN IN CHILDREN
Meningitis - answerWhich infection is most likely to produce headaches, fever, nuchal
rigidity, coma and death?
Phenylketonuria (PKU) - answerWithout diabetic treatment, this hereditary disease may
cause mental retardation and infantile spasms.
third - answerHerniation of the uncus results in compression of which cranial nerve?
von Rechlinghausen disease - answerCafe-au-lait spots and neurofibromas are
associated with _______.
Parkinsonism - answerSubstantia nigra is affected in what disorder?
one million bytes - answerA megabyte of memory is approximately equal to ___.
difficulty moving the right half of the body - answerA patient complaining of right
hemiplegia will have ___.
comprehending the meaning of words or phrases - answerA patient with sensory
aphasia will have difficulty____.
Locked-in syndrome (LIS) - answerWhat term is used to describe brainstem injury in a
patient who is completely paralyzed except for vertical eye movements?
Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) - answerThe term "xanthochromic" is usually used in
reference to ___.
involuntary twitching of muscle fiber - answerFasciculation refers to ___.
patients degree of consciousness - answerThe Glasgow scale is used to determine ___.
amplifier - answerA combination of electronic componets designed to increase the
power, voltage or current of a signal?
silver-silver chloride electrode, platinum or gold - answer The best metals for clinical
EEG recordings are
subdermal - answer Which electrodes do NOT record directly from the brain?
Opposition to alternating current flow - answer What is NOT related to measuring
electrodes resistance?
the patient has an indwelling heart catheter - answer A patient can become the pathway
for least resistance and therefore electrically susceptible to shock when?
mainly horizontal eye movements - answer Eye leads placed at the outer canthus of
each eye will record what?
60 hz interference - answer What is NOT a physiological artifact?
intravenous drip - answer What is NOT a source of 60hz interference?
10cm - answer When recording for ECI, the interelectrode distance should be at least?
100, 10,000 - answerWhen recording for ECI, interelectrode impedance should be at
least_______ohms, but less than_______ohms.
2, 1.0, 30 - answerWhen recording for ECI, it is recommended that the sensitivity
be______uv/mm and the low filter should not be higher than______Hz for at
least_____mins of recording.
frontal and parietal lobes - answerThe central sulcus(fissure of Rolando)demarcates
the______.
respiration and regulation of the heart rate - answerTwo important functions of the
medulla are____.
contralateral lower extremity weakness - answerThrombosis of the anterior cerebral
artery is most likely to cause _____.
left side paralysis, primarily of the face and arm - answerThrombosis of the right middle
cerebral artery would most likely cause___.
opening between lateral ventricles and third ventricle of the brain - answerThe foramen
of Munro is the_____.
, depolarization - answerAn action potential is an immediate result of which of the
following changes in the neural membrane?
50-100 mV with the inside of the cell more negative than the outside - answerThe
resting potential of a neuron is____?
the sensitivity should be decreased (from 7 uv/mm to 10, 15 uV/mm) - answerIf a
seizure discharge causes the wave forms in the channels to square off and run into
each other, what should be done?
medulloblastoma - answerMALIGNANT TUMOR PRIMARILY SEEN IN CHILDREN
Meningitis - answerWhich infection is most likely to produce headaches, fever, nuchal
rigidity, coma and death?
Phenylketonuria (PKU) - answerWithout diabetic treatment, this hereditary disease may
cause mental retardation and infantile spasms.
third - answerHerniation of the uncus results in compression of which cranial nerve?
von Rechlinghausen disease - answerCafe-au-lait spots and neurofibromas are
associated with _______.
Parkinsonism - answerSubstantia nigra is affected in what disorder?
one million bytes - answerA megabyte of memory is approximately equal to ___.
difficulty moving the right half of the body - answerA patient complaining of right
hemiplegia will have ___.
comprehending the meaning of words or phrases - answerA patient with sensory
aphasia will have difficulty____.
Locked-in syndrome (LIS) - answerWhat term is used to describe brainstem injury in a
patient who is completely paralyzed except for vertical eye movements?
Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) - answerThe term "xanthochromic" is usually used in
reference to ___.
involuntary twitching of muscle fiber - answerFasciculation refers to ___.
patients degree of consciousness - answerThe Glasgow scale is used to determine ___.
amplifier - answerA combination of electronic componets designed to increase the
power, voltage or current of a signal?
