ABRET EEG TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Agnosia - answers :the inability to recognize familiar objects.
Apraxia - answers :difficulty with motor planning to perform tasks or movements (your
brain knows but it cant carry out)
How often does osha check leakage of current - answers :semiannually
What kind of seizure begins with the head and eyes turning to one side - answers
:adversive seizure
What dysfunction is indicated by the presence of unilateral babinski signs - answers
:pyramidal tract dysfunction
What is the unilateral babinski signs - answers :when a doctor strokes the foot to see
the retraction of involuntary muscles
If a patient has a stroke involving basilar artery, what clinical signs are expected to be
seen - answers :diplopia
What is diplopia - answers :double vision
Best describes a non critical infectious instrument - answers :has contact with intact skin
Neuro cutaneous involvement syndrome - answers :sturge webber syndrome
What are neuro cutaneous syndromes - answers :disorders that affect the brain, spinal
cord, organs, skin, and bones. The diseases are lifelong conditions that can cause
tumors to grow in these areas. They can also cause other problems such as hearing
loss, seizures, and developmental problems.
A large lesion at the optic chiasm causes what - answers :complete visual loss
Homonymous hemianopsia - answers :loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes
Used to treat infantile spasms - answers :acth (adrenocorticotropic hormone)
May be indicated by the presence of blood in the cerebrospinal fluid - answers
:subarachnoid hemorrhage
Which of the following blood vessels is most frequently involved in strokes - answers
:middle cerebral artery
Used in treatment of gtc seizures and commonly in absence epilepsy treatment -
answers :ethosuximide
, Whcih of the following should be documented in the history - answers :patient had
dialysis this morning
Which kind of tumor is least likely to cause epileptiform activity in eeg - answers
:pituitary adenoma
In the eeg laboratory the major concern for transmission on infection is through -
answers :blood
In evaluating abnormal eeg discharges it is most important to document - answers :level
of consciousness and movements
Proximal vs distal - answers :proximal is near to and distal is far
Creutzfeld-jacob disease eeg pattern - answers :periodic sharp waves
Impedance can best be described as - answers :resistance to alternating current
Most prominent clinical feature of dilantin toxicity - answers :ataxia
Changes in personality is from what lobe of the brain - answers :frontal lobe
Acth treats what - answers :infantile spasms
Patient with right hemiparesis most likely has a lesion to what lobe - answers :left frontal
lobe
Scotoma is - answers :area of vision loss
Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperfusion - answers :ictal
spect
Acronym used to describe distinctive eeg waves or complexes that occur between
seizures and are distinguished from background activity - answers :ieds (interictal
epileptiform discharges)
Cabal nerve stimulators are used to treat - answers :seizures and depression
Central aspect of using the minimum necessary amount of protected health information
needed to accomplish the intended purpose of use, disclosure, or request - answers
:health insurance portability and accountability act
What age range is not a risk factor for jme - answers :patients ages 3-4
Clinical semiology is a way to describe - answers :behaviors during patient events
Agnosia - answers :the inability to recognize familiar objects.
Apraxia - answers :difficulty with motor planning to perform tasks or movements (your
brain knows but it cant carry out)
How often does osha check leakage of current - answers :semiannually
What kind of seizure begins with the head and eyes turning to one side - answers
:adversive seizure
What dysfunction is indicated by the presence of unilateral babinski signs - answers
:pyramidal tract dysfunction
What is the unilateral babinski signs - answers :when a doctor strokes the foot to see
the retraction of involuntary muscles
If a patient has a stroke involving basilar artery, what clinical signs are expected to be
seen - answers :diplopia
What is diplopia - answers :double vision
Best describes a non critical infectious instrument - answers :has contact with intact skin
Neuro cutaneous involvement syndrome - answers :sturge webber syndrome
What are neuro cutaneous syndromes - answers :disorders that affect the brain, spinal
cord, organs, skin, and bones. The diseases are lifelong conditions that can cause
tumors to grow in these areas. They can also cause other problems such as hearing
loss, seizures, and developmental problems.
A large lesion at the optic chiasm causes what - answers :complete visual loss
Homonymous hemianopsia - answers :loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes
Used to treat infantile spasms - answers :acth (adrenocorticotropic hormone)
May be indicated by the presence of blood in the cerebrospinal fluid - answers
:subarachnoid hemorrhage
Which of the following blood vessels is most frequently involved in strokes - answers
:middle cerebral artery
Used in treatment of gtc seizures and commonly in absence epilepsy treatment -
answers :ethosuximide
, Whcih of the following should be documented in the history - answers :patient had
dialysis this morning
Which kind of tumor is least likely to cause epileptiform activity in eeg - answers
:pituitary adenoma
In the eeg laboratory the major concern for transmission on infection is through -
answers :blood
In evaluating abnormal eeg discharges it is most important to document - answers :level
of consciousness and movements
Proximal vs distal - answers :proximal is near to and distal is far
Creutzfeld-jacob disease eeg pattern - answers :periodic sharp waves
Impedance can best be described as - answers :resistance to alternating current
Most prominent clinical feature of dilantin toxicity - answers :ataxia
Changes in personality is from what lobe of the brain - answers :frontal lobe
Acth treats what - answers :infantile spasms
Patient with right hemiparesis most likely has a lesion to what lobe - answers :left frontal
lobe
Scotoma is - answers :area of vision loss
Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperfusion - answers :ictal
spect
Acronym used to describe distinctive eeg waves or complexes that occur between
seizures and are distinguished from background activity - answers :ieds (interictal
epileptiform discharges)
Cabal nerve stimulators are used to treat - answers :seizures and depression
Central aspect of using the minimum necessary amount of protected health information
needed to accomplish the intended purpose of use, disclosure, or request - answers
:health insurance portability and accountability act
What age range is not a risk factor for jme - answers :patients ages 3-4
Clinical semiology is a way to describe - answers :behaviors during patient events
