ABRET EEG-Practice exam questions with
correct answers
what type of spikes are seen most often in children - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Rolandic Spikes
by year one what should the dominant background rhythm be - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔5-6 Hz
what should the PDR of a awake 5 month old infant be - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔5 Hz
what encephalopathic EEG pattern is most commonly associated with children
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ORIDA
onset of between 3 and 13 years
begins with sensorimotor manifestations on one side of the face and mouth
Unilateral oral paresthesias as well as facial clonic and/or tonic activity are
common
Speech arrest
hypersalivation
most common focal epilepsy of childhood
the most common focal epilepsy in adults is temporal lobe epilepsy. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
, High voltage theta or delta waves, commonly seen in children 8-14 years of
age, accentuated by hyperventilation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Posterior
Slow Waves of Youth (PSWY)
a reactive PDR to eye closure first appears around how many months of age -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔3-6 months
what is a sign of infantile spasms in a EEG - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Electral
decrementals
A pattern of 1-1.5 Hz activity with superimposed 8-12 hz activity that is seen in
neonates is called what - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔delta brush
Bursts of slow waves, at times intermixed with sharp waves and intervening
periods of relative quiescence (quiet and inactive) with extreme low-amplitude
activity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Trace Alternant
where are delta brushes expected to be seen in a 27 week old neonate -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔central
delta brush patterns are commonly seen at what age - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔32-34 weeks
correct answers
what type of spikes are seen most often in children - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Rolandic Spikes
by year one what should the dominant background rhythm be - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔5-6 Hz
what should the PDR of a awake 5 month old infant be - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔5 Hz
what encephalopathic EEG pattern is most commonly associated with children
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ORIDA
onset of between 3 and 13 years
begins with sensorimotor manifestations on one side of the face and mouth
Unilateral oral paresthesias as well as facial clonic and/or tonic activity are
common
Speech arrest
hypersalivation
most common focal epilepsy of childhood
the most common focal epilepsy in adults is temporal lobe epilepsy. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
, High voltage theta or delta waves, commonly seen in children 8-14 years of
age, accentuated by hyperventilation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Posterior
Slow Waves of Youth (PSWY)
a reactive PDR to eye closure first appears around how many months of age -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔3-6 months
what is a sign of infantile spasms in a EEG - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Electral
decrementals
A pattern of 1-1.5 Hz activity with superimposed 8-12 hz activity that is seen in
neonates is called what - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔delta brush
Bursts of slow waves, at times intermixed with sharp waves and intervening
periods of relative quiescence (quiet and inactive) with extreme low-amplitude
activity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Trace Alternant
where are delta brushes expected to be seen in a 27 week old neonate -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔central
delta brush patterns are commonly seen at what age - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔32-34 weeks
