ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 questions with
correct answers
Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be
protected. This means - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔all staff are accountable for
protecting the patient confidentiality
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔60%
Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔hypothalamus
What clinical signs are expected to be seen if a patient has a stroke involving
the left anterior cerebral artery? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Right lower
extremity sensory loss
A meningioma is usually - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔encapsulated
Bell's palsy is characterized by - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔facial paralysis
Which of the following is characterized by dementia, myoclonus, and biphasic
or triphasic repetitive discharges? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Creutzfeldt-
Jakob disease
,CRANIAL NERVES - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Four have both sensory and
motor functions
The onset of West syndrome is most likely to occur at age: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔4 months
What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one
direction only? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Direct current
Which electrode type gives the LEAST distortion of low frequencies? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Silver-silver chloride
The onset of Sturge-Weber disease is typically during - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Infancy
HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Loss of the left
or right visual field in both eyes
The most important source generator of the EEG is - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔pyramidal dendritic PSPs
During an absence seizure, the technologist should - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔test the patient's level of consciousness
, ACTH is used to treat - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Infantile spasms
Decorticate posturing is characterized by - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔bilateral
flexion at the elbows
Reduction of health care-associated infections is addressed by - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔National Patient Safety Goals
Which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rolandic fissure
Which of the following should be documented in the history? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔The patient had dialysis this morning
The EEG is MOST useful in evaluating - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔seizure
disorders
Life-threatening current could pass through a patient if - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔the machine ground is not intact
Which of the following is a violation of ABRET's Code of Ethics? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Not striving to keep current in the technology
In the International 10-20 electrode placements, C6 is located on which part of
the head? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Right
correct answers
Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be
protected. This means - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔all staff are accountable for
protecting the patient confidentiality
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔60%
Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔hypothalamus
What clinical signs are expected to be seen if a patient has a stroke involving
the left anterior cerebral artery? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Right lower
extremity sensory loss
A meningioma is usually - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔encapsulated
Bell's palsy is characterized by - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔facial paralysis
Which of the following is characterized by dementia, myoclonus, and biphasic
or triphasic repetitive discharges? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Creutzfeldt-
Jakob disease
,CRANIAL NERVES - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Four have both sensory and
motor functions
The onset of West syndrome is most likely to occur at age: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔4 months
What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one
direction only? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Direct current
Which electrode type gives the LEAST distortion of low frequencies? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Silver-silver chloride
The onset of Sturge-Weber disease is typically during - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Infancy
HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Loss of the left
or right visual field in both eyes
The most important source generator of the EEG is - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔pyramidal dendritic PSPs
During an absence seizure, the technologist should - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔test the patient's level of consciousness
, ACTH is used to treat - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Infantile spasms
Decorticate posturing is characterized by - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔bilateral
flexion at the elbows
Reduction of health care-associated infections is addressed by - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔National Patient Safety Goals
Which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rolandic fissure
Which of the following should be documented in the history? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔The patient had dialysis this morning
The EEG is MOST useful in evaluating - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔seizure
disorders
Life-threatening current could pass through a patient if - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔the machine ground is not intact
Which of the following is a violation of ABRET's Code of Ethics? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Not striving to keep current in the technology
In the International 10-20 electrode placements, C6 is located on which part of
the head? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Right
