CLTM ASAP (Advanced Supervision and Assessment
Protocol) Board Exam includes accurate and verified
questions covering long-term EEG monitoring, seizure
pattern recognition, intracranial monitoring, artifact
and equipment troubleshooting, patient safety
Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop normally until age what?
a. 18-24 months
b. 3-6 months
c. 6-18 months
d. 2-4 years - ANS :c. 6-18 months
Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma
b. left frontal abscess
c. acoustic neuroma
d. cerebellar abscess - ANS :d. cerebellar abscess
During an absence seizure the technologist should?
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid
b. turn the patients head to the left
c. test the patients level of consciousness
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d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth - ANS :c. test the level of patients
consciousness
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with :
a. Absence seizures
b. Atonic seizures
c. Infantile spasms
d. Gelastic seizures - ANS :c. Infantile spasms
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia - ANS :a. receptive aphasia
A spike or sharp wave results from?
a. asynchronous activation of neurons
b. depolarization of neurons
c. repolarization of neurons
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons. - ANS :d. synchronous activation of multiple
neurons
Papilledema is most common in which of the following conditions?
a. huntington chorea
b. posterior fossa tumor
c. temporal lobe seizures
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d. sturge-weber syndrome - ANS :b. posterior fossa tumor
Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperperfusion;
a. ct
b. interictal pet
c. ictal spect
d. MRI - ANS :c. ictal spect
Collateral perfusion is maintained by? - ANS :circle of willis
The neurological examination is most likely to be abnormal in patients with:
a. absence seizures
b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rolandic epilepsy - ANS :c. lennox gastaut syndrome
If a patient has a circumference measurement of 55cm, which of the following interelectrode
distances can be calculated?
a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
d. f7 to fz - ANS :b. o1 to o2
The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with parkinson's disease is? - ANS
:dopamine
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which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex? - ANS :Rolandic
fissure
The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy - ANS :d. infancy
consciousness
a. striate cortex
b. reticular formation
c. cerebellum
d. basal ganglia - ANS :b. reticular formation
which is not a risk factor for JME?
a. absence seizure
b. patients ages 14-15
c. sleep deprivation
d. patients ages 3-4 - ANS :d. patients ages 3-4
If the nasion to inion measurement is 40cm, what is the distance between cz to pz? - ANS
:8cm
PLEDS are most likely to be seen in patients presenting with:
a. acute drug toxicity
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