ASET 80 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
The basic unit for measuring current flow is___
a. atomic weight
b. Coulomb
c. Vold
d. Ampere - ✔ ✔ d. Ampere
The basic unit of resistance is___
a. Ohm
b. Coulomb
c. Ampere
d. Volt - ✔ ✔ a. Ohm
Which of the following is not a valid expression of Ohm's Law?
a. R=E I or (R=VI)
b. E=I R or (V+IR)
c. I=E/R or (I=V/R)
d. R=E/I or (R=V/I) - ✔ ✔ a.R=E I or (R=VI)
Which of the following is not a unit for measuring alternating
frequencies?
a. Cycles per second?
,b. Volts
c. Hertz
d. Kilocycles - ✔ ✔ b. Volts
Which of the following best describes lambda waves?
a. 8-10Hz activity present in the central regions
b. posterior, polyphasic waves seen in adolescents
c. transients in the occipital regions present with visual scanning
d. delta waves that phase reverse at the vertex - ✔ ✔ c. transients
in the occipital regions present with visual scanning
An asymmetry of the occipital alpha rhythm voltage from the two
hemispheres should be no greater than...
a. 50%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 25% - ✔ ✔ a. 50%
When seen in the waking records of adolescents, posterior slow waves
of youth...
a. are a non-specific abnormality
b. are diagnostic of migraine headaches
c. attenuate when the patient opens his/her eyes
, d. attenuate with fist clenching - ✔ ✔ c. attenuate when the patient
opens his/her eyes
A normal waking and sleeping adult EEG will not include this feature...
a. rhythmic temporal theta
b. diffuse low amplitude beta
c. delta range activity during alert states
d. vertex sharp waves - ✔ ✔ c. delta range activity during alert
states
Symmetry of sleep spindles, when present, is important in the
evaluation of...
a. the physiological maturation of an infant
b. seizures which occur during sleep
c. REM sleep
d. Spindle coma - ✔ ✔ a. the physiological maturation of an infant
The presence of sleep spindles and V waves in the EEG signals are in
what stage of sleep?
a. stage I
b. Stage II
c. Stage III/IV
d. REM - ✔ ✔ b. stage II
Which of the following is not a characteristic of REM sleep?
The basic unit for measuring current flow is___
a. atomic weight
b. Coulomb
c. Vold
d. Ampere - ✔ ✔ d. Ampere
The basic unit of resistance is___
a. Ohm
b. Coulomb
c. Ampere
d. Volt - ✔ ✔ a. Ohm
Which of the following is not a valid expression of Ohm's Law?
a. R=E I or (R=VI)
b. E=I R or (V+IR)
c. I=E/R or (I=V/R)
d. R=E/I or (R=V/I) - ✔ ✔ a.R=E I or (R=VI)
Which of the following is not a unit for measuring alternating
frequencies?
a. Cycles per second?
,b. Volts
c. Hertz
d. Kilocycles - ✔ ✔ b. Volts
Which of the following best describes lambda waves?
a. 8-10Hz activity present in the central regions
b. posterior, polyphasic waves seen in adolescents
c. transients in the occipital regions present with visual scanning
d. delta waves that phase reverse at the vertex - ✔ ✔ c. transients
in the occipital regions present with visual scanning
An asymmetry of the occipital alpha rhythm voltage from the two
hemispheres should be no greater than...
a. 50%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 25% - ✔ ✔ a. 50%
When seen in the waking records of adolescents, posterior slow waves
of youth...
a. are a non-specific abnormality
b. are diagnostic of migraine headaches
c. attenuate when the patient opens his/her eyes
, d. attenuate with fist clenching - ✔ ✔ c. attenuate when the patient
opens his/her eyes
A normal waking and sleeping adult EEG will not include this feature...
a. rhythmic temporal theta
b. diffuse low amplitude beta
c. delta range activity during alert states
d. vertex sharp waves - ✔ ✔ c. delta range activity during alert
states
Symmetry of sleep spindles, when present, is important in the
evaluation of...
a. the physiological maturation of an infant
b. seizures which occur during sleep
c. REM sleep
d. Spindle coma - ✔ ✔ a. the physiological maturation of an infant
The presence of sleep spindles and V waves in the EEG signals are in
what stage of sleep?
a. stage I
b. Stage II
c. Stage III/IV
d. REM - ✔ ✔ b. stage II
Which of the following is not a characteristic of REM sleep?
