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