EEG BOARD PREP ASAP TEST PREP EXAM
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025 -
2026
Which EEG pattern is LEAST likely to be associated with clinical
symptoms? correct answers >> 6hz spike and wave
Lambda waves correct answers >> visual input
What differentiates Lambda and POSTS correct answers >>
occurs with eyes open
Mu rhythm; correct answers >> 8-10hz
During a neonatal seizures, the EEG is most likely to show:
correct answers >> Focal rhythmic activity
It is common for FIRDA to; correct answers >> React to
stimulation
What is the most important when evaluating background
frequency? correct answers >> wakefulness and age
Alpha coma; correct answers >> 8-13 hz activity occuring
diffusely and maximum anteriorly
BIPLEDS correct answers >> Hypoxia
,What is characteristic of triphasic waves? correct answers >>
They have a time lag from frontal to posterior head regions
What best describes secondary bilateral synchrony? correct
answers >> Reflects rapid generalization from one or multiple
sources
Benign epileptiform transients of sleep: correct answers >>
peak at 30-60 years
saccadic eye movement correct answers >> Lamda
Morphology, location and frequency are ways to describe:
correct answers >> EEG Patterns and seizures
Which of the following patterns is characteristically eliminated by
movement of a limb? correct answers >> Mu rhythm
Which of the following would be considered a focal abnormality?
correct answers >> Unilateral spikes
The clonic phase in a generalized tonic-clonic seizure is
characterized by: correct answers >> diffuse rhythmic spikes
followed by diffuse SSW activity
A 14yr old female with history of "body jerks" in the morning
presents with first time service. WHat would you expect to see on
the EEG: correct answers >> 3-6hz generalized polyspike and
wave
,THe tonic phase of a GTC seizure is associated with correct
answers >> low voltage rhythmic beta
TIRDA correct answers >> EEG pattern most likely assocaited
with seizures
A common electrographic correlate of a seizure: correct
answers >> rhythmic activity
Anoxic encephalopathy: correct answers >> BIPLEDS
Skull defect: correct answers >> breach rhythm
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 correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> 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
d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth correct answers
>> 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 correct answers >> c. Infantile spasms
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025 -
2026
Which EEG pattern is LEAST likely to be associated with clinical
symptoms? correct answers >> 6hz spike and wave
Lambda waves correct answers >> visual input
What differentiates Lambda and POSTS correct answers >>
occurs with eyes open
Mu rhythm; correct answers >> 8-10hz
During a neonatal seizures, the EEG is most likely to show:
correct answers >> Focal rhythmic activity
It is common for FIRDA to; correct answers >> React to
stimulation
What is the most important when evaluating background
frequency? correct answers >> wakefulness and age
Alpha coma; correct answers >> 8-13 hz activity occuring
diffusely and maximum anteriorly
BIPLEDS correct answers >> Hypoxia
,What is characteristic of triphasic waves? correct answers >>
They have a time lag from frontal to posterior head regions
What best describes secondary bilateral synchrony? correct
answers >> Reflects rapid generalization from one or multiple
sources
Benign epileptiform transients of sleep: correct answers >>
peak at 30-60 years
saccadic eye movement correct answers >> Lamda
Morphology, location and frequency are ways to describe:
correct answers >> EEG Patterns and seizures
Which of the following patterns is characteristically eliminated by
movement of a limb? correct answers >> Mu rhythm
Which of the following would be considered a focal abnormality?
correct answers >> Unilateral spikes
The clonic phase in a generalized tonic-clonic seizure is
characterized by: correct answers >> diffuse rhythmic spikes
followed by diffuse SSW activity
A 14yr old female with history of "body jerks" in the morning
presents with first time service. WHat would you expect to see on
the EEG: correct answers >> 3-6hz generalized polyspike and
wave
,THe tonic phase of a GTC seizure is associated with correct
answers >> low voltage rhythmic beta
TIRDA correct answers >> EEG pattern most likely assocaited
with seizures
A common electrographic correlate of a seizure: correct
answers >> rhythmic activity
Anoxic encephalopathy: correct answers >> BIPLEDS
Skull defect: correct answers >> breach rhythm
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 correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> 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
d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth correct answers
>> 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 correct answers >> c. Infantile spasms
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
