CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS CLTM
CERTIFICATION EXAM (CERTIFICATION FOR
LONG TERM MONITORING EXAM) LATEST
VERSION (BRAND NEW!!)
Non-purposeful stereotype and repetitive behaviors such as picking, fumbling,
patting aura, lip smacking, chewing, and swallowing:
a. Automatism
b. Aura
c. Dysplasia
d. Apraxia - ANSWER -Automatism
Define SUDEP - ANSWER -Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
Define the six criteria for SUDEP - ANSWER -1. The victim suffered from
epilepsy, defined as recurrent unprovoked seizures
2. The victim died unexpectedly while in a reasonable state of health
3. The death occurred "suddenly" (in minutes, when known)
4. The death occurred during normal activities (e.g., in or around bed, at home, at
work) and under benign circumstances
5. An obvious cause of death was not found
6. The death was no direct cause of the seizure or status epilepticus
Hippocampal Sclerosis
a. Absence Seizures
b. Temporal Lobe Seizures
c. Grand Mal Seizures
d. Jacksonian March - ANSWER -Temporal Lobe Seizures
Hippocampal Sclerosis
,a. Simple Partial Seizures
b. Complex Partial Seizures
c. Generalized Seizures
d. Status Epilepticus - ANSWER -Complex Partial Seizures
Age of onset (and peak age) for Absence Seizures - ANSWER -3-12 years
Peak: 6-7
Age of onset for Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy - ANSWER -12-18 years
Age of onset (and peak age) for Benign Rolandic Epilepsy - ANSWER -2-13
years
Peak: 9-10
Age of onset (and peak age) for Benign Occipital Epilepsy - ANSWER -15 month
- 15 years
Peak: 4-8 years
Age of onset (and peak age) for Wests Syndrome - ANSWER -< 1 year
Peak: 3-7 months
Age of onset (and peak age) for Lennox Gastaut - ANSWER -1-8 years
Peak 3-5 years
Age of onset for Landua-Kleffner - ANSWER -2-12 years
Name the two epilepsy syndromes that have cognitive delay (mental retardation)
as a characteristic - ANSWER -West Syndrome & Lennox Gastaut
Name the epilepsy syndrome that is characterized by speech arrest - ANSWER -
Landau-Kleffner
Which of the following is typically associated with non-epileptic seizures:
a. Episode lasting < (less than) two minutes
b. Episode lasting > (greater than) two minutes
,c. Episode of tongue biting
d. Episode of tongue thrusting - ANSWER -Episode lasting > two minutes
Which of the following is typically associated with non-epileptic seizures:
a. Blinking
b. Lip smacking
c. Side to side head movements
d. Eye deviation to the right - ANSWER -Side to side head movemtns
Which of the following is typically associated with non-epileptic seizures:
a. Teeth breakage
b. Severe tongue biting
c. Bitting the inside of the mouth
d. Bitting the tip of the tongue - ANSWER -Biting the tip of the tongue
Which of the following is typically associated with non-epileptic seizures
a. Bicycling actions of all limbs
b. Pelvic thrusting & Weeping
c. Picking or pulling at clothes
d. Maturation - ANSWER -Pelvic thrusting & weeping
Which of the following is typically associated with non-epileptic seizures:
a. Blinking
b. Staring
c. Eye deviation
d. Eyes closed - ANSWER -Eyes closed
Brian Stem Lesion:
a. Spindles Coma
b. Beta Coma
c. Alpha Coma
d. Theta Coma - ANSWER -Alpha Coma
Mesencephalic Lesion:
a. Spindles Coma
, b. Beta Coma
c. Alpha Coma
d. Theta Coma - ANSWER -Spindle Coma
Locked-in Syndrome:
a. Spindles Coma
b. Beta Coma
c. Alpha Coma
d. Theta Coma - ANSWER -Alpha Coma
Alpha Coma Prognosis
a. Poor
b. Good
c. Great - ANSWER -Poor
Spindles Coma Prognosis
a. Poor
b. Good
c. Great - ANSWER -Good
Beta Coma Prognosis
a. Poor
b. Good
c. Great - ANSWER -Good
Describe the reactivity of Alpha Coma - ANSWER -Non-Reactive
(EEG does not change with painful stimuli)
Name the coma type which involves paralysis of the lower cranial nerves. -
ANSWER -Alpha COma
Level of consciousness with Alpha Coma - ANSWER -Alert & Awake
Define Long-Term Porentiation - ANSWER -A long-standing enhancement in
signal transmission between two neurons that results from stimulating them