EEG BOARD COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
●● What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles?
Answer: N2
●● What stage of sleep will you see POSTS?
Answer: N1
●● What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome?
Answer: Normal
●● If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most
likely to do what?
Answer: Disappear
●● What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4?
Answer: Mu
●● What is seen most often in children?
Answer: Rolandic spikes
, ●● What region do you see Rolandic spikes?
Answer: central
●● At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes?
Answer: 32-34 weeks
●● electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what?
Answer: 2 microvolts
●● Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be?
Answer: normal
●● beta coma most commonly results from what?
Answer: drug overdose
●● a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern?
Answer: breech rhythm
●● What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES?
Answer: no disruption of the PDR
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
●● What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles?
Answer: N2
●● What stage of sleep will you see POSTS?
Answer: N1
●● What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome?
Answer: Normal
●● If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most
likely to do what?
Answer: Disappear
●● What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4?
Answer: Mu
●● What is seen most often in children?
Answer: Rolandic spikes
, ●● What region do you see Rolandic spikes?
Answer: central
●● At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes?
Answer: 32-34 weeks
●● electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what?
Answer: 2 microvolts
●● Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be?
Answer: normal
●● beta coma most commonly results from what?
Answer: drug overdose
●● a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern?
Answer: breech rhythm
●● What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES?
Answer: no disruption of the PDR
