EEG BOARD PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS and answers
2026\2027 A+ Grade
What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves?
- correct answer N1
What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles?
- correct answer N2
What stage of sleep will you see POSTS?
- correct answer N1
What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome?
- correct answer Normal
If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most likely to do what?
- correct answer Disappear
What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4?
- correct answer Mu
What is seen most often in children?
- correct answer Rolandic spikes
What region do you see Rolandic spikes?
- correct answer central
At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes?
- correct answer 32-34 weeks
, electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what?
- correct answer 2 microvolts
Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be?
- correct answer normal
beta coma most commonly results from what?
- correct answer drug overdose
a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern?
- correct answer breech rhythm
What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES?
- correct answer no disruption of the PDR
an electrographic seizure is characterized by what activity?
- correct answer episodic rhymes activity
What is most useful when determining localization and polarity?
- correct answer montage
what normal variant has positive polarity?
- correct answer lambda
according to guidelines what is the bandwidth for routine EEGs?
- correct answer 1-70 hz
how many millimeters are in one centimeter?
- correct answer 10 mm
what is unilateral spikes considered ?
- correct answer focal abnormality
2026\2027 A+ Grade
What stage of sleep will you find vertex waves?
- correct answer N1
What stage of sleep will you see sleep spindles?
- correct answer N2
What stage of sleep will you see POSTS?
- correct answer N1
What would an EEG look like of someone who has down syndrome?
- correct answer Normal
If a patient is becoming "deeper" in a coma, triphasic waves are most likely to do what?
- correct answer Disappear
What normal activity can be seen in C3/C4?
- correct answer Mu
What is seen most often in children?
- correct answer Rolandic spikes
What region do you see Rolandic spikes?
- correct answer central
At which conceptal age do you begin to see delta brushes?
- correct answer 32-34 weeks
, electrocebral inactivity is defined as no EEG activity over what?
- correct answer 2 microvolts
Immediately following an absence seizure the EEG will be?
- correct answer normal
beta coma most commonly results from what?
- correct answer drug overdose
a skull defect will result in what EEG pattern?
- correct answer breech rhythm
What feature is most diagnostic of psychogenic PNES?
- correct answer no disruption of the PDR
an electrographic seizure is characterized by what activity?
- correct answer episodic rhymes activity
What is most useful when determining localization and polarity?
- correct answer montage
what normal variant has positive polarity?
- correct answer lambda
according to guidelines what is the bandwidth for routine EEGs?
- correct answer 1-70 hz
how many millimeters are in one centimeter?
- correct answer 10 mm
what is unilateral spikes considered ?
- correct answer focal abnormality
