EEG BOARD ACTUAL EVALUATION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG;
a. cerebellar abscess
b. left frontal subdural hematoma
c. left frontal abscess
d. acoustic neuroma - ✔✔a. cerebellar abscess
✔✔FT9 or T1 and FT10 or T2 electrodes record from the
a. spheniod sinuses
b. anterior temporal lobe
c. posterior temporal lobe
d. nasopharynx - ✔✔b. anterior temporal lobe
✔✔What is the difference between classic migraine and common migraine?
a. common migraine headache always has an abnormal associated eeg
b. a common migraine headache has an associated aura whereas a classical migraine
headache does not
c. a classic migraine headache has an associated aura whereas a common migraine
does not
d. a classical migraine headache always has an abnormal associated EEG - ✔✔c. a
classic migraine headache has an associated aura where as a common migraine does
not
✔✔The posterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the :
a. lateral surface of the brain
b. temporal lobe
c. frontal lobe
d. visual cortex - ✔✔d. visual cortex
,✔✔short interelectrode distance between electrodes will cause which of the following
changes to the EEG waveform.
a. increase amplitude
b. decrease amplitude
c. increase frequency
d. decrease frequency - ✔✔b. decrease amplitude
✔✔What seperates the sensory from the motor cortex? - ✔✔rolandic fissure
✔✔used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperperfusion.
a. MRI
b. ictal spect
c. interictal pet
d. ct - ✔✔b. ictal spect
✔✔which of the following is an immediate threat to life?
a. epidural hematoma
b. multiple sclerosis
c. arachnoidits
d. chronic subdural hematoma - ✔✔a. epidural hematoma
✔✔A disease occurring only in females characterized by normal developement until six
to eighteen months of age, after which there is a quick deterioration of mental abilites:
a. tay sachs disease
b. Rett syndrome
c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rasmussens' encephalitis - ✔✔b rett sybdrome
✔✔What is the cause of wernickes encephalopathy? - ✔✔thiamine deficiency
✔✔Where is the cingulate cortex located in relation to the corpus collosum? -
✔✔superiorly
✔✔Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the? - ✔✔hypothalamus
✔✔Given a voltage of 50 micovolts and a sensitivity of 10 microvolts/mm, what is the
amplitude?
a. 5mm
b. 5uv/mm
c. 0.2 uv/mm
d. 0.2 mm - ✔✔a. 5mm
✔✔Rhythmic theta activity in the temporal region is most commonly associated with
which seizure type:
,a. complex partial
b. akinetic
c. absence
d. generalized tonic clonic - ✔✔a. complex partial
✔✔Alpha coma is most often seen following:
a. concussion
b. drug overdose
c. stroke
d. cardiac arrest - ✔✔d. cardiac arrest
✔✔Which of the following is most useful in the evaluation of temporal lobe seizures?
a. hyperventilation
b. photic stim
c. awake eeg
d. sleep eeg - ✔✔d. sleep eeg
✔✔Regarding eye movement artifacts, which of the following is true?
a. with lateral conjugate eye movements the negativity is seen in the direction of the
eye.
b. the eyeball acts as a dipole, with a negative pole anteriorly near the cornea and
relative positiviy posteriorly near the retina
c. vertical eye movements are seen maximally at FP1 and FP2, while horizontal eye
movements are recorded best at F7 and F8
d. Placement of infraorbital eye leads is of little or no clinical utility in differentiating eye
movements from cortical activity. - ✔✔
✔✔Broken lead wire during a recording:
a. can cause a dangerous leakage current
b. not important, since the system reference can still be used as input two
c. can be corrected using a software patch
d. requires replacement - ✔✔d. requires replacement
✔✔Partial seizure disorder:
a. 3hz spike and wave
b. anterior temporal spike focus
c. PLEDS
d. Photoparoxysmal discharges - ✔✔b. anterior temporal spike focus
✔✔At therapeutic levels, phenytoin causes what kind of EEG findings?
a. no change
b. diffuse beta activity
c. minimal slowing of the background activity
d. increased beta activity - ✔✔
, ✔✔Which of the following is important for the technologist to document in order to aid in
interpretation?
a. the patient has a low grade fever.
b. the patient was uncooperative
c. the patient was awake and alert during recording
d. hyperventilation was not performed due to severe asthma - ✔✔c. the patient was
awake and alert during the recording
✔✔Which of the following extra electrodes might best demonstrate the EEG activity
associated with focal motor twitching of the right corner of the mouth?
a. C5
b. P5
c. C1
d. FT9 (T1) - ✔✔a. C5
✔✔Brain abscess
a. ECI
b. Focal polymorphic delta activity
c. Diffuse slowing
d. burst suppression - ✔✔b. Focal polymorphic delta activity
✔✔An abbreviated 10-20 placement, respiration, ECG, and EOG monitors should be
used when recording?
a. elderly patients
b. toddlers
c. neonates
d. ICU patients - ✔✔c. neonates
✔✔Why is it not best practice to allow an outpatient to sleep throughout the entire EEG
recording?
a. sleep is only important when evaluating seizure activity
b. unable to evaluate the patients backround rhythm
c. unable to address artifacts
d. sleep is of no value in a routine EEG - ✔✔b. unable to evaluate the patients
backround rhythm
✔✔Sphenoidal electrodes are used to record activity from the
a. mesial frontal lobes
b. brain stem
c. basal ganglia
d. anterior temporal lobes - ✔✔d. anterior temporal lobes
✔✔What type of monitoring would be useful in an EEG patient experiencing syncope?
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG;
a. cerebellar abscess
b. left frontal subdural hematoma
c. left frontal abscess
d. acoustic neuroma - ✔✔a. cerebellar abscess
✔✔FT9 or T1 and FT10 or T2 electrodes record from the
a. spheniod sinuses
b. anterior temporal lobe
c. posterior temporal lobe
d. nasopharynx - ✔✔b. anterior temporal lobe
✔✔What is the difference between classic migraine and common migraine?
a. common migraine headache always has an abnormal associated eeg
b. a common migraine headache has an associated aura whereas a classical migraine
headache does not
c. a classic migraine headache has an associated aura whereas a common migraine
does not
d. a classical migraine headache always has an abnormal associated EEG - ✔✔c. a
classic migraine headache has an associated aura where as a common migraine does
not
✔✔The posterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the :
a. lateral surface of the brain
b. temporal lobe
c. frontal lobe
d. visual cortex - ✔✔d. visual cortex
,✔✔short interelectrode distance between electrodes will cause which of the following
changes to the EEG waveform.
a. increase amplitude
b. decrease amplitude
c. increase frequency
d. decrease frequency - ✔✔b. decrease amplitude
✔✔What seperates the sensory from the motor cortex? - ✔✔rolandic fissure
✔✔used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperperfusion.
a. MRI
b. ictal spect
c. interictal pet
d. ct - ✔✔b. ictal spect
✔✔which of the following is an immediate threat to life?
a. epidural hematoma
b. multiple sclerosis
c. arachnoidits
d. chronic subdural hematoma - ✔✔a. epidural hematoma
✔✔A disease occurring only in females characterized by normal developement until six
to eighteen months of age, after which there is a quick deterioration of mental abilites:
a. tay sachs disease
b. Rett syndrome
c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rasmussens' encephalitis - ✔✔b rett sybdrome
✔✔What is the cause of wernickes encephalopathy? - ✔✔thiamine deficiency
✔✔Where is the cingulate cortex located in relation to the corpus collosum? -
✔✔superiorly
✔✔Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the? - ✔✔hypothalamus
✔✔Given a voltage of 50 micovolts and a sensitivity of 10 microvolts/mm, what is the
amplitude?
a. 5mm
b. 5uv/mm
c. 0.2 uv/mm
d. 0.2 mm - ✔✔a. 5mm
✔✔Rhythmic theta activity in the temporal region is most commonly associated with
which seizure type:
,a. complex partial
b. akinetic
c. absence
d. generalized tonic clonic - ✔✔a. complex partial
✔✔Alpha coma is most often seen following:
a. concussion
b. drug overdose
c. stroke
d. cardiac arrest - ✔✔d. cardiac arrest
✔✔Which of the following is most useful in the evaluation of temporal lobe seizures?
a. hyperventilation
b. photic stim
c. awake eeg
d. sleep eeg - ✔✔d. sleep eeg
✔✔Regarding eye movement artifacts, which of the following is true?
a. with lateral conjugate eye movements the negativity is seen in the direction of the
eye.
b. the eyeball acts as a dipole, with a negative pole anteriorly near the cornea and
relative positiviy posteriorly near the retina
c. vertical eye movements are seen maximally at FP1 and FP2, while horizontal eye
movements are recorded best at F7 and F8
d. Placement of infraorbital eye leads is of little or no clinical utility in differentiating eye
movements from cortical activity. - ✔✔
✔✔Broken lead wire during a recording:
a. can cause a dangerous leakage current
b. not important, since the system reference can still be used as input two
c. can be corrected using a software patch
d. requires replacement - ✔✔d. requires replacement
✔✔Partial seizure disorder:
a. 3hz spike and wave
b. anterior temporal spike focus
c. PLEDS
d. Photoparoxysmal discharges - ✔✔b. anterior temporal spike focus
✔✔At therapeutic levels, phenytoin causes what kind of EEG findings?
a. no change
b. diffuse beta activity
c. minimal slowing of the background activity
d. increased beta activity - ✔✔
, ✔✔Which of the following is important for the technologist to document in order to aid in
interpretation?
a. the patient has a low grade fever.
b. the patient was uncooperative
c. the patient was awake and alert during recording
d. hyperventilation was not performed due to severe asthma - ✔✔c. the patient was
awake and alert during the recording
✔✔Which of the following extra electrodes might best demonstrate the EEG activity
associated with focal motor twitching of the right corner of the mouth?
a. C5
b. P5
c. C1
d. FT9 (T1) - ✔✔a. C5
✔✔Brain abscess
a. ECI
b. Focal polymorphic delta activity
c. Diffuse slowing
d. burst suppression - ✔✔b. Focal polymorphic delta activity
✔✔An abbreviated 10-20 placement, respiration, ECG, and EOG monitors should be
used when recording?
a. elderly patients
b. toddlers
c. neonates
d. ICU patients - ✔✔c. neonates
✔✔Why is it not best practice to allow an outpatient to sleep throughout the entire EEG
recording?
a. sleep is only important when evaluating seizure activity
b. unable to evaluate the patients backround rhythm
c. unable to address artifacts
d. sleep is of no value in a routine EEG - ✔✔b. unable to evaluate the patients
backround rhythm
✔✔Sphenoidal electrodes are used to record activity from the
a. mesial frontal lobes
b. brain stem
c. basal ganglia
d. anterior temporal lobes - ✔✔d. anterior temporal lobes
✔✔What type of monitoring would be useful in an EEG patient experiencing syncope?
