EEG board prep ASAP test prep Exam
Questions with Solutions
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 - -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 - -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 - -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 - -c. Infantile spasms
-Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia - -a. receptive aphasia
-A spike or sharp wave results from?
a. asynchronous activation of neurons
b. depolarization of neurons
c. repolarization of neurons
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons. - -d. synchronous activation
of multiple neurons
-Papilledema is most common in which of the following conditions?
a. huntington chorea
b. posterior fossa tumor
,c. temporal lobe seizures
d. sturge-weber syndrome - -b. posterior fossa tumor
-Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperperfusion;
a. ct
b. interictal pet
c. ictal spect
d. MRI - -c. ictal spect
-Collateral perfusion is maintained by? - -circle of willis
-The neurological examination is most likely to be abnormal in patients with:
a. absence seizures
b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rolandic epilepsy - -c. lennox gastaut syndrome
-If a patient has a circumference measurement of 55cm, which of the
following interelectrode distances can be calculated?
a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
d. f7 to fz - -b. o1 to o2
-The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with parkinson's
disease is? - -dopamine
-which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex?
- -Rolandic fissure
-The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy - -d. infancy
-consciousness
a. striate cortex
b. reticular formation
c. cerebellum
d. basal ganglia - -b. reticular formation
-which is not a risk factor for JME?
a. absence seizure
b. patients ages 14-15
c. sleep deprivation
,d. patients ages 3-4 - -d. patients ages 3-4
-If the nasion to inion measurement is 40cm, what is the distance between
cz to pz? - -8cm
-PLEDS are most likely to be seen in patients presenting with:
a. acute drug toxicity
b. hypoglycemia
c. cerebral embolus
d. liver failure - -a. acute drug toxicity
-short interelectrode distance between electrodes will cause which of the
following changes to the EEG waveform?
a. increase frequency
b. decrease in frequency
c. decrease amplitude
d. increase amplitude - -c. decrease amplitude
-Ictal;
a. after
b. in between
c. during
d. before - -c. during
-If the distance from the right preauricular to the right outer canthus
measures 9cm, where should electrode t2 be placed?
a. 1cm out from the right outer canthus and 1cm down
b. 3cm out from the right preauricular point and 1 cm up
c. 1cm out from the right preauricular point and 1 cm down
d. 3 cm out form the right outer canthus and 1cm up - -d. 3cm out from the
right outer canthus and 1cm up
-when a large amount of electrode paste is used to hold EEG electrodes in
place, the total recording area will be the?
a. diameter of the EEG electrode
b. inner surface area of the EEG electrode
c. inner plus outer surface area of the EEG electrode
d. total scalp surface area of the paste - -d. total scalp area of the paste
-Impedance can best be described as the
a. current produced by a wire coil in a magnetic field.
b. resistance to alternating current
c. ability to store an electrical charge
d. resistance to direct current - -b. resistance to alternating current
-Creutzfeld-jakob disease
, a. multifocal sharp waves
b. periodic sharp waves
c. polyspike complexes
d. spike and wave complex - -b. periodic sharp waves
-Bell's palsy is characterized by - -paralysis of facial muscles
-EEG activity is thought to arise from which of the following?
a. axonal action potentials
b. cortical layers 1 and 2
c. horizontal dipoles
d. excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials - -d. epsps and IPSps
-when is it permissible to release patient information to a third party?
a. when requested by another physician
b. when a patient provides verbal consent
c. when it is in the best interest of the patient
d. when the patient provides written consent - -d. when patient provides
written consent
-a business associate agreement is required when:
a. medical records are handled in the department
b. medical records are shared
c. staff work for more than one healthcare entity
d. a new staff member is hired - -b.medicalrecords
-Used in treatment for only generalized seizures, commonly in absence
epilepsy treatment;
a. Ethosuximide
b. Phenobarbital
c. Dilantin
d. ACTH - -a. ethosuximide
-The acronym used to describe distinctive EEG waves or complexes that
occur between seizures and are distinguished from the backround activity;
a. NCSE (non conclusive status epilepticus)
b. FIRDA ( frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity)
c. GPEDS (generalized periodic epileptiform discharges)
d. IEDs ( interictal epileptiform discharges) - -IED's interictal epileptiform
discharges (d.)
-ICTAL EEG
a. time during the event
b. time following an event
c. time before the event
d. time in between the event - -a. time during the event
Questions with Solutions
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 - -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 - -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 - -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 - -c. Infantile spasms
-Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia - -a. receptive aphasia
-A spike or sharp wave results from?
a. asynchronous activation of neurons
b. depolarization of neurons
c. repolarization of neurons
d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons. - -d. synchronous activation
of multiple neurons
-Papilledema is most common in which of the following conditions?
a. huntington chorea
b. posterior fossa tumor
,c. temporal lobe seizures
d. sturge-weber syndrome - -b. posterior fossa tumor
-Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking for area of hyperperfusion;
a. ct
b. interictal pet
c. ictal spect
d. MRI - -c. ictal spect
-Collateral perfusion is maintained by? - -circle of willis
-The neurological examination is most likely to be abnormal in patients with:
a. absence seizures
b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rolandic epilepsy - -c. lennox gastaut syndrome
-If a patient has a circumference measurement of 55cm, which of the
following interelectrode distances can be calculated?
a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
d. f7 to fz - -b. o1 to o2
-The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain of patients with parkinson's
disease is? - -dopamine
-which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex?
- -Rolandic fissure
-The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood
c. elderly
d. infancy - -d. infancy
-consciousness
a. striate cortex
b. reticular formation
c. cerebellum
d. basal ganglia - -b. reticular formation
-which is not a risk factor for JME?
a. absence seizure
b. patients ages 14-15
c. sleep deprivation
,d. patients ages 3-4 - -d. patients ages 3-4
-If the nasion to inion measurement is 40cm, what is the distance between
cz to pz? - -8cm
-PLEDS are most likely to be seen in patients presenting with:
a. acute drug toxicity
b. hypoglycemia
c. cerebral embolus
d. liver failure - -a. acute drug toxicity
-short interelectrode distance between electrodes will cause which of the
following changes to the EEG waveform?
a. increase frequency
b. decrease in frequency
c. decrease amplitude
d. increase amplitude - -c. decrease amplitude
-Ictal;
a. after
b. in between
c. during
d. before - -c. during
-If the distance from the right preauricular to the right outer canthus
measures 9cm, where should electrode t2 be placed?
a. 1cm out from the right outer canthus and 1cm down
b. 3cm out from the right preauricular point and 1 cm up
c. 1cm out from the right preauricular point and 1 cm down
d. 3 cm out form the right outer canthus and 1cm up - -d. 3cm out from the
right outer canthus and 1cm up
-when a large amount of electrode paste is used to hold EEG electrodes in
place, the total recording area will be the?
a. diameter of the EEG electrode
b. inner surface area of the EEG electrode
c. inner plus outer surface area of the EEG electrode
d. total scalp surface area of the paste - -d. total scalp area of the paste
-Impedance can best be described as the
a. current produced by a wire coil in a magnetic field.
b. resistance to alternating current
c. ability to store an electrical charge
d. resistance to direct current - -b. resistance to alternating current
-Creutzfeld-jakob disease
, a. multifocal sharp waves
b. periodic sharp waves
c. polyspike complexes
d. spike and wave complex - -b. periodic sharp waves
-Bell's palsy is characterized by - -paralysis of facial muscles
-EEG activity is thought to arise from which of the following?
a. axonal action potentials
b. cortical layers 1 and 2
c. horizontal dipoles
d. excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials - -d. epsps and IPSps
-when is it permissible to release patient information to a third party?
a. when requested by another physician
b. when a patient provides verbal consent
c. when it is in the best interest of the patient
d. when the patient provides written consent - -d. when patient provides
written consent
-a business associate agreement is required when:
a. medical records are handled in the department
b. medical records are shared
c. staff work for more than one healthcare entity
d. a new staff member is hired - -b.medicalrecords
-Used in treatment for only generalized seizures, commonly in absence
epilepsy treatment;
a. Ethosuximide
b. Phenobarbital
c. Dilantin
d. ACTH - -a. ethosuximide
-The acronym used to describe distinctive EEG waves or complexes that
occur between seizures and are distinguished from the backround activity;
a. NCSE (non conclusive status epilepticus)
b. FIRDA ( frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity)
c. GPEDS (generalized periodic epileptiform discharges)
d. IEDs ( interictal epileptiform discharges) - -IED's interictal epileptiform
discharges (d.)
-ICTAL EEG
a. time during the event
b. time following an event
c. time before the event
d. time in between the event - -a. time during the event
