EEG Boards Part 2 practice test
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is associated with: - ✔✔Measles
Localized or lateralized high voltage delta is seen in: - ✔✔Cerebral abscess
The EEG of a patient with meningitis is most likely to show: - ✔✔Slowing
Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges are often seen in: - ✔✔Herpes simplex
encephalitis
Slow spike-and-wave complexes are characteristic of: - ✔✔Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
A disease that presents with an acoustic startle response within the first few months of
life: - ✔✔Tay Sachs disease
During neonatal seizures, the EEG is most likely to show: - ✔✔Focal rhythmic activity
What is a typical EEG pattern associated with absence seizures - ✔✔3Hz spike-and-
wave
EEG manifestations as eyelid myoclonia with and without absences, eye closure
induced seizures, EEG paroxysms and photosensitivity: - ✔✔Jeavons syndrome
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, Hypsarrythmia is a pattern most associated with: - ✔✔Infantile spasms
A prolonged series of generalized convulsions without any period of consciousness
between them is referred to as; - ✔✔Status epilepticus
Rhythmic theta activity in the temporal region is most commonly associated with which
seizure type: - ✔✔Complex partial
The acronym used to describe distinctive EEG waves or complexes that occur between
seizures and are distinguished from the background activity: - ✔✔IEDs, interictal
epileptiform discharges
Benign Rolandic Epilepsy spikes are seen: - ✔✔Central-Temporal
Immediately following an absence seizure, the EEG is most likely to show: - ✔✔Normal
activity
Typical EEG pattern seen in partial seizure disorder: - ✔✔Anterior temporal spike focus
The onset of West Syndrome is most likely to occur at age: - ✔✔4 months
The EEG of a child with benign Rolandic epilepsy is most likely to show: - ✔✔Spikes at
C3 and C4
The neurological examination is likely to be abnormal in patients with: - ✔✔Lennox-
Gastaut syndrome
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is associated with: - ✔✔Measles
Localized or lateralized high voltage delta is seen in: - ✔✔Cerebral abscess
The EEG of a patient with meningitis is most likely to show: - ✔✔Slowing
Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges are often seen in: - ✔✔Herpes simplex
encephalitis
Slow spike-and-wave complexes are characteristic of: - ✔✔Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
A disease that presents with an acoustic startle response within the first few months of
life: - ✔✔Tay Sachs disease
During neonatal seizures, the EEG is most likely to show: - ✔✔Focal rhythmic activity
What is a typical EEG pattern associated with absence seizures - ✔✔3Hz spike-and-
wave
EEG manifestations as eyelid myoclonia with and without absences, eye closure
induced seizures, EEG paroxysms and photosensitivity: - ✔✔Jeavons syndrome
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, Hypsarrythmia is a pattern most associated with: - ✔✔Infantile spasms
A prolonged series of generalized convulsions without any period of consciousness
between them is referred to as; - ✔✔Status epilepticus
Rhythmic theta activity in the temporal region is most commonly associated with which
seizure type: - ✔✔Complex partial
The acronym used to describe distinctive EEG waves or complexes that occur between
seizures and are distinguished from the background activity: - ✔✔IEDs, interictal
epileptiform discharges
Benign Rolandic Epilepsy spikes are seen: - ✔✔Central-Temporal
Immediately following an absence seizure, the EEG is most likely to show: - ✔✔Normal
activity
Typical EEG pattern seen in partial seizure disorder: - ✔✔Anterior temporal spike focus
The onset of West Syndrome is most likely to occur at age: - ✔✔4 months
The EEG of a child with benign Rolandic epilepsy is most likely to show: - ✔✔Spikes at
C3 and C4
The neurological examination is likely to be abnormal in patients with: - ✔✔Lennox-
Gastaut syndrome
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