Normal/Abnormal Neonatal EEG Study
Guide Exam with Actual Answers 2026
Updated.
In a 27 week gestational age neonate, where are delta brushes expected to be seen most
prominently?
a) central
b) delta brushes are not seen at 27 weeks gestation
c) occipital
d) frontal - Answer a) central
Temporal theta burst is an EEG feature seen in which neonatal age group?
a) 24-28 weeks gestation
b) 38-44 weeks gestation
c) 34-37 weeks gestation
d) 44-52 weeks gestation - Answer a) 24-28 weeks gestation
Which of the following is a normal EEG pattern found at about 32 weeks conceptional age?
a) Hypnagogic hypersynchrony
b) delta brush
c) sleep spindle
d) vertex wave - Answer b) delta brush
This neonate pattern is associated with interburst intervals that are less than 25 uV in amplitude
and are expected up to 34 weeks postmenstrual age.
a) trace alternant
b) enconches frontales
c) trace' discontinu
d) delta brush - Answer c) trace discontinu
Sleep stages in a term newborn infant are
a) slow to change from stage to stage to stage
b) characterized by rapid onset active sleep
c) in same sequence as adults
d) abnormal if discontinuous - Answer b) characterized by rapid onset active sleep
Guide Exam with Actual Answers 2026
Updated.
In a 27 week gestational age neonate, where are delta brushes expected to be seen most
prominently?
a) central
b) delta brushes are not seen at 27 weeks gestation
c) occipital
d) frontal - Answer a) central
Temporal theta burst is an EEG feature seen in which neonatal age group?
a) 24-28 weeks gestation
b) 38-44 weeks gestation
c) 34-37 weeks gestation
d) 44-52 weeks gestation - Answer a) 24-28 weeks gestation
Which of the following is a normal EEG pattern found at about 32 weeks conceptional age?
a) Hypnagogic hypersynchrony
b) delta brush
c) sleep spindle
d) vertex wave - Answer b) delta brush
This neonate pattern is associated with interburst intervals that are less than 25 uV in amplitude
and are expected up to 34 weeks postmenstrual age.
a) trace alternant
b) enconches frontales
c) trace' discontinu
d) delta brush - Answer c) trace discontinu
Sleep stages in a term newborn infant are
a) slow to change from stage to stage to stage
b) characterized by rapid onset active sleep
c) in same sequence as adults
d) abnormal if discontinuous - Answer b) characterized by rapid onset active sleep
