ABRET EEG EXAMINATION SCRIPT 2026
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥The EEG of a patient with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is most likely to
show:
a. occipital spikes
b. 1.5 Hz spike and wave discharges
c. temporal sharp waves
d. 3 Hz spike and wave discharges. Answer: 1.5 Hz spike and wave
discharges
⩥Which of the following infectious diseases is most frequently
associated with periodic complexes in the EEG?
a. neurosyphilis
b. herpes simplex encephalitis
c. tuberculous meningitis
d. mumps encephalitis. Answer: herpes simplex encephalitis
⩥What is the typical EEG pattern associated with absence seizures?
,a. 1.5 Hz spike and wave
b. 3 Hz spike and wave
c. focal spike and wave
d. polyspike and wave. Answer: 3 hz spike and wave
⩥The EEG is most likely to show hypsarrhythmia pattern in patients
with:
a. West syndrome
b. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
c. absence seizures
d. temporal lobe epilepsy. Answer: west syndrome (infantile spasms)
⩥Localized or lateralized high voltage delta
a. subarachnoid hemorrhage
b. alcohol withdrawal
c. subdural hematoma
d. cerebral abscess. Answer: cerebral abscess (pus filled swelling in the
brain from infection)
, ⩥This patient's seizures begin with mumbling and difficulty with
speech, progress to jerking on the right side, then a generalized
convulsion. What is the likely correlate?
a. wicket spikes
b. bi-PLEDS
c. complex partial seizure
d. electrodecremental seizure. Answer: complex partial seizure
⩥Landau-kleffner syndrome
a. aphasia
b. agnosia
c. apraxia
d. ataxia. Answer: aphasia (acquired aphasia)
⩥If a 3 year old girl has a febrile seizure a week prior to EEG recording,
which of the following is the most likely finding?
a. high voltage slowing with occasional spikes
b. focal spikes
c. 3 Hz spike and wave activity
d. a normal record. Answer: a normal record
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥The EEG of a patient with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is most likely to
show:
a. occipital spikes
b. 1.5 Hz spike and wave discharges
c. temporal sharp waves
d. 3 Hz spike and wave discharges. Answer: 1.5 Hz spike and wave
discharges
⩥Which of the following infectious diseases is most frequently
associated with periodic complexes in the EEG?
a. neurosyphilis
b. herpes simplex encephalitis
c. tuberculous meningitis
d. mumps encephalitis. Answer: herpes simplex encephalitis
⩥What is the typical EEG pattern associated with absence seizures?
,a. 1.5 Hz spike and wave
b. 3 Hz spike and wave
c. focal spike and wave
d. polyspike and wave. Answer: 3 hz spike and wave
⩥The EEG is most likely to show hypsarrhythmia pattern in patients
with:
a. West syndrome
b. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
c. absence seizures
d. temporal lobe epilepsy. Answer: west syndrome (infantile spasms)
⩥Localized or lateralized high voltage delta
a. subarachnoid hemorrhage
b. alcohol withdrawal
c. subdural hematoma
d. cerebral abscess. Answer: cerebral abscess (pus filled swelling in the
brain from infection)
, ⩥This patient's seizures begin with mumbling and difficulty with
speech, progress to jerking on the right side, then a generalized
convulsion. What is the likely correlate?
a. wicket spikes
b. bi-PLEDS
c. complex partial seizure
d. electrodecremental seizure. Answer: complex partial seizure
⩥Landau-kleffner syndrome
a. aphasia
b. agnosia
c. apraxia
d. ataxia. Answer: aphasia (acquired aphasia)
⩥If a 3 year old girl has a febrile seizure a week prior to EEG recording,
which of the following is the most likely finding?
a. high voltage slowing with occasional spikes
b. focal spikes
c. 3 Hz spike and wave activity
d. a normal record. Answer: a normal record
