ABRET EEG TEST QUESTIONS
2016 ACNS GUIDELINES RECOMMEDS A CMRR OF AT LEAST - ans90DB
A 25 YEAR OLD FEMALE ADMITTED WITH NEW ONSET PSYCHOISIS WAS GIVEN
3 MG OF ATIVAN PRIOR TO EEG RECORDING. HOW WOULD THIS MEDICATION
AFFECT THE EEG - ansINCREASED BETA ACTIVITY
A 60 YEAR OLD MALE PRESENTS WITH NEW ONSET DEMENTIA AND
MYOCLONUS. WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO SEE ON THE EEG? -
ansGENERALIZED PERIODIC EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES
A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED WHEN - ansMEDICAL
RECORDS ARE SHARED
A CHILDHOOD DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY AQUIRED APHASIA,
MULTIFOCAL EPILEPTIFORM ABNORMALITIES, AND FOCAL OR GENERALIZED
SEIZURES: - ansLANDUE-KLEFFNER SYNDROME
A DEGENERATIVE DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY DEMENTIA AND "DANCE-LIKE"
MOVEMENTS - ansHUNTINGTONS CHOREA
A DISEASE OCCURRING ONLY IN FEMALES CHARACTERIZED BY NORMAL
DEVELOPMENT UNTIL SIX TO EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF AGE, AFTER WHICH
THERE IS A QUICK DETERIORATION OF MENTAL ABILITIES. - ansRETT
SYNDROME
A LARGE LESION AT THE OPTIC CHIASM CAUSES WHAT - ansCOMPLETE VISUAL
LOSS
A LESION IN THE UNCUS MAY RESULT IN - ansOLFACTORY HALLUCINATIONS
A MENINGIOMA IS USUALLY ... - ansENCAPSULATED... DOESNT SPREAD
A NEUROTRANSMITTER THAT IS LACKING IN THE BRAIN OF PATIENTS WITH
PARKINSONS DIDSEASE IS - ansDOPAMINE
,A SIGN OF MENINGITIS IS - ansNUCHAL RIGIDITY
A SINGLE ATTENUATED CHANNEL OF EEG MAY BE THE RESULT OF -
ansINTER-ELECTRODE SPACING TOO CLOSE
A SPIKE OR SHARP WAVE RESULTS FROM... - ansSYNCHRONOUS ACTIVATION
OF MULTIPLE NEURONS
A TANGLE OF ARTERIES AND VEINS IN THE BRAIN, ASSOCIATED WITH A
TENDENCY TO BLEED SUDDENLY - ansARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION
A TECHNOLOGIST SHOULD ONLY DISCUSS EEG FINDINGS WITH - ansTHE
INTERPRETING ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHER
A WAVEFORM OF 0.5 HZ CAN BE BEST ENHANCED WITH A LOW FREQUENCY
FILTER OF WHAT - ans0.3 HZ
ACOUSTIC NEUROMAS ARISE ON THE FOLLOWING CRANIAL NERVE - ansVIII
(EIGHT)
ACRONYM USED TO DESCRIBE DISTINCTIVE EEG WAVES OR COMPLEXES THAT
OCCUR BETWEEN SEIZURES AND ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM BACKGROUND
ACTIVITY - ansIEDS (INTERICTAL EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES)
ACTH TREATS WHAT - ansINFANTILE SPASMS
ADA IS? - ansARRHYTHMIC DELTA ACTIVITY
AGNOSIA - ansthe inability to recognize familiar objects.
AN ASYMMETRIC PHOTIC DRIVING RESPONSE RIGHT GREATER THAN LEFT IS
A... - ansCOMMON FINDING
AN EEG OBTAINED DURING SLEEP IS OF MOST VALUE IN DIAGNOSING WHAT
TYPE OF SEIZURES - ansCOMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES
AN EEG PERFORMED TWO DAYS FOLLOWING A TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
IS MOST LIKELY TO SHOW - ansNORMAL ACTIVITY
, AN UNCOMMON, BUT NORMAL VARIENT SEEN IN ADULTS 50 AND OLDER THAT
MAY BE MISTAKEN FOR EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY - ansSREDA
APRAXIA - ansDIFFICULTY WITH MOTOR PLANNING TO PERFORM TASKS OR
MOVEMENTS (YOUR BRAIN KNOWS BUT IT CANT CARRY OUT)
AT THERAPEUTIC LEVELS, PHENYTOIN CAUSES WHAT KIND OF EEG FINDINGS -
ansNO CHANGE
AT WHAT AGE RANGE IS HYPNAGOGIC HYPERSYNCHRONY MOST PROMINENT
- ans2-6 YEARS OLD
ATYPICAL PHOTIC RESPONSE - ansDELTA DRIVING
BALANCED IMPEDANCES ALLOW YOU TO - ansMAXIMIZE COMMON MODE
REJECTION
BEING IN ADOLESCENCE, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY
DEVELOPED PROGRESSIVE INSTABILITY, ATAXIA, AND THE INABILITY TO WALK
WHAT IS THE CONDITION - ansOLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY
BELLS PALSY IS CHARACTERIZED BY - ansFACIAL PARALYSIS
BEST DESCRIBES A NON CRITICAL INFECTIOUS INSTRUMENT - ansHAS
CONTACT WITH INTACT SKIN
BILATERAL ANTERIOR BETA ACTIVITY IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH WHAT
MEDICATION - ansDIAZEPAM
BLOOD FOR THE ANTERIOR AND MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERIES IS SUPPLIED
BY WHAT ARTERY - ansINTERNAL CAROTID
BROCAS AREA LIES IN THE ... - ansPOSTERIOR PART OF THE INFERIOR
FRONTAL GYRUS
BURST-SUPPRESSION INDICATES WHAT STATE OF ANETHESIA - ansDEEP
ANESTHESIA
CABAL NERVE STIMULATORS ARE USED TO TREAT - ansSEIZURES AND
DEPRESSION
2016 ACNS GUIDELINES RECOMMEDS A CMRR OF AT LEAST - ans90DB
A 25 YEAR OLD FEMALE ADMITTED WITH NEW ONSET PSYCHOISIS WAS GIVEN
3 MG OF ATIVAN PRIOR TO EEG RECORDING. HOW WOULD THIS MEDICATION
AFFECT THE EEG - ansINCREASED BETA ACTIVITY
A 60 YEAR OLD MALE PRESENTS WITH NEW ONSET DEMENTIA AND
MYOCLONUS. WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO SEE ON THE EEG? -
ansGENERALIZED PERIODIC EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES
A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED WHEN - ansMEDICAL
RECORDS ARE SHARED
A CHILDHOOD DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY AQUIRED APHASIA,
MULTIFOCAL EPILEPTIFORM ABNORMALITIES, AND FOCAL OR GENERALIZED
SEIZURES: - ansLANDUE-KLEFFNER SYNDROME
A DEGENERATIVE DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY DEMENTIA AND "DANCE-LIKE"
MOVEMENTS - ansHUNTINGTONS CHOREA
A DISEASE OCCURRING ONLY IN FEMALES CHARACTERIZED BY NORMAL
DEVELOPMENT UNTIL SIX TO EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF AGE, AFTER WHICH
THERE IS A QUICK DETERIORATION OF MENTAL ABILITIES. - ansRETT
SYNDROME
A LARGE LESION AT THE OPTIC CHIASM CAUSES WHAT - ansCOMPLETE VISUAL
LOSS
A LESION IN THE UNCUS MAY RESULT IN - ansOLFACTORY HALLUCINATIONS
A MENINGIOMA IS USUALLY ... - ansENCAPSULATED... DOESNT SPREAD
A NEUROTRANSMITTER THAT IS LACKING IN THE BRAIN OF PATIENTS WITH
PARKINSONS DIDSEASE IS - ansDOPAMINE
,A SIGN OF MENINGITIS IS - ansNUCHAL RIGIDITY
A SINGLE ATTENUATED CHANNEL OF EEG MAY BE THE RESULT OF -
ansINTER-ELECTRODE SPACING TOO CLOSE
A SPIKE OR SHARP WAVE RESULTS FROM... - ansSYNCHRONOUS ACTIVATION
OF MULTIPLE NEURONS
A TANGLE OF ARTERIES AND VEINS IN THE BRAIN, ASSOCIATED WITH A
TENDENCY TO BLEED SUDDENLY - ansARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION
A TECHNOLOGIST SHOULD ONLY DISCUSS EEG FINDINGS WITH - ansTHE
INTERPRETING ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHER
A WAVEFORM OF 0.5 HZ CAN BE BEST ENHANCED WITH A LOW FREQUENCY
FILTER OF WHAT - ans0.3 HZ
ACOUSTIC NEUROMAS ARISE ON THE FOLLOWING CRANIAL NERVE - ansVIII
(EIGHT)
ACRONYM USED TO DESCRIBE DISTINCTIVE EEG WAVES OR COMPLEXES THAT
OCCUR BETWEEN SEIZURES AND ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM BACKGROUND
ACTIVITY - ansIEDS (INTERICTAL EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES)
ACTH TREATS WHAT - ansINFANTILE SPASMS
ADA IS? - ansARRHYTHMIC DELTA ACTIVITY
AGNOSIA - ansthe inability to recognize familiar objects.
AN ASYMMETRIC PHOTIC DRIVING RESPONSE RIGHT GREATER THAN LEFT IS
A... - ansCOMMON FINDING
AN EEG OBTAINED DURING SLEEP IS OF MOST VALUE IN DIAGNOSING WHAT
TYPE OF SEIZURES - ansCOMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES
AN EEG PERFORMED TWO DAYS FOLLOWING A TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
IS MOST LIKELY TO SHOW - ansNORMAL ACTIVITY
, AN UNCOMMON, BUT NORMAL VARIENT SEEN IN ADULTS 50 AND OLDER THAT
MAY BE MISTAKEN FOR EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY - ansSREDA
APRAXIA - ansDIFFICULTY WITH MOTOR PLANNING TO PERFORM TASKS OR
MOVEMENTS (YOUR BRAIN KNOWS BUT IT CANT CARRY OUT)
AT THERAPEUTIC LEVELS, PHENYTOIN CAUSES WHAT KIND OF EEG FINDINGS -
ansNO CHANGE
AT WHAT AGE RANGE IS HYPNAGOGIC HYPERSYNCHRONY MOST PROMINENT
- ans2-6 YEARS OLD
ATYPICAL PHOTIC RESPONSE - ansDELTA DRIVING
BALANCED IMPEDANCES ALLOW YOU TO - ansMAXIMIZE COMMON MODE
REJECTION
BEING IN ADOLESCENCE, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY
DEVELOPED PROGRESSIVE INSTABILITY, ATAXIA, AND THE INABILITY TO WALK
WHAT IS THE CONDITION - ansOLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY
BELLS PALSY IS CHARACTERIZED BY - ansFACIAL PARALYSIS
BEST DESCRIBES A NON CRITICAL INFECTIOUS INSTRUMENT - ansHAS
CONTACT WITH INTACT SKIN
BILATERAL ANTERIOR BETA ACTIVITY IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH WHAT
MEDICATION - ansDIAZEPAM
BLOOD FOR THE ANTERIOR AND MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERIES IS SUPPLIED
BY WHAT ARTERY - ansINTERNAL CAROTID
BROCAS AREA LIES IN THE ... - ansPOSTERIOR PART OF THE INFERIOR
FRONTAL GYRUS
BURST-SUPPRESSION INDICATES WHAT STATE OF ANETHESIA - ansDEEP
ANESTHESIA
CABAL NERVE STIMULATORS ARE USED TO TREAT - ansSEIZURES AND
DEPRESSION