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Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop a. asynchronous activation of neurons
normally until age what? b. depolarization of neurons
a. 18-24 months c. repolarization of neurons
b. 3-6 months d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons. -
c. 6-18 months ANSWER -d. synchronous activation of
d. 2-4 years - ANSWER -c. 6-18 months multiple neurons
Which of the following is most likely to be Papilledema is most common in which of the
associated with a normal EEG? following conditions?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma a. huntington chorea
b. left frontal abscess b. posterior fossa tumor
c. acoustic neuroma c. temporal lobe seizures
d. cerebellar abscess - ANSWER -d. d. sturge-weber syndrome - ANSWER -b.
cerebellar abscess posterior fossa tumor
During an absence seizure the technologist Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking
should? for area of hyperperfusion;
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid a. ct
b. turn the patients head to the left b. interictal pet
c. test the patients level of consciousness c. ictal spect
d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth - d. MRI - ANSWER -c. ictal spect
ANSWER -c. test the level of patients
consciousness
Collateral perfusion is maintained by? -
ANSWER -circle of willis
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often
associated with :
a. Absence seizures The neurological examination is most likely to be
b. Atonic seizures abnormal in patients with:
c. Infantile spasms a. absence seizures
d. Gelastic seizures - ANSWER -c. Infantile b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
spasms c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rolandic epilepsy - ANSWER -c. lennox
gastaut syndrome
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia If a patient has a circumference measurement of
c. ataxia 55cm, which of the following interelectrode
d. Expressive aphasia - ANSWER -a. distances can be calculated?
receptive aphasia a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
A spike or sharp wave results from? d. f7 to fz - ANSWER -b. o1 to o2
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c. cerebral embolus
d. liver failure - ANSWER -a. acute drug
The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain toxicity
of patients with parkinson's disease is? -
ANSWER -dopamine
short interelectrode distance between electrodes
will cause which of the following changes to the
which of the following separates the motor cortex EEG waveform?
from the sensory cortex? - ANSWER - a. increase frequency
Rolandic fissure b. decrease in frequency
c. decrease amplitude
d. increase amplitude - ANSWER -c.
The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically decrease amplitude
during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood Ictal;
c. elderly a. after
d. infancy - ANSWER -d. infancy b. in between
c. during
d. before - ANSWER -c. during
consciousness
a. striate cortex
b. reticular formation If the distance from the right preauricular to the
c. cerebellum right outer canthus measures 9cm, where should
d. basal ganglia - ANSWER -b. reticular electrode t2 be placed?
formation a. 1cm out from the right outer canthus and 1cm
down
b. 3cm out from the right preauricular point and 1
which is not a risk factor for JME? cm up
a. absence seizure c. 1cm out from the right preauricular point and 1
b. patients ages 14-15 cm down
c. sleep deprivation d. 3 cm out form the right outer canthus and 1cm
d. patients ages 3-4 - ANSWER -d. patients up - ANSWER -d. 3cm out from the right
ages 3-4 outer canthus and 1cm up
If the nasion to inion measurement is 40cm, what when a large amount of electrode paste is used
is the distance between cz to pz? - to hold EEG electrodes in place, the total
ANSWER -8cm recording area will be the?
a. diameter of the EEG electrode
b. inner surface area of the EEG electrode
PLEDS are most likely to be seen in patients c. inner plus outer surface area of the EEG
presenting with: electrode
a. acute drug toxicity d. total scalp surface area of the paste -
b. hypoglycemia ANSWER -d. total scalp area of the paste
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b. medical records are shared
c. staff work for more than one healthcare entity
Impedance can best be described as the d. a new staff member is hired - ANSWER -
a. current produced by a wire coil in a magnetic b.medicalrecords
field.
b. resistance to alternating current
c. ability to store an electrical charge Used in treatment for only generalized seizures,
d. resistance to direct current - ANSWER - commonly in absence epilepsy treatment;
b. resistance to alternating current a. Ethosuximide
b. Phenobarbital
c. Dilantin
Creutzfeld-jakob disease d. ACTH - ANSWER -a. ethosuximide
a. multifocal sharp waves
b. periodic sharp waves
c. polyspike complexes The acronym used to describe distinctive EEG
d. spike and wave complex - ANSWER -b. waves or complexes that occur between seizures
periodic sharp waves and are distinguished from the backround
activity;
a. NCSE (non conclusive status epilepticus)
Bell's palsy is characterized by - b. FIRDA ( frontal intermittent rhythmic delta
ANSWER -paralysis of facial muscles activity)
c. GPEDS (generalized periodic epileptiform
discharges)
EEG activity is thought to arise from which of the d. IEDs ( interictal epileptiform discharges) -
following? ANSWER -IED's interictal epileptiform
a. axonal action potentials discharges (d.)
b. cortical layers 1 and 2
c. horizontal dipoles
d. excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic ICTAL EEG
potentials - ANSWER -d. epsps and IPSps a. time during the event
b. time following an event
c. time before the event
when is it permissible to release patient d. time in between the event - ANSWER -a.
information to a third party? time during the event
a. when requested by another physician
b. when a patient provides verbal consent
c. when it is in the best interest of the patient which of the following is an effect of
d. when the patient provides written consent - phenobarbital on the EEG?
ANSWER -d. when patient provides written a. slows alpha rhythm
consent b. increases paroxysmal activity
c. decreases theta activity
d. increases beta activity - ANSWER -d.
a business associate agreement is required increases beta activity
when:
a. medical records are handled in the department
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A technologist should only discuss EEG findings to current flow when a known voltage is applied?
with: a. fast fourier transform
a. consulting neurologist b. impedance meter
b. the interpreting electroencephalographer c. differential amplifier
c. the patients nurse d. a/d converter - ANSWER -b. impedance
d. the patients primary care physician - meter
ANSWER -b. the interpreting
electroencephalographer
A meningioma is usually
a. metastatic
The third ventricle is connected to the fourth b. encapsulated
ventricle by the; c. infiltrating
a. foramen of luschka d. rapid growth - ANSWER -b.encapsulated
b. foramen magnum
c. aqueduct of sylvius
d. foramen of munro - ANSWER -c. Wernicke's area lies in the:
aqueduct of sylvius a. posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus
b. posterior part of the inferior temporal gyrus
c. posterior part of the parietal lobe
What type of seizure is NOT associated with d. posterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus -
lennox-gastaut syndrome? ANSWER -a. posterior part of the superior
a. atonic seizure temporal gyrus
b. tonic seizure
c. complex seizure
d. atypical seizure - ANSWER -c. complex Which of the following is the most likely
seizure explanation for the generation of EEG activity? -
ANSWER -both epsps and ipsps
A childhood disorder characterized by acquired
aphasia, multifocal epileptiform abnormalities, Which of the following may be indicated by the
and focal or genralized seizures; presence of blood in the cerebrospinal fluid?
a. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy a. subarachnoid hemorrhage
b. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome b. localzied intracerebral hemorrhage with no
c. Landau-kleffner syndrome communication with ventricles
d. west syndrome - ANSWER -c. landau- c. extradural hemorrhage
kleffner syndrome d. subdural hemorrhage - ANSWER -a.
subarachnoid hemorrhage
What is the typical clinical presentation of
creutzfeldt-jakob disease? - ANSWER - Sturge-weber syndrome:
Progressive dementia, bilateral rigidity and a. basal nucei degeneration
myoclonus, stupor and death b. V111 cranial nerve involvement
c. Neurocutaneous involvement
d. cherry red spot in macula of the eye -
Which of the following measures the opposition ANSWER -c. neurocutaneous involvement
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Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop a. asynchronous activation of neurons
normally until age what? b. depolarization of neurons
a. 18-24 months c. repolarization of neurons
b. 3-6 months d. synchronous activation of multiple neurons. -
c. 6-18 months ANSWER -d. synchronous activation of
d. 2-4 years - ANSWER -c. 6-18 months multiple neurons
Which of the following is most likely to be Papilledema is most common in which of the
associated with a normal EEG? following conditions?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma a. huntington chorea
b. left frontal abscess b. posterior fossa tumor
c. acoustic neuroma c. temporal lobe seizures
d. cerebellar abscess - ANSWER -d. d. sturge-weber syndrome - ANSWER -b.
cerebellar abscess posterior fossa tumor
During an absence seizure the technologist Used to localize site of seizure onset by looking
should? for area of hyperperfusion;
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid a. ct
b. turn the patients head to the left b. interictal pet
c. test the patients level of consciousness c. ictal spect
d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth - d. MRI - ANSWER -c. ictal spect
ANSWER -c. test the level of patients
consciousness
Collateral perfusion is maintained by? -
ANSWER -circle of willis
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often
associated with :
a. Absence seizures The neurological examination is most likely to be
b. Atonic seizures abnormal in patients with:
c. Infantile spasms a. absence seizures
d. Gelastic seizures - ANSWER -c. Infantile b. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
spasms c. lennox-gastaut syndrome
d. rolandic epilepsy - ANSWER -c. lennox
gastaut syndrome
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia If a patient has a circumference measurement of
c. ataxia 55cm, which of the following interelectrode
d. Expressive aphasia - ANSWER -a. distances can be calculated?
receptive aphasia a. c3 to cz
b. o1 to o2
c. fz to oz
A spike or sharp wave results from? d. f7 to fz - ANSWER -b. o1 to o2
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c. cerebral embolus
d. liver failure - ANSWER -a. acute drug
The neurotransmitter that is lacking in the brain toxicity
of patients with parkinson's disease is? -
ANSWER -dopamine
short interelectrode distance between electrodes
will cause which of the following changes to the
which of the following separates the motor cortex EEG waveform?
from the sensory cortex? - ANSWER - a. increase frequency
Rolandic fissure b. decrease in frequency
c. decrease amplitude
d. increase amplitude - ANSWER -c.
The onset of sturge-weber disease is typically decrease amplitude
during?
a. adolescence
b. adulthood Ictal;
c. elderly a. after
d. infancy - ANSWER -d. infancy b. in between
c. during
d. before - ANSWER -c. during
consciousness
a. striate cortex
b. reticular formation If the distance from the right preauricular to the
c. cerebellum right outer canthus measures 9cm, where should
d. basal ganglia - ANSWER -b. reticular electrode t2 be placed?
formation a. 1cm out from the right outer canthus and 1cm
down
b. 3cm out from the right preauricular point and 1
which is not a risk factor for JME? cm up
a. absence seizure c. 1cm out from the right preauricular point and 1
b. patients ages 14-15 cm down
c. sleep deprivation d. 3 cm out form the right outer canthus and 1cm
d. patients ages 3-4 - ANSWER -d. patients up - ANSWER -d. 3cm out from the right
ages 3-4 outer canthus and 1cm up
If the nasion to inion measurement is 40cm, what when a large amount of electrode paste is used
is the distance between cz to pz? - to hold EEG electrodes in place, the total
ANSWER -8cm recording area will be the?
a. diameter of the EEG electrode
b. inner surface area of the EEG electrode
PLEDS are most likely to be seen in patients c. inner plus outer surface area of the EEG
presenting with: electrode
a. acute drug toxicity d. total scalp surface area of the paste -
b. hypoglycemia ANSWER -d. total scalp area of the paste
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b. medical records are shared
c. staff work for more than one healthcare entity
Impedance can best be described as the d. a new staff member is hired - ANSWER -
a. current produced by a wire coil in a magnetic b.medicalrecords
field.
b. resistance to alternating current
c. ability to store an electrical charge Used in treatment for only generalized seizures,
d. resistance to direct current - ANSWER - commonly in absence epilepsy treatment;
b. resistance to alternating current a. Ethosuximide
b. Phenobarbital
c. Dilantin
Creutzfeld-jakob disease d. ACTH - ANSWER -a. ethosuximide
a. multifocal sharp waves
b. periodic sharp waves
c. polyspike complexes The acronym used to describe distinctive EEG
d. spike and wave complex - ANSWER -b. waves or complexes that occur between seizures
periodic sharp waves and are distinguished from the backround
activity;
a. NCSE (non conclusive status epilepticus)
Bell's palsy is characterized by - b. FIRDA ( frontal intermittent rhythmic delta
ANSWER -paralysis of facial muscles activity)
c. GPEDS (generalized periodic epileptiform
discharges)
EEG activity is thought to arise from which of the d. IEDs ( interictal epileptiform discharges) -
following? ANSWER -IED's interictal epileptiform
a. axonal action potentials discharges (d.)
b. cortical layers 1 and 2
c. horizontal dipoles
d. excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic ICTAL EEG
potentials - ANSWER -d. epsps and IPSps a. time during the event
b. time following an event
c. time before the event
when is it permissible to release patient d. time in between the event - ANSWER -a.
information to a third party? time during the event
a. when requested by another physician
b. when a patient provides verbal consent
c. when it is in the best interest of the patient which of the following is an effect of
d. when the patient provides written consent - phenobarbital on the EEG?
ANSWER -d. when patient provides written a. slows alpha rhythm
consent b. increases paroxysmal activity
c. decreases theta activity
d. increases beta activity - ANSWER -d.
a business associate agreement is required increases beta activity
when:
a. medical records are handled in the department
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A technologist should only discuss EEG findings to current flow when a known voltage is applied?
with: a. fast fourier transform
a. consulting neurologist b. impedance meter
b. the interpreting electroencephalographer c. differential amplifier
c. the patients nurse d. a/d converter - ANSWER -b. impedance
d. the patients primary care physician - meter
ANSWER -b. the interpreting
electroencephalographer
A meningioma is usually
a. metastatic
The third ventricle is connected to the fourth b. encapsulated
ventricle by the; c. infiltrating
a. foramen of luschka d. rapid growth - ANSWER -b.encapsulated
b. foramen magnum
c. aqueduct of sylvius
d. foramen of munro - ANSWER -c. Wernicke's area lies in the:
aqueduct of sylvius a. posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus
b. posterior part of the inferior temporal gyrus
c. posterior part of the parietal lobe
What type of seizure is NOT associated with d. posterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus -
lennox-gastaut syndrome? ANSWER -a. posterior part of the superior
a. atonic seizure temporal gyrus
b. tonic seizure
c. complex seizure
d. atypical seizure - ANSWER -c. complex Which of the following is the most likely
seizure explanation for the generation of EEG activity? -
ANSWER -both epsps and ipsps
A childhood disorder characterized by acquired
aphasia, multifocal epileptiform abnormalities, Which of the following may be indicated by the
and focal or genralized seizures; presence of blood in the cerebrospinal fluid?
a. juvenile myoclonic epilepsy a. subarachnoid hemorrhage
b. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome b. localzied intracerebral hemorrhage with no
c. Landau-kleffner syndrome communication with ventricles
d. west syndrome - ANSWER -c. landau- c. extradural hemorrhage
kleffner syndrome d. subdural hemorrhage - ANSWER -a.
subarachnoid hemorrhage
What is the typical clinical presentation of
creutzfeldt-jakob disease? - ANSWER - Sturge-weber syndrome:
Progressive dementia, bilateral rigidity and a. basal nucei degeneration
myoclonus, stupor and death b. V111 cranial nerve involvement
c. Neurocutaneous involvement
d. cherry red spot in macula of the eye -
Which of the following measures the opposition ANSWER -c. neurocutaneous involvement
