EEG BOARD PREP ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TESTED AND
APPROVED!!!
Which of the following is often caused by prolonged severe cerebral anoxia? a.
appearance of posts
b. burst suppression activity
c. increase in voltage of the mu rhythm
d. increase in the frequency of the alpha rhythm -- ANSWER--b. burst
suppression
The occipital lobe receives its blood supply directly from which artery? a.
posterior cerebral
b. middle cerebral
c. posterior cerebellar
d. internal coratid -- ANSWER--a. posterior cerebral
Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop normally until age what?
a. 18-24 months
b. 3-6 months
c. 6-18 months
d. 2-4 years -- ANSWER--c. 6-18 months
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,Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma
b. left frontal abscess
c. acoustic neuroma
d. cerebellar abscess -- ANSWER--d. cerebellar abscess
During an absence seizure the technologist should?
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid
b. turn the patients head to the left
c. test the patients level of consciousness
d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth -- ANSWER--c. test the level
of patients consciousness
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with :
a. Absence seizures
b. Atonic seizures
c. Infantile spasms
d. Gelastic seizures -- ANSWER--c. Infantile spasms
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
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,c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia -- ANSWER--a. receptive aphasia
Which of the following may be indicated by the presence of blood in the
cerebrospinal fluid? a. subarachnoid hemorrhage
b. localzied intracerebral hemorrhage with no communication with
ventricles
c. extradural hemorrhage
d. subdural hemorrhage -- ANSWER--a. subarachnoid hemorrhage
Sturge-weber syndrome:
a. basal nucei degeneration
b. V111 cranial nerve involvement
c. Neurocutaneous involvement
d. cherry red spot in macula of the eye -- ANSWER--c. neurocutaneous
involvement
Rolandic gyrus -- ANSWER--Frontal and parietal lobes
Which of the following is grounds for disciplinary action according to ABRET's
code of ethics?
a. being found to have been ineligible to take the credentialing exam, even
if the credential has already been earned
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, b. refusing primary responsibility for interpretation of a study
c. not identifying oneself as credentialed
d. not using the credential after it has been earned -- ANSWER--a. being
found to have been ineligible to take the credentialing exam, even if the
credential has already been earned.
Acoustic neuromas arise on the following cranial nerve: -- ANSWER--CN
V111
Subacute Panencephalitis SSPE is caused from what disease? -- ANSWER--
Measles
If a patient has a stroke involving the basilar artery, what clinical signs are
expected to be
seen?
a. apraxia
b. global aphasia
c. quadriplegia
d. diplopia -- ANSWER--D. diplopia
where do most brain tumors occur in children?
a. frontal lobe
b. temporal lobe
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TESTED AND
APPROVED!!!
Which of the following is often caused by prolonged severe cerebral anoxia? a.
appearance of posts
b. burst suppression activity
c. increase in voltage of the mu rhythm
d. increase in the frequency of the alpha rhythm -- ANSWER--b. burst
suppression
The occipital lobe receives its blood supply directly from which artery? a.
posterior cerebral
b. middle cerebral
c. posterior cerebellar
d. internal coratid -- ANSWER--a. posterior cerebral
Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop normally until age what?
a. 18-24 months
b. 3-6 months
c. 6-18 months
d. 2-4 years -- ANSWER--c. 6-18 months
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,Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG?
a. left frontal subdural hematoma
b. left frontal abscess
c. acoustic neuroma
d. cerebellar abscess -- ANSWER--d. cerebellar abscess
During an absence seizure the technologist should?
a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid
b. turn the patients head to the left
c. test the patients level of consciousness
d. insert a tongue blade in the patients mouth -- ANSWER--c. test the level
of patients consciousness
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with :
a. Absence seizures
b. Atonic seizures
c. Infantile spasms
d. Gelastic seizures -- ANSWER--c. Infantile spasms
Damage to wernicke's area may result in:
a. Receptive aphasia
b. Anoxia
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,c. ataxia
d. Expressive aphasia -- ANSWER--a. receptive aphasia
Which of the following may be indicated by the presence of blood in the
cerebrospinal fluid? a. subarachnoid hemorrhage
b. localzied intracerebral hemorrhage with no communication with
ventricles
c. extradural hemorrhage
d. subdural hemorrhage -- ANSWER--a. subarachnoid hemorrhage
Sturge-weber syndrome:
a. basal nucei degeneration
b. V111 cranial nerve involvement
c. Neurocutaneous involvement
d. cherry red spot in macula of the eye -- ANSWER--c. neurocutaneous
involvement
Rolandic gyrus -- ANSWER--Frontal and parietal lobes
Which of the following is grounds for disciplinary action according to ABRET's
code of ethics?
a. being found to have been ineligible to take the credentialing exam, even
if the credential has already been earned
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, b. refusing primary responsibility for interpretation of a study
c. not identifying oneself as credentialed
d. not using the credential after it has been earned -- ANSWER--a. being
found to have been ineligible to take the credentialing exam, even if the
credential has already been earned.
Acoustic neuromas arise on the following cranial nerve: -- ANSWER--CN
V111
Subacute Panencephalitis SSPE is caused from what disease? -- ANSWER--
Measles
If a patient has a stroke involving the basilar artery, what clinical signs are
expected to be
seen?
a. apraxia
b. global aphasia
c. quadriplegia
d. diplopia -- ANSWER--D. diplopia
where do most brain tumors occur in children?
a. frontal lobe
b. temporal lobe
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