ABRET EEG-Practice exam questions And Verified Answers
2025/2026
Terms in this set (104
Rolandic Spikes what type of spikes are seen most often in children
5-6 Hz by year one what should the dominant background rhythm be
5 Hz what should the PDR of a awake 5 month old infant be
ORIDA what encephalopathic EEG pattern is most commonly associated with
children
onset of between 3 and 13 years
begins with sensorimotor manifestations on one side of the face and
mouth
Unilateral oral paresthesias as well as facial clonic and/or tonic
Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
activity are common Speech arrest
hypersalivation
most common focal epilepsy of childhood
the most common focal epilepsy in adults is temporal lobe epilepsy.
High voltage theta or delta waves, commonly seen in children 8-
Posterior Slow Waves of Youth
(PSWY) 14 years of age, accentuated by hyperventilation
3-6 months a reactive PDR to eye closure first appears around how many months of
age
Electral decrementals what is a sign of infantile spasms in a EEG
A pattern of 1-1.5 Hz activity with superimposed 8-12 hz activity
delta brush
that is seen in neonates is called what
Bursts of slow waves, at times intermixed with sharp waves
Trace Alternant
and intervening periods of relative quiescence (quiet and
inactive) with extreme low-amplitude activity
central where are delta brushes expected to be seen in a 27 week old neonate
32-34 weeks delta brush patterns are commonly seen at what age
In the Periods between seizures, EEG shows Irregular and
Hypsarrhythmia
disorganized activity in the EEG. no distinguishable pattern,
often seen in Infantile Spams
posative what type of polarity does lambda have
if you want to attenuate slow waves (ie. make slow waves
Highest number 5 Hz
dissapear) you need to use the
if you want to enhance slow wave activity on a time constant what
biggest number in seconds
number would you use.
, which of the following diseases typically produces diffused slowing in a
EEG.
Alzheimer's disease 1. Meningioma
2. Cerebral abscess
3. Alzheimer's
4. cerebral thrombosis
which of the following is a characteristic feature in a EEG of a narcolepsy
patient
REM in the onset Sleep 1. FIRDA
2.REM in the onset of sleep
3. Increase in EMG
4. Diffused delta slowing
Teberculosis most common infection worldwide
acquired in the hospital- HBV, what is a nosocomial infection, and what are the top three infections
HBC, HIV
spongiform encephalopathy that is a prion based disease, and is
Crutzfeld - Jacob Disease
passed by contact with tissue from certain organs.
FIRDA frontal delta metabolic encephalopathy
frequency decreases how do triphasic waves change with the deepening level of a coma
coma patients, hepatic uremia, continuous 2/sec GPDS with triphasic morphology is seen in what type of
kidney or liver issues patients.
24 hours how long after dialysis should you wait to complete a diagnostic EEG
2025/2026
Terms in this set (104
Rolandic Spikes what type of spikes are seen most often in children
5-6 Hz by year one what should the dominant background rhythm be
5 Hz what should the PDR of a awake 5 month old infant be
ORIDA what encephalopathic EEG pattern is most commonly associated with
children
onset of between 3 and 13 years
begins with sensorimotor manifestations on one side of the face and
mouth
Unilateral oral paresthesias as well as facial clonic and/or tonic
Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
activity are common Speech arrest
hypersalivation
most common focal epilepsy of childhood
the most common focal epilepsy in adults is temporal lobe epilepsy.
High voltage theta or delta waves, commonly seen in children 8-
Posterior Slow Waves of Youth
(PSWY) 14 years of age, accentuated by hyperventilation
3-6 months a reactive PDR to eye closure first appears around how many months of
age
Electral decrementals what is a sign of infantile spasms in a EEG
A pattern of 1-1.5 Hz activity with superimposed 8-12 hz activity
delta brush
that is seen in neonates is called what
Bursts of slow waves, at times intermixed with sharp waves
Trace Alternant
and intervening periods of relative quiescence (quiet and
inactive) with extreme low-amplitude activity
central where are delta brushes expected to be seen in a 27 week old neonate
32-34 weeks delta brush patterns are commonly seen at what age
In the Periods between seizures, EEG shows Irregular and
Hypsarrhythmia
disorganized activity in the EEG. no distinguishable pattern,
often seen in Infantile Spams
posative what type of polarity does lambda have
if you want to attenuate slow waves (ie. make slow waves
Highest number 5 Hz
dissapear) you need to use the
if you want to enhance slow wave activity on a time constant what
biggest number in seconds
number would you use.
, which of the following diseases typically produces diffused slowing in a
EEG.
Alzheimer's disease 1. Meningioma
2. Cerebral abscess
3. Alzheimer's
4. cerebral thrombosis
which of the following is a characteristic feature in a EEG of a narcolepsy
patient
REM in the onset Sleep 1. FIRDA
2.REM in the onset of sleep
3. Increase in EMG
4. Diffused delta slowing
Teberculosis most common infection worldwide
acquired in the hospital- HBV, what is a nosocomial infection, and what are the top three infections
HBC, HIV
spongiform encephalopathy that is a prion based disease, and is
Crutzfeld - Jacob Disease
passed by contact with tissue from certain organs.
FIRDA frontal delta metabolic encephalopathy
frequency decreases how do triphasic waves change with the deepening level of a coma
coma patients, hepatic uremia, continuous 2/sec GPDS with triphasic morphology is seen in what type of
kidney or liver issues patients.
24 hours how long after dialysis should you wait to complete a diagnostic EEG
