Certification in Long-Term Monitoring-EEG EXAM (CLTM) WITH COMPLETE 600 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATED VERSION

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Certification in Long-Term Monitoring-EEG EXAM
(CLTM) WITH COMPLETE 600 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATED
VERSION JUST RELEASED

Question: Glossokinetic artifact is caused by movement of the _____.
Select one:
a.tongue
b.lung and respiration movements of the body
c.eye

d.heart (EKG) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A


Question: A deficit of perception in which hearing is intact, but the patient cannot interpret
the sound is
Select one:
a.dysarthria.
b.auditory agnosia.
c.aphasia.

d.mutism. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b


Question: A seizure characterized by a stare with no post-ictal confusion is a/an _____ .
Select one:
a.myoclonic seizure
b.infantile spasm
c.atonic seizure

d.absence seizure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D


Question: Breach rhythm is produced by _____.

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Select one:
a.hyperventilation
b.a skull defect
c.an infectioneye opening

d.eye opening - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b


Question: What procedure is best to identify candidates for epilepsy surgery?
Select one:
a.Long Term Monitoring (LTM) with depth electrodes, and/or grids or strips
b.Electronystagmography (ENG)
c.Electromyography (EMG)

d.Polysomnography (PSG) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a


Question: Cyclically increasing and decreasing respiratory depth and rate, separated by apneic
phases, suggesting bilateral deep cerebral hemispheric or diencephalic dysfunction or may be
produced by any encephalopathic state:
Select one:
a.Hypopnea
b.Central Sleep Apnea
c.Cheyne-Stokes respiration

d.Obstructive Sleep Apnea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c


Question: When a patient has a seizure, the technologist should
Select one:
a.stand back out of the way and call 911.
b.stay with the patient, leave the EEG instrument running, and move any sharp or hard objects
out of the way that might cause harm to the patient. Loosen clothing around neck, roll patient
to their side, keep track of time and get medical attention if seizure lasts more than 5 mins.

c.run to the nurses station and get a nurse to take care of the patient. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B

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Question: FIRDA is seen in _____.
Select one:
a.full term infants
b.children
c.preterm infants

d.adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D


Question: Therapeutic Hypothermia allows more time:
Select one:
a.for cardiac surgical intervention while minimizing cerebral risk
b.for CPR to be performed
c.To get the patient to the hospital

d.To stop the bleeding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A


Question: From the perspective of individual patient care, it is ideal if the LTM is a defined unit
within the hospital with dedicated, epilepsy-trained nurses.
Select one:
True

False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True


Question: Normal alpha, in an adult, should not be seen ____.
Select one:
a.in the central and temporal head regions
b.with the eyes closed
c.in the frontal head regions

d.in the occipital head regions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C


Question: Infantile spasms have also been called
Select one:

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a.Jacknife seizures
b.Petit Mal Seizures
c.Absence seizures
d.Benign Rolandic Epilepsy

e.Jacksonian seizures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A


Question: EEG findings that mimic seizures include: (Select all that apply)
Select one or more:
a.Triphasic waves
b.Infusion pump artifact
c.Electrode artifact

d.Ventilator artifact - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔all of the above


Question: The finding of numerous white matter lesions on an MRI in a patient with MS is due
to _______.
Select one:
a.small strokes
b.epileptic foci
c.blood vessel spasms

d.patches of demyelination and scar formation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D


Question: Surgery for epilepsy is effective
Select one:
a.for generalized epilepsy but not partial or focal epilepsy.
b.when a well defined epileptogenic region can be identified and safely removed.

c.for all epileptic patients willing to undergo the procedure. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b


Question: Language (speech) is controlled by:
Select one: