Registered Electroencephalographic Technologist (R.EEG.T) Tests Compilation Bundle

silver-silver chloride electrode, platinum or gold correct answer: The best metals for clinical EEG recordings are subdermal correct answer: Which electrodes do NOT record directly from the brain? Opposition to alternating current flow correct answer: What is NOT related to measuring electr...

Why is sleep deprivation considered an activation procedure? correct answer: 24-36 hours of continuous waking time may stress a potentially epileptogenic brain so that abnormalities will appear in the waking EEG What type of epilepsy is most likely to show abnormalities during sleep? correct ans...

Key - V= Voltage A or D = Amplitude or Deflection S = Sensitivity Equation for Voltage - V = A x S Equation for Frequency - Frequency = 1/D Equation for Duration - D = Distance/Paper Speed (Distance of waveform in millimeters) Paper Speed - 5 sec/page = 60 mm/sec FAST 10 sec/page = 3...

What is Glossokinetic artifact? correct answer: Artifact from the tongue movement; tip of tongue is negative, root of tongue is positive. Monitor by placing one electrode above the mouth and one electrode below the mouth. Ask the patient to say lilt or la la la to reproduce the artifact What can...

The meninges, meaning membranes, are the outer coverings of these structures correct answer: Brain, spinal cord, and proximal nerve roots The three tissue layers enveloping the brain correct answer: 1) Dura Mater-outermost layer, strongest and thickest 2) Arachnoid Mater - thin membrane enclos...

Diplopia correct answer: Double vision Which normal waveform is NOT typically seen in the posterior leads? (Wickets, photic driving, Lambda, POSTS) correct answer: Wickets The EEG of a patient with Down's syndrome is most likely to show: correct answer: normal activity The sharpness of ...

cerebrovascular accident (CVA) correct answer: a focal neurologic deficit of sudden onset caused by CNS ischemia or hemorrhag, TIA correct answer: Resolves within 24hours Agnosia correct answer: the inability to recognize familiar objects, people, sounds, shapes, or smells. Symptom common t...

Temporal intermittent rhythmic delta activity is associated with clinical finding? correct answer: Temporal lobe epilepsy Which EEG finding is most often associated with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy correct answer: 4-5hz generalized spike-wave discharges and high voltage polyspikes in sleep L...

Sensitivity calculations, waveform measurements, digital concepts, Electrode placement, Localization and Polarity, Artifacts A 60uV wave at a sensitivity of 6uV/mm will produce a deflection of(have an amplitude of) correct answer: A=10mm (deflection or amplitude) A 10mm deflection at a sensit...