What is the focus and polarity of the sharply contoured wave in the box? - Answer Fp1 negative
What type of monitoring would be useful in an EEG patient with syncope? - Answer ECG
If a patient starts to have a seizure during PS the technologist should? - Answer turn off photic stimulation
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ABRET-EEG QUIZZES AND ANS 2023.
What is the typical presentation of CJD? - Answer ataxia, dementia and myoclonus.
Tuberous sclerosis - Answer tumors or growths in the brain or other organs
What is the most important to document in the history of your EEG patient? - Answer
Skull defects
MoyaMoya disease is associated with - Answer decreased blood flow to cerebral
tissue
Papilledema is most common in what condition? - Answer Posterior fossa tumor
The central sulcus is the anterior boundary of the - Answer Parietal lobe
PLEDS are most likely to be seen in a patient with - Answer cerebral embolus
A childhood disorder characterized by acquired aphasia, multifocal epileptiform
abnormalities, and focal or generalized seizures: - Answer Landau-Kleffner
syndrome
Reduction of health care associated infections is addressed by - Answer National
Patient Safety Goals
Balanced electrode impedences are important to: - Answer lessen 60 hz.
interference
FT9 or T1 and FT10 or T2 electrodes record from the - Answer anterior temporal
lobe
What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one direction
only? - Answer direct current
Impedence can best be described as the - Answer resistance to alternating current
Ictal - Answer during
A Business Associate Agreement is required when - Answer medical records are
shared
A lesion of the uncus may result in - Answer olfactory hallucinations
When testing an outpatient with active Tuberculosis, it is necessary for the - Answer
patient to wear a mask
According to the ABRET Code of Ethics, a credentialed technologist should report to
ABRET if: - Answer they have been convicted of a felony related to their work in NDT
SDS - Answer Safety Data Sheet
Vagal nerve stimulators are used to treat - Answer seizures and depression
,ABRET-EEG QUIZZES AND ANS 2023.
A violation of ABRET/Code of ethics? - Answer Not striving to keep current in the
technology
What should be documented in the history - Answer the patient had dialysis this
morning
Broca's area lies in the - Answer posterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus
Ictal EEG - Answer time during the event
Most closely related to the measurement of voltage in relation to current and
resistance? - Answer Ohm's law
Febrile seizures - Answer age-related
This occurs with unbalanced electrode impedences of greater than 20kOhms? -
Answer marked increase in 60 hz. activity
What is the most effective way of preventing nosocomial infections? - Answer hand
hygiene
Homonymous hemianopsia - Answer loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes
Standard of conduct for credentialed technologists? - Answer ABRET Code of Ethics
Used to treat infantile spasms - Answer ACTH
Life threatening current could pass through a patient if - Answer the machine ground
is not intact
Focal or unilateral suppression and slowing: - Answer subdural hematoma
A meningioma is usually - Answer encapsulated
Indication of the presence of blood in the CSF? - Answer subarachnoid hemorrhage
The central aspect of using the minimum amount of protected health information
needed to accomplish the intended purpose of the use, disclosure, or request is a
part of what Act? - Answer HIPAA
A patient with a right hemiparesis most likely has a lesion of the left - Answer frontal
lobe
According to OSHA, when most electroneurodiagnostic equipment be checked for
leakage current, ground resistance and electrical safety? - Answer Semiannually
The onset of Sturge-Weber disease is typically during - Answer Infancy
Scotoma - Answer area of visual loss
, ABRET-EEG QUIZZES AND ANS 2023.
ACTH - Answer Infantile spasms
A stat EEG has been ordered on a women who experienced a GTC seizure. She is
confused. While the tech. is running a baseline, a man enters claiming to be her
husband. If he asks about the record the tech. should? - Answer ask the man to wait
for a physician to speak to him
Photic driving is most common in what frequency? - Answer alpha
Photic stimulation should be performed? - Answer While awake
What activity does NOT typically cause attenuation of PDR in a normal adult. -
Answer relaxed wakefulness with eyes closed
What type of response to PS is characterized by generalized spike and wave
discharges continuing after the flash? - Answer
An asymmetric photic driving response right greater than left is: - Answer Normal
When using photic stimulation the flash rate that commonly activates a seizure is? -
Answer 9-13hz.
Atypical Photic response? - Answer delta driving
An EEG obtained during sleep is most valuable in what condition? - Answer Focal
seizures or status during sleep
A 7 year old presents with spells of spacing out. What activation procedure is the
most important? - Answer Hyperventilation
During HV, a 9 y/o pt. develops generalized 100-300 microvolts slowing. If within 30
seconds post HV, the record returns to preHV state the reaction would be? - Answer
a normal response to HV
Hyperventilation - Answer Hypocapnia
A subharmonic photic driving response is? - Answer half the frequency of the strobe
What is a contraindication of for HV? - Answer Sickle cell anemia
What procedure is a non-standard activation? - Answer Listening to music
PS is most effective in evoking epileptiform abnormalities in patient's with? - Answer
a family history of seizures
What other EEG pattern would you expect to see in a pt. with prominent photic
driving response? - Answer LAMBDA
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