EEG Board Prep Exam 2024 | EEG Board
Exam Prep 2024-2025 Actual Exam 2024
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You are called to do an EEG on a patient who was found down for an
unknown amount of time. Based on your findings, you decided to
perform cerebral death protocol via your labs policy. The sensitivity
should be increased to -ANSWER-2 uv/mm
A recording directly from the brain -ANSWER-Electrocorticorgraphy
Tacys Sachs disease is associated with -ANSWER-Cherry red spots
in the eyes
You are recording in a longitudinal (double banana) montage. You see
a spike discharge phase reverse at C4 and T4. In this case the true
localization of the spike can best be see in a -ANSWER-transverse
montage
If the time (horizontal) scale is changed from 30mm/sec to 15mm/sec,
the 6 hertz activity becomes -ANSWER-there is no frequency change
but the activity appears faster
Which of the follow drugs show the most observable effects on the
EEG? -ANSWER-Benzodiaepines
The notch filter can distort spikes and should only be used when other
measures to reduce ____ interference fail -ANSWER-60Hz
,Lambda waves can be associated with -ANSWER-saccadic eye
movement
Wernickes Encephalopathy can be cause by -ANSWER-Thiamine
deficiency
During a bipolar recording, you notice sharp activity from F7-T3 that
shows an upward deflection, T3-T5 shows no activity, and T5-O1
shows a downward deflection. Which statement below best represents
the above scenario? -ANSWER-Equipotential at T3 and T5
A characteristic of this disease is high amplitude spikes in the occipital
region, time locked with a slow photic stimulus rate in young children -
ANSWER-Batten's disease
Which are of the CNS contains nucli of the cranial nerves III to XII? -
ANSWER-Brain stem
This is located in the frontal lobe -ANSWER-primary motor strip
EPSP causes -ANSWER-Depolarization
A patient has hepatic encephalopathy. The EEG is most likely to show
-ANSWER-Triphasic waves
You are performing an EEG on a person who has Alzheimer's
disease, but is is the very early stages. You are most likely to see this
on the EEG -ANSWER-normal activity
The amplitude of a theta wave on the left temporal is 65uV, and the
amplitude of a theta wave at the same time on the right temporal is 25
uV. This is called -ANSWER-amplitude asymmetry
, You are performing an EEG on a patient and notice ECG (EKG)
artifact. The montage to best eliminate ECG is -ANSWER-a linked ear
referential montage
Syringomyelia -ANSWER-abnormal cavity or cyst in the spinal cord
Focal seizures refer to -ANSWER-Seizures occurring from one
hemisphere
Wada testing is done to determine -ANSWER-speech dominance
Brainstem -ANSWER-midbrain, pons and medulla
As you are performing an EEG, you notice a wave that is sharply
contoured and stands out from the background located in the left
temporal region. You measure it, and it measures 90ms in duration.
You would call this wave a -ANSWER-sharp
In a normal adult EEG, six to seven hertz theta activity is normally
seen -ANSWER-at the onset of drowisness
Inflammation of the brain -ANSWER-encephalitis
The major seizure classification system from the ILAE has these major
categories -ANSWER-Focal, Unknown onset, Generalized
Changing this could cause artifact to resemble beta activity -
ANSWER-high frequency filter
Which of the following is a normal variant mostly recorded from the
posterior temporal region? -ANSWER-14 and 6 positive spikes
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