ABRET|American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists|Tests| Bundle Set

Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be protected. This means Answer all staff are accountable for protecting the patient confidentiality Temporal Lobe Epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy? Answer 60% Precocious puberty is associated...

Agnosia answer the inability to recognize familiar objects. Apraxia answer difficulty with motor planning to perform tasks or movements (your brain knows but it cant carry out) How often does osha check leakage of current answer semiannually What kind of seizure begins with the head and eye...

When the posterior background rhythm does not attenuate with eye opening it is referred to as: Answer Bancaud Phenomenon activation procedures should be AVOIDED in a patient with a recent intracranial hemorrhage? Answer Hyperventilation What is the indentation between the nose and the forehead...

The basic unit for measuring current flow is A. atomic weight B. Coulomb C. Volt D. Ampere Answer D. Ampere The basic unit of resistance A. Ohm B. Coulomb C. Ampere D. Volt Answer A. Ohm Which of the following is not a valid expression of Ohm's law? A. R=EI or (R=VI) B. E=IR or ...

Nyquist Theory Answer The specification of the minimum sampling rate used, in relation to the highest frequency signal recorded The sample rate must be twice that of the highest frequency to be recorded. For LFF, the corresponding time constants for LFF cutout freq. of 3 hz would be __ Answer .0...

What is the effect of Phenobarbital on the EEG? Answer Increased beta activity A disease occurring only in females characterized by normal development until 6 to 18 months of age, after which there is a quick deterioration of mental abilities. Answer Rett Syndrome First clinical sign of Landau...

What environmental factors enhance lambda? a. low illumination visual scene b. noxious stimuli c. loud sounds d. scanning high complexity visual scene Answer scanning high complexity visual scene What is the electrical abnormality associated with breach rhythm? a. a focal high voltage el...

A posterior dominant rhythm reactive to eye closure first appears around: a. 0-3 months b. 12-18 months c. 3-6 months d. 6-12 months Answer 3-6 months By one year of age the dominant background rhythm should be a.7-8 Hz b. 1-2 Hz c. 3-4 Hz d. 5-6 Hz Answer 5-6 Hz Which of the foll...

The most common low-grade tumor that is found with patients with epilepsy is... Answer Astrocytoma Extremely low voltage (due to phase cancellation) may be caused by... Answer Salt Bridge Moya Moya disease is associated with.... Answer decreased blood flow to cerebral tissue Damage to the W...

What are the main patient history questions we need to ask patients? Answer Why, When, Major Illness, How Often, FMH, handedness, sleep deprived, aura, LOC In regards to pt history, what special questions to children get asked? Answer Full Term, Gestational, conceptual, chronological age In re...

Todd's Paralysis a. Ictal-contralaterally b. Ictal-ipsilaterally c. post-ictal d. seizure onset Answer post-ictal The EEG of a patient with a tumor in the left frontal lobe would most likely show a. TIRDA b. Generalized slowing c. FIRDA d. left frontal polymorphic delta activity Answ...

A LFF setting of 5 Hz will attenuate a 5 Hz wave by approximately: a. 0.3 b. 30 mm c. 0.05 d. 5 mm Answer 0.3 (LFF of 5 Hz will attenuate a 5 Hz wave by 30%) Gradual changes in amplitude , frequency, or spatial distribution of rhythms is known as: a. asymmetry b. attenuation c. backgro...

Calibration is required a. at the start of the recording b. at the end of the recording c. at the start and end of the recording d. only when Sensitivity changes are made during the recording Answer c. at the start and end of the recording Duration is measured in a. Hertz b. Millimeters c...

Beta coma most commonly results from a. hepatic encephalopathy b. hypoglycemia c. drug overdose d. anoxic insult Answer drug overdose Skull defect a. diffuse slowing b. periodic complexes c. breach rhythm d. alpha squeak Answer breach rhythm Hypothalamic hamartoma a. myoclonic s...