EEG Board Exam Practice Questions with Complete Solutions
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One of the first EEG changes seen in drowsiness is a subtle slowing of the posterior rhythm.
True or False - ANSWER True
Epileptiform activity includes the following descriptors: (select all that apply)
A. spike and wave
B. spike
C. polyspike
D. sharp wave - ANSWER All answer are correct
EEG Board Exam Practice Questions with
Complete Solutions
In the description of activation procedures such as HV, a statement should be included
pertaining to their
A. Respiration rate
B. Quality
C. Use of a pinwheel prop
D. Respiration depth - ANSWER B. Quality
The term sinusoidal describes
A. An artifact caused by sneezing
B. A phase shift due to amplifier malfunction
C. A rhythmic or repeating pattern
D. A single waveform of mixed frequencies - ANSWER C. A rhythmic or repeating pattern
After the statement regarding normality or degree of abnormality of the record, the reasons
upon which the conclusion is based should be briefly listed. When dealing with several types
of abnormal features, the list should be limited to the two or three main ones; the least
characteristic of the record.
,True or False - ANSWER False
Sleep is considered an activating procedure for recording normal EEG.
True or False - ANSWER False
One of the first EEG changes seen in drowsiness is a subtle slowing of the posterior rhythm.
True or False - ANSWER True
Epileptiform activity includes the following descriptors: (select all that apply)
A. spike and wave
B. spike
C. polyspike
D. sharp wave - ANSWER All answer are correct
Chemical synapses can be: (select all that apply)
A. axo-axonic
B.hydrolic C.
pneumatic D.
axo-somatic
E. axo-dentritic - ANSWER A: Axo-axonic
E. Axo-dentritic
Vertex transients or "V waves" are found in what stage of sleep?
A. Stage N3 exclusively
B. Stage REM sleep
,C. Stage N1 exclusively
D. Stage N1 and Stage N2
E. Stage N2 exclusively - ANSWER D. Stage N1 and Stage N2
Spindles - ANSWER 12-14 Hz and appear at the onset of stage N2 sleep
Narcolepsy - ANSWER a sleep disorder
Stage N3 Sleep - ANSWER characterized by high voltage slow waves
K complexes - ANSWER appear spontaneously but can sometimes be elicited by noise
REM sleep - ANSWER usually does not begin until 60 to 90 minutes after sleep onset
The location of an EEG event is usually best described in term of the electrode(s) it involves
True or False - ANSWER True
Slow rolling eye movements are seen
A: in narcolepsy
B. in stage III sleep
C. during drowsiness
D. during wakefulness with eyes open - ANSWER C. during drowsiness
Focal EEG activity occurs
A. in a restricted or localized area
B. only during wakefulness
, C. over one entire hemisphere at the same time
D. all over the head - ANSWER A. in a restricted or localized area
According to the book, a clinical description on the report serves to: (select all that apply)
A. alert the technologist and the reader to areas of the scalp that are inaccessible due
to bandages or other instruments on the head
B. alert the technologist and the reader to skull defects from previous
surgeries C. if the EEG is one in a sequence of others
D. alert the technologist to the necessity of using specific recording techniques - ANSWER All
answers are correct
It is common for a defect in the skull, resulting from surgery or an accident, to produce which
of the following EEG patterns?
A. breach rhythm
B. spindles
C. mu rhythm
D. BETS - ANSWER A. breach rhythm
Hans Berger's role in the history of electroneurodiagnostics
is A. that he was the inventor of the signal averager
B. that he was the first to record the electrical activity of the human
brain C. that he was the first to isolate the neuron
D. that he was the first to use electroneurodiagnostic procedures to monitor patients in
the Operating Room
E. that he was the first to identify neurotransmitters - ANSWER B. that he was the first to
record the electrical activity of the human brain
The voltage of a 10 mm wave recorded at sensitivity setting of 7 microvolts per millimeter is
A. 7 microvolts
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