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Opening between lateral ventricles and third ventricle of the brain
An action potential is an immediate result of which changes in the neuronal membrane?
a. Repolarization
b. Depolarization
c. Hyperpolarization
d. IPSP
Depolarization
The resting potential of a neuron is?
a. 50-100mV with th...
EEG Board Mock Exam Questions with
correct Answers
Thrombosis of the right middle cerebral artery would most likely cause?
a. Left sided paralysis, primarily face and arm
b. Left sided paralysis, primarily of the leg
c. Aphasia
d. Right homonymous hemianopsia
Left sided paralysis, primarily of the leg
The Foramen of Munro is the?
a. Opening between lateral ventricles and third ventricle of the
brain b. Opening at the base of the skull
c. Opening between the ventricles of the heart
d. Opening between the third and fourth ventricle of the brain
Opening between lateral ventricles and third ventricle of the brain
An action potential is an immediate result of which changes in the neuronal membrane?
a. Repolarization
b. Depolarization
c. Hyperpolarization
d. IPSP
Depolarization
The resting potential of a neuron is?
a. 50-100mV with the inside of the cell more negative than the outside b.
50-100mV with the inside of the cell more positive than the outside c. 50-
100uV with the inside of the cell more positive than the outside d. 50-
100uV with the inside of the cell more negative than the outside
50-100mV with inside of the cell more negative than the outside
,Which would not be considered a normal EEG pattern for a full term
infant? a. Trace alternant
b. Isolated frontal sharp waves
c. Persistent focal alpha frequency activity
d. Beta-delta complexes in quiet sleep
Persistent focal alpha frequency activity
A common seizure pattern in neonates is?
a. Generalized spike and wave
b. Rhythmic focal activity
c. Beta-delta complexes
d. Burst suppression
Rhythmic focal activity
Cranial nerve V's function is?
a. Movement of head/shoulder
b. Mastication
c. Facial expression
d. Auditory/balance
Mastication
What is cranial nerve V?
a. Sensory
b. Mixed
c. Motor
d. All the above
Mixed
Two main pathogens involved in the cause of Meningitis are?
a. Viruses and prions
b. Viruses and bacteria
c. Bacteria and fungi
d. Fungi and prions
Viruses and bacteria
When recording over a burr hole, the EEG may show?
a. No asymmetries
b. Lower amplitude activity over the affected area
c. Higher amplitude activity over the affected area d. Slower frequencies over the
affected area
,Higher amplitude activity over the affected area
Which EEG pattern carries a poor prognosis and is often the result of respiratory or cardiac
arrest?
a. Nonreactive continuous alpha
b. Hypsarrhythmia
c. Frontal Intermittent rhythmic delta
d. Continuous spindles
Nonreactive continuous spindles
A little delta brain activity in an awake tracing of an adult is normal?
a. True
b. False
False
The bulk of the cerebrum is composed of?
a. Fluid
b. White matter
c. Grey matter
d. Neuromodulators
White matter
Acetylcholine is responsible for?
a. Motor behavior
b. Voluntary movement of the muscles
c. Involuntary movement of the muscles
d. Movement and emotional arousal
Voluntary movement of the muscles
Gamma Aminobutyric Acid is responsible for?
a. Motor behavior
b. Wakefulness or arousal
c. Spinal reflexes and motor behavior
d. Sensory transmission
Sensory transmission
The largest part of the brain, divided into right and left hemispheres, joined together
by bands of white matter that form a large fiber tract is called?
a. Diencephalon
b. Corpus callosum
, c. Forebrain
d. Cerebral aqueduct
Corpus Callosum
Normal Alpha in an adult, should not be seen?
a. In the central and temporal lobes
b. With the eyes closed
c. In the frontal head regions
d. In stage N1 sleep
In the frontal head regions
6-7Hz theta activity is typically seen in a normal adult in which of the
following? a. Occipital regions
b. Centrotemporal regions during photic stimulation c. Onset of drowsiness
d. Low voltage, paroxysmal bursts over the frontal regions
Onset of drowsiness
When seen in the waking records of adolescents, posterior slow waves of
youth? a. Are a nonspecific abnormality
b. Are diagnostic of migraine headaches
c. Attenuate when the patient opens their
eyes d. Attenuate with fist clenching
Attenuate when the patient opens their eyes
A normal waking and sleeping adult EEG recording will not include this?
a. Rhythmic temporal theta
b. Diffuse low amplitude beta
c. Delta range activity during alert states
d. Vertex sharp waves
Delta range activity during alert stages
Symmetry of sleep spindles when present, is important in the evaluation
of? a. Physiological maturation of an infant b. Seizures which occur during
sleep
c. REM sleep
d. Spindle coma
Physiological maturation of an infant
Which is most attenuated by a low frequency filter of 1Hz?
a. 0.5Hz
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