2024 ABRET Practice Exam Part 2 Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct
- HYPERVENTILATION result
Answer: Hypocapnia: state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
- Photoparoxysmal response
Answer: EEG response to light with spikes, spike-wave discharge and/or intermittent slow waves
- Input impedance should be
Answer: very high
- According to the Guidelines, how many bits of resolution is required?
Answer: 11
- Which of the following is the WORST prognostic feature in the EEG of a
comatose patient?
Answer: monorhythmic tracing without variability
- SMALL SHARP SPIKES are also called
Answer: Benign Epileptiform Transients of Sleep (BETS)
- HYPSARRHYTHMIA shows
Answer: Disorganized, continuous high voltage slow waves with interspersed
multifocal spike waves
- A seizure discharge arising from the right frontal lobe is likely to be characterized
clinically by
Answer: deviation of head and eyes
- What is most important when evaluating the background activity?
Answer: Record the maximal state of alertness
- High voltage theta or delta waves, commonly seen in children 8-14 years,
accentuated by hyperventilation:
Answer: Posterior Slow Waves of Youth (PSWY)
- A stroke which results in only LEFT leg weakness most likely involves which of
the following arteries?
Answer: The RIGHT anterior cerebral artery 1 / 3
- Rare 6-11 hz negative sharp arciform waves, most commonly seen in adults over
30 years in the mid-temporal regions.
Answer: Wickets
- A prolonged series of generalized convulsions without any period of con-
sciousness between them is referred to as
Answer: status epilepticus
- What differentiates Lambda and POSTS
Answer: Occurs with eyes open
- If the Low Frequency Filter is changed from 1 Hz to 5 Hz, how will a 2 Hz slow
wave be affected?
Answer: It will be significantly attenuated
- Creuetzfeldt-Jakob disease EEG shows
Answer: GPDs/GPEDS
- Mu Rhythm is a frequency of
Answer: 8-10 Hz
- In which of the following conditions are periodic lateralized epileptiform
discharges most likely?
Answer: Herpes simplex encephalitis
- Photic induced epileptiform discharges are most likely associated with
Answer: - barbiturate withdrawal
- Subacute sclerosing panecephalitis is associated with
Answer: Measles
- Seizures commonly result from withdrawal of which of the following?
Answer: Alcohol
- At what conceptional age is a delta brush pattern primarily seen?
Answer: 32 to 34 weeks
- An electrographic seizure is characterized by
Answer: Episodic rhythmic activity 2 / 3
- Which of the following occurs during a typical absence seizure?
Answer: Impaired consciousness
- What is the term that describes failure of the alpha rhythm to attenuate with eye
opening?
Answer: Bancaud's Phenomenon
- INFANTILE SPASMS EEG shows
Answer: Electrodecremental Events
27. Slow sampling rate may cause fast frequencies to appear slower:
Answer: aliasing
- The polarity convention for EEG states that the deflection is up if input
Answer: 1 is more negative than input 2
- The EEG pattern of hypsarrhythmia is usually associated with
Answer: infantile spasms
- An EEG obtained within 24 hours following a closed head injury would be
LEAST likely to show
Answer: focal spike activity
- Excessive beta frequency activity may be the result of which of the follow ing?
Answer: Drug effect
32. TIME CONSTANT
Answer: Low frequency filter
- Photic stimulation is most effective in evoking epileptiform abnormailties in
patients with
Answer: a family history of seizures
- What normal activity would be seen most prominently at the C3 or C4 electrode
postion?
Answer: Mu
- Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy may display ictal automatisms, which are:
Answer: Stereotyped, repetitive movements, such as lip smacking or rubbing
fingers together
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