ABRET

Question 1

Vertical Resolution

Answer 1

Sensitivity

Question 2

Long time Constant

Answer 2

LFF of 0.1

Question 3

What type of seizure is not associated with lennox- gastaut?

Answer 3

Complex seizure

Question 4

What most closely relates to the ratio of an amplifier’s output to input signal?

Answer 4

System gain

Question 5

What is a common clinical sign of meningitis?

Answer 5

Nuchal rigidity

Question 6

A meningioma is usually:

Answer 6

encapsulated

Question 7

If a patient has a stroke involving the basilar artery, what clinical signs are expected to be seen?

Answer 7

diplopia (double vision)

Question 8

What neurologic syndrome may be associated with focal epilepsy?

Answer 8

Tuberous Sclerosis

Question 9

Papilledema is most common in what condition?

Answer 9

Posterior fossa tumor

Question 10

Where is the cingulate cortex located in relation to the corpus callosum?

Answer 10

Superiorly

Question 11

Photomyogenic response may be enhanced by?

Answer 11

Alcohol or barbiturates withdrawal

Question 12

Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy may display ictal automatisms, which are?

Answer 12

Stereotyped, repetitive movements such as lip smacking or rubbing fingers together

Question 13

gelastic epilepsy

Answer 13

laughing

Question 14

What is the difference between a classic migraine headache and a common migraine headache?

Answer 14

A classic migraine has a associated aura whereas a common migraine does not

Question 15

The pain of a migraine generally results from

Answer 15

dilation of blood vessels

Question 16

Most common site of brain tumor in children

Answer 16

Posterior fossa

Question 17

HV should be done at a rate of

Answer 17

20 breaths per min

Question 18

A disease occurring only in females characterized by normal development until 6- 18 mo, after which there is a quick deterioration of mental abilities

Answer 18

Rhett Syndrome

Question 19

Ruptured aneurysm with nuchal rigidity, confusion and drowsiness

Answer 19

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Question 20

Which stimuli is most likely to be a trigger for reflux seizures?

Answer 20

Writing

Question 21

Landau- kleffner syndrome is characterized by:

Answer 21

electrical status epilepticus of sleep (ESES)

Question 22

EEG with very tense and anxious pt shows

Answer 22

widespread low voltage activity

Question 23

What neurotransmitter is lacking in the brain of patients with Parkinson’s?

Answer 23

Dopamine

Question 24

Normal EEG in adults of age 70 or older is similar to those younger with what exception?

Answer 24

REM sleep is less than 20% of total sleep time

Question 25

Digital EEG montages are reformatted by using?

Answer 25

System reference

Question 26

Brain abcess

Answer 26

Focal polymorphic/ delta activity

Question 27

The clonic phase in a generalized tonic clonic seizure is characterized by:

Answer 27

diffuse rhythmic spikes followed by diffuse SSW activity

Question 28

Tonic phase in GTC is characterized by:

Answer 28

generalized voltage suppression and muscle artifact

Question 29

EEG of a partial seizure disorder

Answer 29

Anterior temporal spike focus

Question 30

Rhythmic theta activity in the temporal region is most commonly associated with which seizure type?

Answer 30

complex partial

Question 31

What mathematically converts the time function into a sine wave of different frequencies?

Answer 31

Fast fourier transform

Question 32

2016 ACNS guidelines recommends a minimal horizontal resolution of

Answer 32

16 bits

Question 33

A large lesion of the optic chiasm produces which of the following conditions?

Answer 33

complete visual loss

Question 34

Laplacian montage

Answer 34

sources reference derivation -mathematical average of four surrounding electrodes to one electrode

Question 35

Input impedance should be:

Answer 35

very high

Question 36

Sturge Weber Syndrome

Answer 36

neurocutaneous involvement

Question 37

What should not be seen in the normal awake adult?

Answer 37

delta

Question 38

Hypothalamic hamartoma

Answer 38

gelastic seizure

Question 39

Difference between epileptic sz and nonepileptic sz?

Answer 39

prolonged duration LOC

Question 40

What would you expect to see in the frontal regions of a normal adult?

Answer 40

low voltage fast and eye movement artifact

Question 41

A childhood disorder characterized by acquired aphasia, multifocal epileptiform activity and focal or generalized seizures

Answer 41

Landau-kleffner

Question 42

Sphenoidal electrodes are used to record activity from the:

Answer 42

Anterior temporal lobes

Question 43

Frequency: | influenced by and measured in

Answer 43

influenced by sampling rate and measured in HZ

Question 44

EEG of a patient with CJD

Answer 44

GPD's/ GPED's

Question 45

Clipping of the waveforms occurs when

Answer 45

the signal is outside the range of the digitizer

Question 46

During neonatal seizures, the EEG is most likely to show:

Answer 46

Focal rhythmic activity

Question 47

How does increasing the number of seconds displayed on the monitor effects spikes? (Duration and amplitude)

Answer 47

Does not change spike amplitude or duration

Question 48

What time constant would best display delta activity?

Answer 48

1.0 SEC

Question 49

The EEF of a patient with meningitis is most likely to show:

Answer 49

slowing

Question 50

EEG of a patient with lennox-gastaut is likely to show:

Answer 50

1.5 hz spike and wave "slow spike and wave"

Question 51

Onset of sturge weber disease is typically during?

Answer 51

infancy

Question 52

Temporal lobe epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy?

Answer 52

To distinguish slowing from drowsiness

Question 53

Patients with myoclonic epilepsy of vanz. szs most commonly appear:

Answer 53

Peak @ 30-60 years old

Question 54

Voltage Resolution

Answer 54

S=5uv/mm LFF=5hz HFF=70hz

Question 55

During neonate seizures the EEG is most likely to show:

Answer 55

area of visual loss

Question 56

Benign Rolandic Epilepsy

Answer 56

Central temporal spikes

Question 57

Hypnagogic Hypersynchrony

Answer 57

2-6 years

Question 58

Heschel's gyrus

Answer 58

auditory aura

Question 59

Periodic, rhythmic or ictal appearing discharges that are constantly induced by alerting stimuli

Answer 59

SIRPID's | Stimulus-induced rhythmic, periodic or ictal discharges

Question 60

The third ventricle is connected to the fourth ventricle by the

Answer 60

aqueduct of sylvius

Question 61

Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the

Answer 61

hypothalamus

Question 62

What best describes secondary bilateral synchrony?

Answer 62

Rapid generalization from one or multiple sources

Question 63

Thiamin deficiency

Answer 63

Wernickes syndrome

Question 64

Decorticate posturing

Answer 64

bilateral flexion @ the elbows

Question 65

Unilateral Babinski signs?

Answer 65

Pyramidal tract dysfunction