_____ IS A WHITE MATTER DISEASE WITH LONG TRACT SIGNS INCLUDING SPASTICITY, HYPERREFLEXIA,

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_____ IS A WHITE MATTER DISEASE WITH LONG TRACT SIGNS INCLUDING SPASTICITY, HYPERREFLEXIA,

AND BABINSKI'S SIGN, OPTIC ATROPHY, CORTICAL BLINDNESS OR DEAFNESS AND SEIZURES OCCURING

LATE IN THE COURSE - CORRECT ANSWER: LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES

1 TO 2.5HERTZ GENERALIZED SPIKE AND WAVE IS THE CHARACTERISTIC PATTERN OF? - CORRECT

ANSWER: LENNOX-GASTAUT SYNDROME

3 HERTZ GENERALIZED SPIKE AND WAVE - CORRECT ANSWER: ABSENCE SEIZURE

A BIPHASIC HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, DIAGONAL OR ROTATION OCULAR OSCILLATION IN WHICH AT LEAST

ONE PHASE IS SLOW IS WHAT? - CORRECT ANSWER: NYSTAGMUS

A BRIEF PERIOD OF TRANSIENT PARALYSIS FOLLOWING A SEIZURE: - CORRECT ANSWER: TODD'S

PARALYSIS

A DISEASE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE, USUALLY FOLLOWING A VIRAL INFECTION IN CHILDREN WHO HAVE

TAKEN ASPIRIN AND RESULTING IN VOMITING, LISTLESSNESS, PERSONALITY CHANGES, DISORIENTATION,

SEIZURES, AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: - CORRECT ANSWER: REYES SYNDROME

A facial port-wine is seen in - CORRECT ANSWER: Sturge-Weber syndrome

A genetic epilepsy syndrome whos gene has been mapped to chromosome 6 and becomes evident in normal teenagers with early mornings myoclonic jerks and generally clonic tonic seizures - CORRECT

ANSWER: JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY OF JANZ

A HIGH FREQUENCY SETTING OF 35HZ WOULD ATTENUATE 50HZ MUSCLE ACTIVITY BY APPROXIMATELY

WHAT PERCENTAGE? - CORRECT ANSWER: 40%

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A longer time constant results in _____:

• more slow frequencies recorded
• more slow frequencies attenuated
• the time base, epoch, analysis time, equivalent paper speed is extended
• the amplifier Lismore responsive to fast frequencies - CORRECT ANSWER: MORE SLOW FREQUENCIES

RECORED

A MALIGNANT TUMOR PRIMARILY SEEN IN CHILDREN MAY BE? - CORRECT ANSWER:

MEDULLOBLASTOMA

A MEGABYTE OF MEMORY IS APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO WHAT - CORRECT ANSWER: ONE MILLION

BYTES

A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER INDICATED AT BIRTH BY SEIZURES ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE PORT-WINE

STAIN BIRTHMARK ON THE FOREHEAD, AND CEREBRAL CORTEX ATROPHY AND INCREASED PRESSURE

WITHIN THE EYE ON THE AFFECTED SIDE: - CORRECT ANSWER: STURGE-WEBER-SYNDROME

A PATIENT COMPLAINING OF RIGHT HEMIPLEGIA WILL HAVE WHAT? - CORRECT ANSWER: DIFFICULTY

MOVING THE RIGHT HALF OF THE BODY

A PATIENT WITH SENSORY APHASIA WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY..? - CORRECT ANSWER: COMPREHENDING

THE MEANING OF WORDS OR PHASES

A PATIENT WITH SYMPTOMS OF STROKE WHICH INCLUDE, CONTRALATERAL HEMIPARESIS (FACE AND

ARM GREATER THAN LEG) HORIZONTAL GAZE PALSY, HEMISENSORY DEFICITS, HOMONYMOUS

HEMOANOPSIA, LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE DEFICITS (APHASIA, AGNOSIA, NEGLECT) IS LIKEY TO HAVE

HAD WHAT? - CORRECT ANSWER: MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY (MCA) INFARCTION

A RARE CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE USUALLY AFFECTING ONLY ONE HEMISPHERE

OF THE BRAIN CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT AND SEVERE SEIZURES, LOSS OF MOTOR AND SPEECH AS

WELL AS HEMIPARESIS AND MENTAL DETERIORATION. ONSET IS COMMON IN CHILDHOOD AND RARE IN

ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS: - CORRECT ANSWER: RASMUSSEN'S ENCEPHALITIS

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A seizure characterized by a stare with no post-ictal confusion is an - CORRECT ANSWER: ABSENCE

SEIZURE

A SHARP WAVE HAS A DURATION OF? - CORRECT ANSWER: 160 MSEC

A short time constant results in:

• increase in fast frequencies
• decrease in fast frequencies
• increase in slow activity

d. decrease in slow activity - CORRECT ANSWER: DECREASE IN SLOW ACTIVITY

A SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE OCCURS WHERE? - CORRECT ANSWER: BETWEEN TWO LAYERS OF THE

MENINGES

A surface negative wicket-type rhythm of 9 Hz (plus or minus 2 Hz) found in the

central head regions is know as - CORRECT ANSWER: MU RHYTHM

A surface-negative, wicket-type rhythm found in the central head regions is known as - CORRECT

ANSWER: MU RHYTHM

A WAVE WITH A FREQUENCY OF 5 HERTZ FALLS IN WHAT FREQUENCY BAND? - CORRECT ANSWER:

THETA

ABNORMALLY HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD IS CALLED? - CORRECT ANSWER:

HYPERCALCEMIA

ACCORDING TO ACNS GUIDELINES, RECORDING CLINICAL EEG ON DIGITAL MEDIA REQUIRES MONITORS

TO HAVE WHAT - CORRECT ANSWER: BETWEEN 25 AND 35MM/SECOND HORIZONTAL SCALING AND A

MINIMUM OF 100 DATA POINTS/SECOND TO ACCURATELY DISPLAY EEG ON THE MONITOR SCREEN

ACNS Guidelines 2006 state that vertical scaling on digital EEG instruments should have a minimum of ________ per channel when displaying up to _______ channels:

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