ABRET EEG Final Exam

ABRET EEG Final Exam (ACTUAL EXAM ) Questions and Answers (Solved)

• What is the typical presentation of CJD?

Answer: ataxia, dementia and myoclonus.

• Tuberous sclerosis

Answer: tumors or growths in the brain or other organs

• What is the most important to document in the history of your EEG patient?-

Answer: Skull defects

• Moya Moya disease is associated with

Answer: decreased blood flow to cerebral tissue

• Papilledema is most common in what condition?

Answer: Posterior fossa tumor

• The central sulcus is the anterior boundary of the

Answer: Parietal lobe

• PLEDS are most likely to be seen in a patient with

Answer: cerebral embolus

• A childhood disorder characterized by acquired aphasia, multifocal epilep tiform

abnormalities, and focal or generalized seizures:

Answer: Landau-Kleffner syn- drome

• Reduction of health care associated infections is addressed by

Answer: National Patient Safety Goals

10. Balanced electrode impedences are important to:

Answer: lessen 60 hz. Interference

• FT9 or T1 and FT10 or T2 electrodes record from the

Answer: anterior temporal lobe

• What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one

direction only? 1 / 3

Answer: direct current

• Impedence can best be described as the

Answer: resistance to alternating current

• Ictal

Answer: during

• A Business Associate Agreement is required when

Answer: medical records are shared

• A lesion of the uncus may result in

Answer: olfactory hallucinations

• When testing an outpatient with active Tuberculosis, it is necessary for the

Answer: patient to wear a mask

• According to the ABRET Code of Ethics, a credentialed technologist should

report to ABRET if:

Answer: they have been convicted of a felony related to their work in NDT

19. SDS

Answer: Safety Data Sheet

• Vagal nerve stimulators are used to treat

Answer: seizures and depression

• A violation of ABRET/Code of ethics?

Answer: Not striving to keep current in the technology

• What should be documented in the history

Answer: the patient had dialysis this morning

• Broca's area lies in the

Answer: posterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus

• Ictal EEG

Answer: time during the event

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• Most closely related to the measurement of voltage in relation to current and

resistance?

Answer: Ohm's law

• Febrile seizures

Answer: age-related

• This occurs with unbalanced electrode impedences of greater than 20kOhms?

Answer: marked increase in 60 hz. Activity

• What is the most effective way of preventing nosocomial infections?

Answer: hand hygiene

• Homonymous hemianopsia

Answer: loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes

• Standard of conduct for credentialed technologists?

Answer: ABRET Code of Ethics

• Used to treat infantile spasms

Answer: ACTH

• Life threatening current could pass through a patient if

Answer: the machine ground is not intact

33. Focal or unilateral suppression and slowing:

Answer: subdural hematoma

• A meningioma is usually

Answer: encapsulated

• Indication of the presence of blood in the CSF?

Answer: subarachnoid hemorrhage

• The central aspect of using the minimum amount of protected health information

needed to accomplish the intended purpose of the use, disclosure, or request is a part of what Act?

Answer: HIPAA

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