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    ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 Questions Answered (Attained 2023 Grade A+) Once EEG data is acquired there is an expectation that the information will be protected. This means - correct answers ✅ all staff are accountable for protecting the patient confidentiality Temporal Lobe Epilepsy accounts for what % of all patients with epilepsy? - correct answers ✅ 60% Precocious puberty is associated with pathology of the - correct answers ✅ hypothalamus What clinical signs are expected to be seen if a patient has a stroke involving the left anterior cerebral artery? - correct answers ✅ Right lower extremity sensory loss A meningioma is usually - correct answers ✅ encapsulated Bell's palsy is characterized by - correct answers ✅ facial paralysis

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    ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 Questions Answered (Attained 2023 Grade A+) Which of the following is cha racterized by dementia, myoclonus, and biphasic or triphasic repetitive discharges? - correct answers ✅ Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease CRANIAL NERVES - correct answers ✅ Four have both sensory and motor functions The onset of West syndrome is most likely to occ ur at age: - correct answers ✅ 4 months What type of electricity provides a steady source of current, flowing in one direction only? - correct answers ✅ Direct current Which electrode type gives the LEAST distortion of low frequencies? - correct answers ✅ S ilver - silver chloride The onset of Sturge - Weber disease is typically during - correct answers ✅ Infancy

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    ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 Questions Answered (Attained 2023 Grade A+) HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA - correct answers ✅ Loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes The most important source generator of the EEG is - corr ect answers ✅ pyramidal dendritic PSPs During an absence seizure, the technologist should - correct answers ✅ test the patient's level of consciousness ACTH is used to treat - correct answers ✅ Infantile spasms Decorticate posturing is characterized by - correct answers ✅ bilateral flexion at the elbows Reduction of health care - associated infections is addressed by - correct answers ✅ National Patient Safety Goals Which of the following separates the motor cortex from the sensory cortex? - correct answers ✅ Rolandic fissure

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    ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 Questions Answered (Attained 2023 Grade A+) Which of the following should be documented in the history? - correct answers ✅ The patient had dialysis this morning The EEG is MOST useful in evaluating - correct answers ✅ seizure disorders Life - threatening current could pass through a patient if - correct answers ✅ the machine ground is not intact Which of the following is a violation of ABRET's Code of Ethics? - correct answers ✅ Not striving to keep current in the technology In the International 10 - 20 electrode placements, C6 is loc ated on which part of the head? - correct answers ✅ Right A single attenuated channel of EEG may be the result of - correct answers ✅ Inter - electrode spacing too close PLEDS are associated with - correct answers ✅ Acute cerebral infarction

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    ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 Questions Answered (Attained 2023 Grade A+) SDS is an acrony m for - correct answers ✅ safety data sheet What clinical signs might be seen with a cerebellar hemorrhage? - correct answers ✅ Trunkal imbalance and poor coordination An EEG performed two days following a transient ischemic attack is most likely to show: - correct answers ✅ Normal activity DIPLOPIA means - correct answers ✅ Double vision Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient? - correct a nswers ✅ last seizure TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS is - correct answers ✅ genetic What is the cause of Wernicke's encephalopathy? - correct answers ✅ Thiamine deficiency

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    ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 Questions Answered (Attained 2023 Grade A+) Which of the following is the most likely explanation for the generation of EEG activity? - corr ect answers ✅ Both excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials A large lesion at the optic chiasm produces which of the following conditions? - correct answers ✅ Complete visual loss DYSARTHRIA is - correct answers ✅ Impaired speech The posterior cer ebral artery supplies blood to the: - correct answers ✅ Visual cortex Which progression is considered rare? - correct answers ✅ Rolandic to absence What is the typical clinical presentation of Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease? - correct answers ✅ Progressive demen tia, bilateral rigidity and myoclonus, stupor, death

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    ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 Questions Answered (Attained 2023 Grade A+) Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges are most likely associated with - correct answers ✅ herpes simplex encephalitis The third ventricle is connected to the fourth ventricle by the - correct ans wers ✅ aqueduct of Sylvius Which of the following is often caused by prolonged severe cerebral anoxia? - correct answers ✅ Burst - suppression activity Through what opening do the lateral ventricles merge with the third ventricle? - correct answers ✅ Foramen of Monro Collateral perfusion is maintained by: - correct answers ✅ Circle of Willis Which of the following occurs with unbalanced electrode impedances of greater than 20 Kohms? - correct answers ✅ Marked increase in 60 Hz activity

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    ABRET Practice Exam Part 1 Questions Answered (Attained 2023 Grade A+) CONSCIOUSNESS is contro lled by - correct answers ✅ reticular formation Which of the following is most characteristic of Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease? - correct answers ✅ Myoclonus Which of the following EEG findings indicates the worst prognosis in patients with cerebral hemorrhage s? - correct answers ✅ Burst - suppression In the EEG laboratory, the major concern for transmission of infection is through - correct answers ✅ blood Short interelectrode distance between electrodes will cause which of the following changes to the EEG wavef orm? - correct answers ✅ Decrease amplitude Moya Moya disease is associated with - correct answers ✅ decreased blood flow to cerebral tissue

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