EEG BOARD EXAM PREP LATEST UPDATE 2025

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EEG BOARD EXAM PREP LATEST UPDATE 2025

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which is not a risk factor for JME?

• absence seizure
• patients ages 14-15
• sleep deprivation
• patients ages 3-4 - Correct Answer - d. patients ages 3-4

PLEDS are most likely to be seen in patients presenting with:

• acute drug toxicity
• hypoglycemia
• cerebral embolus
• liver failure - Correct Answer - a. acute drug toxicity

short interelectrode distance between electrodes will cause which of the following changes to the EEG waveform?

• increase frequency
• decrease in frequency
• decrease amplitude
• increase amplitude - Correct Answer - c. decrease amplitude
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pg. 2 If the distance from the right preauricular to the right outer canthus measures 9cm, where should electrode t2 be placed?

• 1cm out from the right outer canthus and 1cm down
• 3cm out from the right preauricular point and 1 cm up
• 1cm out from the right preauricular point and 1 cm down
• 3 cm out form the right outer canthus and 1cm up - Correct Answer -
• 3cm out from the right outer canthus and 1cm up

when a large amount of electrode paste is used to hold EEG electrodes in place, the total recording area will be the?

• diameter of the EEG electrode
• inner surface area of the EEG electrode
• inner plus outer surface area of the EEG electrode
• total scalp surface area of the paste - Correct Answer - d. total scalp

area of the paste

Impedance can best be described as the

• current produced by a wire coil in a magnetic field.
• resistance to alternating current
• ability to store an electrical charge
• resistance to direct current - Correct Answer - b. resistance to

alternating current

EEG activity is thought to arise from which of the following?

• axonal action potentials
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• horizontal dipoles
• excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials - Correct Answer - d.

when is it permissible to release patient information to a third party?

• when requested by another physician
• when a patient provides verbal consent
• when it is in the best interest of the patient
• when the patient provides written consent - Correct Answer - d. when

patient provides written consent

Used in treatment for only generalized seizures, commonly in absence epilepsy treatment;

• Ethosuximide
• Phenobarbital
• Dilantin
• ACTH - Correct Answer - a. ethosuximide

The acronym used to describe distinctive EEG waves or complexes that occur between seizures and are distinguished from the backround activity;

• NCSE (non conclusive status epilepticus)
• FIRDA (frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity)
• GPEDS (generalized periodic epileptiform discharges)
• IEDs (interictal epileptiform discharges) - Correct Answer - IED's

interictal epileptiform discharges (d.)

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pg. 4 which of the following is an effect of phenobarbital on the EEG?

• slows alpha rhythm
• increases paroxysmal activity
• decreases theta activity
• increases beta activity - Correct Answer - d. increases beta activity

The third ventricle is connected to the fourth ventricle by the;

• foramen of luschka
• foramen magnum
• aqueduct of sylvius
• foramen of munro - Correct Answer - c. aqueduct of sylvius

What type of seizure is NOT associated with lennox-gastaut syndrome?

• atonic seizure
• tonic seizure
• complex seizure
• atypical seizure - Correct Answer - c. complex seizure

A childhood disorder characterized by acquired aphasia, multifocal epileptiform abnormalities, and focal or genralized seizures;

• juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
• Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
• Landau-kleffner syndrome
• west syndrome - Correct Answer - c. landau-kleffner syndrome
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