Epilepsy Quizzes & Trivia
Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterised by epileptic seizures, which are brief episodes of symptoms due to abnormal excessive synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. What do you know about epilepsy and...
Questions: 6 | Attempts: 591 | Last updated: Oct 4, 2017
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Sample QuestionA _________ seizure is a seizure in which the seizure activity restricted to a discreet areas of the cerebral cortex.
Questions: 17 | Attempts: 533 | Last updated: Feb 22, 2013
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Sample QuestionWhich of the following areas is not involved in language for a person who is left-dominant?
A recent study undertaken by St. James's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin found that many people with epilepsy are not well informed about their condition. The study consisted in part of a 19-question True Or False...
Questions: 19 | Attempts: 376 | Last updated: Jan 25, 2013
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Sample QuestionPeople with epilepsy should avoid strenuous work because this can provoke seizures.
Epilepsy quiz is a fill in the blanks quiz, hence kindly use right spellings. All the best!
Questions: 30 | Attempts: 258 | Last updated: Jan 23, 2013
Think you know everything there is to know about epilepsy? Here are ten questions that test your knowledge. Good Luck!
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 221 | Last updated: Jan 31, 2013
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Sample QuestionDoctors always know why someone has epilepsy.
Epilepsy Questions & Answers
Which seizure type is most often associated with structural abnormalities of the brain?
Focal/Partial
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A 64 year old lady has the worst headache of her life. She is brought to the hospital with photophobia and vomiting as well. On examination she has positive...
Ruptured berry aneurysm
What would be your diagnosis in the following situation? Your friend, a 28-year-old nurse, is talking with you on the phone. In mid-sentence, she pauses, says 2-3 unintelligible words, then...
Complex partial seizure
Which of the following best explains the pathophysiology of this presentation?Four weeks after a stroke that left a 66-year-old female patient paralyzed in the right lower half of the face...
The stroke damaged the insula while sparing the limbic cortex
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by seizures and unconsciousness. It can be treated by taking medications and undergoing surgery. It is usually due to abnormal electrical activities in the brain.
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 100 | Last updated: Mar 13, 2018
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Sample QuestionEpilepsy can be caused by the following except
Take this quiz and learn cause of seizures and epilepsy!
Questions: 21 | Attempts: 90 | Last updated: May 2, 2017
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Sample QuestionSeizures are....
SUBJECT AREAS: 1: brain lesions2: static brain-imaging methods3: stem cells, neurogenesis, gliogenesis4: dynamic brain-imaging methods5: PET scan6: history of the cyclotron and its implications7: lethal injection, death penalty8:...
Questions: 57 | Attempts: 60 | Last updated: Jan 2, 2013
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Sample QuestionCauses of circumscribed (localized) lesions include all of the following EXCEPT:
Questions: 5 | Attempts: 33 | Last updated: Jul 30, 2011
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Sample QuestionWhich of the following seizures descriptions would qualify as epilepsy?
This is a written exam that will evaluate the health care personnel knowledge of how to appropriately care for the patient on the epilepsy monitoring unit
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 26 | Last updated: Jun 29, 2016
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Sample QuestionNurse Maria walks into her patient's room and finds him actively seizing (non-convulsive). What is the first thing she should do?
All of the AEDs should be tested except: Gabapentin, pregabalin and Levetiracetam because their MOAs are unknown. I also left out oxcarbamazipine and fosphenytoin because they have the same MOA as their related drug.
Questions: 12 | Attempts: 13 | Last updated: Feb 12, 2013
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Sample QuestionWhat is the MOA of Carbamazipine?
Questions: 41 | Attempts: 12 | Last updated: Feb 12, 2013
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Sample QuestionWhat are the indications for carbamazepine?
Questions: 11 | Attempts: 10 | Last updated: Apr 3, 2014
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Sample QuestionHow many people will be diagnosed with epilepsy in their lifetime?
Think you know everything there is to know about epilepsy? Here are ten questions that test your knowledge. Good Luck!
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 9 | Last updated: Dec 25, 2016
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Sample QuestionDoctors always know why someone has epilepsy.
