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Which is a limitation of the MMSE? (7x) - ANSWER✔✔MAY FAIL TO
DETECT VERY MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Question to ask when evaluating for immediate recall (3x) - ANSWER✔✔CAN
YOU REPEAT THESE SIX NUMBERS?
What task is useful in evaluating a pt's ability to concentrate? (2x) -
ANSWER✔✔PERFORMING SERIAL 7'S
On MSE, thought process with lack of goal directedness, excessive details, and
difficulty with closure describes a thought pattern of: (2x) -
ANSWER✔✔CIRCUMSTANTIALITY
In addition to orientation, attention, calculation, language and registration, what
other cognitive domain does the mmse test? - ANSWER✔✔RECALL
What is being assessed when patient is asked to repeat words "Apple, table,
penny"? - ANSWER✔✔REGISTRATION
Which area of MSE relies primarily on patient report? - ANSWER✔✔MOOD
Psych MD asked pt "what would you do if you lost your prescription?" This
question primarily assesses: - ANSWER✔✔JUDGMENT
Psychiatrist asks "How many quarters are in $15?", examining what ability -
ANSWER✔✔COGNITION
Which of the following is the most significant problem with the use of the global
assessment of functioning scale? - ANSWER✔✔IT CONFOUNDS SYMPTOMS
AND FUNCTIONING
, Which of the following represents a disorder of the content of thought? -
ANSWER✔✔OBSESSIONS
Communication d/o assoc w/ neurological and psych d/o - ANSWER✔✔MUTISM
Asking a patient to recite a series of numbers in reverse order is a standard test of: -
ANSWER✔✔CONCENTRATION
The difference between an idea of reference and a delusion of reference is that the
former is: - ANSWER✔✔HELD WITH LESS CONVICTION
The purpose of asking a pt to start at 100 and count backwards by 7's is to measure
which of the following? - ANSWER✔✔CONCENTRATION
A disorder of content of thought - ANSWER✔✔PARANOIA
Asking a pt, "which one does not belong in the following group: 13 pennies, a
piggy bank, and a cow?" is a test of which domain: - ANSWER✔✔ABSTRACT
REASONING
Asking the patient "how are an apple and an orange alike?" assesses which of the
following cognitive functions? - ANSWER✔✔ABSTRACT REASONING
Asking a patient to interpret the phrase "Don't cry over spilled milk" tests what? -
ANSWER✔✔ABSTRACT THINKING
A pt reports, "undercover agents are all there, and they're gonna kill me." Pt's
comment is best described as: - ANSWER✔✔A DELUSION
Asking pt what they would do in a hypothetical situation is testing what? -
ANSWER✔✔JUDGMENT
Why is there limited value of serial sevens as a test of concentration? -
ANSWER✔✔SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE REQUIRES ARITHMETIC
SKILL
Disorder of what element of MSE is evidenced by patient repeatedly referring back
to the answer to a previous question? - ANSWER✔✔THOUGHT PROCESS
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