Which is a limitation of the MMSE? (7x) - ANSWERMAY FAIL TO DETECT VERY MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Question to ask when evaluating for immediate recall (3x) - ANSWERCAN YOU REPEAT THESE SIX NUMBERS?
What task is useful in evaluating a pt's ability to concentrate? (2x) - ANSWERPERFORMING SERIAL...
Which is a limitation of the MMSE? (7x) - ANSWERMAY FAIL TO DETECT VERY MILD COGNITIVE
IMPAIRMENT
Question to ask when evaluating for immediate recall (3x) - ANSWERCAN YOU REPEAT THESE SIX
NUMBERS?
What task is useful in evaluating a pt's ability to concentrate? (2x) - ANSWERPERFORMING SERIAL 7'S
On MSE, thought process with lack of goal directedness, excessive details, and difficulty with closure
describes a thought pattern of: (2x) - ANSWERCIRCUMSTANTIALITY
In addition to orientation, attention, calculation, language and registration, what other cognitive
domain does the mmse test? - ANSWERRECALL
What is being assessed when patient is asked to repeat words "Apple, table, penny"? -
ANSWERREGISTRATION
Which area of MSE relies primarily on patient report? - ANSWERMOOD
Psych MD asked pt "what would you do if you lost your prescription?" This question primarily
assesses: - ANSWERJUDGMENT
Psychiatrist asks "How many quarters are in $15?", examining what ability - ANSWERCOGNITION
Which of the following is the most significant problem with the use of the global assessment of
functioning scale? - ANSWERIT CONFOUNDS SYMPTOMS AND FUNCTIONING
, Which of the following represents a disorder of the content of thought? - ANSWEROBSESSIONS
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: - ANSWERABSTRACT REASONING
Asking the patient "how are an apple and an orange alike?" assesses which of the following cognitive
functions? - ANSWERABSTRACT REASONING
Communication d/o assoc w/ neurological and psych d/o - ANSWERMUTISM
Asking a patient to recite a series of numbers in reverse order is a standard test of: -
ANSWERCONCENTRATION
The difference between an idea of reference and a delusion of reference is that the former is: -
ANSWERHELD 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? - ANSWERCONCENTRATION
A disorder of content of thought - ANSWERPARANOIA
Asking a patient to interpret the phrase "Don't cry over spilled milk" tests what? - ANSWERABSTRACT
THINKING
A pt reports, "undercover agents are all there, and they're gonna kill me." Pt's comment is best
described as: - ANSWERA DELUSION
Asking pt what they would do in a hypothetical situation is testing what? - ANSWERJUDGMENT
Why is there limited value of serial sevens as a test of concentration? - ANSWERSUCCESSFUL
PERFORMANCE REQUIRES ARITHMETIC SKILL
Disorder of what element of MSE is evidenced by patient repeatedly referring back to the answer to
a previous question? - ANSWERTHOUGHT PROCESS
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