When administering Block Design, how should you place the blocks in front of the participant?
What is for 4 blocks, one block is half/half and the rest red or white; and for 9 blocks, what is two blocks are half/half and the rest are red or white.
100
When is the FSIQ not interpretable?
What when 2 indices differ by 23 or more points?
100
What is the name of the theory that the WAIS-IV is based on?
What is the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory of intelligence?
100
Which of the following is NOT a core subtest?
a) Block Design
b) Comprehension
c) Digit Span
d) Symbol Search
What is Comprehension?
100
What are the mean and standard deviation of the WAIS-IV (FSIQ)?
What is M = 100, SD = 15
200
How should you apply the reverse rule?
What is continue until the participant has 2 correct scores in a row?
200
When is an index not interpretable?
What is when two subtest scaled scores differ than more than 5 points?
200
What is the Flynn Effect?
What is the name for the phenomenon that Americans have increased their IQ by 3 points per decade between the 1930s and 1990s?
200
Digit Span, Arithmetic, Letter-Number Sequencing
What are the subtests that make up the Working Memory Index (WMI)?
200
What is the mean and SD of the WAIS-IV subtests?
What is M=10, SD = 3
300
Which tests are timed?
What is block design, arithmetic, symbol search, visual puzzles, coding, figure weights, cancellation, and picture completion.
300
Which subtest scores may be impacted if English is the test-taker's second language?
What is VCI subtest scores.
300
What is the age range that the WAIS-IV is normed for?
What is 16-90 years old?
300
Which WAIS-IV score is most indicative of what the CHC theory defines as g?
What is the FSIQ?
300
How many substitutions are allowed for the FSIQ to be interpretable?
What is no more than 2 substitutions?
400
Which is the only subtest in which all items must be administered?
What is cancellation.
400
What are the names of the indices within the Keith Five Factors?
What is Crystalized Intelligence, Short Term Memory, Fluid Reasoning, Visual Processing, and Processing Speed?
400
A score new to the WAIS-IV that includes information only from the VCI and PRI?
What is the GAI?
400
Which WAIS-IV subtest does NOT offer process scores?
What is Visual Puzzles
400
If a participant scores a 79 on PRI, which is significantly lower than their other indexes and is uncommon in the normal population, then this score would best be described as:
What is a high priority concern.
500
True or false: you cannot repeat questions on the perceptual reasoning subtests
What is false.
500
Which indexes are least likely and most likely to be impacted by TBI, ADHD, ASD, dementia, etc.?
What is VCI least likely, PSI most likely
500
Which subtests are new to the WAIS-IV?
What is visual puzzles, figure weights, and cancellation.
500
If digit span's subtest is spoiled, which test can be used to replace it?
What is letter-number sequencing.
500
An abnormally large discrepancy between PRI and VCI means it is:
a) rare among the normal population
b) equivalent to a statistically significant discrepancy
c) at least a 50-point discrepancy
d) at least a 5-point discrepancy