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WAIS-IV Test B

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Clinical Psychology Psychological Assessment (WAIS-IV) Quiz on WAIS-IV Test B, created by Eunho Lee on 31/12/2015.
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Question 1

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Which of the following WAIS-IV subtests has a highest g loading?
Answer
  • Arithmetic
  • Block Design
  • Vocabulary
  • Digit Span
  • Similarities

Question 2

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Updating the WAIS-IV's theoretical foundations was achieved by considering the following theoretical constructs EXCEPT
Answer
  • Fluid reasoning
  • Working memory
  • Processing speed
  • Phonological processing

Question 3

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Which of the following WAIS-IV subtests is a CORE subtest that is used to compute FSIQ?
Answer
  • Visual Puzzles
  • Letter-Number Sequencing
  • Picture Completion
  • Comprehension
  • Figure Weights

Question 4

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Which WAIS-IV subtest does NOT offer Process scores?
Answer
  • Digit Span
  • Visual Puzzles
  • Block Design
  • Letter-Number Sequencing

Question 5

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Which index includes the subtests with the lowest loadings on the general (g) factor?
Answer
  • Verbal comprehension
  • Perceptual Reasoning
  • Working Memory
  • Processing Speed

Question 6

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The examiner must memorize all directions in order to administer the test appropriately.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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If you find you need to adapt the test to accommodate an individual with special needs, it is better not to administer the test altogether.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

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Which of these subtests do NOT use a "reverse rule"?
Answer
  • Block Design
  • Similarities
  • Digit Span
  • Vocabulary
  • Visual Puzzle

Question 9

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To preserve the balance of maintaining rapport and getting necessary clinical information, it is best to:
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  • Record only the examinee's score if it can save some time and quicken the pace of the evaluation.
  • record the examinee's responses verbatim, but using abbreviations when possible.
  • Record only incorrect responses to analyze clinically.
  • Tell the examinee to wait just a few minutes while you very carefully write down every single word that is said.

Question 10

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Which subtests require the use of a stopwatch?
Answer
  • Symbol Search
  • Information
  • Comprehension
  • Cancellation
  • Picture Completion

Question 11

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Unless replacing another subtest, none of the following subtests are used in the calculation of the FSIQ except
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  • Letter-Number Sequencing.
  • Symbol Search.
  • Comprehension.
  • Figure Weights.

Question 12

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At what age can Figure Weights no longer be substituted for other PRI subtests?
Answer
  • Age 50
  • Age 60
  • Age 65
  • Age 70

Question 13

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What is the mean and standard deviation of scaled scores?
Answer
  • 100 and 15
  • 50 and 10
  • 10 and 3
  • 5 and 2
  • 500 and 100

Question 14

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If you forget to administer the Digit Span Sequencing portion of the DIgit Span subtest, you can simply calculate the Digit Span Scaled Score based on the Raw Score sum of Digit Span Forward and Digit Span Backward because that was how digit Span was calculated on previous versions of the WAIS.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Which one of the following WAIS-IV subtests is NOT especially vulnerable to distractibility?
Answer
  • Digit Span
  • Symbol Search
  • Picture Completion
  • Coding
  • Arithmetic

Question 16

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Which of the following WAIS-IV subtests BEST provides clinical information about a person's ability to express his or her ideas in words and to provide possible insight into the persons's fears, guilt, preoccupation, feelings, interests, and cultural background?
Answer
  • Information
  • Picture Completion
  • Letter-Number Sequencing
  • Vocabulary
  • Block Design

Question 17

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Using the WAIS-IV descriptive classification system to describe the WAIS-IV Index scores, a score of 84 should be described as
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  • a Normative Strength.
  • within normal limits.
  • Borderline
  • a Low Average

Question 18

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An abnormally large discrepancy between PRI and VCI means it is
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  • rare among the normal population.
  • equivalent to a statistically significant discrepancy.
  • at least 50-point discrepancy.
  • at least 5-point discrepancy.

Question 19

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If an individual has WMI less than 85, that person has a possible deficit in
Answer
  • working memory.
  • auditory attention.
  • expressive language.
  • speed of auditory processing.

Question 20

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In calculation of an individual's personal strengths and weaknesses in the index or factor profile, you compare each of their interpretable index or factor scores to the person's own mean index or factor score.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 21

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What major variable, if left uncontrolled, tends to confound the results of cross-sectional analyses of aging and intelligence (and , therefore, has been controlled in most studies)?
Answer
  • Educational attainment
  • Physical health
  • Home environment
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Gender

Question 22

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What kind of abilities are fluid reasoning (Gf) and processing speed (Gs) concerning changes in cognitive ability across the life span?
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  • Maintained
  • Responsive to intervention
  • Vulnerable
  • Static
  • Unreliable

Question 23

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Most researchers on aging and intelligence have documented empirically that speed is responsible for all of the decline that Horn and others have attributed to diminished fluid intelligence.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 24

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Which Wechsler scale shows the greatest declines between young adulthood in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of aging and intelligence?
Answer
  • Perceptual Reasoning Index (PRI)
  • Processing Speed Index (PSI)
  • Working Memory Index (WMI)
  • Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI)
  • Verbal IQ

Question 25

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What activity in old age has been most associated with maintenance of intelligence in old age?
Answer
  • Engaging in intellectual activities (e.g., playing Scrabble)
  • Engaging in social activities (e.g., hosting parties)
  • Engaging in physical activities (e.g., jogging)
  • Engaging in restful activities (e.g., getting 8 hours of sleep each night)
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