The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is best used to assess
a. premorbid functioning.
b. abstract reasoning.
c. overall intelligence.
d. memory.
Question 2Dr. Tobin, a neuropsychologist, receives a referral for an individual who was in a car accident, and the referral source is interested in changes to the person's functioning as a result of the accident. If no baseline data is available, how would Dr. Tobin best estimate the person's premorbid (pre-accident) functioning?
a. by asking the person what changes he/she has noticed since the accident
b. by drawing an inference based on data (e.g., level of education, occupation) from the person's case history
c. by having the person complete certain subtests of the WAIS-IV
d. by having the person complete the Wisconsin Card-Sorting Task
Question 3Dr. Cao, a neuropsychologist, is testing a brain-injured patient and wants an estimate of the patient's premorbid level of functioning. For this purpose, Dr. Cao should consider administering the __________ subtests of the WAIS-IV.
a. Arithmetic and Digit Span
b. Information and Block Design
c. Information, Comprehension, and Vocabulary
d. Comprehension, Picture Completion, and Figure Weights
Question 4Which of the following is true?
a. None of the neurodiagnostic procedures currently in use pose physical risks for the patient.
b. None of the neurodiagnostic procedures currently in use are physically invasive.
c. both of the above
d. neither of the above
Question 5Which of the following provides a better sense of the working brain than more traditional neurodiagnostic procedures?
a. fMRI
b. CAT scan
c. SPECT
d. more than one of the above
Question 6An investigation by Ivnik et al. (2000) on the validity of four different approaches to interpreting test data concluded that
a. cutoff scores are essentially worthless.
b. cutoff scores can be used instead of more complex indices like difference scores or patterns of scores.
c. all approaches to interpreting neuropsychological test data are equally valid.
d. the use of cutoff scores is adequate for novices in the field, but experts should rely more heavily upon more complex indices like difference scores or patterns of scores.
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