MoCA Test 2025 Complete Study Guide and Cognitive Screening
Overview Notes
What is the prompt for the alternating trail-making task? - correct answer ✔✔Please draw a
line, going from a number to a letter in ascending order. Begin here and draw a line from 1 then
to A then to 2 and so on. End here
If a patient immediately self-corrects an error how should you score? - correct answer ✔✔Give
patient credit
Impaired executive function as indicated by difficulty executing the alternating trail task is due
to lack of what? - correct answer ✔✔Flexibility and concrete thought process.
In addition to lack of flexibility and concrete thought process, what is can interfere with
performance on alternating trail-making task? - correct answer ✔✔Language difficulties
What areas of the brain control executive function? - correct answer ✔✔Frontal lobe and
frontal-subcortical circuits
Name 4 pathologies that might result in poor performance on alternating trail making task -
correct answer ✔✔Alzheimer's, frontal-subcortical vascular disease, frontotemporal dementia,
lewy body dementia
What is the criteria for perfect score with figure copy? - correct answer ✔✔1. 3D
2. All lines included
3. All lines meet with little or no space
4. No line is added
5. Lines are relatively parallel and length is similar
Overview Notes
What is the prompt for the alternating trail-making task? - correct answer ✔✔Please draw a
line, going from a number to a letter in ascending order. Begin here and draw a line from 1 then
to A then to 2 and so on. End here
If a patient immediately self-corrects an error how should you score? - correct answer ✔✔Give
patient credit
Impaired executive function as indicated by difficulty executing the alternating trail task is due
to lack of what? - correct answer ✔✔Flexibility and concrete thought process.
In addition to lack of flexibility and concrete thought process, what is can interfere with
performance on alternating trail-making task? - correct answer ✔✔Language difficulties
What areas of the brain control executive function? - correct answer ✔✔Frontal lobe and
frontal-subcortical circuits
Name 4 pathologies that might result in poor performance on alternating trail making task -
correct answer ✔✔Alzheimer's, frontal-subcortical vascular disease, frontotemporal dementia,
lewy body dementia
What is the criteria for perfect score with figure copy? - correct answer ✔✔1. 3D
2. All lines included
3. All lines meet with little or no space
4. No line is added
5. Lines are relatively parallel and length is similar
