WISC-V, Administration & Scoring
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Subtests that measure "crystalized intelligence (Gc) - CORRECT ANSWER - Similarities
Vocabulary
Subtests that measure "visual processing (Gv)" - CORRECT ANSWER - Block Design
Visual Puzzles
Subtests that measure "fluid reasoning (Gf)" - CORRECT ANSWER - Matrix Reasoning
Figure Weights
Subtests that measure "short-term memory (Gsm)" - CORRECT ANSWER - Digit Span
Picture Span
Subtests that measure "processing speed (Gs)" - CORRECT ANSWER - Coding
Symbol search
Subtests without start points (reversal rules) - CORRECT ANSWER - Digit Span
Coding
Symbol Search
The examiner may administer any subtest starting with the first item, regardless of the
recommended age-based start point when: - CORRECT ANSWER - testing an individual
suspected of intellectual disability or low cognitive ability
, If an examiner opts to begin a subtest with an item before the age appropriate start point (due to
intellectual disability) but then the examinee receives full credit on the first two items at the age-
appropriate start point: - CORRECT ANSWER - Full credit must be given to all previous
items even if one or more of those items were answered incorrectly.
If a discontinue criterion is met while reversing: - CORRECT ANSWER - points are not
awarded for items beyond the discontinue point, even if they were originally earned by the
examinee.
If the examiner stopes timing because an examinee appears to have completed an item, however,
they immediately recognize that the examinee is still working, the examiner should: - CORRECT
ANSWER - restart the stopwatch immediately upon recognizing this and record the entire
time that they worked on that item. Also, add the estimated number of seconds that the stopwatch
was stopped.
Items may not be repeated for which subtests? - CORRECT ANSWER - Digit span
Picture span
What does the abbreviation "IR" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Item repeat
What does "BDde" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Total number of dimension errors
(Block Design)
What does "BDre" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Total number of items with a
rotation > 30 degrees (Block Design)
What does "CDre" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Total number of symbols rotated >
90 degrees (Coding)
Name a subtest where you subtract the number of incorrect responses from the number of correct
responses - CORRECT ANSWER - Symbol Search
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Subtests that measure "crystalized intelligence (Gc) - CORRECT ANSWER - Similarities
Vocabulary
Subtests that measure "visual processing (Gv)" - CORRECT ANSWER - Block Design
Visual Puzzles
Subtests that measure "fluid reasoning (Gf)" - CORRECT ANSWER - Matrix Reasoning
Figure Weights
Subtests that measure "short-term memory (Gsm)" - CORRECT ANSWER - Digit Span
Picture Span
Subtests that measure "processing speed (Gs)" - CORRECT ANSWER - Coding
Symbol search
Subtests without start points (reversal rules) - CORRECT ANSWER - Digit Span
Coding
Symbol Search
The examiner may administer any subtest starting with the first item, regardless of the
recommended age-based start point when: - CORRECT ANSWER - testing an individual
suspected of intellectual disability or low cognitive ability
, If an examiner opts to begin a subtest with an item before the age appropriate start point (due to
intellectual disability) but then the examinee receives full credit on the first two items at the age-
appropriate start point: - CORRECT ANSWER - Full credit must be given to all previous
items even if one or more of those items were answered incorrectly.
If a discontinue criterion is met while reversing: - CORRECT ANSWER - points are not
awarded for items beyond the discontinue point, even if they were originally earned by the
examinee.
If the examiner stopes timing because an examinee appears to have completed an item, however,
they immediately recognize that the examinee is still working, the examiner should: - CORRECT
ANSWER - restart the stopwatch immediately upon recognizing this and record the entire
time that they worked on that item. Also, add the estimated number of seconds that the stopwatch
was stopped.
Items may not be repeated for which subtests? - CORRECT ANSWER - Digit span
Picture span
What does the abbreviation "IR" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Item repeat
What does "BDde" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Total number of dimension errors
(Block Design)
What does "BDre" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Total number of items with a
rotation > 30 degrees (Block Design)
What does "CDre" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Total number of symbols rotated >
90 degrees (Coding)
Name a subtest where you subtract the number of incorrect responses from the number of correct
responses - CORRECT ANSWER - Symbol Search
