Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the comprehension test measuring? - CORRECT ANSWER - Verbal reasoning
and conceptualization, verbal comprehension and expression, the ability to evaluate and use past
knowledge, and the ability to demonstrate practical knowledge and judgment
Is visual puzzles a measure of construction or a measure of underlying conceptual rules? -
CORRECT ANSWER - It is a measure of non-motor construction.
What are the Fluid Reasoning Subtests? - CORRECT ANSWER - Matrix Reasoning,
Figure Weights, Picture Concepts, Arithmetic
What does the Digit Span subtest require the examinee to do? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The examinee is required to recall numbers that the examiner read out loud in a specific order,
the first time it is in the same order they heard the numbers, the second time it is to recall the
numbers backwards, and the third time it is to recall the numbers in ascending order.
What is the idea behind the five complimentary subtests and are these subtests included in the
FSIQ? - CORRECT ANSWER - To provide further information about cognitive abilities if
the clinical need is present. Not included in FSIQ
Which WISC subtests measure working memory? - CORRECT ANSWER - Digit span,
picture span, letter-number sequencing
Which WISC subtests measure processing speed? - CORRECT ANSWER - Coding,
symbol search, cancellation
Which WISC subtests measure verbal comprehension? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Similarities, vocabulary, information, comprehension