WISC-V EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Time to administer the primary index? - Answers -65 minutes
Time to administer the FSIQ? - Answers -48 minutes
Five factors that make up the primary index scores? - Answers -Verbal Comprehension
Index (VCI)
Visual Spatial Index (VSI)
Fluid Reasoning Index (FRI)
Working Memory Index (WMI)
Processing Speed Index (PSI)
What are the ancillary index scores? - Answers -Quantitative Reasoning Index (QRI)
Auditory Working Memory Index (AWMI)
Nonverbal Index (NVI)
General Ability Index (GAI)
Cognitive Proficiency Index (CPI)
Primary Subtests - Answers -Block Design, Similarities, Matrix Reasoning, Digit Span,
Coding, Vocabulary, Figure Weights, Visual Puzzles, Picture Span, Symbol Search.
Secondary Subtests - Answers -Information, Picture Concepts, Letter-Number
Sequencing, Cancellation, Comprehension, Arithmetic.
What subtests measure WMI? - Answers -Digit Span
Picture Span
Letter-Span Sequencing
Describe Digit Span - Answers -Part of the WMI. Three parts: Forward, Backward, and
Sequencing. Discontinue when both trials of item incorrect. Remember to read at the
correct speed.
Picture Span Administration - Answers -Child views one or more pictures, then selects
them in sequential order from a larger picture array. Two points for correct pictures in
the correct order and one point for correct pictures in the incorrect order. Simple visual
span task with proactive interference.
Describe Letter-Number Sequencing - Answers -Auditory working memory. As with Digit
Span, remember not to chunk, to read one per second, with consistent tone, drop voice
at the end. Do not repeat any trial.
What subtests measure PSI? - Answers -Coding
Symbol Search
Cancellation
Time to administer the primary index? - Answers -65 minutes
Time to administer the FSIQ? - Answers -48 minutes
Five factors that make up the primary index scores? - Answers -Verbal Comprehension
Index (VCI)
Visual Spatial Index (VSI)
Fluid Reasoning Index (FRI)
Working Memory Index (WMI)
Processing Speed Index (PSI)
What are the ancillary index scores? - Answers -Quantitative Reasoning Index (QRI)
Auditory Working Memory Index (AWMI)
Nonverbal Index (NVI)
General Ability Index (GAI)
Cognitive Proficiency Index (CPI)
Primary Subtests - Answers -Block Design, Similarities, Matrix Reasoning, Digit Span,
Coding, Vocabulary, Figure Weights, Visual Puzzles, Picture Span, Symbol Search.
Secondary Subtests - Answers -Information, Picture Concepts, Letter-Number
Sequencing, Cancellation, Comprehension, Arithmetic.
What subtests measure WMI? - Answers -Digit Span
Picture Span
Letter-Span Sequencing
Describe Digit Span - Answers -Part of the WMI. Three parts: Forward, Backward, and
Sequencing. Discontinue when both trials of item incorrect. Remember to read at the
correct speed.
Picture Span Administration - Answers -Child views one or more pictures, then selects
them in sequential order from a larger picture array. Two points for correct pictures in
the correct order and one point for correct pictures in the incorrect order. Simple visual
span task with proactive interference.
Describe Letter-Number Sequencing - Answers -Auditory working memory. As with Digit
Span, remember not to chunk, to read one per second, with consistent tone, drop voice
at the end. Do not repeat any trial.
What subtests measure PSI? - Answers -Coding
Symbol Search
Cancellation
