Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
MoCA - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Used to assess cognition
-Similar to Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)
-Montreal Cognitive Assessment
-Developed in 1996
-Dr. Ziad Nasreddine (Montreal, Canada)
-30-point Test
-Available in 35 languages
-3 forms of English
-10 minutes
diagnosis groups of MoCA - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Dementia
-Alzheimer's
-Parkinson's
-Vascular Cognitive Disease
-Huntington's Disease
-Brain Tumors
-Multiple Sclerosis
-TBI
-Depression
-Schizophrenia
-Heart Failure
MoCA Content - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Visuospatial
-Executive Function
-Short Term Memory Recall
-Attention, Concentration, & Working Memory
, -Language
-Abstraction
-Orientation to Time & Place
MoCa scoring - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Total Possible Score is 30
-Score ABOVE 26 is considered NORMAL
Alternating Trail Making - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Administration: The examiner
instructs the subject: "Please draw a line, going from a number to a letter in ascending order.
Begin here [point to (1)] and draw a line from 1 then to A then to 2 and so on. End here [point
to (E)]."
-Scoring: Allocate one point if the subject successfully draws the following pattern:1 −A- 2-
B- 3- C- 4- D- 5- E, without drawing any lines that cross. Any error that is not immediately
self-corrected earns a score of 0.
Visuoconstructional Skills (box) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Administration: The examiner
gives the following instructions, pointing to the cube: "Copy this drawing as accurately as
you can, in the space below".
-Scoring: One point is allocated for a correctly executed drawing.• Drawing must be three-
dimensional• All lines are drawn• No line is added• Lines are relatively parallel and their
length is similar (rectangular prisms are accepted)A point is not assigned if any of the above-
criteria are not met.
Visuoconstructional Skills (Clock): - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Administration: Indicate
the right third of the space and give the following instructions: "Draw a clock. Put in all the
numbers and set the time to 10 past 11".
-Scoring: One point is allocated for each of the following three criteria:• Contour (1 pt.): the
clock face must be a circle with only minor distortion acceptable (e.g., slight imperfection on
closing the circle);• Numbers (1 pt.): all clock numbers must be present with no additional
numbers; numbersmust be in the correct order and placed in the approximate quadrants on the
clock face; Roman numerals are acceptable; numbers can be placed outside the circle
contour;• Hands (1 pt.): there must be two hands jointly indicating the correct time; the hour
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
MoCA - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Used to assess cognition
-Similar to Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)
-Montreal Cognitive Assessment
-Developed in 1996
-Dr. Ziad Nasreddine (Montreal, Canada)
-30-point Test
-Available in 35 languages
-3 forms of English
-10 minutes
diagnosis groups of MoCA - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Dementia
-Alzheimer's
-Parkinson's
-Vascular Cognitive Disease
-Huntington's Disease
-Brain Tumors
-Multiple Sclerosis
-TBI
-Depression
-Schizophrenia
-Heart Failure
MoCA Content - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Visuospatial
-Executive Function
-Short Term Memory Recall
-Attention, Concentration, & Working Memory
, -Language
-Abstraction
-Orientation to Time & Place
MoCa scoring - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Total Possible Score is 30
-Score ABOVE 26 is considered NORMAL
Alternating Trail Making - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Administration: The examiner
instructs the subject: "Please draw a line, going from a number to a letter in ascending order.
Begin here [point to (1)] and draw a line from 1 then to A then to 2 and so on. End here [point
to (E)]."
-Scoring: Allocate one point if the subject successfully draws the following pattern:1 −A- 2-
B- 3- C- 4- D- 5- E, without drawing any lines that cross. Any error that is not immediately
self-corrected earns a score of 0.
Visuoconstructional Skills (box) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Administration: The examiner
gives the following instructions, pointing to the cube: "Copy this drawing as accurately as
you can, in the space below".
-Scoring: One point is allocated for a correctly executed drawing.• Drawing must be three-
dimensional• All lines are drawn• No line is added• Lines are relatively parallel and their
length is similar (rectangular prisms are accepted)A point is not assigned if any of the above-
criteria are not met.
Visuoconstructional Skills (Clock): - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Administration: Indicate
the right third of the space and give the following instructions: "Draw a clock. Put in all the
numbers and set the time to 10 past 11".
-Scoring: One point is allocated for each of the following three criteria:• Contour (1 pt.): the
clock face must be a circle with only minor distortion acceptable (e.g., slight imperfection on
closing the circle);• Numbers (1 pt.): all clock numbers must be present with no additional
numbers; numbersmust be in the correct order and placed in the approximate quadrants on the
clock face; Roman numerals are acceptable; numbers can be placed outside the circle
contour;• Hands (1 pt.): there must be two hands jointly indicating the correct time; the hour
