Folstein Visuospatial Construction 2

Question 1

To score a point on the MMSE pentagon task, the two pentagons must do what?

Accepted Answer

Intersect to form a four-sided overlap

Answer

Be identical in size

Answer

Be shaded differently

Answer

Touch at a single point only

Question 2

What is the maximum score on the MMSE construction section?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

3

Answer

5

Question 3

Difficulty copying the intersecting pentagons on the MMSE may suggest involvement of which brain region?

Accepted Answer

Parietal lobe

Answer

Frontal lobe

Answer

Brainstem

Answer

Temporal lobe

Question 4

If a patient draws the pentagons correctly but rotates the figure 45 degrees, should it be scored as correct?

Accepted Answer

Yes, as long as the intersection is a quadrilateral

Answer

No, rotation disqualifies the response

Answer

Only if the rotation is less than 30 degrees

Answer

No, orientation must match the model exactly

Question 5

Which MMSE section is the intersecting pentagon task part of?

Accepted Answer

Visuospatial construction

Answer

Language

Answer

Orientation

Answer

Attention and calculation

Question 6

The construction task in the MMSE is also commonly referred to by what name?

Accepted Answer

Pentagon copying

Answer

Clock drawing test

Answer

Cube copying

Answer

Rey figure