MoCA Memory Recall 2

Question 1

What is the category cue the examiner gives for the word 'Church' if it is not freely recalled on the MoCA?

Accepted Answer

A type of building

Answer

'Church' is cued with the category 'a type of building'.

Question 2

If a patient still cannot retrieve a word after the category cue, what is the next step in MoCA delayed recall?

Accepted Answer

The examiner gives a multiple-choice cue with the target and two distractors

Answer

A multiple-choice cue follows the category cue for any word still not recalled.

Question 3

Why does the MoCA record cued recall performance even though it is not scored?

Accepted Answer

To distinguish a retrieval problem from an encoding or storage problem

Answer

Cued recall helps clinicians tell retrieval failure apart from a true storage deficit.

Question 4

What is the maximum value of the MoCA Memory Index Score (MIS)?

Accepted Answer

15

Answer

The Memory Index Score ranges from 0 to 15.

Question 5

A patient recalls 2 words freely, 2 with category cues, and 1 with multiple choice. What is the Memory Index Score?

Accepted Answer

11

Answer

(2 x 3) + (2 x 2) + (1 x 1) = 11.

(MoCA) Montreal Cognitive Assessment Practice Test