MoCA MoCA Verbal Fluency (Letter Fluency) 2

Question 1

A patient produces 'fun, funny, fan, fast, faster, fork, fig, fence, fox, farm, friend' in 60 seconds. How many words count toward the score?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

'Funny' and 'faster' are same-root variants of 'fun' and 'fast', so 9 valid words remain.

Question 2

With 9 valid words in the MoCA letter fluency task, what score does the patient earn?

Accepted Answer

0 points

Answer

The point is awarded only for 11 or more valid words.

Question 3

A patient says 'Florida' and 'Frank' during the letter fluency task. How are these scored?

Accepted Answer

Neither counts because they are proper nouns

Answer

Proper nouns such as names of people and places are excluded.

Question 4

A patient says 'phone' and 'photo' during the F-word task. How should the examiner score them?

Accepted Answer

Do not count them because they do not begin with the letter F

Answer

The task requires words beginning with the letter F, not merely the F sound.

Question 5

A patient repeats 'fish' three times in one minute. How many valid words does that contribute?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

Repetitions are counted only once.

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