MoCA Word Recall 5

Question 1

When the MoCA is administered to an individual with less than 12 years of education, what adjustment is made to account for education effects?

Accepted Answer

One bonus point is added to the total score

Answer

A 1-point education correction is applied to the MoCA total score for individuals with 12 or fewer years of schooling.

Question 2

In the context of MoCA word recall, 'source monitoring failure' refers to:

Accepted Answer

Reporting words from prior conversations as being on the list

Answer

Source monitoring failure involves attributing a memory to the wrong origin, such as recalling words heard elsewhere as part of the list.

Question 3

Which of the following factors would LEAST affect a patient's MoCA word recall score?

Accepted Answer

The patient's dominant hand

Answer

Handedness has no meaningful impact on verbal memory recall, which depends on language and medial temporal systems.

Question 4

What is the recommended response if a patient asks the examiner to repeat the word list during the delayed recall phase of the MoCA?

Accepted Answer

Decline and encourage the patient to try their best from memory

Answer

Repeating the list during recall would invalidate the delayed memory test; the examiner should encourage the patient to recall without help.

Question 5

Among healthy older adults, what is the approximate average number of words recalled spontaneously on the MoCA delayed recall?

Accepted Answer

4–5 words

Answer

Cognitively healthy older adults typically recall 4–5 words spontaneously, making lower scores more clinically significant.

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