PIP The PIP Points System 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What term describes a PIP activity descriptor that requires help from another person?
- Supervised
- Prompted
- With assistance (Correct answer)
- Directed
Correct answer: With assistance
Descriptors that involve another person physically helping are labeled 'with assistance' in PIP activity tables.
Question 2: When assessing points for Daily Living, which activity relates to managing medicines or monitoring a health condition?
- Activity 8
- Activity 9
- Activity 10 (Correct answer)
- Activity 7
Correct answer: Activity 10
Activity 10 in the Daily Living component covers managing therapy or monitoring a health condition.
Question 3: A claimant needs prompting to manage their own medication. This relates to which PIP assessment principle?
- Needs an aid or appliance
- Needs supervision
- Needs prompting (Correct answer)
- Cannot complete the activity
Correct answer: Needs prompting
Prompting means needing reminders, encouragement, or verbal cues from another person, and it can score points in relevant PIP activities.
Question 4: Under the PIP points system, what does it mean to complete an activity 'repeatedly'?
- Doing it once per week
- Being able to do it as many times as reasonably required (Correct answer)
- Completing it daily without fail
- Finishing it within five minutes
Correct answer: Being able to do it as many times as reasonably required
Repeatedly means being able to perform the activity as often as it would normally need to be done in a day.
Question 5: Which Mobility activity assesses a claimant's ability to plan and follow a journey?
- Mobility Activity 1 (Correct answer)
- Mobility Activity 2
- Mobility Activity 3
- Mobility Activity 4
Correct answer: Mobility Activity 1
Mobility Activity 1 covers planning and following the route of a journey.
Question 6: What maximum points can be scored on Mobility Activity 2 (Moving Around)?
- 8 points
- 10 points
- 12 points (Correct answer)
- 6 points
Correct answer: 12 points
Mobility Activity 2 (Moving Around) can award up to 12 points for those who cannot stand or move more than 1 metre.
Question 7: If a claimant can only walk between 20 and 50 metres, how many points do they typically receive for Mobility Activity 2?
- 4 points
- 6 points
- 8 points (Correct answer)
- 10 points
Correct answer: 8 points
Being able to move more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres unaided scores 8 points under Mobility Activity 2.
PIP The PIP Points System 3
What term describes a PIP activity descriptor that requires help from another person?