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  1. A rehabilitation psychologist uses WAIS-IV scores to guide cognitive rehabilitation for a patient with multiple sclerosis. Which index would MOST directly inform recommendations for compensatory memory strategies?

    Answer: Working Memory Index

    Working Memory Index deficits directly inform the need for compensatory strategies like note-taking, reminders, and chunking information.

  2. An industrial-organizational psychologist uses cognitive assessment for personnel selection. Which WAIS-IV composite BEST predicts performance across a wide range of occupations according to the research literature?

    Answer: Full Scale IQ

    General cognitive ability (g), best captured by the FSIQ, is the strongest and most robust predictor of job performance across occupational categories.

  3. When comparing a client's WAIS-IV scores to their scores from a WAIS-III administered 10 years earlier, a clinician must account for the Flynn Effect. This means:

    Answer: Older norms produce inflated scores compared to more recent norms

    The Flynn Effect refers to rising population IQ scores over generations, causing older test norms to produce higher scores than newer norms for the same performance.

  4. A clinician administers a short form of the WAIS-IV to save time. Which statement BEST describes the tradeoff of using abbreviated batteries?

    Answer: Short forms reduce reliability and validity compared to the full battery, limiting diagnostic conclusions

    Abbreviated batteries sacrifice reliability and validity, making them inappropriate for high-stakes decisions that require comprehensive assessment.

  5. A clinician reports that a client's WAIS-IV FSIQ score is at the 63rd percentile. What does this MOST accurately mean?

    Answer: The client scored higher than approximately 63% of same-age peers in the normative sample

    A percentile rank indicates the proportion of same-age individuals in the normative sample who scored at or below the examinee's obtained score.

  6. Which WAIS-IV subtest is classified as a supplemental Processing Speed measure and is most useful when Coding cannot be administered due to a fine motor impairment?

    Answer: Cancellation

    Cancellation is a supplemental Processing Speed subtest that involves scanning and marking targets, which can substitute when motor demands of Coding are prohibitive.

  7. In pediatric to adult transition planning, WAIS-IV results are used to guide supported employment decisions for a 22-year-old with an intellectual disability. The MOST critical supplemental information needed alongside the WAIS-IV scores is:

    Answer: A comprehensive adaptive behavior assessment

    Supported employment planning for individuals with intellectual disability requires adaptive behavior data to understand real-world functional skills beyond cognitive test scores.