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  1. How many subtests comprise the WAIS-IV (including core and supplemental)?

    Answer: 15

    The WAIS-IV contains 15 subtests in total: 10 core and 5 supplemental, though not all are administered in every evaluation.

  2. In the WAIS-IV, which index score is most directly impaired when a person has a reading disability but intact visuospatial skills?

    Answer: Verbal Comprehension Index

    The Verbal Comprehension Index relies on language-based tasks (Similarities, Vocabulary, Information), which are sensitive to reading and language disabilities.

  3. Which WAIS-IV subtest uses a pegboard-style task in its earlier editions but was redesigned as a paper-response task?

    Answer: Coding

    Coding has always used a paper-response format; however, Object Assembly in WAIS-III used physical puzzle pieces before being replaced by paper-based Visual Puzzles in WAIS-IV.

  4. The 'Comprehension' subtest measures an examinee's understanding of:

    Answer: Social rules and the reasons behind them

    Comprehension assesses practical reasoning about social situations and common-sense understanding of societal conventions and moral principles.

  5. Which supplemental WAIS-IV subtest can substitute for Digit Span when calculating the Working Memory Index?

    Answer: Letter-Number Sequencing

    Letter-Number Sequencing is a supplemental WMI subtest that may substitute for Digit Span if Digit Span is spoiled or invalid during administration.

  6. Which aspect of 'Block Design' performance can provide clinically useful information beyond the scaled score?

    Answer: Time bonus points and the Block Design No Time Bonus process score

    The Block Design No Time Bonus (BDn) process score, derived by rescoring without time bonuses, helps distinguish spatial construction ability from speed-related performance.

  7. Matrix Reasoning was introduced to the Wechsler adult battery in which edition?

    Answer: WAIS-III

    Matrix Reasoning was added in the WAIS-III (1997) as a nonverbal, culture-reduced measure of fluid reasoning, analogous to Raven's Progressive Matrices.