Wechsler Test Wechsler FSIQ and Index Score Interpretation 4

Question 1

An examinee shows VCI 115, VSI 112, FRI 118, WMI 113, but PSI 79. Which composite would best represent overall ability?

Accepted Answer

GAI, because it minimizes the depressed PSI

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FSIQ, because it includes everything

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PSI, because it is the lowest

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WMI alone

Question 2

What does a Cognitive Proficiency Index (CPI) combine?

Accepted Answer

Working Memory and Processing Speed

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Verbal Comprehension and Visual Spatial

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Fluid Reasoning and Verbal Comprehension

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Visual Spatial and Fluid Reasoning

Question 3

A confidence interval (e.g., 95%) is reported around a FSIQ to communicate:

Accepted Answer

The range likely containing the true score given measurement error

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The examinee's true motivation

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The exact IQ with no error

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The percentile rank only

Question 4

Two subtests within an index differ by 5 scaled-score points. This intra-index scatter suggests the clinician should:

Accepted Answer

Interpret that index with caution

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Report the index as fully unitary

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Discard the entire test

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Add the two subtests together

Question 5

A FSIQ of 68 on the WAIS-IV would, with adaptive deficits, support consideration of which condition?

Accepted Answer

Intellectual disability

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Intellectual giftedness

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Average functioning

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Specific learning disorder only

Question 6

Why are index-level scores often more clinically useful than the single FSIQ?

Accepted Answer

They reveal specific cognitive strengths and weaknesses

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They are always higher than the FSIQ

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They eliminate measurement error

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They replace the need for subtest analysis

Question 7

On the WISC-V, which five primary indexes contribute to the FSIQ?

Accepted Answer

VCI, VSI, FRI, WMI, PSI

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VCI, PRI, WMI, PSI, GAI

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VCI, VSI, FRI, GAI, CPI

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VCI, FRI, PSI, GAI, CPI