Folstein Registration 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which MMSE section directly precedes the recall section?
- Orientation
- Registration
- Attention and calculation (Correct answer)
- Language
Correct answer: Attention and calculation
The attention and calculation section follows registration and precedes recall, acting as an interference task.
Question 2: What type of words are traditionally used in the MMSE registration task?
- Numbers
- Unrelated common nouns (Correct answer)
- Medical terms
- Rhyming words
Correct answer: Unrelated common nouns
Three semantically unrelated common nouns (e.g., apple, penny, table) are used to prevent clustering strategies.
Question 3: Approximately how long after registration are patients asked to recall the words?
- Immediately
- After 1 minute
- After several minutes of other tasks (Correct answer)
- After 30 minutes
Correct answer: After several minutes of other tasks
Recall is tested after the attention/calculation section, which introduces several minutes of intervening tasks.
Question 4: What does a registration score of 0 indicate?
- The patient refused to answer
- The patient learned none of the three words (Correct answer)
- The patient has severe orientation deficits
- The test was not administered
Correct answer: The patient learned none of the three words
A registration score of 0 means the patient was unable to repeat any of the three presented words correctly.
Question 5: Registration on the MMSE primarily tests which memory system?
- Procedural memory
- Semantic memory
- Working memory / immediate recall (Correct answer)
- Episodic long-term memory
Correct answer: Working memory / immediate recall
Registration relies on working memory and immediate recall, reflecting the initial encoding of information.
Question 6: Which score on the registration task indicates the patient successfully encoded all three words?
- 1
- 2
- 3 (Correct answer)
- 5
Correct answer: 3
A registration score of 3 means the patient correctly repeated all three words on the first trial.
Folstein Registration 2
Which MMSE section directly precedes the recall section?