Orientation and Attention Flashcards
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How many points is the orientation section of the MoCA worth?
Answer: 6
Orientation has six items worth one point each.
A patient being tested on the 16th gives the date as the 15th. How is the date item scored on the MoCA?
Answer: No credit; the date must be exact
The MoCA requires the exact date; an error of one day scores zero for that item.
What answer does the MoCA accept for the 'place' orientation item?
Answer: The specific name of the hospital, clinic, or office where testing is done
The patient must name the specific place of testing, such as the clinic or hospital.
In the MoCA vigilance (letter tapping) task, what should the patient do?
Answer: Tap the table each time the letter A is read aloud
The patient taps their hand once whenever they hear the letter A.
How is the MoCA vigilance task scored?
Answer: 1 point if there are one or fewer errors
One point is awarded if the patient makes zero or one error.
At what pace should the examiner read the letters aloud in the MoCA vigilance task?
Answer: One letter per second
The letters are read at a rate of one per second.