WPPSI Ancillary Index Scores 3

Question 1

Which ancillary index would be most appropriate for a bilingual child whose dominant language is not English?

Accepted Answer

Nonverbal Index

Answer

Vocabulary Acquisition Index

Answer

General Ability Index

Answer

Cognitive Proficiency Index

Question 2

The Vocabulary Acquisition Index subtests measure which two distinct vocabulary skills?

Accepted Answer

Receptive vocabulary and expressive vocabulary

Answer

Word fluency and word retrieval

Answer

Semantic knowledge and phonological awareness

Answer

Reading vocabulary and listening vocabulary

Question 3

Which WPPSI-IV ancillary index is most analogous to the GAI found in the WISC-V?

Accepted Answer

General Ability Index

Answer

Vocabulary Acquisition Index

Answer

Nonverbal Index

Answer

Cognitive Proficiency Index

Question 4

When comparing the GAI to the FSIQ, what is a clinician most likely trying to determine?

Accepted Answer

Whether working memory and processing speed are artificially suppressing or inflating the FSIQ

Answer

Whether the child's verbal abilities exceed their nonverbal abilities

Answer

Whether the child requires special education services

Answer

Whether subtest substitutions are needed

Question 5

How many subtests comprise the General Ability Index (GAI) on the WPPSI-IV?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

2

Answer

4

Answer

8

Question 6

Which clinical finding would most likely prompt an examiner to interpret the Nonverbal Index instead of the Full Scale IQ?

Accepted Answer

The child has a severe speech-language impairment affecting verbal test performance

Answer

The child scores at the 50th percentile on all subtests

Answer

The child's processing speed scores are lower than expected

Answer

The child's working memory scores are significantly above average

Question 7

What is the clinical significance of a notably high Vocabulary Acquisition Index (VAI) score relative to a child's other index scores?

Accepted Answer

It may indicate strong vocabulary development, possibly reflecting an enriched language environment

Answer

It suggests the child has superior nonverbal reasoning

Answer

It confirms no language-based learning disabilities are present

Answer

It is used to determine eligibility for gifted programs based on academic aptitude alone