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Performance Based Cognitive Assessment After Stroke

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1.  Why is the exclusive use of traditional pen and paper measures concerning?
  1. They do not use occupation as the basis for assessment
  2. There is no clear correlation to daily function
  3. They are mostly borrowed from other disciplines
  4. All of the above
2.  During your FIM evaluation you note that your client is staring blankly at his meal tray. He picks up the spoon and starts to tap it on a mug. He then takes the spoon and moves it towards his hair. Your client who survived a stroke is most likely presenting with which impairment that is interfering with feeding?
  1. Motor apraxia
  2. Executive dysfunction
  3. Ideational apraxia
  4. Spatial dysfunction
3.  Based on the client described in question 2, what would be an appropriate assessment?
  1. Multiple Errands Test
  2. Executive Function Performance Test
  3. Catherine Bergego Scale
  4. A-ONE
4.  Your client who survived a stroke is presenting with difficulty in multi-tasking, managing time pressure, organization, and planning. What would be an appropriate assessment?
  1. Multiple Errands Test
  2. Executive Function Performance Test
  3. Catherine Bergego Scale
  4. A-ONE
5.  On the first day of your evaluation you question your client about the difficulties she is experiencing since her stroke last week. She reports that she cannot walk. While this is true, she also cannot use her left arm, neglects the left side of space and her body, and has difficulty paying attention in general. The focus of awareness interventions would be on which type of awareness?
  1. Intellectual
  2. Emergent
  3. Anticipatory
  4. Foundational
6.  Your client who survived a stroke knows that he starts to become disorganized in times of stress, when there is many outside distractions, and when he is pressed for time. Because of this he decides to start his holiday shopping early and makes most purchases online in his own home. He is demonstrating what type of awareness?
  1. Intellectual
  2. Emergent
  3. Anticipatory
  4. Foundational
7.  What category of occupations does the Executive Function Performance Test utilize as the basis for assessment?
  1. BADL
  2. IADL
  3. Work
  4. Mobility
8.  What are examples of behaviors observed during assessment that are consistent with executive dysfunction?
  1. Poor organization
  2. Poor judgement
  3. Poor planning
  4. All of the above
9.  The Catherine Bergego Scale is appropriate to use for those living with which type of neglect?
  1. Near space
  2. Far space
  3. Body
  4. All of the above
10.  Which concept of validity related to assessment is concerned with the generalization of testing to real world function?
  1. Concurrent
  2. Convergent
  3. Ecological
  4. Content

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