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DBDA

1. What does DBDA stand for? David’s Battery of Differential Ability


2. Who developed the DBDA?
3. When was the DBDA developed? 1947
4. Who gave the Indianised version of DBDA? Sanjay Vohra
5. Define Aptitude.
6. What are the aptitudes measured by the DBDA?
7. What is Verbal Ability?
8. What is Numerical Ability?
9. What is Spatial Ability?
10. What is Closure ability?
11. What is clerical Ability?
12. What is reasoning Ability?
13. What is mechanical Ability?
14. What is psychomotor ability?
15. What is the DBDA useful for?
16. In which of the tests do we not disclose the time limit? Clerical and Spatial
17. What are the occupational successes for numerical/ spatial/ clerical/ psychomotor/
verbal mechanical/ closure ability? Each is a separate question.
18. What does Low sten, average sten and high sten score mean?

WMS

1. What is the full form of WMS?


2. How many versions are there of WMS?
3. When was the WMS developed? 1945
4. When was the WMS IV developed? 2009
5. What kind of test is the WMS? Neurological test designed to measure different
memory functions
6. Name some of the sub tests of WMS.
7. What are the five indexes of WMS?
8. What is the Brief Cognitive status exam? What are its components? Assesses global
cognitive functioning in people with suspected memory deficits.
9. What does logical memory assess?
10. What does visual reproduction test assess?
11. Which test assesses visual spatial working memory? Spatial addition
12. What are the tests included on Auditory memory?
13. What are the tests included in Visual memory?
14. What are the tests included in Visual working memory?
15. What are the tests included in Delayed memory?
16. What are the tests included in Immediate memory?
17. What is the age group for WMS? 16-90

THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST

1. Define personality.
2. What are the several techniques of assessing personality? self report inventories,
Questionnaires, interviews, behavioral assessment, projective techniques
3. What are projective techniques?
4. Which theory is the TAT based on? Psychoanalytic theory by Freud
5. What are defense mechanisms?
6. Name some common projective techniques.
7. Who developed the TAT? Henry Murray
8. Who developed the Indian modification of TAT? Uma Chowdhary.
9. In which year was the Indian Modification done? 1967
10. Why was the original TAT modified? It was not culture free.
11. What are the major modifications with regard to? Joint family system, religious
fantasies, certain triangular situations, models of dressing
12. How many cards in the TAT? 14 – 13 with pictures and 1 blank card
13. What are the several factors assessed through the TAT? motives, trends and feelings
of the hero; forces of the hero’s environment; outcomes of the story; themes, interests
and sentiments
14. What are the application values of TAT? Reveals individual’s perception of
interpersonal relationships or social situations.
15. What are the advantages of the TAT? clients can express feelings in a non direct way
16. What are the limitations of the test? Subjective nature of scoring, interpretation bias,
lack of standardized scoring system

CHILDREN’S APPERCEPTION TEST

1. What is the age range for CAT? 3-10 years


2. Who developed the CAT? Bellack and Sonya Bellack
3. How is the CAT different from TAT? All the characters are animals
4. What kind of responses are elicited from the CAT cards? feeding problems, other oral
problems, investigate sibling rivalry, attitudes towards parental figures
5. Which theory is the CAT based on? Psychoanalytic theory
6. How many cards are there in the CAT? 10
7. What are the four aspects to remember while observing the cards? the present
situation, the past that has led to this situation, what is going to happen in the future,
what are the thoughts and feelings of the animals
8. What are the factors to be taken into consideration while analyzing the responses?
Hero, theme, need, conflicts, ego defense mechanisms

MMPI

1. What is the full form of MMPI?


2. Which is the current version of MMPI that is in use?
3. What is the main difference between the present version and the previous version?
MMPI II had 10 subscales, mainly for the clinical population.
4. When did MMPI develop? 1937
5. Latest MMPI came in? 2020
6. How many questions are there in MMPI III?
7. Define personality.
8. Name the 3 higher order dimensions. Emotional/ internalizing dysfunction, thought
dysfunction, and behavioral/ externalizing dysfunction.
9. Name any 3 RC scales with what they measure.
10. How many scales are there in the personality psychopathology scale? 5
11. Name any 3 scales of the personality psychopathology scale
12. Give the interpretation of the Discontraint scale of psychopathology. The person is
behaviorally discontrained, engages in acting out behavior, impulsivity and sensation
and excitement seeking.
13. Give the complete form of RC scales. Restructured clinical scales
14. How many RC scales are there? 8
15. Give the interpretation of RCd scale. At risk for suicidal ideation, complains about
feeling distressed, experiences sadness and despair, stress, pessimistic.
16. What does RC2 scale measure? Low positive emotions

TOWER OF LONDON

1. Who invented TOL?


2. Under which test is TOL administered?
3. How many cards are given in TOL?
4. Define executive functioning
5. Define Problem solving
6. How many tests are there in NIMHANS neuropsychiatric battery and what are they?
7. In total how many tests are there in NIMHANS neuropsychiatric battery
8. What is TOL used for?
9. Name a few subtests of NIMHANS neuropsychiatric battery
10. Who is the author of NIMHANS neuropsychiatric battery

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