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Topic: Mini Mental Status Exam (or MMSE)
Subject: Medicine
While performing the Mini-Mental State Exam the PCP asks her patient to copy the following design. What cognitive function is being assessed by this request?

A. Language

B. Orientation

C. Registration

D. Visual-motor integrity

Correct Answer : D.


While each possible choice listed is assessed during the Mini-Mental State Exam, the specific request to copy the given design screens for visual-motor integrity. A correct response includes correctly copying all ten angles, two of which must intersect. The correct response is awarded a score of 1 point on this 30-point screening exam.

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