Passing tests is something to be very proud of, but you might want to take care when boasting about it when the test is made deliberately easy to check for mild cognitive dysfunction or a decline of normal aging and
the more serious decline of dementia.
The test Trump took as part of his White House pohysical is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Trump said he 'aced it' but the the final five questions 'get very hard'.
The test involves investigating problems with
memory, language, thinking and judgment that are greater than normal
age-related changes.
As the MoCA screening test is online here we can see just how hard the last five questions are:
Read a list of letters. The subject must ap with is hand at each letter A. FBACMNAAJKLBAFAKDEAAAJAMOFAAB
Serial 7 Subtraction starting from 100
Language - Repeat : I only know that John is the one to help today
The cat always hid under the couch when dogs were in the room
Abstraction - Similarity between eg banana - orange = Fruit. Train - Bicycle, Watch - Ruler
Orientation - State Date Month, Year, Day, Place, City
Hmmm... you can see why Trump may have found them very hard, he isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. Click on the image above to take the full test yourself and see if you can 'ace' it also.
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