1. Age
  2. Time to nearest hour
  3. An address to be repeated at the end of the test
  4. Where are you now?
  5. Year
  6. Recognition of 2 persons
  7. Date of birth
  8. Year of first world war
  9. Name of present monarch
  10. Count backwards from 20 to 1

Each question scores 1 mark.

A score of 6 or less suggests severe dementia.

Features suggestive of multi-infarct dementia include a history of TIA , hypertension , focal neurological signs or symptoms or fluctuations in the level of functioning.

Dysphasic and apraxic errors may occur in both Alzheimer-type dementia and multi-infarct dementia.