[citation needed] This test is entirely spoken and is thus suitable for people with a wide range of problems such as those involving reading, visual perception, or movement.
It takes approximately five minutes to administer yet yields three different measures of executive functioning which can be considered separately or combined into an overall score.
It usually takes between five and ten minutes to administer, and yields an easily understood scaled score of between 1 and 10.
It is thus appropriate for people who are suffering from a wide range of associated deficits such as those involving speech production or reading.
The tests are used by clinical neuropsychologists to assess executive functioning in people with neurological disorders such as tumors,[2] strokes,[3] acquired brain injury,[1][4] Parkinson's disease,[5] dementia,[5][3] Korsakoff's syndrome,[6][3] encephalitis,[7] and also psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia.