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Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ)

Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) Test

Understand how often everyday slips in attention, memory, and coordination show up in your life in about 5 minutes. Get a quick, clear snapshot of patterns tied to stress or fatigue so you can target improvements.

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October 2, 2025

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How the Scales are Structured

example score

11/36

Action Failures (AF)

Measures how often everyday slips reflect disorganization, indecision, or reduced control over actions.

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Moderate

High

0 – 12: Low | 13 – 24: Moderate | 25 – 36: High

A score of 11 falls in the Low range, suggesting relatively few action-related cognitive slips and generally effective behavioral control in daily activities.

example score

17/28

Memory Errors (ME)

Measures how frequently everyday cognitive slips occur due to forgetfulness and difficulties encoding, storing, or retrieving information.

Low

Moderate

High

0 – 9: Low | 10 – 18: Moderate | 19 – 28: High

A score of 17 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting occasional to fairly frequent everyday memory lapses compared with lower scores.

example score

16/36

Attention Errors (AE)

Measures how often everyday lapses in concentration and inattentive slips occur.

Low

Moderate

High

0 – 12: Low | 13 – 24: Moderate | 25 – 36: High

A score of 16 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting occasional attention-related slips and some difficulty sustaining focus in everyday situations.

example score

48/100

Cognitive Failures (CF)

Measures how often everyday slips in attention, memory, and action control occur in daily life.

Low

Moderate

High

0 – 33: Low | 34 – 66: Moderate | 67 – 100: High

A score of 48 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a typical-to-elevated frequency of cognitive slips that may be more noticeable under distraction or stress.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Stressed, sleep-deprived adults

41%OF USERS

People under stress or poor sleep who notice more forgetfulness, distraction, and everyday slip-ups want a quick snapshot of how often it happens.

Students and busy professionals

35%OF USERS

Those juggling heavy workloads use it to gauge attention and memory lapses that affect studying, meetings, and daily tasks.

Clinicians and researchers

24%OF USERS

Health and research professionals use it to screen or track everyday cognitive slips in clients or study participants over time.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Action Errors (AE)

Average

20.9

Normal range

16.4 — 25.4

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Memory Errors (ME)

Average

20.7

Normal range

16.2 — 25.2

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Attention Errors (AE)

Average

11.8

Normal range

5.5 — 18.1

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Cognitive Errors (CE)

Average

54.1

Normal range

40.8 — 67.4

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100

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CLEAR ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures how often everyday slips occur in memory, attention, and motor coordination. It focuses on minor errors such as forgetting, distraction, and clumsy actions.

How long does it take to complete?

Most people finish in about 5 minutes. The questionnaire includes 25 items.

How should responses be selected?

Choose the option that best reflects how often each event happens in everyday life. Use typical experience rather than rare or unusual situations.

What time period should be considered when answering?

Consider the past several months unless instructions indicate otherwise. Base ratings on usual patterns rather than one recent day.

How should the results be interpreted?

Higher scores indicate more frequent cognitive slips, which may be associated with factors such as stress, fatigue, or distraction. Results support screening and monitoring and do not establish a diagnosis by themselves.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) is a brief self-report measure used to assess the frequency of everyday cognitive lapses. It focuses on common errors in attention, memory, and action in routine situations.

The instrument includes 25 items and typically takes about 5 minutes to complete. Respondents rate how often they experience minor cognitive failures (e.g., forgetting where an object was placed, losing track of a conversation, or making inadvertent slips in coordination), yielding a summary of perceived cognitive functioning in daily life.

The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) is used in clinical and research settings to characterize subjective cognitive difficulties and to support discussion of contextual factors that may affect performance, such as stress, fatigue, or distraction. Results should be interpreted in conjunction with clinical history and other assessment data rather than as a stand-alone indicator of impairment.

Author: aaron-t-beck, david-a-clark

Literature: Eysenck, M. W., & Keane, M. T. Cognitive psychology: A student’s handbook. Psychology Press. 2015.; Broadbent, D. E., Cooper, P. F., FitzGerald, P., & Parkes, K. R. The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) and its correlates. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 1982.

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