CASLI NIC KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS | 2026 |
GUARANTEED PASS
Approximately what percentage of Deaf and Hard of hearing children have hearing
parents - Answers -85-95
During an interpretation for a large audience, the lighting should - Answers -Come from
more than one angle
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 includes which of the following provisions?
- Answers -Qualified disabled individuals cannot be discriminated against by programs
receiving federal funding
When an interpreter is subpoenaed as an expert witness in court, the interpreter's area
of expertise is - Answers -Communication issues and cross-cultural mediation
The focus of the cultural/humanistic view of Deaf people is on the - Answers -The
person rather than the deafness
Which of the following is a community-based, non-profit organization that works
specifically with African American Deaf persons to advocate for their rights? - Answers
-BDA
According to RID, a certified interpreter can lose certification for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT - Answers -Failing to join an affiliated chapter
To sociolinguists, the intimate register of discourse is characterized by - Answers -
reliance on information that is left implicit.
While working, an interpreter is asked by one of the hearing participants how long it took
to become an interpreter. Without responding, the interpreter directs this question to the
Deaf person. The interpreter is functioning under the - Answers -conduit model.
Which of the following is always true of an effective English-to-ASL interpretation -
Answers -It adapts to audience preference.
From a cultural perspective the core deaf community is most appropriately thought of as
? - Answers -Linguistic minority group
The setting in which it is least likely that a Deaf person would be working as an
interpreter is - Answers -In a mainstream classroom
, Most content adjustments that interpreters make are either linguistic or - Answers -
Cultural
Mainstreaming became widespread in the U.S. primarily because of the - Answers -
Passage of Public Law 94-142
Which of the following statements regarding Deaf culture and the deaf community is not
true - Answers -Hearing interpreters who are not CODAs can become members of the
core Deaf culture by the process of acculturation
When people adjust their language and the way they talk based on whom they are
speaking to, they are shifting in - Answers -Register
One protection available to interpreters from malpractive suits resulting from
misinterpretation that cause harm is - Answers -Liability insurance
If an interpreter accepts an assignment in another state and a different region, it is NOT
appropriate to - Answers -Use only the accepted regional signs from the interpreters
areas
The process of transmitting information from a form of English-like signing to spoken
english is known as - Answers -Transliteration
which of the following is the best cue that a deaf audience has failed to comprehend a
voice-to-sign interpretation - Answers -Confused copying of a sign
Public Law 94-142 mandates that, to the extent possible, deaf children should be -
Answers -Educated in the least restrictive enviroment
Which of the following has been shown to correlate most highly with the rate of
occurrence of interpretation miscues - Answers -Process time
Deaf audience leave a lecture understand all facts given by the lecturer. They think
lecturer is ill-prepared/distant, but is highly prepared and genuinely warm. the interpreter
erred in conveying which of the following elements of the presentation - Answers -
Affect
A major reason deaf people value residential schools is that residential schools are
where - Answers -Social Identity and language competence are developed
A terp is in hospital- child with injuries consistent with child abuse. On four other
occasions, the interpreter has been in other hospitals while the same child was there for
similar injuries but with different doctors. the interpreter should - Answers -Contact the
appropriate authorites
GUARANTEED PASS
Approximately what percentage of Deaf and Hard of hearing children have hearing
parents - Answers -85-95
During an interpretation for a large audience, the lighting should - Answers -Come from
more than one angle
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 includes which of the following provisions?
- Answers -Qualified disabled individuals cannot be discriminated against by programs
receiving federal funding
When an interpreter is subpoenaed as an expert witness in court, the interpreter's area
of expertise is - Answers -Communication issues and cross-cultural mediation
The focus of the cultural/humanistic view of Deaf people is on the - Answers -The
person rather than the deafness
Which of the following is a community-based, non-profit organization that works
specifically with African American Deaf persons to advocate for their rights? - Answers
-BDA
According to RID, a certified interpreter can lose certification for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT - Answers -Failing to join an affiliated chapter
To sociolinguists, the intimate register of discourse is characterized by - Answers -
reliance on information that is left implicit.
While working, an interpreter is asked by one of the hearing participants how long it took
to become an interpreter. Without responding, the interpreter directs this question to the
Deaf person. The interpreter is functioning under the - Answers -conduit model.
Which of the following is always true of an effective English-to-ASL interpretation -
Answers -It adapts to audience preference.
From a cultural perspective the core deaf community is most appropriately thought of as
? - Answers -Linguistic minority group
The setting in which it is least likely that a Deaf person would be working as an
interpreter is - Answers -In a mainstream classroom
, Most content adjustments that interpreters make are either linguistic or - Answers -
Cultural
Mainstreaming became widespread in the U.S. primarily because of the - Answers -
Passage of Public Law 94-142
Which of the following statements regarding Deaf culture and the deaf community is not
true - Answers -Hearing interpreters who are not CODAs can become members of the
core Deaf culture by the process of acculturation
When people adjust their language and the way they talk based on whom they are
speaking to, they are shifting in - Answers -Register
One protection available to interpreters from malpractive suits resulting from
misinterpretation that cause harm is - Answers -Liability insurance
If an interpreter accepts an assignment in another state and a different region, it is NOT
appropriate to - Answers -Use only the accepted regional signs from the interpreters
areas
The process of transmitting information from a form of English-like signing to spoken
english is known as - Answers -Transliteration
which of the following is the best cue that a deaf audience has failed to comprehend a
voice-to-sign interpretation - Answers -Confused copying of a sign
Public Law 94-142 mandates that, to the extent possible, deaf children should be -
Answers -Educated in the least restrictive enviroment
Which of the following has been shown to correlate most highly with the rate of
occurrence of interpretation miscues - Answers -Process time
Deaf audience leave a lecture understand all facts given by the lecturer. They think
lecturer is ill-prepared/distant, but is highly prepared and genuinely warm. the interpreter
erred in conveying which of the following elements of the presentation - Answers -
Affect
A major reason deaf people value residential schools is that residential schools are
where - Answers -Social Identity and language competence are developed
A terp is in hospital- child with injuries consistent with child abuse. On four other
occasions, the interpreter has been in other hospitals while the same child was there for
similar injuries but with different doctors. the interpreter should - Answers -Contact the
appropriate authorites
