CDI Licensure Exam – Study Guide and Practice Questions for Certified
Deaf Interpreter Certification
What is the most accurate statement regarding the role of the Certified Deaf Interpreter? - ANS
✔✔The CDI should accommodate both Deaf and hearing linguistic and cultural norms.
A CDI and a hearing interpreter are working together in a medical setting. The CDI interprets
between the HI and the Deaf couple. What type of interpreting is being used? - ANS ✔✔Team
interpreting
What is the best definition of the relationship between the source language (SL) and the target
language (TL)? - ANS ✔✔The SL and TL consumers share the same understanding.
When interpreting for a consumer who has been identified as minimal language skilled, the CDI
should: - ANS ✔✔use gestures, pantomimes, and visual aids
In which of the following settings would consecutive interpreting be LEAST appropriate?
a. interpreting in a doctor's office
b. interpreting in a play
c. interpreting the Miranda warning
d. interpreting the reading of a will - ANS ✔✔b. interpreting a play
The primary purpose of the RID Code of Ethics is to: - ANS ✔✔protect the interests of
consumers and practictioners
Which of the following is the LEAST likely assumption an interpreter can make about
transliterating for a Deaf/HOH speaker in a lecture setting?
, a. He/she may be asked to stay after the lecture for comments
b. He/she will work from the back of the room
c. s/he will switch with a team interpreter
d. s/he will be seated where s/he can see the D/HOH person clearly - ANS ✔✔b. he/she will
work from the back of the room
When transliterating in a religious setting, the transliterator should preferably be: - ANS ✔✔of
the same religious conviction as the congregation
Of the following, a Deaf/HOH audience is most likely to perceive an interpreter's lack of facial
expression as a sign of:
a. impartiality
b. formality
c. misunderstanding
d. boredom - ANS ✔✔d. boredom
an interpreter is working from English to ASL. The interpretation includes an English word that is
carried forward in its orginial form which does not carry the speaker's meaning. this generally
indicates a breakdown in: - ANS ✔✔analyzing
When an interpreter knows that a person has given incorrect information during an assignment,
the interpreter should:
a. stop interpreting and provide the correct information
b. wait til the end of the assignment to provide the correct info
Deaf Interpreter Certification
What is the most accurate statement regarding the role of the Certified Deaf Interpreter? - ANS
✔✔The CDI should accommodate both Deaf and hearing linguistic and cultural norms.
A CDI and a hearing interpreter are working together in a medical setting. The CDI interprets
between the HI and the Deaf couple. What type of interpreting is being used? - ANS ✔✔Team
interpreting
What is the best definition of the relationship between the source language (SL) and the target
language (TL)? - ANS ✔✔The SL and TL consumers share the same understanding.
When interpreting for a consumer who has been identified as minimal language skilled, the CDI
should: - ANS ✔✔use gestures, pantomimes, and visual aids
In which of the following settings would consecutive interpreting be LEAST appropriate?
a. interpreting in a doctor's office
b. interpreting in a play
c. interpreting the Miranda warning
d. interpreting the reading of a will - ANS ✔✔b. interpreting a play
The primary purpose of the RID Code of Ethics is to: - ANS ✔✔protect the interests of
consumers and practictioners
Which of the following is the LEAST likely assumption an interpreter can make about
transliterating for a Deaf/HOH speaker in a lecture setting?
, a. He/she may be asked to stay after the lecture for comments
b. He/she will work from the back of the room
c. s/he will switch with a team interpreter
d. s/he will be seated where s/he can see the D/HOH person clearly - ANS ✔✔b. he/she will
work from the back of the room
When transliterating in a religious setting, the transliterator should preferably be: - ANS ✔✔of
the same religious conviction as the congregation
Of the following, a Deaf/HOH audience is most likely to perceive an interpreter's lack of facial
expression as a sign of:
a. impartiality
b. formality
c. misunderstanding
d. boredom - ANS ✔✔d. boredom
an interpreter is working from English to ASL. The interpretation includes an English word that is
carried forward in its orginial form which does not carry the speaker's meaning. this generally
indicates a breakdown in: - ANS ✔✔analyzing
When an interpreter knows that a person has given incorrect information during an assignment,
the interpreter should:
a. stop interpreting and provide the correct information
b. wait til the end of the assignment to provide the correct info
