CASLI ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
●● Tenet 2.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters possess the professional skills and
knowledge required for the specific interpreting situation"?
●● Tenet 3.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters conduct themselves in a manner
appropriate to the specific interpreting situation"?
●● Tenet 4.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters demonstrate respect for consumers"?
●● Tenet 5.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters demonstrate respect for colleagues,
interns, and students of the profession"?
●● Tenet 6.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters maintain ethical business practices"?
,●● Tenet 7.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters engage in professional
development"?
●● Pretend to not know what the teenager is talking about..
Answer: An interpreter is asked to interpret for a medical checkup
involving a Deaf teenage consumer. During the appointment, it's
revealed that the Deaf teenage consumer is pregnant. After the
appointment is over, the consumer goes to her mother and falsely tells
her she is not pregnant. What should the interpreter do?
●● Discuss it with the Deaf supervisor to come up with the best
approach..
Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a meeting with hearing
participants and one Deaf supervisor. The Deaf supervisor has concerns
about the most appropriate way to interject during the meeting. What do
you do?
●● The interpreter informs every participant that the message was
misinterpreted and corrects their mistake..
Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a staff meeting with a majority of
hearing participants and one Deaf participant. The Deaf person
announces they haven't completed their assigned work. The interpreter
misinterprets that they have completed the work. How should the
interpreter fix this situation?
,●● Conduit Model.
Answer: While working, the interpreter is asked by one of the hearing
participants how long it took to become an interpreter. Without
responding, the interpreter directs the question to the Deaf person. Under
which model is the interpreter functioning?
●● Continue interpreting the lecture..
Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a college lecture. A Deaf student
in the hallway signs to another Deaf student through the doorway. The
two of them have a brief conversation. What actions should the
interpreter take?
●● Follow the appropriate channels to report the abuse..
Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a medical appointment for a child
they have worked with multiple times before across different hospitals
with different doctors. The child has displayed similar injuries in the
appointments that are indicative of child abuse. What should the
interpreter do?
●● Reiterate the interpreter's role and offer to interpret again.
Answer: After an assignment at a doctor's office, the Deaf consumer
asks the interpreter to explain the doctor's recommendations. What
should the interpreter do?
●● Interpret the appointment card to the consumer explaining that the
format is that of the doctor's culture..
, Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a doctor's appointment for a
Latino Deaf patient. After the appointment is over, the doctor hands the
patient an appointment card where the date does not match the cultural
date format of the patient. What should the interpreter do?
●● Have them contact the hiring agency..
Answer: An interpreter has been hired through a hiring agency to
provide interpreting services. The consumer asks you how they can use
your services again. What should the interpreter do?
●● Continue interpreting, adding in important information from the side
conversation into the interpretation..
Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a meeting with a majority of
hearing participants and one Deaf participant. A couple of hearing
participants are having side conversations, distracting the interpreter.
What is the most appropriate way to handle this?
●● - type, degree and age of onset of hearing and vision loss
- whether current vision and/or hearing is stable, progressive or
fluctuating
- level of language competencies in American Sign Language (ASL) or
other signed language systems and/or English
- family, ethnic, socio-economic and educational backgrounds
- physical, cognitive or other disabilities.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
●● Tenet 2.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters possess the professional skills and
knowledge required for the specific interpreting situation"?
●● Tenet 3.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters conduct themselves in a manner
appropriate to the specific interpreting situation"?
●● Tenet 4.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters demonstrate respect for consumers"?
●● Tenet 5.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters demonstrate respect for colleagues,
interns, and students of the profession"?
●● Tenet 6.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters maintain ethical business practices"?
,●● Tenet 7.0.
Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters engage in professional
development"?
●● Pretend to not know what the teenager is talking about..
Answer: An interpreter is asked to interpret for a medical checkup
involving a Deaf teenage consumer. During the appointment, it's
revealed that the Deaf teenage consumer is pregnant. After the
appointment is over, the consumer goes to her mother and falsely tells
her she is not pregnant. What should the interpreter do?
●● Discuss it with the Deaf supervisor to come up with the best
approach..
Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a meeting with hearing
participants and one Deaf supervisor. The Deaf supervisor has concerns
about the most appropriate way to interject during the meeting. What do
you do?
●● The interpreter informs every participant that the message was
misinterpreted and corrects their mistake..
Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a staff meeting with a majority of
hearing participants and one Deaf participant. The Deaf person
announces they haven't completed their assigned work. The interpreter
misinterprets that they have completed the work. How should the
interpreter fix this situation?
,●● Conduit Model.
Answer: While working, the interpreter is asked by one of the hearing
participants how long it took to become an interpreter. Without
responding, the interpreter directs the question to the Deaf person. Under
which model is the interpreter functioning?
●● Continue interpreting the lecture..
Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a college lecture. A Deaf student
in the hallway signs to another Deaf student through the doorway. The
two of them have a brief conversation. What actions should the
interpreter take?
●● Follow the appropriate channels to report the abuse..
Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a medical appointment for a child
they have worked with multiple times before across different hospitals
with different doctors. The child has displayed similar injuries in the
appointments that are indicative of child abuse. What should the
interpreter do?
●● Reiterate the interpreter's role and offer to interpret again.
Answer: After an assignment at a doctor's office, the Deaf consumer
asks the interpreter to explain the doctor's recommendations. What
should the interpreter do?
●● Interpret the appointment card to the consumer explaining that the
format is that of the doctor's culture..
, Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a doctor's appointment for a
Latino Deaf patient. After the appointment is over, the doctor hands the
patient an appointment card where the date does not match the cultural
date format of the patient. What should the interpreter do?
●● Have them contact the hiring agency..
Answer: An interpreter has been hired through a hiring agency to
provide interpreting services. The consumer asks you how they can use
your services again. What should the interpreter do?
●● Continue interpreting, adding in important information from the side
conversation into the interpretation..
Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a meeting with a majority of
hearing participants and one Deaf participant. A couple of hearing
participants are having side conversations, distracting the interpreter.
What is the most appropriate way to handle this?
●● - type, degree and age of onset of hearing and vision loss
- whether current vision and/or hearing is stable, progressive or
fluctuating
- level of language competencies in American Sign Language (ASL) or
other signed language systems and/or English
- family, ethnic, socio-economic and educational backgrounds
- physical, cognitive or other disabilities.
