CASLI GENERALIST ACTUAL SCRIPT ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Tenet 1.0 - ✔✔Confidentiality: Interpreters adhere to standards of confidential
communication.
✔✔Tenet 2.0 - ✔✔Professionalism: Interpreters possess the professional skills and
knowledge required for the specific interpreting situation.
✔✔Tenet 3.0 - ✔✔Conduct: Interpreters conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to
the specific interpreting situation.
✔✔Tenet 4.0 - ✔✔Respect for Consumers: Interpreters demonstrate respect for
consumers.
✔✔Tenet 5.0 - ✔✔Respect for Colleagues: Interpreters demonstrate respect for
colleagues, interns, and students of the profession.
✔✔Tenet 6.0 - ✔✔Business Practices: Interpreters maintain ethical business practices.
✔✔Tenet 7.0 - ✔✔Professional Development: Interpreters engage in professional
development.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 1.1 - ✔✔Share assignemnet-related information only on a
confidential and "as-needed" basis (e.g. supervisors, interpreter team members,
members of the educational team, hiring entities).
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 1.2 - ✔✔Manage data, invoices, records, or other situational or
consumer-specific information in a manner consistent with maintaining consumer
confidentiality (e.g., shredding, locked files).
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 1.3 - ✔✔Inform consumers when federal or state mandates
require disclosure of confidential information.
, ✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.1 - ✔✔Impartially provide service delivery. Provide service
delivery regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, sexual
orientation, or any other factor.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.2 - ✔✔Assess consumer needs and the interpreting situation
before and during the assignment and make adjustments as needed.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.3 - ✔✔Render the message faithfully by conveying the
content and spirit of what is being communicated, using language most readily
understood by consumers, and correcting errors discreetly and expeditiously.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.4 - ✔✔Request support (e.g., certified deaf interpreters, team
members, language facilitators) when needed to fully convey the message or to address
exceptional communication challenges (e.g. cognitive disabilities, foreign sign language,
emerging language ability, or lack of formal instruction or language).
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.5 - ✔✔Refrain from providing counsel, advice, or personal
opinion.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.6 - ✔✔Judiciously provide information or referral regarding
available interpreting or community resources without infringing upon consumers' rights.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.1 - ✔✔Consult with appropriate persons regarding the
interpreting situation to determine issues such as placement and adaptations necessary
to interpret effectively.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.2 - ✔✔Decline assignments or withdraw from the interpreting
profession when not competent due to physical, mental, or emotional factors.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.3 - ✔✔Avoid performing dual or conflicting roles in
interdisciplinary (e.g. educational or mental health teams) or other settings.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.4 - ✔✔Comply with established workplace codes of conduct,
notify appropriate personnel if there is a conflict with this Code of Professional Conduct,
and actively seek resolution where warranted. Ex. School, legal, etc.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.5 - ✔✔Conduct and present themselves in an unobtrusive
manner and exercise care in choice of attire. Why? We are associated with the Deaf
person. We don't want to make a bad or unwanted impression.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.6 - ✔✔Refrain from the use of mind-altering substances
before or during the performance of duties.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Tenet 1.0 - ✔✔Confidentiality: Interpreters adhere to standards of confidential
communication.
✔✔Tenet 2.0 - ✔✔Professionalism: Interpreters possess the professional skills and
knowledge required for the specific interpreting situation.
✔✔Tenet 3.0 - ✔✔Conduct: Interpreters conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to
the specific interpreting situation.
✔✔Tenet 4.0 - ✔✔Respect for Consumers: Interpreters demonstrate respect for
consumers.
✔✔Tenet 5.0 - ✔✔Respect for Colleagues: Interpreters demonstrate respect for
colleagues, interns, and students of the profession.
✔✔Tenet 6.0 - ✔✔Business Practices: Interpreters maintain ethical business practices.
✔✔Tenet 7.0 - ✔✔Professional Development: Interpreters engage in professional
development.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 1.1 - ✔✔Share assignemnet-related information only on a
confidential and "as-needed" basis (e.g. supervisors, interpreter team members,
members of the educational team, hiring entities).
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 1.2 - ✔✔Manage data, invoices, records, or other situational or
consumer-specific information in a manner consistent with maintaining consumer
confidentiality (e.g., shredding, locked files).
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 1.3 - ✔✔Inform consumers when federal or state mandates
require disclosure of confidential information.
, ✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.1 - ✔✔Impartially provide service delivery. Provide service
delivery regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, sexual
orientation, or any other factor.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.2 - ✔✔Assess consumer needs and the interpreting situation
before and during the assignment and make adjustments as needed.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.3 - ✔✔Render the message faithfully by conveying the
content and spirit of what is being communicated, using language most readily
understood by consumers, and correcting errors discreetly and expeditiously.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.4 - ✔✔Request support (e.g., certified deaf interpreters, team
members, language facilitators) when needed to fully convey the message or to address
exceptional communication challenges (e.g. cognitive disabilities, foreign sign language,
emerging language ability, or lack of formal instruction or language).
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.5 - ✔✔Refrain from providing counsel, advice, or personal
opinion.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 2.6 - ✔✔Judiciously provide information or referral regarding
available interpreting or community resources without infringing upon consumers' rights.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.1 - ✔✔Consult with appropriate persons regarding the
interpreting situation to determine issues such as placement and adaptations necessary
to interpret effectively.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.2 - ✔✔Decline assignments or withdraw from the interpreting
profession when not competent due to physical, mental, or emotional factors.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.3 - ✔✔Avoid performing dual or conflicting roles in
interdisciplinary (e.g. educational or mental health teams) or other settings.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.4 - ✔✔Comply with established workplace codes of conduct,
notify appropriate personnel if there is a conflict with this Code of Professional Conduct,
and actively seek resolution where warranted. Ex. School, legal, etc.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.5 - ✔✔Conduct and present themselves in an unobtrusive
manner and exercise care in choice of attire. Why? We are associated with the Deaf
person. We don't want to make a bad or unwanted impression.
✔✔Illustrative Behavior 3.6 - ✔✔Refrain from the use of mind-altering substances
before or during the performance of duties.
