NIC knowledge practice test
The appropriate grammatical markers that identify a yes/no question in ASL include:
a. eyebrows are furrowed and head tilted slightly forward
b. signer leans back
c. eyebrows raised and last sign is held, waiting for a response
d. last sign identifying the question is dropped immediately so the response can be made
e. drop eyes to indicate question is completed - eyebrows raised and last sign is held, waiting for a
response
Under the RID certification maintenance program, certified interpreters must complete an average of
___ hours of continuing education per year (0.1 CEU equals one hour)
Select one:
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40 - 20
In which of the following settings would an interpreter be MOST likely to use transliteration?
Select one:
a. A medical appointment with a recent deaf immigrant
b. A classroom with a deaf student who is late-deafened
c. A job interview with a graduate of a residential school
d. A prison interview between an illiterate suspect and his attorney - a classroom with a deaf
student who is late-deafened
Which of the following certificates is STILL offered?
Select one:
a. Oral Transliteration Certificate (OTC)
,b. Specialist Certificate: Legal (SC:L)
c. Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI)
d. Reverse Skills Certificate (RSC) - Certified Deaf Interpreter
Which philosophical frame encompasses the belief that Deaf people are incapable of fully understanding
or participating in the world around them?
Select one:
a. Language facilitation
b. Helper Correct
c. Conduit or machine
d. Bilingual-bicultural - Helper
Discourse Analysis is:
Select one:
a. A field which analyzes formal texts
b. An analysis of foreign languages
c. A term for describing how writing is perceived
d. A field which studies human communicative interaction - A field which studies human
communicative interaction
ASL most commonly employs a _________ sentence structure, whereas English uses a subject-predicate
format
Select one:
a. Predicate-verb
b. Topic-comment
c. Hold-movement-hold
d. Object-verb-subject - Topic Comment
The common language of the Black Deaf Community is
Select one:
,a. Black English
b. ASL
c. Signed English
d. Standard English - ASL
Deaf members of ethnic minorities in the United States have historically
Select one:
a. Been treated well by white Deaf people
b. Been subject to the same kinds of discrimination as non-Deaf minorities
c. Had their own separate signed languages instead of ASL
d. Never been fully integrated into schools for the Deaf - Been subject to the same kinds of
discrimination as non-Deaf minorities
Which of the following is NOT one of the five parameters of a sign?
Select one:
a. Location
b. Movement
c. Handshape
d. Morpheme - Morpheme
When an interpreter figures out what she missed in the speaker's utterance, she is using
Select one:
a. Prediction
b. Logic
c. Cloze skills
d. Intuition - Cloze skills
The term used in linguistics to refer to elements of a language that convey mood, style, emphasis,
contrast, focus, and emotion is:
, Select one:
a. Semantics
b. Dialect
c. Prosody
d. Grammar - prosody
In processing models, the term deverbalization refers to:
Select one:
a. Comprehension of the source message
b. Formulation of the target message
c. Monitoring the process
d. Discarding the source language - Discarding the source language
RID was established in 1964 with the following goals, except:
Select one:
a. Publishing a registry of interpreters
b. Keeping non-native signers out of the profession
c. Investigating evaluation and certification systems
d. Informing the public about interpreting services - Keeping non-native signers out of the
profession
Deaf-Blind people have used which method of communication LEAST?
Select one:
a. Tactile signing
b. Close-range signing
c. The Tadoma method
d. Print-on-palm - The Tadoma method
Each of the following is an actual American Deaf organization, EXCEPT:
The appropriate grammatical markers that identify a yes/no question in ASL include:
a. eyebrows are furrowed and head tilted slightly forward
b. signer leans back
c. eyebrows raised and last sign is held, waiting for a response
d. last sign identifying the question is dropped immediately so the response can be made
e. drop eyes to indicate question is completed - eyebrows raised and last sign is held, waiting for a
response
Under the RID certification maintenance program, certified interpreters must complete an average of
___ hours of continuing education per year (0.1 CEU equals one hour)
Select one:
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40 - 20
In which of the following settings would an interpreter be MOST likely to use transliteration?
Select one:
a. A medical appointment with a recent deaf immigrant
b. A classroom with a deaf student who is late-deafened
c. A job interview with a graduate of a residential school
d. A prison interview between an illiterate suspect and his attorney - a classroom with a deaf
student who is late-deafened
Which of the following certificates is STILL offered?
Select one:
a. Oral Transliteration Certificate (OTC)
,b. Specialist Certificate: Legal (SC:L)
c. Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI)
d. Reverse Skills Certificate (RSC) - Certified Deaf Interpreter
Which philosophical frame encompasses the belief that Deaf people are incapable of fully understanding
or participating in the world around them?
Select one:
a. Language facilitation
b. Helper Correct
c. Conduit or machine
d. Bilingual-bicultural - Helper
Discourse Analysis is:
Select one:
a. A field which analyzes formal texts
b. An analysis of foreign languages
c. A term for describing how writing is perceived
d. A field which studies human communicative interaction - A field which studies human
communicative interaction
ASL most commonly employs a _________ sentence structure, whereas English uses a subject-predicate
format
Select one:
a. Predicate-verb
b. Topic-comment
c. Hold-movement-hold
d. Object-verb-subject - Topic Comment
The common language of the Black Deaf Community is
Select one:
,a. Black English
b. ASL
c. Signed English
d. Standard English - ASL
Deaf members of ethnic minorities in the United States have historically
Select one:
a. Been treated well by white Deaf people
b. Been subject to the same kinds of discrimination as non-Deaf minorities
c. Had their own separate signed languages instead of ASL
d. Never been fully integrated into schools for the Deaf - Been subject to the same kinds of
discrimination as non-Deaf minorities
Which of the following is NOT one of the five parameters of a sign?
Select one:
a. Location
b. Movement
c. Handshape
d. Morpheme - Morpheme
When an interpreter figures out what she missed in the speaker's utterance, she is using
Select one:
a. Prediction
b. Logic
c. Cloze skills
d. Intuition - Cloze skills
The term used in linguistics to refer to elements of a language that convey mood, style, emphasis,
contrast, focus, and emotion is:
, Select one:
a. Semantics
b. Dialect
c. Prosody
d. Grammar - prosody
In processing models, the term deverbalization refers to:
Select one:
a. Comprehension of the source message
b. Formulation of the target message
c. Monitoring the process
d. Discarding the source language - Discarding the source language
RID was established in 1964 with the following goals, except:
Select one:
a. Publishing a registry of interpreters
b. Keeping non-native signers out of the profession
c. Investigating evaluation and certification systems
d. Informing the public about interpreting services - Keeping non-native signers out of the
profession
Deaf-Blind people have used which method of communication LEAST?
Select one:
a. Tactile signing
b. Close-range signing
c. The Tadoma method
d. Print-on-palm - The Tadoma method
Each of the following is an actual American Deaf organization, EXCEPT:
