CCHI-Core: Questions With Comprehensive
Solutions
Community Interpreting Correct Answer - A specialization that
facilitates access to community resources
Medical Interpreting Correct Answer - Interpreting for
patients, their families, providers to facilitate access to healthcare
Communicative Autonomy Correct Answer - The capacity of
each party in the encounter to be responsible for and control their
own communication
Which area of interpreting has become more professional Correct
Answer - Medical
Requirements to become certified Correct Answer - 1. 18 years
old 2. HS grad 3. Proof of language proficiency through third party
tester 4.40 hr training course
Certificate v.s. Certification Correct Answer - Certificate is the
40 hour class, Certification requires the 4 requirements
Certification is provided by which two agencies Correct Answer -
1. CCHI and NBCMI
What does NBCMI stand for Correct Answer - National board
of certification for healthcare workers
What does CCHI stand for Correct Answer - Certification
Commission for healthcare interpreters
,What are ethics vs standards Correct Answer - Ethics-what we
do Standards-how we do them
Ethics are defined as Correct Answer - A set of principles that
govern the conduct of practitioners of a profession
Standards of practice are defined as Correct Answer - A set of
formal guidelines that practitioners use that offer clear strategies
and course of action to support professional conduct
What are the ethics that make up the code of ethics Correct
Answer - 1. Confidentiality 2. Accuracy 3. Impartiality 4.
professional conduct 5. Transparency 6. intercultural
communication 7. advocacy 8. professional boundaries 9.
professional development 10. Direct communication
Do you interpret everything stated? Correct Answer - yes
What three things should you do if you know the client Correct
Answer - 1. disclose to all parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if
you can be impartial
Three steps to the say no module Correct Answer - 1. gracious
2. offer choices 3. reason why
working language Correct Answer - any language the
interpreter works with
Source language Correct Answer - language the interpreter
interprets from
target language Correct Answer - language you interpret in to
, three stages of the encounter Correct Answer - 1. pre
prep/briefing 2.encounter 3. debriefing
7 steps to the encounter Correct Answer - 1. Prep 2. brief
3.professional intro 4. interpreting 5. mediating 6. debriefing 7.
analysis
4 interpreting protocols Correct Answer - 1. positioning 2.
professional intro 3. first-person interpreting 4. turn-taking to
manage flow
4 elements of the professional introduction Correct Answer -
1. confidential 2. all interpreted 3. speak to each other 4. pause for
clarification
use third person interpreting when Correct Answer - 1.
children under 7 2. dementia, intox, psychotic 3. emergencies
What steps to take if provider uses 3rd person Correct Answer -
1. unobtrusive position and avoid eye contact 2. clarify role 3. use a
hand gesture to direct provider to client 4. interpret in 3rd person 5.
mediate outside of session to explain to provider that first person
promotes direct communication
chunking Correct Answer - breaking down info into smaller
parts that are easier to remember
Imagery Correct Answer - visualizing what you hear with who
did what
three modes of interpreting Correct Answer - 1. consecutive 2.
simultanious 3. sight translation
Solutions
Community Interpreting Correct Answer - A specialization that
facilitates access to community resources
Medical Interpreting Correct Answer - Interpreting for
patients, their families, providers to facilitate access to healthcare
Communicative Autonomy Correct Answer - The capacity of
each party in the encounter to be responsible for and control their
own communication
Which area of interpreting has become more professional Correct
Answer - Medical
Requirements to become certified Correct Answer - 1. 18 years
old 2. HS grad 3. Proof of language proficiency through third party
tester 4.40 hr training course
Certificate v.s. Certification Correct Answer - Certificate is the
40 hour class, Certification requires the 4 requirements
Certification is provided by which two agencies Correct Answer -
1. CCHI and NBCMI
What does NBCMI stand for Correct Answer - National board
of certification for healthcare workers
What does CCHI stand for Correct Answer - Certification
Commission for healthcare interpreters
,What are ethics vs standards Correct Answer - Ethics-what we
do Standards-how we do them
Ethics are defined as Correct Answer - A set of principles that
govern the conduct of practitioners of a profession
Standards of practice are defined as Correct Answer - A set of
formal guidelines that practitioners use that offer clear strategies
and course of action to support professional conduct
What are the ethics that make up the code of ethics Correct
Answer - 1. Confidentiality 2. Accuracy 3. Impartiality 4.
professional conduct 5. Transparency 6. intercultural
communication 7. advocacy 8. professional boundaries 9.
professional development 10. Direct communication
Do you interpret everything stated? Correct Answer - yes
What three things should you do if you know the client Correct
Answer - 1. disclose to all parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if
you can be impartial
Three steps to the say no module Correct Answer - 1. gracious
2. offer choices 3. reason why
working language Correct Answer - any language the
interpreter works with
Source language Correct Answer - language the interpreter
interprets from
target language Correct Answer - language you interpret in to
, three stages of the encounter Correct Answer - 1. pre
prep/briefing 2.encounter 3. debriefing
7 steps to the encounter Correct Answer - 1. Prep 2. brief
3.professional intro 4. interpreting 5. mediating 6. debriefing 7.
analysis
4 interpreting protocols Correct Answer - 1. positioning 2.
professional intro 3. first-person interpreting 4. turn-taking to
manage flow
4 elements of the professional introduction Correct Answer -
1. confidential 2. all interpreted 3. speak to each other 4. pause for
clarification
use third person interpreting when Correct Answer - 1.
children under 7 2. dementia, intox, psychotic 3. emergencies
What steps to take if provider uses 3rd person Correct Answer -
1. unobtrusive position and avoid eye contact 2. clarify role 3. use a
hand gesture to direct provider to client 4. interpret in 3rd person 5.
mediate outside of session to explain to provider that first person
promotes direct communication
chunking Correct Answer - breaking down info into smaller
parts that are easier to remember
Imagery Correct Answer - visualizing what you hear with who
did what
three modes of interpreting Correct Answer - 1. consecutive 2.
simultanious 3. sight translation
