NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM PREP/COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 202
NIC Knowledge Exam
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1. What does "NCIEC" stand for? National Consortium of
Interpreter Education
Centers
2. What does "EIPA" stand for? Educational Interpreter
Performance Assessment
3. A situation in which two languages (or two varieties Diglossia
of the same language) are used under different condi-
tions within a community, often by the same speakers.
Often one is viewed as "high" or "prestige", and the
other is "low" or "low prestige" (slang/wrong/etc)
4. The smallest units of language that distinguishes one Phoneme
word from another. In ASL this is comprised of 5 para-
meters: handshape, movement, location, palm orien-
tation, and non-manual markers.
5. What does "OVR" stand for? Office of Vocational Reha-
bilitation
6. What does "DOE" stand for? Department of Education
7. What does "PSE" stand for? Pidgin Signed English
8. Another term for the contact language arising from Pidgin Signed English
English and ASL (PSE)
9. What does "VR" stand for? (Not virtual reality:) Vocational Rehabilitation
10. Lexical items that are borrowed from other countries Loan words
are called?
11.
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Refers to individuals who have no language skills in Minimal Language Com-
any language. petency (MLC)
12. The rhythm of a language including stress, inflection, Prosidy
intonation, pausing and phrasing that help listeners
determine meaning and predict what the speaker will
say next.
13. Identify the difference in parameter between the Handshape
signs "INSTITUTE" and "ALCOHOL"
14. The part of speech that describes an action, occur- Verb
rence, or indicates a state of being.
15. The part of speech that expresses emotion and is ca- Interjection
pable of standing alone.
16. What does "SC-L" stand for? Special Certificate-Legal
17. What does "HVO" stand for? Highly Visual Orientation
18. A morpheme, the most basic unit of meaning, that can Bound morpheme
only appear as part of a larger word.
19. Model of philosophy motivated by the attitude that The Helper Model or Phi-
deaf people are handicapped, limited, and incapable losophy
of understanding or participating in the world. This
model is characterized by paternalistic care-taking be-
havior on the part of the interpreter.
20. Model of philosophy: A rigid, robot-like approach The Machine Model (The
where interpreters assume no responsibility for the Conduit Model) or Philos-
interaction or communication dynamics taking place phy
between clients
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21. What does "NBDA" stand for? National Black Deaf Asso-
ciation
22. The language in which the original message is con- Source language
veyed
23. What does "VRS" stand for? Video Relay Service
24. What does "VRI" stand for? Video Remote Interpret-
ing
25. Name the 8 parts of speech Noun, pronoun, verb, ad-
jective, adverb, conjunc-
tion, preposition, interjec-
tion
26. What does "CDI" stand for? Certified Deaf Interpreter
27. What does "LRE" stand for? Least Restrictive Environ-
ment
28. Model or philosophy based on the belief that effective The Bilingual-Bicultural
interpretation requires cultural and linguistic media- Model or Philosophy
tion in order to accomplish speaker goals and main-
tain dynamic equivalence.
29. Interpreting is what type of profession according to A practice profession.
Dean and Pollard?
30. According to which specific law does a deaf person ADA Title II: public entities
have the right to request an interpreter for their dri- and transportation
ver's test?
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31. The part of speech that serves to connect words, Conjunction
phrases, clauses, or sentences
32. What does "LOVE" stand for? Linguistics of Visual Eng-
lish
33. What does "QA" stand for? Quality Assurance
34. What does "QAST" stand for? Quality Assessment State
Test
35. The simplest word order in ASL sentences is? Subject-Verb-Object
36. What does "WFD" stand for? World Federation of the
Deaf
37. This term is used to describe when a bilingual indi- code-switching
vidual is using one language and then changes to
another language.
38. When does code-switching occur? When a speaker alternates
between two or more lan-
guages, or language va-
rieties in the context of a
single conversation.
39. The ability to supply missing/deleted words or con- Cloze skills
cepts in order to understand/complete the sentence.
40. Free morpheme a morpheme, the most
basic unit of meaning, that
can stand alone
41. ASL morphology
NIC Knowledge Exam
| ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADED A+) |
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VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. What does "NCIEC" stand for? National Consortium of
Interpreter Education
Centers
2. What does "EIPA" stand for? Educational Interpreter
Performance Assessment
3. A situation in which two languages (or two varieties Diglossia
of the same language) are used under different condi-
tions within a community, often by the same speakers.
Often one is viewed as "high" or "prestige", and the
other is "low" or "low prestige" (slang/wrong/etc)
4. The smallest units of language that distinguishes one Phoneme
word from another. In ASL this is comprised of 5 para-
meters: handshape, movement, location, palm orien-
tation, and non-manual markers.
5. What does "OVR" stand for? Office of Vocational Reha-
bilitation
6. What does "DOE" stand for? Department of Education
7. What does "PSE" stand for? Pidgin Signed English
8. Another term for the contact language arising from Pidgin Signed English
English and ASL (PSE)
9. What does "VR" stand for? (Not virtual reality:) Vocational Rehabilitation
10. Lexical items that are borrowed from other countries Loan words
are called?
11.
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Refers to individuals who have no language skills in Minimal Language Com-
any language. petency (MLC)
12. The rhythm of a language including stress, inflection, Prosidy
intonation, pausing and phrasing that help listeners
determine meaning and predict what the speaker will
say next.
13. Identify the difference in parameter between the Handshape
signs "INSTITUTE" and "ALCOHOL"
14. The part of speech that describes an action, occur- Verb
rence, or indicates a state of being.
15. The part of speech that expresses emotion and is ca- Interjection
pable of standing alone.
16. What does "SC-L" stand for? Special Certificate-Legal
17. What does "HVO" stand for? Highly Visual Orientation
18. A morpheme, the most basic unit of meaning, that can Bound morpheme
only appear as part of a larger word.
19. Model of philosophy motivated by the attitude that The Helper Model or Phi-
deaf people are handicapped, limited, and incapable losophy
of understanding or participating in the world. This
model is characterized by paternalistic care-taking be-
havior on the part of the interpreter.
20. Model of philosophy: A rigid, robot-like approach The Machine Model (The
where interpreters assume no responsibility for the Conduit Model) or Philos-
interaction or communication dynamics taking place phy
between clients
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21. What does "NBDA" stand for? National Black Deaf Asso-
ciation
22. The language in which the original message is con- Source language
veyed
23. What does "VRS" stand for? Video Relay Service
24. What does "VRI" stand for? Video Remote Interpret-
ing
25. Name the 8 parts of speech Noun, pronoun, verb, ad-
jective, adverb, conjunc-
tion, preposition, interjec-
tion
26. What does "CDI" stand for? Certified Deaf Interpreter
27. What does "LRE" stand for? Least Restrictive Environ-
ment
28. Model or philosophy based on the belief that effective The Bilingual-Bicultural
interpretation requires cultural and linguistic media- Model or Philosophy
tion in order to accomplish speaker goals and main-
tain dynamic equivalence.
29. Interpreting is what type of profession according to A practice profession.
Dean and Pollard?
30. According to which specific law does a deaf person ADA Title II: public entities
have the right to request an interpreter for their dri- and transportation
ver's test?
, NIC Knowledge Exam
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_gyx1zl
31. The part of speech that serves to connect words, Conjunction
phrases, clauses, or sentences
32. What does "LOVE" stand for? Linguistics of Visual Eng-
lish
33. What does "QA" stand for? Quality Assurance
34. What does "QAST" stand for? Quality Assessment State
Test
35. The simplest word order in ASL sentences is? Subject-Verb-Object
36. What does "WFD" stand for? World Federation of the
Deaf
37. This term is used to describe when a bilingual indi- code-switching
vidual is using one language and then changes to
another language.
38. When does code-switching occur? When a speaker alternates
between two or more lan-
guages, or language va-
rieties in the context of a
single conversation.
39. The ability to supply missing/deleted words or con- Cloze skills
cepts in order to understand/complete the sentence.
40. Free morpheme a morpheme, the most
basic unit of meaning, that
can stand alone
41. ASL morphology
