NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM 2025 UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
A term an interpreter could use when explaining the challenges of interpreting for a deaf person
with minimal language skills:
Select one:
a. Language-challenged
b. Mentally impaired
c. Language-delayed
d. Idiosyncratic - answersIdiosyncratic
An interpreter doing voice-to-sign interpreting does not typically need to convey the hearing
speaker's:
Select one:
a. Dialect
b. Style
c. Attitude
d. Meaning - answersDialect
An interpreter who has been working in the field for many years and is not currently working
but still has their certification has which kind of membership?
Select one:
a. Certified Member
b. Associate Member
c. Organizational Member
d. Certified Member: Inactive - answersCertified Member: Inactive
,As interpreters we are responsible for:
Select one:
a. Making sure that we are present for every communication interaction at the site
b. Being certain to interpret everything we hear while we are with the deaf person
c. Conveying non-verbal information that the deaf person cannot see in a speaker's face
d. Full disclosure about the nature of our relationship with the interpreting agency -
answersConveying non-verbal information that the deaf person cannot see in a speaker's face
All of the following are true about educational interpreting EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. It is preferable to hire an outside interpreter for IEPs so that the classroom interpreter can
participate in the discussion
b. An interpreter should report concerns about the deaf student's mental health to the school
staff
c. An interpreter's primary focus in the classroom should be on relaying instruction
d. Classroom interpreters are usually given complete and appropriate job descriptions -
answersClassroom interpreters are usually given complete and appropriate job descriptions
Good business practice in interpreting includes:
Select one:
a. Keeping all of your employment history confidential
b. Referring callers to others when you do not feel qualified
c. Telling deaf people which interpreters they should avoid
d. Getting assignments from only one interpreting agency at a time - answersReferring callers
to others when you do not feel qualified
While at a medical appointment assigned to you by an agency, the office manager asks for your
cell phone number so that she can contact you directly
,Select one:
a. Tell her your number
b. Change the subject and never go back to that office
c. Politely decline and explain that standard practice is to honor the agency that sent you
d. Ask the deaf patient what you should do - answersPolitely decline and explain that standard
practice is to honor the agency that sent you
Which statement is correct regarding certification and licensure?
Select one:
a. All states require certification
b. All states have licensure
c. States either require a license or a certificate for interpreters to practice
d. None of the above - answersNone of the above
Each of the following is an interpreting theorist except:
Select one:
a. William Stokoe
b. Debra Russell
c. Dennis Cokely
d. Robyn Dean - answersWilliam Stokoe
The Code of Professional Conduct explains that interpreters have a responsibility for all of the
following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. Linguistically accommodating all of the deaf people in an audience
b. Pursuing continuing education
c. Conveying meaning, intent, and manner
, d. Accurately representing their qualifications - answersLinguistically accommodating all of the
deaf people in an audience
Which of the following is the best way to tell if you are being understood by a deaf consumer?
Select one:
a. Wait until you have been interpreting for a few minutes and ask
b. Wait until the end of the assignment and then ask
c. Ask your team if you are being clear
d. Notice how the consumer responds to others' questions - answersNotice how the consumer
responds to others' questions
The Code of Ethics was created for all of the following purposes EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. To establish a basis for a grievance procedure
b. To provide interpreters with a guide for professional conduct
c. To uphold the rights of consumers
d. To ensure that interpreters will be standardized in their solutions to dilemmas - answersTo
ensure that interpreters will be standardized in their solutions to dilemmas
For which of the following assignments should an interpreter request a team?
Select one:
a. A routine medical appointment
b. A job interview
c. A karate class
d. A graduation ceremony - answersA graduation ceremony
RID shall not discriminate in regards to certification, testing or membership on the basis of
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
A term an interpreter could use when explaining the challenges of interpreting for a deaf person
with minimal language skills:
Select one:
a. Language-challenged
b. Mentally impaired
c. Language-delayed
d. Idiosyncratic - answersIdiosyncratic
An interpreter doing voice-to-sign interpreting does not typically need to convey the hearing
speaker's:
Select one:
a. Dialect
b. Style
c. Attitude
d. Meaning - answersDialect
An interpreter who has been working in the field for many years and is not currently working
but still has their certification has which kind of membership?
Select one:
a. Certified Member
b. Associate Member
c. Organizational Member
d. Certified Member: Inactive - answersCertified Member: Inactive
,As interpreters we are responsible for:
Select one:
a. Making sure that we are present for every communication interaction at the site
b. Being certain to interpret everything we hear while we are with the deaf person
c. Conveying non-verbal information that the deaf person cannot see in a speaker's face
d. Full disclosure about the nature of our relationship with the interpreting agency -
answersConveying non-verbal information that the deaf person cannot see in a speaker's face
All of the following are true about educational interpreting EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. It is preferable to hire an outside interpreter for IEPs so that the classroom interpreter can
participate in the discussion
b. An interpreter should report concerns about the deaf student's mental health to the school
staff
c. An interpreter's primary focus in the classroom should be on relaying instruction
d. Classroom interpreters are usually given complete and appropriate job descriptions -
answersClassroom interpreters are usually given complete and appropriate job descriptions
Good business practice in interpreting includes:
Select one:
a. Keeping all of your employment history confidential
b. Referring callers to others when you do not feel qualified
c. Telling deaf people which interpreters they should avoid
d. Getting assignments from only one interpreting agency at a time - answersReferring callers
to others when you do not feel qualified
While at a medical appointment assigned to you by an agency, the office manager asks for your
cell phone number so that she can contact you directly
,Select one:
a. Tell her your number
b. Change the subject and never go back to that office
c. Politely decline and explain that standard practice is to honor the agency that sent you
d. Ask the deaf patient what you should do - answersPolitely decline and explain that standard
practice is to honor the agency that sent you
Which statement is correct regarding certification and licensure?
Select one:
a. All states require certification
b. All states have licensure
c. States either require a license or a certificate for interpreters to practice
d. None of the above - answersNone of the above
Each of the following is an interpreting theorist except:
Select one:
a. William Stokoe
b. Debra Russell
c. Dennis Cokely
d. Robyn Dean - answersWilliam Stokoe
The Code of Professional Conduct explains that interpreters have a responsibility for all of the
following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. Linguistically accommodating all of the deaf people in an audience
b. Pursuing continuing education
c. Conveying meaning, intent, and manner
, d. Accurately representing their qualifications - answersLinguistically accommodating all of the
deaf people in an audience
Which of the following is the best way to tell if you are being understood by a deaf consumer?
Select one:
a. Wait until you have been interpreting for a few minutes and ask
b. Wait until the end of the assignment and then ask
c. Ask your team if you are being clear
d. Notice how the consumer responds to others' questions - answersNotice how the consumer
responds to others' questions
The Code of Ethics was created for all of the following purposes EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. To establish a basis for a grievance procedure
b. To provide interpreters with a guide for professional conduct
c. To uphold the rights of consumers
d. To ensure that interpreters will be standardized in their solutions to dilemmas - answersTo
ensure that interpreters will be standardized in their solutions to dilemmas
For which of the following assignments should an interpreter request a team?
Select one:
a. A routine medical appointment
b. A job interview
c. A karate class
d. A graduation ceremony - answersA graduation ceremony
RID shall not discriminate in regards to certification, testing or membership on the basis of
