NIC knowledge/ CASLI questions with
complete solutions A+
Approximately what percentage of Deaf and Hard of hearing children have hearing parents -
correct answer ✔✔ 85-95
During an interpretation for a large audience, the lighting should - correct answer ✔✔ Come
from more than one angle
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 includes which of the following provisions? -
correct answer ✔✔ Qualified disabled individuals cannot be discriminated against by programs
receiving federal funding
When an interpreter is subpoenaed as an expert witness in court, the interpreter's area of
expertise is - correct answer ✔✔ Communication issues and cross-cultural mediation
The focus of the cultural/humanistic view of Deaf people is on the - correct answer ✔✔ The
person rather than the deafness
Which of the following is a community-based, non-profit organization that works specifically
with African American Deaf persons to advocate for their rights? - correct answer ✔✔ BDA
According to RID, a certified interpreter can lose certification for all of the following reasons
EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔ Failing to join an affiliated chapter
To sociolinguists, the intimate register of discourse is characterized by - correct answer ✔✔
reliance on information that is left implicit.
, While working, an interpreter is asked by one of the hearing participants how long it took to
become an interpreter. Without responding, the interpreter directs this question to the Deaf
person. The interpreter is functioning under the - correct answer ✔✔ conduit model.
Which of the following is always true of an effective English-to-ASL interpretation - correct
answer ✔✔ It adapts to audience preference.
From a cultural perspective the core deaf community is most appropriately thought of as ? -
correct answer ✔✔ Linguistic minority group
The setting in which it is least likely that a Deaf person would be working as an interpreter is -
correct answer ✔✔ In a mainstream classroom
Most content adjustments that interpreters make are either linguistic or - correct answer ✔✔
Cultural
Mainstreaming became widespread in the U.S. primarily because of the - correct answer ✔✔
Passage of Public Law 94-142
Which of the following statements regarding Deaf culture and the deaf community is not true -
correct answer ✔✔ Hearing interpreters who are not CODAs can become members of the core
Deaf culture by the process of acculturation
When people adjust their language and the way they talk based on whom they are speaking to,
they are shifting in - correct answer ✔✔ Register
One protection available to interpreters from malpractive suits resulting from misinterpretation
that cause harm is - correct answer ✔✔ Liability insurance
complete solutions A+
Approximately what percentage of Deaf and Hard of hearing children have hearing parents -
correct answer ✔✔ 85-95
During an interpretation for a large audience, the lighting should - correct answer ✔✔ Come
from more than one angle
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 includes which of the following provisions? -
correct answer ✔✔ Qualified disabled individuals cannot be discriminated against by programs
receiving federal funding
When an interpreter is subpoenaed as an expert witness in court, the interpreter's area of
expertise is - correct answer ✔✔ Communication issues and cross-cultural mediation
The focus of the cultural/humanistic view of Deaf people is on the - correct answer ✔✔ The
person rather than the deafness
Which of the following is a community-based, non-profit organization that works specifically
with African American Deaf persons to advocate for their rights? - correct answer ✔✔ BDA
According to RID, a certified interpreter can lose certification for all of the following reasons
EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔ Failing to join an affiliated chapter
To sociolinguists, the intimate register of discourse is characterized by - correct answer ✔✔
reliance on information that is left implicit.
, While working, an interpreter is asked by one of the hearing participants how long it took to
become an interpreter. Without responding, the interpreter directs this question to the Deaf
person. The interpreter is functioning under the - correct answer ✔✔ conduit model.
Which of the following is always true of an effective English-to-ASL interpretation - correct
answer ✔✔ It adapts to audience preference.
From a cultural perspective the core deaf community is most appropriately thought of as ? -
correct answer ✔✔ Linguistic minority group
The setting in which it is least likely that a Deaf person would be working as an interpreter is -
correct answer ✔✔ In a mainstream classroom
Most content adjustments that interpreters make are either linguistic or - correct answer ✔✔
Cultural
Mainstreaming became widespread in the U.S. primarily because of the - correct answer ✔✔
Passage of Public Law 94-142
Which of the following statements regarding Deaf culture and the deaf community is not true -
correct answer ✔✔ Hearing interpreters who are not CODAs can become members of the core
Deaf culture by the process of acculturation
When people adjust their language and the way they talk based on whom they are speaking to,
they are shifting in - correct answer ✔✔ Register
One protection available to interpreters from malpractive suits resulting from misinterpretation
that cause harm is - correct answer ✔✔ Liability insurance
