Medical Interpreter FINAL exam
questions with correct answers
Medical Interpreting - ANS ✔✔Interpreting for patients, their families and service providers in
healthcare
Community interpreting - ANS ✔✔A specialization of interpreting that facilitates access to
community services.
List the minimum requirements for a medical interpreter to practice in the United States? - ANS
✔✔1. Be 18 years old.
2. Have a high school or secondary school diploma or equivalent.
3. Have proof of language proficiency.
4. Have a certificate for 40 hours of medical interpreter training
Describe the difference between a certificate and certification. - ANS ✔✔Certificate: The
document of credential.
Showing that you have completed a course of study.
Certification: The process of credential.
You have demonstrated that you can perform some or all of the skills required to enter the
profession.
What is a code of ethics? - ANS ✔✔is a set of rules that govern the conduct and behavior of a
profession. strict & rigid. and it show you must do.
, Why do ethics matter? - ANS ✔✔They help you make decisions in difficult situations. They guide
you about "right and wrong" in your work and conduct.
code of ethics :
Respect - ANS ✔✔The interpreter treats all parties with respect.
code of ethics :
Professionalism - ANS ✔✔The interpreter must at all times act in a professional and ethical
manner.
code of ethics :
Professional Development - ANS ✔✔The interpreter strives to continually further his/her
knowledge and skills.
What are standards of practice? - ANS ✔✔A set of formal guidelines that offer practitioners of a
profession clear strategies and courses of action to support professional conduct.
In other words, standards are the guidelines on how to support your ethics and perform at a
professional level.
List some differences between ethics and standards of practice. - ANS ✔✔1. Ethics are like rules.
Standards are the guidelines
2. Ethics are what we should do. Standards are how we do it.
3. Ethics are the goal.
Standards are the way we get there.
questions with correct answers
Medical Interpreting - ANS ✔✔Interpreting for patients, their families and service providers in
healthcare
Community interpreting - ANS ✔✔A specialization of interpreting that facilitates access to
community services.
List the minimum requirements for a medical interpreter to practice in the United States? - ANS
✔✔1. Be 18 years old.
2. Have a high school or secondary school diploma or equivalent.
3. Have proof of language proficiency.
4. Have a certificate for 40 hours of medical interpreter training
Describe the difference between a certificate and certification. - ANS ✔✔Certificate: The
document of credential.
Showing that you have completed a course of study.
Certification: The process of credential.
You have demonstrated that you can perform some or all of the skills required to enter the
profession.
What is a code of ethics? - ANS ✔✔is a set of rules that govern the conduct and behavior of a
profession. strict & rigid. and it show you must do.
, Why do ethics matter? - ANS ✔✔They help you make decisions in difficult situations. They guide
you about "right and wrong" in your work and conduct.
code of ethics :
Respect - ANS ✔✔The interpreter treats all parties with respect.
code of ethics :
Professionalism - ANS ✔✔The interpreter must at all times act in a professional and ethical
manner.
code of ethics :
Professional Development - ANS ✔✔The interpreter strives to continually further his/her
knowledge and skills.
What are standards of practice? - ANS ✔✔A set of formal guidelines that offer practitioners of a
profession clear strategies and courses of action to support professional conduct.
In other words, standards are the guidelines on how to support your ethics and perform at a
professional level.
List some differences between ethics and standards of practice. - ANS ✔✔1. Ethics are like rules.
Standards are the guidelines
2. Ethics are what we should do. Standards are how we do it.
3. Ethics are the goal.
Standards are the way we get there.
