MEDICAL INTERPTETERS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Accuracy, advocacy, Confidentiality, Cultural competence, Impartiality, Professionalism,
Respect - Correct Answers -Seven Core Values of Code of Ethics
Child abuse, elder abuse, domestic abuse, threats of violence/danger to self or others,
imminent danger, and mandatory reporter - Correct Answers -Mandatory Reporting for
health care workers
Consecutive, simultaneous, sight translation, and summarization - Correct Answers -4
modes of interpreting
- Not a social worker
- Not a Patient's emotional support system
- Cannot as a bridge with English community
- Cannot guarantee good medical outcome
- Cannot guarantee happiness with both patient and provider - Correct Answers -The
Purpose of the Interpreter is NOT!
Barriers to communication include: - Correct Answers -Linguistic barriers
Barriers of register
Cultural barriers
systemic barriers
Differences in the level of formality or complexity of language can create barriers of
_______________________. - Correct Answers -Register
Conduit/message conveyer
Clarifier
Culture broker
Advocate - Correct Answers -4 Roles of an Interpreter
What is the least invasive and should be used most frequently for the 4 roles of the
Interpreter? - Correct Answers -Conduit
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is known as... - Correct
Answers –HIPAA
, This important internal part of the female reproductive system is located between the
cervix and the vulva. It contains mucous membranes that provide lubrication and allows
it to stretch during childbirth and sexual intercourse. - Correct Answers -Vagina
This type of pregnancy can be a medical emergency. This type of pregnancy happens
when to fertilize eggs grows in a normal place outside the uterus. Signs of this
pregnancy include abdominal pain, shoulder pain, vaginal bleeding, and feeling dizzy or
faint. - Correct Answers -Ectopic pregnancy
What medical professional takes care of the health of the female reproductive system -
Correct Answers -Gynecologist
What medical professional handles pregnancy and birth? - Correct Answers -
Obstetrician
The interpreter gives an _____________interpretation, not a literal interpretation. -
Correct Answers -Accurate
- The interpreter needs to have the speaker repeat
- The interpreter needs to ask the speaker to use shorter sentences
- Speaker is not pausing enough to allow interpretation - Correct Answers -Times when
a interpreter needs to intervene
- using language that the interpreter does not understand
- due to non-verbal cues, that the patient does not understand what the provider
-term that must be explained or put into cultural context to be understood
-Cultural difference is causing misunderstanding - Correct Answers -When there is
linguistic or cultural concerned that is causing misunderstanding.
-Stay calm.
-Make sure the intervention is transparent.
-Do not make assumptions.
-Go back to conduit interpreting as quickly as possible, and let the provider result the
problem. - Correct Answers -How to intervene successfully during interpretations
Communication where everyone is aware of what is being said. - Correct Answers -
Transparent communication
-Interpret using the same complicated level of language and watch for patient
understanding.
-Aspirator to speak and simpler language.
-So are the register without changing essential meaning. - Correct Answers -Strategies
for overcoming challenges of high register
-Ask the provider to explain the word or concept
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Accuracy, advocacy, Confidentiality, Cultural competence, Impartiality, Professionalism,
Respect - Correct Answers -Seven Core Values of Code of Ethics
Child abuse, elder abuse, domestic abuse, threats of violence/danger to self or others,
imminent danger, and mandatory reporter - Correct Answers -Mandatory Reporting for
health care workers
Consecutive, simultaneous, sight translation, and summarization - Correct Answers -4
modes of interpreting
- Not a social worker
- Not a Patient's emotional support system
- Cannot as a bridge with English community
- Cannot guarantee good medical outcome
- Cannot guarantee happiness with both patient and provider - Correct Answers -The
Purpose of the Interpreter is NOT!
Barriers to communication include: - Correct Answers -Linguistic barriers
Barriers of register
Cultural barriers
systemic barriers
Differences in the level of formality or complexity of language can create barriers of
_______________________. - Correct Answers -Register
Conduit/message conveyer
Clarifier
Culture broker
Advocate - Correct Answers -4 Roles of an Interpreter
What is the least invasive and should be used most frequently for the 4 roles of the
Interpreter? - Correct Answers -Conduit
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is known as... - Correct
Answers –HIPAA
, This important internal part of the female reproductive system is located between the
cervix and the vulva. It contains mucous membranes that provide lubrication and allows
it to stretch during childbirth and sexual intercourse. - Correct Answers -Vagina
This type of pregnancy can be a medical emergency. This type of pregnancy happens
when to fertilize eggs grows in a normal place outside the uterus. Signs of this
pregnancy include abdominal pain, shoulder pain, vaginal bleeding, and feeling dizzy or
faint. - Correct Answers -Ectopic pregnancy
What medical professional takes care of the health of the female reproductive system -
Correct Answers -Gynecologist
What medical professional handles pregnancy and birth? - Correct Answers -
Obstetrician
The interpreter gives an _____________interpretation, not a literal interpretation. -
Correct Answers -Accurate
- The interpreter needs to have the speaker repeat
- The interpreter needs to ask the speaker to use shorter sentences
- Speaker is not pausing enough to allow interpretation - Correct Answers -Times when
a interpreter needs to intervene
- using language that the interpreter does not understand
- due to non-verbal cues, that the patient does not understand what the provider
-term that must be explained or put into cultural context to be understood
-Cultural difference is causing misunderstanding - Correct Answers -When there is
linguistic or cultural concerned that is causing misunderstanding.
-Stay calm.
-Make sure the intervention is transparent.
-Do not make assumptions.
-Go back to conduit interpreting as quickly as possible, and let the provider result the
problem. - Correct Answers -How to intervene successfully during interpretations
Communication where everyone is aware of what is being said. - Correct Answers -
Transparent communication
-Interpret using the same complicated level of language and watch for patient
understanding.
-Aspirator to speak and simpler language.
-So are the register without changing essential meaning. - Correct Answers -Strategies
for overcoming challenges of high register
-Ask the provider to explain the word or concept
