CCHI COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Medical Interpreting. Answer: Interpreting for patients, their families,
providers to facilitate access to healthcare
◉ Communicative Autonomy. Answer: The capacity of each party in the
encounter to be responsible for and control their own communication
◉ Which area of interpreting has become more professional. Answer:
Medical
◉ Requirements to become certified. Answer: 1. 18 years old 2. HS grad
3. Proof of language proficiency through third party tester 4.40 hr
training course
◉ Certificate v.s. Certification. Answer: Certificate is the 40 hour class,
Certification requires the 4 requirements
◉ Certification is provided by which two agencies. Answer: 1. CCHI
and NBCMI
,◉ What does NBCMI stand for. Answer: National board of certification
for healthcare workers
◉ What does CCHI stand for. Answer: Certification Commission for
healthcare interpreters
◉ What are ethics vs standards. Answer: Ethics-what we do Standards-
how we do them
◉ Ethics are defined as. Answer: A set of principles that govern the
conduct of practitioners of a profession
◉ Standards of practice are defined as. Answer: A set of formal
guidelines that practitioners use that offer clear strategies and course of
action to support professional conduct
◉ What are the ethics that make up the code of ethics. Answer: 1.
Confidentiality 2. Accuracy 3. Impartiality 4. professional conduct 5.
Transparency 6. intercultural communication 7. advocacy 8. professional
boundaries 9. professional development 10. Direct communication
◉ Do you interpret everything stated? Answer: yes
, ◉ What three things should you do if you know the client. Answer: 1.
disclose to all parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if you can be
impartial
◉ Three steps to the say no module. Answer: 1. gracious 2. offer choices
3. reason why
◉ working language. Answer: any language the interpreter works with
◉ Source language. Answer: language the interpreter interprets from
◉ target language. Answer: language you interpret in to
◉ three stages of the encounter. Answer: 1. pre prep/briefing 2.encounter
3. debriefing
◉ 7 steps to the encounter. Answer: 1. Prep 2. brief 3.professional intro
4. interpreting 5. mediating 6. debriefing 7. analysis
◉ 4 interpreting protocols. Answer: 1. positioning 2. professional intro
3. first-person interpreting 4. turn-taking to manage flow
◉ 4 elements of the professional introduction. Answer: 1. confidential 2.
all interpreted 3. speak to each other 4. pause for clarification
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Medical Interpreting. Answer: Interpreting for patients, their families,
providers to facilitate access to healthcare
◉ Communicative Autonomy. Answer: The capacity of each party in the
encounter to be responsible for and control their own communication
◉ Which area of interpreting has become more professional. Answer:
Medical
◉ Requirements to become certified. Answer: 1. 18 years old 2. HS grad
3. Proof of language proficiency through third party tester 4.40 hr
training course
◉ Certificate v.s. Certification. Answer: Certificate is the 40 hour class,
Certification requires the 4 requirements
◉ Certification is provided by which two agencies. Answer: 1. CCHI
and NBCMI
,◉ What does NBCMI stand for. Answer: National board of certification
for healthcare workers
◉ What does CCHI stand for. Answer: Certification Commission for
healthcare interpreters
◉ What are ethics vs standards. Answer: Ethics-what we do Standards-
how we do them
◉ Ethics are defined as. Answer: A set of principles that govern the
conduct of practitioners of a profession
◉ Standards of practice are defined as. Answer: A set of formal
guidelines that practitioners use that offer clear strategies and course of
action to support professional conduct
◉ What are the ethics that make up the code of ethics. Answer: 1.
Confidentiality 2. Accuracy 3. Impartiality 4. professional conduct 5.
Transparency 6. intercultural communication 7. advocacy 8. professional
boundaries 9. professional development 10. Direct communication
◉ Do you interpret everything stated? Answer: yes
, ◉ What three things should you do if you know the client. Answer: 1.
disclose to all parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if you can be
impartial
◉ Three steps to the say no module. Answer: 1. gracious 2. offer choices
3. reason why
◉ working language. Answer: any language the interpreter works with
◉ Source language. Answer: language the interpreter interprets from
◉ target language. Answer: language you interpret in to
◉ three stages of the encounter. Answer: 1. pre prep/briefing 2.encounter
3. debriefing
◉ 7 steps to the encounter. Answer: 1. Prep 2. brief 3.professional intro
4. interpreting 5. mediating 6. debriefing 7. analysis
◉ 4 interpreting protocols. Answer: 1. positioning 2. professional intro
3. first-person interpreting 4. turn-taking to manage flow
◉ 4 elements of the professional introduction. Answer: 1. confidential 2.
all interpreted 3. speak to each other 4. pause for clarification
