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NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST
2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 500 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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In the context of sign language, the term 'code-switch' often
refers to:
Select one:
a. A hearing person who has one deaf and one hearing parent
b. A form of instant messaging that is common in the Deaf
community
c. The creation of International Sign Language
d. A signing variation from ASL to a more English-based form of
sign - ANSWER-A signing variation from ASL to a more English-
based form of sign
Historically, ASL has been suppressed in all of the following
ways, EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. Schools for the deaf forbidding the use of sign language
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b. Regulations forbidding the use of sign language in public
universities
c. Parents of deaf children demanding a no-sign-language policy
in deaf schools
d. Oral schools personnel discouraging parents from using sign
language - ANSWER-Regulations forbidding the use of sign
language in public universities
Which of the following historical figures was a proponent of
sign language?
Select one:
a. Alexander Graham Bell
b. Horace Mann
c. Frank Booth
d. George Veditz - ANSWER-George Veditz
Which is the correct, current term to describe the service,
certified by RID, provided to those deaf people who prefer to
speechread?
Select one:
a. Cued speech
b. Oral transliteration
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c. Oral interpreting
d. Oral translation - ANSWER-Oral transliteration
Which form of interpreting is most technically and prosodically
accurate?
Select one:
a. Simultaneous
b. Consecutive
c. Sign-to-voice
d. Voice-to-sign - ANSWER-Consecutive
An interpreter can help to prevent repetitive strain injury by
doing all of the following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. Having a team interpreter
b. Interpreting a three-hour meeting alone but with a ten-
minute break every hour
c. Not accepting assignments that would be too strenuous
d. Warming up before, and resting and using ice after work -
ANSWER-Interpreting a three-hour meeting alone but with a
ten-minute break every hour
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A certified deaf interpreter (CDI) would be LEAST likely to
interpret at:
Select one:
a. An international conference
b. A court trial involving a deaf child
c. A medical appointment for a college student
d. An immigration hearing - ANSWER-A medical appointment
for a college student
Which of the factors below should NOT be considered when an
interpreter is considering accepting a legal interpreting
assignment?
Select one:
a. Conflicts of interest
b. Liability
c. Qualifications for legal interpreters
d. Whether the court says there's anyone else available -
ANSWER-Whether the court says there's anyone else available
NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST
2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 500 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||JUST OUT!!!
In the context of sign language, the term 'code-switch' often
refers to:
Select one:
a. A hearing person who has one deaf and one hearing parent
b. A form of instant messaging that is common in the Deaf
community
c. The creation of International Sign Language
d. A signing variation from ASL to a more English-based form of
sign - ANSWER-A signing variation from ASL to a more English-
based form of sign
Historically, ASL has been suppressed in all of the following
ways, EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. Schools for the deaf forbidding the use of sign language
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b. Regulations forbidding the use of sign language in public
universities
c. Parents of deaf children demanding a no-sign-language policy
in deaf schools
d. Oral schools personnel discouraging parents from using sign
language - ANSWER-Regulations forbidding the use of sign
language in public universities
Which of the following historical figures was a proponent of
sign language?
Select one:
a. Alexander Graham Bell
b. Horace Mann
c. Frank Booth
d. George Veditz - ANSWER-George Veditz
Which is the correct, current term to describe the service,
certified by RID, provided to those deaf people who prefer to
speechread?
Select one:
a. Cued speech
b. Oral transliteration
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c. Oral interpreting
d. Oral translation - ANSWER-Oral transliteration
Which form of interpreting is most technically and prosodically
accurate?
Select one:
a. Simultaneous
b. Consecutive
c. Sign-to-voice
d. Voice-to-sign - ANSWER-Consecutive
An interpreter can help to prevent repetitive strain injury by
doing all of the following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. Having a team interpreter
b. Interpreting a three-hour meeting alone but with a ten-
minute break every hour
c. Not accepting assignments that would be too strenuous
d. Warming up before, and resting and using ice after work -
ANSWER-Interpreting a three-hour meeting alone but with a
ten-minute break every hour
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A certified deaf interpreter (CDI) would be LEAST likely to
interpret at:
Select one:
a. An international conference
b. A court trial involving a deaf child
c. A medical appointment for a college student
d. An immigration hearing - ANSWER-A medical appointment
for a college student
Which of the factors below should NOT be considered when an
interpreter is considering accepting a legal interpreting
assignment?
Select one:
a. Conflicts of interest
b. Liability
c. Qualifications for legal interpreters
d. Whether the court says there's anyone else available -
ANSWER-Whether the court says there's anyone else available
