NIC KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024

NIC KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
Which of the following certificates is STILL offered?
B B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. Oral Transliteration Certificate (OTC)
B B B B




b. Specialist Certificate: Legal (SC:L)
B B B B




c. Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI)
B B B B B




d. Reverse Skills Certificate (RSC) - ANSWER Certified Deaf Interpreter
B B B B B B B B B




Which philosophical frame encompasses the belief that Deaf people are incapable of fully understanding
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B


or participating in the world around them?
B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. Language facilitation
B B




b. Helper Correct
B B




c. Conduit or machine
B B B




d. Bilingual-bicultural - ANSWER Helper
B B B B




Discourse Analysis is: B B




Select one: B




a. A field which analyzes formal texts
B B B B B B B




b. An analysis of foreign languages
B B B B B




c. A term for describing how writing is perceived
B B B B B B B B




d. A field which studies human communicative interaction -
B B B B B B B B


ANSWER A field which studies human communicative interaction
B B B B B B B B




ASL most commonly employs a _________ sentence structure, whereas English uses a subject-
B B B B B B B B B B B B


predicate format B




Select one: B

,a. Predicate-verb
B




b. Topic-comment
B B




c. Hold-movement-hold
B




d. Object-verb-subject - ANSWER Topic Comment
B B B B B




In which of the following settings would an interpreter be MOST likely to use transliteration?
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. A medical appointment with a recent deaf immigrant
B B B B B B B B




b. A classroom with a deaf student who is late-deafened
B B B B B B B B B




c. A job interview with a graduate of a residential school
B B B B B B B B B B




d. A prison interview between an illiterate suspect and his attorney -
B B B B B B B B B B B


ANSWER a classroom with a deaf student who is late-deafened
B B B B B B B B B B




The common language of the Black Deaf Community is
B B B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. Black English
B B




b. ASL
B B




c. Signed English
B B




d. Standard English - ANSWER ASL
B B B B B




Under the RID certification maintenance program, certified interpreters must complete an average of ___
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B


hours of continuing education per year (0.1 CEU equals one hour)
B B B B B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. 10
B B




b. 20
B




c. 30
B




d. 40 - ANSWER 20
B B B B




Deaf members of ethnic minorities in the United States have historically
B B B B B B B B B B

,Select one: B




a. Been treated well by white Deaf people
B B B B B B B




b. Been subject to the same kinds of discrimination as non-Deaf minorities
B B B B B B B B B B B B




c. Had their own separate signed languages instead of ASL
B B B B B B B B B




d. Never been fully integrated into schools for the Deaf -
B B B B B B B B B B


ANSWER Been subject to the same kinds of discrimination as non-Deaf minorities
B B B B B B B B B B B B




Which of the following is NOT one of the five parameters of a sign?
B B B B B B B B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. Location
B




b. Movement
B




c. Handshape
B




d. Morpheme - ANSWER Morpheme
B B B B




When an interpreter figures out what she missed in the speaker's utterance, she is using
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. Prediction
B




b. Logic
B




c. Cloze skills
B B B




d. Intuition - ANSWER Cloze skills
B B B B B




The term used in linguistics to refer to elements of a language that convey mood, style, emphasis, contras
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B


t, focus, and emotion is:
B B B B




Select one: B




a. Semantics
B B




b. Dialect
B




c. Prosody
B




d. Grammar - ANSWER prosody
B B B B

, In processing models, the term deverbalization refers to:
B B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. Comprehension of the source message
B B B B B




b. Formulation of the target message
B B B B B




c. Monitoring the process
B B B




d. Discarding the source language - ANSWER Discarding the source language
B B B B B B B B B B




RID was established in 1964 with the following goals, except:
B B B B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. Publishing a registry of interpreters
B B B B B




b. Keeping non-native signers out of the profession
B B B B B B B B




c. Investigating evaluation and certification systems
B B B B B




d. Informing the public about interpreting services - ANSWER Keeping non-
B B B B B B B B B B


native signers out of the profession
B B B B B




Deaf-Blind people have used which method of communication LEAST?
B B B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. Tactile signing
B B




b. Close-range signing
B B




c. The Tadoma method
B B B B




d. Print-on-palm - ANSWER The Tadoma method
B B B B B B




Each of the following is an actual American Deaf organization, EXCEPT:
B B B B B B B B B B




Select one: B




a. National Asian Deaf Congress
B B B B




b. Deaf Women United
B B B




c. Association of Late-Deafened Adults
B B B B




d. American Deaf-Mute Society - ANSWER American Deaf-Mute Society Correct
B B B B B B B B B