NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM WHAT DOES "NCIEC
" stand for? - Answers - National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers
What does "EIPA" stand for? - Answers - Educational Interpreter Performance
Assessment
A situation in which two languages (or two varieties of the same language) are used
under different conditions within a community, often by the same speakers. Often one is
viewed as "high" or "prestige", and the other is "low" or "low prestige" (slang/wrong/etc)
- Answers - Diglossia
The smallest units of language that distinguishes one word from another. In ASL this is
comprised of 5 parameters: handshape, movement, location, palm orientation, and non-
manual markers. - Answers - Phoneme
What does "OVR" stand for? - Answers - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
What does "DOE" stand for? - Answers - Department of Education
What does "PSE" stand for? - Answers - Pidgin Signed English
Another term for the contact language arising from English and ASL - Answers - Pidgin
Signed English (PSE)
What does "SC-L" stand for? - Answers - Special Certificate-Legal
What does "HVO" stand for? - Answers - Highly Visual Orientation
A morpheme, the most basic unit of meaning, that can only appear as part of a larger
word. - Answers - Bound morpheme
Model of philosophy motivated by the attitude that deaf people are handicapped, limited,
and incapable of understanding or participating in the world. This model is characterized
by paternalistic care-taking behavior on the part of the interpreter. - Answers - The
Helper Model or Philosophy
Model of philosophy: A rigid, robot-like approach where interpreters assume no
responsibility for the interaction or communication dynamics taking place between
clients - Answers - The Machine Model (The Conduit Model) or Philosphy
What does "NBDA" stand for? - Answers - National Black Deaf Association
The language in which the original message is conveyed - Answers - Source language
What does "VRS" stand for? - Answers - Video Relay Service
,What does "VRI" stand for? - Answers - Video Remote Interpreting
Name the 8 parts of speech - Answers - Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb,
conjunction, preposition, interjection
What does "CDI" stand for? - Answers - Certified Deaf Interpreter
What does "LRE" stand for? - Answers - Least Restrictive Environment
Model or philosophy based on the belief that effective interpretation requires cultural
and linguistic mediation in order to accomplish speaker goals and maintain dynamic
equivalence. - Answers - The Bilingual-Bicultural Model or Philosophy
Interpreting is what type of profession according to Dean and Pollard? - Answers - A
practice profession.
What does "VR" stand for? (Not virtual reality:) - Answers - Vocational Rehabilitation
Lexical items that are borrowed from other countries are called? - Answers - Loan
words
Refers to individuals who have no language skills in any language. - Answers - Minimal
Language Competency (MLC)
The rhythm of a language including stress, inflection, intonation, pausing and phrasing
that help listeners determine meaning and predict what the speaker will say next. -
Answers - Prosidy
Identify the difference in parameter between the signs "INSTITUTE" and "ALCOHOL" -
Answers - Handshape
The part of speech that describes an action, occurrence, or indicates a state of being. -
Answers - Verb
The part of speech that expresses emotion and is capable of standing alone. - Answers
- Interjection
According to which specific law does a deaf person have the right to request an
interpreter for their driver's test? - Answers - ADA Title II: public entities and
transportation
The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences -
Answers - Conjunction
What does "LOVE" stand for? - Answers - Linguistics of Visual English
, What does "QA" stand for? - Answers - Quality Assurance
What does "QAST" stand for? - Answers - Quality Assessment State Test
The simplest word order in ASL sentences is? - Answers - Subject-Verb-Object
What does "WFD" stand for? - Answers - World Federation of the Deaf
This term is used to describe when a bilingual individual is using one language and then
changes to another language. - Answers - code-switching
When does code-switching occur? - Answers - When a speaker alternates between two
or more languages, or language varieties in the context of a single conversation.
The ability to supply missing/deleted words or concepts in order to understand/complete
the sentence. - Answers - Cloze skills
Free morpheme - Answers - a morpheme, the most basic unit of meaning, that can
stand alone
The study of the formation and inflection of words in ASL. It studies how morphemes
(the smallest units of meaning) are combined to form words from components -
Answers - ASL morphology
The study of the formation and inflection of words. It studies how morphemes (the
smallest units of meaning) are combined to form words from components - Answers -
Morphology
Numerical incorporation is an example of:
Cloze skills, Loan words, ASL morphology, Bound morpheme - Answers - ASL
Morphology
The set of rules, principles and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a
language. - Answers - Syntax
The study of the patterns of articulatory features in a language and how they are
organized in the mind and used to convey meaning. - Answers - Phonology
What does "FCC" stand for? - Answers - Federal Communications Commission
What does "SSP" stand for? - Answers - Support Service Professional
What does "RMI" stand for? - Answers - Repetitive Motion Injury
In what year was the Vocational Rehabilitation Act passed? - Answers - 1965
" stand for? - Answers - National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers
What does "EIPA" stand for? - Answers - Educational Interpreter Performance
Assessment
A situation in which two languages (or two varieties of the same language) are used
under different conditions within a community, often by the same speakers. Often one is
viewed as "high" or "prestige", and the other is "low" or "low prestige" (slang/wrong/etc)
- Answers - Diglossia
The smallest units of language that distinguishes one word from another. In ASL this is
comprised of 5 parameters: handshape, movement, location, palm orientation, and non-
manual markers. - Answers - Phoneme
What does "OVR" stand for? - Answers - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
What does "DOE" stand for? - Answers - Department of Education
What does "PSE" stand for? - Answers - Pidgin Signed English
Another term for the contact language arising from English and ASL - Answers - Pidgin
Signed English (PSE)
What does "SC-L" stand for? - Answers - Special Certificate-Legal
What does "HVO" stand for? - Answers - Highly Visual Orientation
A morpheme, the most basic unit of meaning, that can only appear as part of a larger
word. - Answers - Bound morpheme
Model of philosophy motivated by the attitude that deaf people are handicapped, limited,
and incapable of understanding or participating in the world. This model is characterized
by paternalistic care-taking behavior on the part of the interpreter. - Answers - The
Helper Model or Philosophy
Model of philosophy: A rigid, robot-like approach where interpreters assume no
responsibility for the interaction or communication dynamics taking place between
clients - Answers - The Machine Model (The Conduit Model) or Philosphy
What does "NBDA" stand for? - Answers - National Black Deaf Association
The language in which the original message is conveyed - Answers - Source language
What does "VRS" stand for? - Answers - Video Relay Service
,What does "VRI" stand for? - Answers - Video Remote Interpreting
Name the 8 parts of speech - Answers - Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb,
conjunction, preposition, interjection
What does "CDI" stand for? - Answers - Certified Deaf Interpreter
What does "LRE" stand for? - Answers - Least Restrictive Environment
Model or philosophy based on the belief that effective interpretation requires cultural
and linguistic mediation in order to accomplish speaker goals and maintain dynamic
equivalence. - Answers - The Bilingual-Bicultural Model or Philosophy
Interpreting is what type of profession according to Dean and Pollard? - Answers - A
practice profession.
What does "VR" stand for? (Not virtual reality:) - Answers - Vocational Rehabilitation
Lexical items that are borrowed from other countries are called? - Answers - Loan
words
Refers to individuals who have no language skills in any language. - Answers - Minimal
Language Competency (MLC)
The rhythm of a language including stress, inflection, intonation, pausing and phrasing
that help listeners determine meaning and predict what the speaker will say next. -
Answers - Prosidy
Identify the difference in parameter between the signs "INSTITUTE" and "ALCOHOL" -
Answers - Handshape
The part of speech that describes an action, occurrence, or indicates a state of being. -
Answers - Verb
The part of speech that expresses emotion and is capable of standing alone. - Answers
- Interjection
According to which specific law does a deaf person have the right to request an
interpreter for their driver's test? - Answers - ADA Title II: public entities and
transportation
The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences -
Answers - Conjunction
What does "LOVE" stand for? - Answers - Linguistics of Visual English
, What does "QA" stand for? - Answers - Quality Assurance
What does "QAST" stand for? - Answers - Quality Assessment State Test
The simplest word order in ASL sentences is? - Answers - Subject-Verb-Object
What does "WFD" stand for? - Answers - World Federation of the Deaf
This term is used to describe when a bilingual individual is using one language and then
changes to another language. - Answers - code-switching
When does code-switching occur? - Answers - When a speaker alternates between two
or more languages, or language varieties in the context of a single conversation.
The ability to supply missing/deleted words or concepts in order to understand/complete
the sentence. - Answers - Cloze skills
Free morpheme - Answers - a morpheme, the most basic unit of meaning, that can
stand alone
The study of the formation and inflection of words in ASL. It studies how morphemes
(the smallest units of meaning) are combined to form words from components -
Answers - ASL morphology
The study of the formation and inflection of words. It studies how morphemes (the
smallest units of meaning) are combined to form words from components - Answers -
Morphology
Numerical incorporation is an example of:
Cloze skills, Loan words, ASL morphology, Bound morpheme - Answers - ASL
Morphology
The set of rules, principles and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a
language. - Answers - Syntax
The study of the patterns of articulatory features in a language and how they are
organized in the mind and used to convey meaning. - Answers - Phonology
What does "FCC" stand for? - Answers - Federal Communications Commission
What does "SSP" stand for? - Answers - Support Service Professional
What does "RMI" stand for? - Answers - Repetitive Motion Injury
In what year was the Vocational Rehabilitation Act passed? - Answers - 1965
