NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM 2025 UPDATE/PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete solutions)
ASSURED SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
What does "VR" stand for? (Not virtual reality:) - CORRECT ANSWER-Vocational
Rehabilitation
Lexical items that are borrowed from other countries are called? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Loan words
Refers to individuals who have no language skills in any language. - CORRECT
ANSWER-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. - CORRECT ANSWER-Prosidy
Identify the difference in parameter between the signs "INSTITUTE" and
"ALCOHOL" - CORRECT ANSWER-Handshape
The part of speech that describes an action, occurrence, or indicates a state of
being. - CORRECT ANSWER-Verb
,The part of speech that expresses emotion and is capable of standing alone. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Interjection
What does "SC-L" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Special Certificate-Legal
What does "HVO" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Highly Visual Orientation
A morpheme, the most basic unit of meaning, that can only appear as part of a
larger word. - CORRECT ANSWER-Bound morpheme
What does "NCIEC" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-National Consortium of
Interpreter Education Centers
What does "EIPA" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-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) - CORRECT ANSWER-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. - CORRECT ANSWER-Phoneme
,What does "OVR" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation
What does "DOE" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Department of Education
What does "PSE" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Pidgin Signed English
Another term for the contact language arising from English and ASL - CORRECT
ANSWER-Pidgin Signed English (PSE)
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. - CORRECT ANSWER-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 - CORRECT ANSWER-The Machine Model (The Conduit Model)
or Philosphy
What does "NBDA" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-National Black Deaf
Association
, The language in which the original message is conveyed - CORRECT ANSWER-
Source language
What does "VRS" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Video Relay Service
What does "VRI" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Video Remote Interpreting
Name the 8 parts of speech - CORRECT ANSWER-Noun, pronoun, verb,
adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection
What does "CDI" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Certified Deaf Interpreter
What does "LRE" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-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. - CORRECT ANSWER-The Bilingual-Bicultural
Model or Philosophy
Interpreting is what type of profession according to Dean and Pollard? -
CORRECT ANSWER-A practice profession.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete solutions)
ASSURED SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
What does "VR" stand for? (Not virtual reality:) - CORRECT ANSWER-Vocational
Rehabilitation
Lexical items that are borrowed from other countries are called? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Loan words
Refers to individuals who have no language skills in any language. - CORRECT
ANSWER-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. - CORRECT ANSWER-Prosidy
Identify the difference in parameter between the signs "INSTITUTE" and
"ALCOHOL" - CORRECT ANSWER-Handshape
The part of speech that describes an action, occurrence, or indicates a state of
being. - CORRECT ANSWER-Verb
,The part of speech that expresses emotion and is capable of standing alone. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Interjection
What does "SC-L" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Special Certificate-Legal
What does "HVO" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Highly Visual Orientation
A morpheme, the most basic unit of meaning, that can only appear as part of a
larger word. - CORRECT ANSWER-Bound morpheme
What does "NCIEC" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-National Consortium of
Interpreter Education Centers
What does "EIPA" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-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) - CORRECT ANSWER-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. - CORRECT ANSWER-Phoneme
,What does "OVR" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation
What does "DOE" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Department of Education
What does "PSE" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Pidgin Signed English
Another term for the contact language arising from English and ASL - CORRECT
ANSWER-Pidgin Signed English (PSE)
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. - CORRECT ANSWER-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 - CORRECT ANSWER-The Machine Model (The Conduit Model)
or Philosphy
What does "NBDA" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-National Black Deaf
Association
, The language in which the original message is conveyed - CORRECT ANSWER-
Source language
What does "VRS" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Video Relay Service
What does "VRI" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Video Remote Interpreting
Name the 8 parts of speech - CORRECT ANSWER-Noun, pronoun, verb,
adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection
What does "CDI" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Certified Deaf Interpreter
What does "LRE" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER-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. - CORRECT ANSWER-The Bilingual-Bicultural
Model or Philosophy
Interpreting is what type of profession according to Dean and Pollard? -
CORRECT ANSWER-A practice profession.
