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NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM 2025 | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADED A+) | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | NEWEST EXAM
What does "NCIEC" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...National Consortium of Interpreter
Education Centers
What does "EIPA" stand for? - ..(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) - ..(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. - ..(ANSWER)...Phoneme
What does "OVR" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
What does "DOE" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Department of Education
What does "PSE" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Pidgin Signed English
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Another term for the contact language arising from English and ASL -
..(ANSWER)...Pidgin Signed English (PSE)
What does "VR" stand for? (Not virtual reality:) - ..(ANSWER)...Vocational
Rehabilitation
Lexical items that are borrowed from other countries are called? -
..(ANSWER)...Loan words
Refers to individuals who have no language skills in any language. -
..(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. - ..(ANSWER)...Prosidy
Identify the difference in parameter between the signs "INSTITUTE" and
"ALCOHOL" - ..(ANSWER)...Handshape
The part of speech that describes an action, occurrence, or indicates a state of
being. - ..(ANSWER)...Verb
The part of speech that expresses emotion and is capable of standing alone. -
..(ANSWER)...Interjection
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What does "SC-L" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Special Certificate-Legal
What does "HVO" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Highly Visual Orientation
A morpheme, the most basic unit of meaning, that can only appear as part of a
larger word. - ..(ANSWER)...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. - ..(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 - ..(ANSWER)...The Machine Model (The Conduit Model) or
Philosphy
What does "NBDA" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...National Black Deaf Association
The language in which the original message is conveyed - ..(ANSWER)...Source
language
What does "VRS" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Video Relay Service
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What does "VRI" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Video Remote Interpreting
Name the 8 parts of speech - ..(ANSWER)...Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective,
adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection
What does "CDI" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Certified Deaf Interpreter
What does "LRE" stand for? - ..(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. - ..(ANSWER)...The Bilingual-Bicultural Model or
Philosophy
Interpreting is what type of profession according to Dean and Pollard? -
..(ANSWER)...A practice profession.
According to which specific law does a deaf person have the right to request an
interpreter for their driver's test? - ..(ANSWER)...ADA Title II: public entities and
transportation
The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences -
..(ANSWER)...Conjunction
NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM 2025 | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADED A+) | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | NEWEST EXAM
What does "NCIEC" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...National Consortium of Interpreter
Education Centers
What does "EIPA" stand for? - ..(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) - ..(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. - ..(ANSWER)...Phoneme
What does "OVR" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
What does "DOE" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Department of Education
What does "PSE" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Pidgin Signed English
, 2
Another term for the contact language arising from English and ASL -
..(ANSWER)...Pidgin Signed English (PSE)
What does "VR" stand for? (Not virtual reality:) - ..(ANSWER)...Vocational
Rehabilitation
Lexical items that are borrowed from other countries are called? -
..(ANSWER)...Loan words
Refers to individuals who have no language skills in any language. -
..(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. - ..(ANSWER)...Prosidy
Identify the difference in parameter between the signs "INSTITUTE" and
"ALCOHOL" - ..(ANSWER)...Handshape
The part of speech that describes an action, occurrence, or indicates a state of
being. - ..(ANSWER)...Verb
The part of speech that expresses emotion and is capable of standing alone. -
..(ANSWER)...Interjection
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What does "SC-L" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Special Certificate-Legal
What does "HVO" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Highly Visual Orientation
A morpheme, the most basic unit of meaning, that can only appear as part of a
larger word. - ..(ANSWER)...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. - ..(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 - ..(ANSWER)...The Machine Model (The Conduit Model) or
Philosphy
What does "NBDA" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...National Black Deaf Association
The language in which the original message is conveyed - ..(ANSWER)...Source
language
What does "VRS" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Video Relay Service
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What does "VRI" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Video Remote Interpreting
Name the 8 parts of speech - ..(ANSWER)...Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective,
adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection
What does "CDI" stand for? - ..(ANSWER)...Certified Deaf Interpreter
What does "LRE" stand for? - ..(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. - ..(ANSWER)...The Bilingual-Bicultural Model or
Philosophy
Interpreting is what type of profession according to Dean and Pollard? -
..(ANSWER)...A practice profession.
According to which specific law does a deaf person have the right to request an
interpreter for their driver's test? - ..(ANSWER)...ADA Title II: public entities and
transportation
The part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences -
..(ANSWER)...Conjunction
