5/13/25, 1:59 PM NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM PREP/COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2025 | ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (GRA…
NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM
PREP/COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2025 | ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADED
A+) | VERIFIED ANSWERS | NEWEST EXAM
What does "NCIEC" stand National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers
for?
What does "EIPA" stand Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment
for?
A situation in which two Diglossia
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)
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The smallest units of Phoneme
language that
distinguishes one word
from another. In ASL this is
comprised of 5
parameters: handshape,
movement, location, palm
orientation, and non-
manual markers.
What does "OVR" stand Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
for?
What does "DOE" stand Department of Education
for?
What does "PSE" stand Pidgin Signed English
for?
Another term for the Pidgin Signed English (PSE)
contact language arising
from English and ASL
What does "VR" stand for? Vocational Rehabilitation
(Not virtual reality:)
Lexical items that are Loan words
borrowed from other
countries are called?
Refers to individuals who Minimal Language Competency (MLC)
have no language skills in
any language.
The rhythm of a language Prosidy
including stress, inflection,
intonation, pausing and
phrasing that help
listeners determine
meaning and predict what
the speaker will say next.
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Identify the difference in Handshape
parameter between the
signs "INSTITUTE" and
"ALCOHOL"
The part of speech that Verb
describes an action,
occurrence, or indicates a
state of being.
The part of speech that Interjection
expresses emotion and is
capable of standing alone.
What does "SC-L" stand Special Certificate-Legal
for?
What does "HVO" stand Highly Visual Orientation
for?
A morpheme, the most Bound morpheme
basic unit of meaning, that
can only appear as part of
a larger word.
Model of philosophy The Helper Model or 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.
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Model of philosophy: A The Machine Model (The Conduit Model) or
rigid, robot-like approach Philosphy
where interpreters assume
no responsibility for the
interaction or
communication dynamics
taking place between
clients
What does "NBDA" stand National Black Deaf Association
for?
The language in which the Source language
original message is
conveyed
What does "VRS" stand Video Relay Service
for?
What does "VRI" stand Video Remote Interpreting
for?
Name the 8 parts of Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction,
speech preposition, interjection
What does "CDI" stand Certified Deaf Interpreter
for?
What does "LRE" stand Least Restrictive Environment
for?
Model or philosophy The Bilingual-Bicultural 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.
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NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM
PREP/COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2025 | ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (GRADED
A+) | VERIFIED ANSWERS | NEWEST EXAM
What does "NCIEC" stand National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers
for?
What does "EIPA" stand Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment
for?
A situation in which two Diglossia
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)
… 1/43
,5/13/25, 1:59 PM NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM PREP/COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2025 | ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (GRA…
The smallest units of Phoneme
language that
distinguishes one word
from another. In ASL this is
comprised of 5
parameters: handshape,
movement, location, palm
orientation, and non-
manual markers.
What does "OVR" stand Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
for?
What does "DOE" stand Department of Education
for?
What does "PSE" stand Pidgin Signed English
for?
Another term for the Pidgin Signed English (PSE)
contact language arising
from English and ASL
What does "VR" stand for? Vocational Rehabilitation
(Not virtual reality:)
Lexical items that are Loan words
borrowed from other
countries are called?
Refers to individuals who Minimal Language Competency (MLC)
have no language skills in
any language.
The rhythm of a language Prosidy
including stress, inflection,
intonation, pausing and
phrasing that help
listeners determine
meaning and predict what
the speaker will say next.
… 2/43
,5/13/25, 1:59 PM NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM PREP/COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2025 | ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (GRA…
Identify the difference in Handshape
parameter between the
signs "INSTITUTE" and
"ALCOHOL"
The part of speech that Verb
describes an action,
occurrence, or indicates a
state of being.
The part of speech that Interjection
expresses emotion and is
capable of standing alone.
What does "SC-L" stand Special Certificate-Legal
for?
What does "HVO" stand Highly Visual Orientation
for?
A morpheme, the most Bound morpheme
basic unit of meaning, that
can only appear as part of
a larger word.
Model of philosophy The Helper Model or 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.
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, 5/13/25, 1:59 PM NIC KNOWLEDGE EXAM PREP/COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2025 | ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (GRA…
Model of philosophy: A The Machine Model (The Conduit Model) or
rigid, robot-like approach Philosphy
where interpreters assume
no responsibility for the
interaction or
communication dynamics
taking place between
clients
What does "NBDA" stand National Black Deaf Association
for?
The language in which the Source language
original message is
conveyed
What does "VRS" stand Video Relay Service
for?
What does "VRI" stand Video Remote Interpreting
for?
Name the 8 parts of Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction,
speech preposition, interjection
What does "CDI" stand Certified Deaf Interpreter
for?
What does "LRE" stand Least Restrictive Environment
for?
Model or philosophy The Bilingual-Bicultural 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.
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