CCHI-Core UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A specialization that facilitates access to community resources - CORRECT ANSWER -
Community Interpreting
Interpreting for patients, their families, providers to facilitate access to healthcare - CORRECT
ANSWER - Medical Interpreting
The capacity of each party in the encounter to be responsible for and control their own
communication - CORRECT ANSWER - Communicative Autonomy
Medical - CORRECT ANSWER - Which area of interpreting has become more
professional
1. 18 years old 2. HS grad 3. Proof of language proficiency through third party tester 4.40 hr
training course - CORRECT ANSWER - Requirements to become certified
Certificate is the 40 hour class, Certification requires the 4 requirements - CORRECT
ANSWER - Certificate v.s. Certification
1. CCHI and NBCMI - CORRECT ANSWER - Certification is provided by which two
agencies
National board of certification for healthcare workers - CORRECT ANSWER - What does
NBCMI stand for
Certification Commission for healthcare interpreters - CORRECT ANSWER - What does
CCHI stand for
,Ethics-what we do Standards-how we do them - CORRECT ANSWER - What are ethics
vs standards
A set of principles that govern the conduct of practitioners of a profession - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ethics are defined as
A set of formal guidelines that practitioners use that offer clear strategies and course of action to
support professional conduct - CORRECT ANSWER - Standards of practice are defined
as
1. Confidentiality 2. Accuracy 3. Impartiality 4. professional conduct 5. Transparency 6.
intercultural communication 7. advocacy 8. professional boundaries 9. professional development
10. Direct communication - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the ethics that make up the
code of ethics
yes - CORRECT ANSWER - Do you interpret everything stated?
1. disclose to all parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if you can be impartial - CORRECT
ANSWER - What three things should you do if you know the client
1. gracious 2. offer choices 3. reason why - CORRECT ANSWER - Three steps to the say
no module
any language the interpreter works with - CORRECT ANSWER - working language
language the interpreter interprets from - CORRECT ANSWER - Source language
language you interpret in to - CORRECT ANSWER - target language
1. pre prep/briefing 2.encounter 3. debriefing - CORRECT ANSWER - three stages of the
encounter
, 1. Prep 2. brief 3.professional intro 4. interpreting 5. mediating 6. debriefing 7. analysis -
CORRECT ANSWER - 7 steps to the encounter
1. positioning 2. professional intro 3. first-person interpreting 4. turn-taking to manage flow -
CORRECT ANSWER - 4 interpreting protocols
1. confidential 2. all interpreted 3. speak to each other 4. pause for clarification - CORRECT
ANSWER - 4 elements of the professional introduction
1. children under 7 2. dementia, intox, psychotic 3. emergencies - CORRECT ANSWER -
use third person interpreting when
1. unobtrusive position and avoid eye contact 2. clarify role 3. use a hand gesture to direct
provider to client 4. interpret in 3rd person 5. mediate outside of session to explain to provider
that first person promotes direct communication - CORRECT ANSWER - What steps to
take if provider uses 3rd person
breaking down info into smaller parts that are easier to remember - CORRECT
ANSWER - chunking
visualizing what you hear with who did what - CORRECT ANSWER - Imagery
1. consecutive 2. simultanious 3. sight translation - CORRECT ANSWER - three modes of
interpreting
1. parroting 2. paraphrasing 3. anticipate 4. message analysis - CORRECT ANSWER -
message transfer skills
1. provider remains present 2. Assess text with CALL model to see if you should translate 3. read
text from start to finish 4. Id unfamiliar words and complicated syntax 5. ask for clarification 6.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A specialization that facilitates access to community resources - CORRECT ANSWER -
Community Interpreting
Interpreting for patients, their families, providers to facilitate access to healthcare - CORRECT
ANSWER - Medical Interpreting
The capacity of each party in the encounter to be responsible for and control their own
communication - CORRECT ANSWER - Communicative Autonomy
Medical - CORRECT ANSWER - Which area of interpreting has become more
professional
1. 18 years old 2. HS grad 3. Proof of language proficiency through third party tester 4.40 hr
training course - CORRECT ANSWER - Requirements to become certified
Certificate is the 40 hour class, Certification requires the 4 requirements - CORRECT
ANSWER - Certificate v.s. Certification
1. CCHI and NBCMI - CORRECT ANSWER - Certification is provided by which two
agencies
National board of certification for healthcare workers - CORRECT ANSWER - What does
NBCMI stand for
Certification Commission for healthcare interpreters - CORRECT ANSWER - What does
CCHI stand for
,Ethics-what we do Standards-how we do them - CORRECT ANSWER - What are ethics
vs standards
A set of principles that govern the conduct of practitioners of a profession - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ethics are defined as
A set of formal guidelines that practitioners use that offer clear strategies and course of action to
support professional conduct - CORRECT ANSWER - Standards of practice are defined
as
1. Confidentiality 2. Accuracy 3. Impartiality 4. professional conduct 5. Transparency 6.
intercultural communication 7. advocacy 8. professional boundaries 9. professional development
10. Direct communication - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the ethics that make up the
code of ethics
yes - CORRECT ANSWER - Do you interpret everything stated?
1. disclose to all parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if you can be impartial - CORRECT
ANSWER - What three things should you do if you know the client
1. gracious 2. offer choices 3. reason why - CORRECT ANSWER - Three steps to the say
no module
any language the interpreter works with - CORRECT ANSWER - working language
language the interpreter interprets from - CORRECT ANSWER - Source language
language you interpret in to - CORRECT ANSWER - target language
1. pre prep/briefing 2.encounter 3. debriefing - CORRECT ANSWER - three stages of the
encounter
, 1. Prep 2. brief 3.professional intro 4. interpreting 5. mediating 6. debriefing 7. analysis -
CORRECT ANSWER - 7 steps to the encounter
1. positioning 2. professional intro 3. first-person interpreting 4. turn-taking to manage flow -
CORRECT ANSWER - 4 interpreting protocols
1. confidential 2. all interpreted 3. speak to each other 4. pause for clarification - CORRECT
ANSWER - 4 elements of the professional introduction
1. children under 7 2. dementia, intox, psychotic 3. emergencies - CORRECT ANSWER -
use third person interpreting when
1. unobtrusive position and avoid eye contact 2. clarify role 3. use a hand gesture to direct
provider to client 4. interpret in 3rd person 5. mediate outside of session to explain to provider
that first person promotes direct communication - CORRECT ANSWER - What steps to
take if provider uses 3rd person
breaking down info into smaller parts that are easier to remember - CORRECT
ANSWER - chunking
visualizing what you hear with who did what - CORRECT ANSWER - Imagery
1. consecutive 2. simultanious 3. sight translation - CORRECT ANSWER - three modes of
interpreting
1. parroting 2. paraphrasing 3. anticipate 4. message analysis - CORRECT ANSWER -
message transfer skills
1. provider remains present 2. Assess text with CALL model to see if you should translate 3. read
text from start to finish 4. Id unfamiliar words and complicated syntax 5. ask for clarification 6.
