RID / NIC ACTUAL WRITTEN EXAM 2025/2026 COMPLETE
300 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED 100% VERIFIED
Which of the following facts about a d/Deaf person would provide you with information
about how they are likely to sign?
Their educational experience, whether their parents are d/Deaf, and their involvement in the
Deaf community
The scheduler at an agency needs to book interpreters for three events: a fundraiser for the
Gay Men's Health Council, a conference on male sexual dysfunction, and the Synod of
Catholic Bishops. Which interpreter attribute does NOT need to be considered?
Age
An interpreter is in a hospital to interpret for a child with injuries consistent with child abuse.
On four other occasions the interpreter has been in other hospitals while the same child was
there for similar injuries but with different doctors. The interpreter should
break confidentiality by contacting the appropriate authorities (Child Protective Services)
Translation refers to
the process of changing the frozen form of one language into the frozen form of another
language, changing the material from a written form into a signed videotape
,What is sign-to-voice interpreting?
Watching someone use ASL, then interpreting into a spoken language
The philosophical shifts in the history of Sign Language interpretation in the United States
was from
helper to machine to communication facilitator to bicultural/bilingual (bi-bi)
You would expect to see an interpreter overly involved with the Deaf and hearing clients,
often moving out of the role of interpreter to advise, direct, and teach if the interpreter were
in which philosophical role?
Helper
Linguistic expansions and reductions occur
when the interpreter can manipulate the target language output so it contains all of the
essential elements of meaning expressed in the source language and when there is no word or
sign equivalent
RID began certifying interpreters in
1972
The current National Certification exam
,has two parts: written and performance
The abbreviation CT means
certificate of transliteration
You are asked to coordinate interpreters for a state meeting that will involve a panel
discussion of recently proposed legislation. The panel and the audience will include both deaf
and hearing people. This means that
sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign interpreters will need to be provided for members of the panel
as well as for members of the audience
The name "National Registry of Professional Interpreters and Translators for the Deaf" was
changed to
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Interpreting a printed copy of The Lord's Prayer into ASL is referred to as
sight translation
Voice-to-sign interpreting means
the source language is a spoken language
An oral interpreter
, mouths or quietly repeats the message of the speaker so that the client can lipread it
Which of the following is the best cue that a Deaf audience has failed to comprehend a voice-
to-sign interpretation?
Confused copying of a sign
An example of linguistic expansion or noun listing would be needed if referring to the
following English terms:
fruit, vegetable, weapon, jewelry, silverware (group words)
The RID Code of Professional Conduct
functions as a guideline to assist interpreters as they review and evaluate professional decisions
Simultaneous interpretation or transliteration is most appropriate when
the interpreter and consumer are familiar with the subject
If an interpreter turns down an assignment because they believe their skills do not match the
skills needed for the assignment
they are using their discretion which is encouraged by the RID CPC
Professional distance refers to
300 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED 100% VERIFIED
Which of the following facts about a d/Deaf person would provide you with information
about how they are likely to sign?
Their educational experience, whether their parents are d/Deaf, and their involvement in the
Deaf community
The scheduler at an agency needs to book interpreters for three events: a fundraiser for the
Gay Men's Health Council, a conference on male sexual dysfunction, and the Synod of
Catholic Bishops. Which interpreter attribute does NOT need to be considered?
Age
An interpreter is in a hospital to interpret for a child with injuries consistent with child abuse.
On four other occasions the interpreter has been in other hospitals while the same child was
there for similar injuries but with different doctors. The interpreter should
break confidentiality by contacting the appropriate authorities (Child Protective Services)
Translation refers to
the process of changing the frozen form of one language into the frozen form of another
language, changing the material from a written form into a signed videotape
,What is sign-to-voice interpreting?
Watching someone use ASL, then interpreting into a spoken language
The philosophical shifts in the history of Sign Language interpretation in the United States
was from
helper to machine to communication facilitator to bicultural/bilingual (bi-bi)
You would expect to see an interpreter overly involved with the Deaf and hearing clients,
often moving out of the role of interpreter to advise, direct, and teach if the interpreter were
in which philosophical role?
Helper
Linguistic expansions and reductions occur
when the interpreter can manipulate the target language output so it contains all of the
essential elements of meaning expressed in the source language and when there is no word or
sign equivalent
RID began certifying interpreters in
1972
The current National Certification exam
,has two parts: written and performance
The abbreviation CT means
certificate of transliteration
You are asked to coordinate interpreters for a state meeting that will involve a panel
discussion of recently proposed legislation. The panel and the audience will include both deaf
and hearing people. This means that
sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign interpreters will need to be provided for members of the panel
as well as for members of the audience
The name "National Registry of Professional Interpreters and Translators for the Deaf" was
changed to
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Interpreting a printed copy of The Lord's Prayer into ASL is referred to as
sight translation
Voice-to-sign interpreting means
the source language is a spoken language
An oral interpreter
, mouths or quietly repeats the message of the speaker so that the client can lipread it
Which of the following is the best cue that a Deaf audience has failed to comprehend a voice-
to-sign interpretation?
Confused copying of a sign
An example of linguistic expansion or noun listing would be needed if referring to the
following English terms:
fruit, vegetable, weapon, jewelry, silverware (group words)
The RID Code of Professional Conduct
functions as a guideline to assist interpreters as they review and evaluate professional decisions
Simultaneous interpretation or transliteration is most appropriate when
the interpreter and consumer are familiar with the subject
If an interpreter turns down an assignment because they believe their skills do not match the
skills needed for the assignment
they are using their discretion which is encouraged by the RID CPC
Professional distance refers to
