CoreCHI Practice Test Questions and
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Practice Exam 2025-2026 Newest.
Community Interpreting - ans....A specialization that facilitates access to
community resources
Medical Interpreting - ans....Interpreting for patients, their families, providers
to facilitate access to healthcare
Communicative Autonomy - ans....The capacity of each party in the encounter
to be responsible for and control their own communication
Which area of interpreting has become more professional - ans....Medical
,Requirements to become certified - ans....1. 18 years old 2. HS grad 3. Proof of
language proficiency through third party tester 4.40 hr training course
Certificate v.s. Certification - ans....Certificate is the 40 hour class, Certification
requires the 4 requirements
Certification is provided by which two agencies - ans....1. CCHI and NBCMI
What does NBCMI stand for - ans....National board of certification for
healthcare workers
What does CCHI stand for - ans....Certification Commission for healthcare
interpreters
,What are ethics vs standards - ans....Ethics-what we do Standards-how we do
them
Ethics are defined as - ans....A set of principles that govern the conduct of
practitioners of a profession
Standards of practice are defined as - ans....A set of formal guidelines that
practitioners use that offer clear strategies and course of action to support
professional conduct
What are the ethics that make up the code of ethics - ans....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
, Do you interpret everything stated? - ans....yes
What three things should you do if you know the client - ans....1. disclose to all
parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if you can be impartial
Three steps to the say no module - ans....1. gracious 2. offer choices 3. reason
why
working language - ans....any language the interpreter works with
Source language - ans....language the interpreter interprets from
target language - ans....language you interpret in to