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Tenet 1.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters adhere to standards of confidential
communication"?
Tenet 2.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters possess the professional skills and
knowledge required for the specific interpreting situation"?
Tenet 3.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters conduct themselves in a manner appropriate
to the specific interpreting situation"?
Tenet 4.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters demonstrate respect for consumers"?
Tenet 5.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters demonstrate respect for colleagues, interns,
and students of the profession"?
Tenet 6.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters maintain ethical business practices"?
Tenet 7.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters engage in professional development"?
Pretend to not know what the teenager is talking about. Answer: An interpreter is asked to
interpret for a medical checkup involving a Deaf teenage consumer. During the
appointment, it's revealed that the Deaf teenage consumer is pregnant. After the
appointment is over, the consumer goes to her mother and falsely tells her she is not
pregnant. What should the interpreter do?
Discuss it with the Deaf supervisor to come up with the best approach. Answer: An
interpreter is interpreting a meeting with hearing participants and one Deaf supervisor. The
Deaf supervisor has concerns about the most appropriate way to interject during the
meeting. What do you do?
The interpreter informs every participant that the message was misinterpreted and corrects
their mistake. Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a staff meeting with a majority of
hearing participants and one Deaf participant. The Deaf person announces they haven't
completed their assigned work. The interpreter misinterprets that they have completed the
work. How should the interpreter fix this situation?
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,Conduit Model Answer: While working, the interpreter is asked by one of the hearing
participants how long it took to become an interpreter. Without responding, the interpreter
directs the question to the Deaf person. Under which model is the interpreter functioning?
Continue interpreting the lecture. Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a college lecture. A
Deaf student in the hallway signs to another Deaf student through the doorway. The two of
them have a brief conversation. What actions should the interpreter take?
Follow the appropriate channels to report the abuse. Answer: An interpreter is interpreting
a medical appointment for a child they have worked with multiple times before across
different hospitals with different doctors. The child has displayed similar injuries in the
appointments that are indicative of child abuse. What should the interpreter do?
Reiterate the interpreter's role and offer to interpret again Answer: After an assignment at a
doctor's office, the Deaf consumer asks the interpreter to explain the doctor's
recommendations. What should the interpreter do?
Interpret the appointment card to the consumer explaining that the format is that of the
doctor's culture. Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a doctor's appointment for a Latino
Deaf patient. After the appointment is over, the doctor hands the patient an appointment
card where the date does not match the cultural date format of the patient. What should
the interpreter do?
Have them contact the hiring agency. Answer: An interpreter has been hired through a
hiring agency to provide interpreting services. The consumer asks you how they can use
your services again. What should the interpreter do?
Continue interpreting, adding in important information from the side conversation into the
interpretation. Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a meeting with a majority of hearing
participants and one Deaf participant. A couple of hearing participants are having side
conversations, distracting the interpreter. What is the most appropriate way to handle this?
- type, degree and age of onset of hearing and vision loss
- whether current vision and/or hearing is stable, progressive or fluctuating
- level of language competencies in American Sign Language (ASL) or other signed
language systems and/or English
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, - family, ethnic, socio-economic and educational backgrounds
- physical, cognitive or other disabilities Answer: What are factors that contribute to the
diversity in communication within the Deaf-Blind community?
- sign language at close visual range (less than 4 feet) and/or within a limited visual space
(often a small area including and just below the signer's chin to signer's chest)
- sign language at a greater visual range (4-8 feet) to accommodate those individuals with
limited peripheral vision
- sign language received at close visual range with the use of tracking [hand(s) is/are placed
on the interpreter's wrists/forearms for the receiver to maintain signs within their visual
range]
- sign language received by sense of touch with one or two hands (tactile)
- fingerspelling received by sense of touch (tactile)
- Print-on-Palm (block letters drawn on the palm)
- speechreading at close visual range
- hearing with assistive listening devices
- reading via text-based devices and services (e.g., real-time captioning connected to a
large visual display or refreshable Braille output)
- sign supported speech Answer: What are communication modes that individuals who are
Deaf-Blind employ?
Hand(s) is/are placed on the interpreter's wrists/forearms for the receiver to maintain signs
within their visual range. Answer: What is tracking?
Block letters drawn on the palm. Answer: What is Print-on-Palm?
Sign language at a greater visual range (4-8 feet). Answer: A Deaf-Blind consumer has
noted that they have limited peripheral vision. What accommodation for the interpretation
will the Deaf-Blind consumer likely ask for?
- the layout of the room (position of windows, color of walls/platform background, tables,
chairs, doors)
- specific visual background (signer's shirt in contrast to skin color, high-necked collar,
minimal jewelry/accessories)
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Tenet 1.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters adhere to standards of confidential
communication"?
Tenet 2.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters possess the professional skills and
knowledge required for the specific interpreting situation"?
Tenet 3.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters conduct themselves in a manner appropriate
to the specific interpreting situation"?
Tenet 4.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters demonstrate respect for consumers"?
Tenet 5.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters demonstrate respect for colleagues, interns,
and students of the profession"?
Tenet 6.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters maintain ethical business practices"?
Tenet 7.0 Answer: What tenet is "Interpreters engage in professional development"?
Pretend to not know what the teenager is talking about. Answer: An interpreter is asked to
interpret for a medical checkup involving a Deaf teenage consumer. During the
appointment, it's revealed that the Deaf teenage consumer is pregnant. After the
appointment is over, the consumer goes to her mother and falsely tells her she is not
pregnant. What should the interpreter do?
Discuss it with the Deaf supervisor to come up with the best approach. Answer: An
interpreter is interpreting a meeting with hearing participants and one Deaf supervisor. The
Deaf supervisor has concerns about the most appropriate way to interject during the
meeting. What do you do?
The interpreter informs every participant that the message was misinterpreted and corrects
their mistake. Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a staff meeting with a majority of
hearing participants and one Deaf participant. The Deaf person announces they haven't
completed their assigned work. The interpreter misinterprets that they have completed the
work. How should the interpreter fix this situation?
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,Conduit Model Answer: While working, the interpreter is asked by one of the hearing
participants how long it took to become an interpreter. Without responding, the interpreter
directs the question to the Deaf person. Under which model is the interpreter functioning?
Continue interpreting the lecture. Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a college lecture. A
Deaf student in the hallway signs to another Deaf student through the doorway. The two of
them have a brief conversation. What actions should the interpreter take?
Follow the appropriate channels to report the abuse. Answer: An interpreter is interpreting
a medical appointment for a child they have worked with multiple times before across
different hospitals with different doctors. The child has displayed similar injuries in the
appointments that are indicative of child abuse. What should the interpreter do?
Reiterate the interpreter's role and offer to interpret again Answer: After an assignment at a
doctor's office, the Deaf consumer asks the interpreter to explain the doctor's
recommendations. What should the interpreter do?
Interpret the appointment card to the consumer explaining that the format is that of the
doctor's culture. Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a doctor's appointment for a Latino
Deaf patient. After the appointment is over, the doctor hands the patient an appointment
card where the date does not match the cultural date format of the patient. What should
the interpreter do?
Have them contact the hiring agency. Answer: An interpreter has been hired through a
hiring agency to provide interpreting services. The consumer asks you how they can use
your services again. What should the interpreter do?
Continue interpreting, adding in important information from the side conversation into the
interpretation. Answer: An interpreter is interpreting a meeting with a majority of hearing
participants and one Deaf participant. A couple of hearing participants are having side
conversations, distracting the interpreter. What is the most appropriate way to handle this?
- type, degree and age of onset of hearing and vision loss
- whether current vision and/or hearing is stable, progressive or fluctuating
- level of language competencies in American Sign Language (ASL) or other signed
language systems and/or English
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, - family, ethnic, socio-economic and educational backgrounds
- physical, cognitive or other disabilities Answer: What are factors that contribute to the
diversity in communication within the Deaf-Blind community?
- sign language at close visual range (less than 4 feet) and/or within a limited visual space
(often a small area including and just below the signer's chin to signer's chest)
- sign language at a greater visual range (4-8 feet) to accommodate those individuals with
limited peripheral vision
- sign language received at close visual range with the use of tracking [hand(s) is/are placed
on the interpreter's wrists/forearms for the receiver to maintain signs within their visual
range]
- sign language received by sense of touch with one or two hands (tactile)
- fingerspelling received by sense of touch (tactile)
- Print-on-Palm (block letters drawn on the palm)
- speechreading at close visual range
- hearing with assistive listening devices
- reading via text-based devices and services (e.g., real-time captioning connected to a
large visual display or refreshable Braille output)
- sign supported speech Answer: What are communication modes that individuals who are
Deaf-Blind employ?
Hand(s) is/are placed on the interpreter's wrists/forearms for the receiver to maintain signs
within their visual range. Answer: What is tracking?
Block letters drawn on the palm. Answer: What is Print-on-Palm?
Sign language at a greater visual range (4-8 feet). Answer: A Deaf-Blind consumer has
noted that they have limited peripheral vision. What accommodation for the interpretation
will the Deaf-Blind consumer likely ask for?
- the layout of the room (position of windows, color of walls/platform background, tables,
chairs, doors)
- specific visual background (signer's shirt in contrast to skin color, high-necked collar,
minimal jewelry/accessories)
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