CASLI Generalist Knowledge – Study Guide and Practice Questions for ASL Interpreter
Certification Exam
"Qualified interpreter" - correct answer ✔✔as "one who is able to interpret effectively,
accurately, and impartially, both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized
vocabulary"
SEA - correct answer ✔✔State Education Agency
LEA - correct answer ✔✔Local Education Agency
NTID - correct answer ✔✔National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Inform talk - correct answer ✔✔interpreter uses this to fill in a deaf student on conversations
occurring in the periphery
Child directed speech - correct answer ✔✔changes in pitch, intensity, and the duration of the
voice, as organizational units of her utterances, as emotional content of her message, and as
extralinguistic information
IEP - correct answer ✔✔Individualized Education Program (Team)
Educational Interpreter's Code of Conduct - correct answer ✔✔created as a modified version
for ed. interpreters to follow.
Initiation, Response, Evaluation (IRE) - correct answer ✔✔teacher initiation, student response,
teacher evaluation; norm in classroom discourse, students become comfortable and know what
to expect in interactions with teachers.
, Metacognitive, metalinguistic, and metacommunication - correct answer ✔✔Ability to think
about one's thinking, to talk about one's language or communication, and to demonstrate a
consciousness of one's thinking, language, and communication skills
Zone of Proximal Development - correct answer ✔✔The gap between what a child doesn't
know and what they can learn with the help of someone more knowledgeable.
ARC - correct answer ✔✔Anticipation, Realization, and Contemplation
Implicit meaning - correct answer ✔✔The deeper meaning of a text.
Translation - correct answer ✔✔Transferring the meaning of a source language into a target
language.
Lexical Equivalents - correct answer ✔✔How dynamically equivalent the translation is culturally
and contextually.
Meaning Component - correct answer ✔✔one of the smallest units of a semantic whole. This
includes a thing, event, or attribute. It unites any semantic set of its kind.
Informational Load - correct answer ✔✔the speed and amount of information that is
introduced to the text
Idioms - correct answer ✔✔a string of words whose meaning is different from the meaning
conveyed by the individual words.
Semantic structure - correct answer ✔✔refers to the types of units, features, and relationships
described in a text
Certification Exam
"Qualified interpreter" - correct answer ✔✔as "one who is able to interpret effectively,
accurately, and impartially, both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized
vocabulary"
SEA - correct answer ✔✔State Education Agency
LEA - correct answer ✔✔Local Education Agency
NTID - correct answer ✔✔National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Inform talk - correct answer ✔✔interpreter uses this to fill in a deaf student on conversations
occurring in the periphery
Child directed speech - correct answer ✔✔changes in pitch, intensity, and the duration of the
voice, as organizational units of her utterances, as emotional content of her message, and as
extralinguistic information
IEP - correct answer ✔✔Individualized Education Program (Team)
Educational Interpreter's Code of Conduct - correct answer ✔✔created as a modified version
for ed. interpreters to follow.
Initiation, Response, Evaluation (IRE) - correct answer ✔✔teacher initiation, student response,
teacher evaluation; norm in classroom discourse, students become comfortable and know what
to expect in interactions with teachers.
, Metacognitive, metalinguistic, and metacommunication - correct answer ✔✔Ability to think
about one's thinking, to talk about one's language or communication, and to demonstrate a
consciousness of one's thinking, language, and communication skills
Zone of Proximal Development - correct answer ✔✔The gap between what a child doesn't
know and what they can learn with the help of someone more knowledgeable.
ARC - correct answer ✔✔Anticipation, Realization, and Contemplation
Implicit meaning - correct answer ✔✔The deeper meaning of a text.
Translation - correct answer ✔✔Transferring the meaning of a source language into a target
language.
Lexical Equivalents - correct answer ✔✔How dynamically equivalent the translation is culturally
and contextually.
Meaning Component - correct answer ✔✔one of the smallest units of a semantic whole. This
includes a thing, event, or attribute. It unites any semantic set of its kind.
Informational Load - correct answer ✔✔the speed and amount of information that is
introduced to the text
Idioms - correct answer ✔✔a string of words whose meaning is different from the meaning
conveyed by the individual words.
Semantic structure - correct answer ✔✔refers to the types of units, features, and relationships
described in a text
