EIPA Written Test and Knowledge Standards Study Guide & Comprehensive Educational
Interpreting Notes
What is the "reasonable interpreter standard"? - ✔✔This is a hypothetical interpreter who is
appropriately educated, informed, capable, aware of professional standards and fair-minded.
Name Erikson's Stages of Development (6 stages). - ✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust, Hope, 0-1 1/2
Autonomy vs. Shame, Will 1 1/2-3
Initiative vs. Guilt, Purpose 3-5
Industry vs. Inferiority, Competency 5-12
Identity vs. Role Confusion, Fidelity 12-18
Intimacy vs. Isolation, Love 18-40
Why is early detection of hearing loss critical? - ✔✔I allows deaf and hard of hearing students
to develop language that is more age-appropriate when compared with their hearing peers.
The majority of hearing families may not provide the D/HH student with what? - ✔✔Fluent
language early in development.
What can facilitate a young student's learning? - ✔✔Attachment
As a student matures, what should an interpreter do? - ✔✔Reduce the amount of support
they provide.
During the period of adolescence, what is important? - ✔✔Identity formation.
When responding to a student's inattentiveness, what should interpreters consider? - ✔✔The
student's level of maturity.
,How is interpreting for older students different than interpreting for younger students? - ✔✔It
utilizes a different set of skills.
Why should young students benefit from better skilled interpreters? (2 answers) - ✔✔Younger
students are still developing language skills and are less capable of repairing an interpreter's
errors.
What should interpreters do in order to understand a student's current level of functioning? -
✔✔Review the student's IEP with other members of the team.
What must interpreters be careful of when creating bonds with the students the work with? -
✔✔Maintaining professional boundaries.
What are peer relationships important for? (2 answers) - ✔✔Social and cognitive
development.
When does friendship begin to require a great of communication? - ✔✔The middle school
years.
What does cognitive development refer to? (2 answers) - ✔✔The student's understanding of
concepts and the ability to think and reason.
What does language do? - ✔✔It stimulates cognitive development.
Interpreters play a vital role in what? - ✔✔The student's cognitive development.
, What must a skilled interpreter do? (2 answers) - ✔✔Understand the concept of cognitive
development AND handle the task of using language to communicate concepts that are new,
abstract or difficult.
Name Piaget's four stages of development. - ✔✔Sensory motor: 0-2
Pre-operational: 2-7
Concrete operational: 7-11
Formal operational: 11-18
What is a Piagetian approach to cognitive development? - ✔✔Assuming cognitive
development is independent from language development.
How does information enter the mind? (4 answers) - ✔✔Sound, visual information, speech
and touch.
How does cultural background affects cognition? (4 answers) - ✔✔Defining what we know,
what is important, how we approach new tasks, and how we interact.
What are two important parts of cognitive development? - ✔✔Socialization and play.
State the six level's of Bloom's Taxonomy. - ✔✔Knowledge, comprehension, Application,
Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation.
What might organizing a text spatially help a student do? - ✔✔Organize the text cognitively.
How does providing a student with repetition help them learn? (4 answers) - ✔✔It allows
them to see: patterns, parallels, comparisons, and similarities.
Interpreting Notes
What is the "reasonable interpreter standard"? - ✔✔This is a hypothetical interpreter who is
appropriately educated, informed, capable, aware of professional standards and fair-minded.
Name Erikson's Stages of Development (6 stages). - ✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust, Hope, 0-1 1/2
Autonomy vs. Shame, Will 1 1/2-3
Initiative vs. Guilt, Purpose 3-5
Industry vs. Inferiority, Competency 5-12
Identity vs. Role Confusion, Fidelity 12-18
Intimacy vs. Isolation, Love 18-40
Why is early detection of hearing loss critical? - ✔✔I allows deaf and hard of hearing students
to develop language that is more age-appropriate when compared with their hearing peers.
The majority of hearing families may not provide the D/HH student with what? - ✔✔Fluent
language early in development.
What can facilitate a young student's learning? - ✔✔Attachment
As a student matures, what should an interpreter do? - ✔✔Reduce the amount of support
they provide.
During the period of adolescence, what is important? - ✔✔Identity formation.
When responding to a student's inattentiveness, what should interpreters consider? - ✔✔The
student's level of maturity.
,How is interpreting for older students different than interpreting for younger students? - ✔✔It
utilizes a different set of skills.
Why should young students benefit from better skilled interpreters? (2 answers) - ✔✔Younger
students are still developing language skills and are less capable of repairing an interpreter's
errors.
What should interpreters do in order to understand a student's current level of functioning? -
✔✔Review the student's IEP with other members of the team.
What must interpreters be careful of when creating bonds with the students the work with? -
✔✔Maintaining professional boundaries.
What are peer relationships important for? (2 answers) - ✔✔Social and cognitive
development.
When does friendship begin to require a great of communication? - ✔✔The middle school
years.
What does cognitive development refer to? (2 answers) - ✔✔The student's understanding of
concepts and the ability to think and reason.
What does language do? - ✔✔It stimulates cognitive development.
Interpreters play a vital role in what? - ✔✔The student's cognitive development.
, What must a skilled interpreter do? (2 answers) - ✔✔Understand the concept of cognitive
development AND handle the task of using language to communicate concepts that are new,
abstract or difficult.
Name Piaget's four stages of development. - ✔✔Sensory motor: 0-2
Pre-operational: 2-7
Concrete operational: 7-11
Formal operational: 11-18
What is a Piagetian approach to cognitive development? - ✔✔Assuming cognitive
development is independent from language development.
How does information enter the mind? (4 answers) - ✔✔Sound, visual information, speech
and touch.
How does cultural background affects cognition? (4 answers) - ✔✔Defining what we know,
what is important, how we approach new tasks, and how we interact.
What are two important parts of cognitive development? - ✔✔Socialization and play.
State the six level's of Bloom's Taxonomy. - ✔✔Knowledge, comprehension, Application,
Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation.
What might organizing a text spatially help a student do? - ✔✔Organize the text cognitively.
How does providing a student with repetition help them learn? (4 answers) - ✔✔It allows
them to see: patterns, parallels, comparisons, and similarities.
