CCHI-Core Exam Question With Correct
Solutions
Community Interpreting - Answer -✔✔A specialization that facilitates access to
community resources
Medical Interpreting - Answer -✔✔Interpreting for patients, their families, providers to
facilitate access to healthcare
Communicative Autonomy - Answer -✔✔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 - Answer -✔✔Medical
Requirements to become certified - Answer -✔✔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 - Answer -✔✔Certificate is the 40 hour class, Certification
requires the 4 requirements
Certification is provided by which two agencies - Answer -✔✔1. CCHI and NBCMI
What does NBCMI stand for - Answer -✔✔National board of certification for healthcare
workers
What does CCHI stand for - Answer -✔✔Certification Commission for healthcare
interpreters
What are ethics vs standards - Answer -✔✔Ethics-what we do Standards-how we do
them
Ethics are defined as - Answer -✔✔A set of principles that govern the conduct of
practitioners of a profession
Standards of practice are defined as - Answer -✔✔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 - Answer -✔✔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? - Answer -✔✔yes
, What three things should you do if you know the client - Answer -✔✔1. disclose to all
parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if you can be impartial
Three steps to the say no module - Answer -✔✔1. gracious 2. offer choices 3. reason
why
working language - Answer -✔✔any language the interpreter works with
Source language - Answer -✔✔language the interpreter interprets from
target language - Answer -✔✔language you interpret in to
three stages of the encounter - Answer -✔✔1. pre prep/briefing 2.encounter 3.
debriefing
7 steps to the encounter - Answer -✔✔1. Prep 2. brief 3.professional intro 4. interpreting
5. mediating 6. debriefing 7. analysis
4 interpreting protocols - Answer -✔✔1. positioning 2. professional intro 3. first-person
interpreting 4. turn-taking to manage flow
4 elements of the professional introduction - Answer -✔✔1. confidential 2. all interpreted
3. speak to each other 4. pause for clarification
use third person interpreting when - Answer -✔✔1. children under 7 2. dementia, intox,
psychotic 3. emergencies
What steps to take if provider uses 3rd person - Answer -✔✔1. unobtrusive position and
avoid eye contact 2. clarify role 3. use a hand gesture to direct provider to client 4.
interpret in 3rd person 5. mediate outside of session to explain to provider that first
person promotes direct communication
chunking - Answer -✔✔breaking down info into smaller parts that are easier to
remember
Imagery - Answer -✔✔visualizing what you hear with who did what
three modes of interpreting - Answer -✔✔1. consecutive 2. simultanious 3. sight
translation
message transfer skills - Answer -✔✔1. parroting 2. paraphrasing 3. anticipate 4.
message analysis
Eleven steps to sight translation - Answer -✔✔1. provider remains present 2. Assess
text with CALL model to see if you should translate 3. read text from start to finish 4. Id
Solutions
Community Interpreting - Answer -✔✔A specialization that facilitates access to
community resources
Medical Interpreting - Answer -✔✔Interpreting for patients, their families, providers to
facilitate access to healthcare
Communicative Autonomy - Answer -✔✔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 - Answer -✔✔Medical
Requirements to become certified - Answer -✔✔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 - Answer -✔✔Certificate is the 40 hour class, Certification
requires the 4 requirements
Certification is provided by which two agencies - Answer -✔✔1. CCHI and NBCMI
What does NBCMI stand for - Answer -✔✔National board of certification for healthcare
workers
What does CCHI stand for - Answer -✔✔Certification Commission for healthcare
interpreters
What are ethics vs standards - Answer -✔✔Ethics-what we do Standards-how we do
them
Ethics are defined as - Answer -✔✔A set of principles that govern the conduct of
practitioners of a profession
Standards of practice are defined as - Answer -✔✔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 - Answer -✔✔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? - Answer -✔✔yes
, What three things should you do if you know the client - Answer -✔✔1. disclose to all
parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if you can be impartial
Three steps to the say no module - Answer -✔✔1. gracious 2. offer choices 3. reason
why
working language - Answer -✔✔any language the interpreter works with
Source language - Answer -✔✔language the interpreter interprets from
target language - Answer -✔✔language you interpret in to
three stages of the encounter - Answer -✔✔1. pre prep/briefing 2.encounter 3.
debriefing
7 steps to the encounter - Answer -✔✔1. Prep 2. brief 3.professional intro 4. interpreting
5. mediating 6. debriefing 7. analysis
4 interpreting protocols - Answer -✔✔1. positioning 2. professional intro 3. first-person
interpreting 4. turn-taking to manage flow
4 elements of the professional introduction - Answer -✔✔1. confidential 2. all interpreted
3. speak to each other 4. pause for clarification
use third person interpreting when - Answer -✔✔1. children under 7 2. dementia, intox,
psychotic 3. emergencies
What steps to take if provider uses 3rd person - Answer -✔✔1. unobtrusive position and
avoid eye contact 2. clarify role 3. use a hand gesture to direct provider to client 4.
interpret in 3rd person 5. mediate outside of session to explain to provider that first
person promotes direct communication
chunking - Answer -✔✔breaking down info into smaller parts that are easier to
remember
Imagery - Answer -✔✔visualizing what you hear with who did what
three modes of interpreting - Answer -✔✔1. consecutive 2. simultanious 3. sight
translation
message transfer skills - Answer -✔✔1. parroting 2. paraphrasing 3. anticipate 4.
message analysis
Eleven steps to sight translation - Answer -✔✔1. provider remains present 2. Assess
text with CALL model to see if you should translate 3. read text from start to finish 4. Id
