CASLI written Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
Abstract Classifiers - Answers Classifiers that are smaller than life sized, the shape and movement of
which does not necessarily have iconic features.
Abstract Language - Answers describes ideas and qualities, rather than observable or specific things
adventitious deafness - Answers deafness that occurs after birth
Affect - Answers Refers to emotions or feelings
A-Language or L1 - Answers One's first language
Anglicized ASL - Answers English and ASL sign blends (More ASL than English)
AVLIC - Answers Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
Audism - Answers Attitude causing negative stigma toward anyone unable to hear
Auditory feedback loop - Answers The channel through which hearing people hear (and monitor) their
own voice as they speak
Aural-oral languages - Answers Languages based on a structured set of linguistic rules in which the
communication is based on sound
Bicultural - Answers used to describe a person who crosses two cultures, lifestyles, and sets of values
bilingual-bicultural philosophy of interpreting - Answers Based on the belief that effective interpretation
requires cultural and linguistic mediation in order to accomplish speaker goals and maintain dynamic
equivalence
B-Language or L2 - Answers Refers to ones 2nd language learned
CDI - Answers certified Deaf Interpreter
Classifiers - Answers Designated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime used to represent
nouns and verbs.
Cloze skills - Answers The ability to mentally "fill in the blanks"
code of ethics - Answers Principles of conduct within an organization that guide decision making and
behavior.
code switching - Answers the practice of changing language or dialect to accommodate to the
communication situation (unconscious)
code mixing - Answers using various combinations of words or phrases from more than one language
(conscious)
, Communication dynamics - Answers The way people in a communication interaction react to or engage
with one another and to the overall interaction
Communication facilitation philosophy - Answers Set of beliefs including that Deaf people are
handicapped, ASL as a means of communicating only with less educated individuals
CASE - Answers Conceptually accurate signed English (ASL signs, English order)
Conduit or machine philosophy - Answers Interpreter has no responsibility for interaction or
communication dynamics taking place.
CIT - Answers Conference of Interpreter Trainers
congenital deafness - Answers deafness from birth
Consecutive interpretation - Answers More accurate than simultaneous.
Cultural and linguistic mediation - Answers Interpreting so that information has equivalent meaning and
impact for individuals with different language and cultural schemas
Cultural Expansion - Answers Provide contextual information needed to help understanding
Cultural reduction - Answers Reducing the volume and sometimes the detail of info without affecting
the meaning intended
Culture - Answers Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
DI - Answers Deaf Interpreter
Dynamic Equivalence - Answers -concerned with expressing the MESSAGE of the original language in the
words of the target language(speaker's goals should be accomplished)
Empowerment of the client - Answers Behaving in a way that supports another's right to make decisions
environmental factors - Answers Environmental demands
equivocal language - Answers ambiguous language that has two or more equally plausible meanings
Ethnocentrism - Answers Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
Euphemistic Language - Answers Using mild language in an attempt to soften harsh language, socially
acceptable terms
external noise - Answers conditions in the environment that interfere with listening
Fatalism or passivity - Answers Tendency of members of an oppressed group to feel powerless to change
Helper Philosophy - Answers Interpreter as a care-taker. First philosophy of RID, back in 1964
Abstract Classifiers - Answers Classifiers that are smaller than life sized, the shape and movement of
which does not necessarily have iconic features.
Abstract Language - Answers describes ideas and qualities, rather than observable or specific things
adventitious deafness - Answers deafness that occurs after birth
Affect - Answers Refers to emotions or feelings
A-Language or L1 - Answers One's first language
Anglicized ASL - Answers English and ASL sign blends (More ASL than English)
AVLIC - Answers Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
Audism - Answers Attitude causing negative stigma toward anyone unable to hear
Auditory feedback loop - Answers The channel through which hearing people hear (and monitor) their
own voice as they speak
Aural-oral languages - Answers Languages based on a structured set of linguistic rules in which the
communication is based on sound
Bicultural - Answers used to describe a person who crosses two cultures, lifestyles, and sets of values
bilingual-bicultural philosophy of interpreting - Answers Based on the belief that effective interpretation
requires cultural and linguistic mediation in order to accomplish speaker goals and maintain dynamic
equivalence
B-Language or L2 - Answers Refers to ones 2nd language learned
CDI - Answers certified Deaf Interpreter
Classifiers - Answers Designated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime used to represent
nouns and verbs.
Cloze skills - Answers The ability to mentally "fill in the blanks"
code of ethics - Answers Principles of conduct within an organization that guide decision making and
behavior.
code switching - Answers the practice of changing language or dialect to accommodate to the
communication situation (unconscious)
code mixing - Answers using various combinations of words or phrases from more than one language
(conscious)
, Communication dynamics - Answers The way people in a communication interaction react to or engage
with one another and to the overall interaction
Communication facilitation philosophy - Answers Set of beliefs including that Deaf people are
handicapped, ASL as a means of communicating only with less educated individuals
CASE - Answers Conceptually accurate signed English (ASL signs, English order)
Conduit or machine philosophy - Answers Interpreter has no responsibility for interaction or
communication dynamics taking place.
CIT - Answers Conference of Interpreter Trainers
congenital deafness - Answers deafness from birth
Consecutive interpretation - Answers More accurate than simultaneous.
Cultural and linguistic mediation - Answers Interpreting so that information has equivalent meaning and
impact for individuals with different language and cultural schemas
Cultural Expansion - Answers Provide contextual information needed to help understanding
Cultural reduction - Answers Reducing the volume and sometimes the detail of info without affecting
the meaning intended
Culture - Answers Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
DI - Answers Deaf Interpreter
Dynamic Equivalence - Answers -concerned with expressing the MESSAGE of the original language in the
words of the target language(speaker's goals should be accomplished)
Empowerment of the client - Answers Behaving in a way that supports another's right to make decisions
environmental factors - Answers Environmental demands
equivocal language - Answers ambiguous language that has two or more equally plausible meanings
Ethnocentrism - Answers Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.
Euphemistic Language - Answers Using mild language in an attempt to soften harsh language, socially
acceptable terms
external noise - Answers conditions in the environment that interfere with listening
Fatalism or passivity - Answers Tendency of members of an oppressed group to feel powerless to change
Helper Philosophy - Answers Interpreter as a care-taker. First philosophy of RID, back in 1964
