NIC Knowledge Exam Test.
ADA - CORRECT ANSWER Americans with Disabiblities Act-
Prohibits discrimination; Helps to provide interpreters for businesses.
ASLIA - CORRECT ANSWER Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association
Audism - CORRECT ANSWER The notion that one person is superior based on ones ability to hear or
behave in a manner of a hearing person. Or the idea that life is futile and miserable if you cant hear. An
attiude of negativity agist those who cnt hear.
AVLIC - CORRECT ANSWER Association of Visual Language Interpreters
Charlotte Baker-Shenk - CORRECT ANSWER Author of Multiple Sign Language books
CDI - CORRECT ANSWER Certified Deaf Interpreter
Alexander Gram Bell - CORRECT ANSWER Founded the first American telephone and telegraph company
in 1885
CEU - CORRECT ANSWER Continuing Education Units
Classifier - CORRECT ANSWER A word or handshape used to represent the concept of a Noun that has
already been identified specifically (CL:1 or CL:V or CL:B) for example.
Laurent Clerc - CORRECT ANSWER Co founded the first school for the deaf in AMERICA: The Hartford
Asylum for Education and Instruction for the deaf, April 15, 1817. Re named American School for the
Deaf in 1821.
Who founded the firs School for the Deaf in North America? When? - CORRECT ANSWER Laurent Clerc;
April 15, 1817
, When was the Hartford Asylum renammed? What was the new name? - CORRECT ANSWER Re named
American School for the Deaf; 1821.
Clozure Skills - CORRECT ANSWER To supply words to complete a sentence; Used when you didn't hear,
understand or weren't paying attention to words that were spoken.
CMP - CORRECT ANSWER Caption Media Program- Promotes equal access to communication and
learning through captioned media.
CODA - CORRECT ANSWER Child of Deaf Adult
Code Switching - CORRECT ANSWER Switching from one language to another at the same time; (Ex: SEE
to ASL)
Compression - CORRECT ANSWER Utilizing Language that is present in ASL and uncommon in English.
Helps voicing sound more natural.
Consecutive - CORRECT ANSWER Method of communicating a message from one language to another
CPC - CORRECT ANSWER Code of Professional Conduct
Cultural Mediation - CORRECT ANSWER Communication between deaf and hearing worlds
Deafhood - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to being deaf as a positive value not something that needs to be
cured.
Robyn Pollard and Robert Dean - CORRECT ANSWER Created the Theory of Demand Control Schema as
it applies to ASL.
ADA - CORRECT ANSWER Americans with Disabiblities Act-
Prohibits discrimination; Helps to provide interpreters for businesses.
ASLIA - CORRECT ANSWER Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association
Audism - CORRECT ANSWER The notion that one person is superior based on ones ability to hear or
behave in a manner of a hearing person. Or the idea that life is futile and miserable if you cant hear. An
attiude of negativity agist those who cnt hear.
AVLIC - CORRECT ANSWER Association of Visual Language Interpreters
Charlotte Baker-Shenk - CORRECT ANSWER Author of Multiple Sign Language books
CDI - CORRECT ANSWER Certified Deaf Interpreter
Alexander Gram Bell - CORRECT ANSWER Founded the first American telephone and telegraph company
in 1885
CEU - CORRECT ANSWER Continuing Education Units
Classifier - CORRECT ANSWER A word or handshape used to represent the concept of a Noun that has
already been identified specifically (CL:1 or CL:V or CL:B) for example.
Laurent Clerc - CORRECT ANSWER Co founded the first school for the deaf in AMERICA: The Hartford
Asylum for Education and Instruction for the deaf, April 15, 1817. Re named American School for the
Deaf in 1821.
Who founded the firs School for the Deaf in North America? When? - CORRECT ANSWER Laurent Clerc;
April 15, 1817
, When was the Hartford Asylum renammed? What was the new name? - CORRECT ANSWER Re named
American School for the Deaf; 1821.
Clozure Skills - CORRECT ANSWER To supply words to complete a sentence; Used when you didn't hear,
understand or weren't paying attention to words that were spoken.
CMP - CORRECT ANSWER Caption Media Program- Promotes equal access to communication and
learning through captioned media.
CODA - CORRECT ANSWER Child of Deaf Adult
Code Switching - CORRECT ANSWER Switching from one language to another at the same time; (Ex: SEE
to ASL)
Compression - CORRECT ANSWER Utilizing Language that is present in ASL and uncommon in English.
Helps voicing sound more natural.
Consecutive - CORRECT ANSWER Method of communicating a message from one language to another
CPC - CORRECT ANSWER Code of Professional Conduct
Cultural Mediation - CORRECT ANSWER Communication between deaf and hearing worlds
Deafhood - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to being deaf as a positive value not something that needs to be
cured.
Robyn Pollard and Robert Dean - CORRECT ANSWER Created the Theory of Demand Control Schema as
it applies to ASL.
