NBCMI Final Exam Review for Interpreting Questions & Answers

Describe communicative autonomy - Answer the capacity of each party in an encounter to be responsible for and in control of his or her own communication. Which area of communicative interpreting has become the most professionalized? - Answer Medical or Health Interpreting because healthcare industry has to have ethics and standards for the patients. List the minimum requirements for community interpreter to practice as an interpreter - Answer -18 years or older -High School Diploma -40 hr training of community or medical interpreting -Pass proficiency exam Certificate - Answer Is a piece of paper Certification - Answer "A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES RIGOROUS written and oral exam." Comes from the third party attestation related to products, processes, systems or persons. A process by which a governmental or professional organization attests to or certifies that an individual is qualified to provide a particular service Who certifies interpreters? - Answer NBCMI, CCHI What state in the US certifies communicative interpreters? - Answer Washington What is Code of Ethics? - Answer "RULES" set of directive that specify the requirements or expectations intend to guide the conduct of practitioners of a profession. What is related to the code of ethics? - Answer HIPPA, NCIHC Why do ethics matter? - Answer It helps you navigate the most difficult challenges you face in the field What are the standard of practice? - Answer "GUIDELINES" Provide a set of formal guidelines that offer practitioners of a profession clear strategies and courses of action to support professional conduct. List some differences between ethics and standards - Answer -Ethics are strict and standards are flexible -Ethics tell us what to do; standards tell us how to do it -Ethics are more rigid than standards -Can loose job if ethics are violated. Not as standard, might have milder consequences. NCIHC stands for? - Answer National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare NCIHC was published? - Answer 2004 What are the 9 principle of code of ethics - Answer 1. Accuracy 2. Confidentiality 3. Impartiality 4. Respect 5. Cultural Awareness 6. Role Boundaries 7. Professionalism 8. Professional Development 9. Advocacy Do you really have to interpret everything that is stated - Answer yes, unless its an emergency, or if summarizing because the situation is out of control SA. mental problem, intoxication, multiple people are talking at the same time.