National Interpreter Certification (NIC) Written Test Questions with Correct Answers
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National Interpreter Certification
Institution
National Interpreter Certification
Correct Answer-Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1965 PL 89-333
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was renamed what? Correct Answer-IDEA -- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA was passed in what year? Correct Answer-1975
IDEA is what public law? Correct Answer-PL-94...
National Interpreter Certification (NIC) Written Test
Questions with Correct Answers
The first law to provide for interpreting serves for deaf individuals
Correct Answer-Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1965 PL 89-333
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was renamed what?
Correct Answer-IDEA -- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA was passed in what year? Correct Answer-1975
IDEA is what public law? Correct Answer-PL-94-142
What is the purpose of IDEA? Correct Answer-To assure that all
disabled children have available to them a free appropriate education
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act was passed in what year? Correct
Answer-1973
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is what public law? Correct
Answer-PL93-112
What is the purpose of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act Correct
Answer-No disabled individual shall be denied benefits or subject to
discrimination under any program receiving federal financial assistance.
,Cite three examples of places that typically receive federal funding
Correct Answer-Colleges and universities, hospitals, federal assistance
programs, research centers, state agencies, state/local governments
Why was there a major shortage of interpreters in the 1970s and 1980s?
Correct Answer-Two federal laws were passed (PL 94-142 and PL 93-
112) that cited the use of interpreters for deaf people but there were not
enough educated interpreters to respond to the high demand.
What does ADA stand for? Correct Answer-Americans with Disabilities
Act
Which year was the ADA passed? Correct Answer-1990
What are five titles included in the ADA Correct Answer-Title I:
Employment, Title II: Public Entities and Transportation, Title III:
Public Accommodations, Title IV: Public Telecommunications, and
Title V: Miscellaneous
Give an example of an entity included in Title I. Correct Answer-Private
for profit companies, Not-for-profit agencies, State and Local
Government agencies
Give an example of an entity included in Title II. Correct Answer-Any
State and Local Government Agency (Department of Motor Vehicles,
Country Clerks Office, Courts, etc.)
, Give an example of an entity included in Title III. Correct Answer-
Hotels, theaters, private universities/colleges, movie theaters, buses,
stadiums, sports arenas, etc.
According to which Law and Title does a deaf person have the right to
request an interpreter for a job interview? Correct Answer-ADA - Title
I: Employment
According to which Law and Title does a deaf person have the right to
request an interpreter for a driver's test? Correct Answer-ADA - Title II:
Public Entities and Transportation
According to which Law and Title does a deaf person have the right to
request an interpreter to attend a private college? Correct Answer-ADA -
Title III: Public Accommodations
Is providing an interpreter always considered an appropriate reasonable
accommodation? Correct Answer-No, not if it causes an "undue
hardship"
According to the federal government a qualified interpreter is ... Correct
Answer-..." an interpreter who is able to interpret effectively, accurately
and impartially both receptively and expressively, using any necessary
specialized vocabulary." (Note: qualified does NOT mean certified)
Define an "undue hardship". Correct Answer-If the cost of an
accommodation is beyond what a company can "reasonably" afford.
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