NIC Practice Test UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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NIC Practice Test UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which linguistic feature is found in ASL but not English? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Object Verb Agreement
From a cultural perspective, the core Deaf community is most appropriately thought of as... -
CORRECT ANSWER- A linguistic mino...
NIC Practice Test UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which linguistic feature is found in ASL but not English? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Object Verb Agreement
From a cultural perspective, the core Deaf community is most appropriately thought of as... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A linguistic minority group
In which setting is it LEAST likely that a Deaf person would be working as an interpreter? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔In a mainstream classroom
Most content adjustments that interpreters make are either linguistic or... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Cultural
Mainstreaming became widespread in the US primarily because of... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Passage of P.L. 94-142
True or False: The Deaf core culture and Deaf community share similar goals but not
necessarily similar values and experiences. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
When people adjust their language and the way they talk based on whom they are speaking
to, they are shifting... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Register
One protection available to interpreters against malpractice suits resulting from harmful
misinterpretations is... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Liability insurance
If an interpreter accepts an assignment in another state and a different region, it is NOT
appropriate to... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Use only the accepted regional signs from the
interpreted area.
The process of transmitting information from a form of English-like signing to spoken
English is known as... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Transliteration
,The theory of interpretation as cultural and linguistic mediation includes... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Providing Deaf people with adequate language models
Which organization has the main objective of providing information about hearing loss,
communication, assistive living devices and strategies for Oral Deaf persons? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔HLAA formerly SHHH
Sight Translation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Changing a message from the Frozen form of
one language into another signed or spoken language.
Most spoken language interpreters find it easier to interpret from... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Their B language into their A language
Which term refers to a philosophy of education for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students that
supports communication in any way possible? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Total
communication
What is the primary reason hearing people have difficulty becoming fluent in ASL? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Difficult to gain sufficient exposure to Deaf people using ASL
True or False: Reasons for an African American person using southern Black signs include
attending a mainstream school with African American instructors - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔False
What is valued in a low context culture? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Individuality
Historically, Deaf culture has been passed from one generation to another through... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Residential schools
What is considered a universal form of communication? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mime
, What is the best cue that a Deaf audience has failed to comprehend a voice-to-sign
interpretation? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Confused copying of a sign
P.L. 94-142 mandates that to the extent possible, Deaf children should be... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Educated in the least restrictive environment
What has been shown to correlate most highly with the rate of occurrence of interpretation
misuses? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Process time
Deaf audience members leave a lecture understanding all the facts presented. Their
impression of the presenter is that they were ill prepared and distant when in fact, she was the
opposite. The interpreter erred in conveying which element? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Affect
What is a big reason Deaf people value residential schools? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Residential schools are aware social identity and language competency are developed
An interpreter is in a hospital to interpret for a child with injuries consistent with child abuse.
On 4 other occasions, the interpreter has been in other hospitals while the same child was
there for similar injuries with different doctors. What should the interpreter do? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Contact the appropriate authorities (Interpreters are mandated reporters)
When is simultaneous interpretation or transliteration most appropriate? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The interpreter and consumers are familiar with the subject
Systems for manually representing english were developed primarily to... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Teach English to Deaf children
What is one of the key differences between interpreters and translators? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The source language message is "permanently available" to translators
The most important way in which interpreting for Deafblind people differs from interpreting
for Deaf people, is that with Deafblind persons, the interpreter... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Needs to include actual visual information
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