NIC Written

  1. Which is the most accurate form of interpreting?
    Consecutive
  2. Which law has provisions for a "free and appropriate education"?
    P.L. 94-142
  3. What percentage of deaf children are born to hearing parents?
    90%
  4. How much of new programming is required by law to be captioned?
    all new programming
  5. Which law provided children the right to placement in the "least restrictive environment" or LRE?
    P.L. 94-142
  6. Each of the following is important to discuss with your team before team interpreting?
    • a. How to give the other a feed
    • b. technical vocabulary
    • c. length of interpreting time before switching
  7. Which law provided the right for an Individual Education Plan or IEP?
    P.L. 94-142
  8. In an IEP meeting, interpreters would be able to provide information about all the following.
    • a. the student's ability to participate and interact with others in the classroom.
    • b.student's comprehension of instructional vocabulary and concepts
    • c. the student's attention span
  9. The ADA was enacted and signed into law in which year?
    1990
  10. P.L. 94-142 The education for all handicapped children act of 1975 was amended and renamed:
    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  11. As an educational interpreter, you are expected to do all the following:
    • a. make the room accessible
    • b. make the source language into an equal message in the target language
    • c. communicate non-verbal information to the teacher
  12. Classroom teachers can assist in communication by:
    Involving student in activities and talking directly to him/her
  13. What is not needed to prepare to interpret in a college class?
    to know if the student is prepared and has done his/her homework.
  14. A subject area teacher should:
    Include all students in class activities, encourage students to participate in answering questions, and be responsible for any problems that occur in the classroom.
  15. The main responsibility of the interpreter in the classroom is to:
    Facilitate communication
  16. The changes made to P.L. 94-142 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) include all of the following.
    • a. Children are referred to as "disabled"rather than "handicapped.
    • b.The title of the law was changed from The Education for All Handicapped Children Act
    • c. Services are extended to include deaf-blind children
  17. Which was the landmark law that guaranteed civil rights for all disabled people?
    Rehab Act of 1973
  18. In what year was the RID established?
    1964
  19. The language from which an interpretation is based is called:
    Source Language
  20. Meaning is derived mostly from:
    Actual words.
  21. Code-switching happens when:
    Deaf people in a conversation change from ASL to a more English-based signing mode when hearing people involved in the conversation
  22. Translation is:
    The same as interpreting but with a written component
  23. All of the following should be a part of your contractual agreement:
    Meal reimbursement
  24. Another name for "lag time" is
    processing time
  25. AFFECT means:
    facial expression and intonation
  26. Audism means:
    Discrimination based on hearing status
  27. An example of physiological noise is:
    You being hungry
  28. Euphemistic language is used to:
    Deliver a message in a softer, more delicate manner.
  29. The ADA of 1990 defines a "qualified interpreter as one who has all of the following
    • a.impartiality
    • b. specialized vocabulary
    • c. accuracy
  30. an example of passive voice is:
    The lamp was broken. (who broke the lamp?)
  31. External noise is:
    a light flickering in the room
  32. When you experience the pain of your consumers, this is called:
    vicarious trauma
  33. Saying something specifically so that is can be understood in two different ways is called speaking in:
    equivocal language
  34. Introduction in the deaf world may include all of the following:
    • a. asking if one's parents are deaf
    • b. asking where one went to residential school for the deaf
    • c. asking if one knows certain people from the same area
  35. While platform interpreting, one should
    sign larger than normal and keep fingerspelling to a minimum
  36. The following is the most culturally sensitive and acceptable term:
    Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
  37. A person's frame of reference or background experience is also called a person's
    Schema
  38. Clarifying a concept by means of giving examples or contrasting is also called:
    Expansion
  39. An example of an abstract word is:
    weapon
  40. Which of the following contains a Tag Question:
    a. Is this a good color on me?
    b. She's a good singer, isn't she?
    c. Really? I can go to the reception?
    d. How many dogs are there?
    She's a good singer, isn't she?
  41. Which of the following shows judgement?
    a. "I" statements
    b. "It" statements
    c. "But" statements
    d. "You" statements
    "You" statements
  42. The National Anthem is a form of which linguistic register?
    Frozen
  43. Interpreting at a doctor's appointment is interpreting which register?
    Consultative
  44. On of the world's cultures ___% are collectivist and ___30% are individualists.
    70% collectivist and 30% individualist
  45. Which one of these includes the other three?
    a. CASE
    b. SEE
    c. Rochester Method
    d. MCE
    MCE
  46. Which type of interpreting should be done in courtroom settings.
    a. Consecutive
    b. Linear
    c. Abstract
    d. Simultaneous
    Consecutive
  47. Who was Laurent Clerc's educational interpreter?
    Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
  48. PL 94-142 made the biggest impact on deaf education by:
    preventing public schools from denying enrollment of deaf students.
  49. The Rehab Act of '73 impacted which group of people the most?
    College students
  50. Interpreters working in high stress environments are likely to suffer from:
    Carpel Tunnel, Repetitive Motion Injury, Mental burnout
  51. What should interpreters do to help an assignment run smoothly:
    Meet with the consumers to determine language preferences, receive materials ahead of time to prepare for unfamiliar or technical vocabulary, and brief consumers who have never worked with an interpreter before.
  52. Which register includes someone with "expert" status?
    Consultative
  53. Which of the following is a sign parameter?
    a. affect
    b. eye gaze
    c. hand shape
    d. classifiers
    hand shape
  54. Which of the following is the same in both interpreting and transliterating?
    Using conceptual signs
  55. Which of the following is not a provision under the ADA?
    a. Deaf people have the right to a certified interpreter
    b. auxiliary aids and services mus be provided to deaf individuals unless it causes an undue burden
    c. Doctors many not bill deaf patients for interpreting services
    d. Employers may not discriminate against deaf individuals in hiring for a job
    Deaf people have the right to a certified interpreter
  56. During an interpreting assignment, if the deaf person gets angry and curses at the hearing consumer, the interpreter should:
    Interpret the message the way the deaf individual intended
  57. The Rehab Act of '73 applies to:
    Public colleges that receive federal funding
  58. What provides the least amount of information on the language preference and fluency of a deaf consumer?
    If the deaf consumer uses hearing aids or other assisted listening devices
  59. All of the following is true about noun-verb pairs except:
    a. the noun is indicated by a smaller, double movement
    b. the verb is indicated by one movement
    c. they use the same hand shape
    d. nothing, the context indicates if it is the noun or the verb.
    Nothing, the context indicates if it is the noun or the verb
  60. When an interpreter is asked to give testimony as an expert witness, she/he is most qualified to discuss?
    Linguistic and cultural mediation
Author
Kathi
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NIC Written
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Questions for the NIC Written exam from workbook titled, "Master the NIC"
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