CART Terminology and Vocabulary Management Flashcards
6 cards from real CART practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.
Read the first 6 CART Terminology and Vocabulary Management flashcards as text
Why is it important for a CART provider to update their dictionary after each specialized assignment?
Answer: To retain newly learned terms so future similar assignments require less preparation
Post-assignment dictionary updates capture newly mastered terms, building a richer working vocabulary that makes future specialized assignments more efficient.
In CART, what is the function of a 'suffix stroke'?
Answer: A steno stroke added after a root word to produce a grammatically correct form such as -ing, -ed, or -s
Suffix strokes allow a CART provider to add common grammatical endings to root words efficiently without needing a separate dictionary entry for every conjugated form.
A CART provider consistently mistranslates the word 'statute' as 'statue.' The best remedy is to:
Answer: Add a forced global for 'statute' in the dictionary to override the incorrect translation
Creating a forced global entry ensures the CAT software always produces 'statute' for the correct steno stroke, eliminating the recurring mistranslation.
Which factor most directly affects how many briefs a CART provider uses during an assignment?
Answer: The provider's training, experience, and the specific subject matter of the assignment
Experienced providers develop extensive brief sets, and subject-matter familiarity allows them to create and use domain-specific briefs that improve their speed and accuracy.
What risk arises when a CART provider shares their personal dictionary with a colleague without review?
Answer: The colleague may inherit incorrect entries or conflicts that degrade their own translation quality
Personal dictionaries contain idiosyncratic entries and unresolved conflicts that can introduce errors into a different provider's workflow if transferred without review.
A CART provider is asked to cover a live event featuring speakers from multiple US regional dialects. The most important vocabulary preparation step is to:
Answer: Pre-build phonetic entries for common regional pronunciation variants of key terms
Adding phonetic variants for anticipated regional pronunciations helps the CART provider accurately capture words as different speakers actually say them.