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  1. What is the recommended team rotation interval for sign language interpreters working in simultaneous mode in a demanding setting?

    Answer: Every 15–20 minutes

    Research and professional guidelines recommend rotating every 15–20 minutes in cognitively demanding simultaneous assignments to prevent fatigue-related errors.

  2. During a CASLI simultaneous task, the interpreter produces output that is grammatically correct but shifts the register from formal to casual. This error primarily reflects a problem with:

    Answer: Register and pragmatic appropriateness

    Register shifting is a pragmatic error because the interpreter has altered the social and contextual level of formality intended by the source speaker.

  3. Which cognitive model best describes the mental process an interpreter uses during simultaneous interpreting?

    Answer: Gile's Effort Model, which divides cognitive resources among listening, memory, and production

    Gile's Effort Model explains how interpreters allocate limited cognitive resources across listening comprehension, short-term memory, and target language production simultaneously.

  4. An interpreter working English-to-ASL simultaneously uses an initialized sign that is not commonly used in the Deaf community to render a technical term. This decision is best evaluated as:

    Answer: An appropriate lexical adaptation given the technical context

    Initialized signs can be a legitimate lexical strategy for technical vocabulary when no established ASL equivalent exists, though the interpreter should be aware of consumer preferences.

  5. What does it mean for an interpreter to 'chunk' source language input during simultaneous interpreting?

    Answer: Break the source message into meaningful semantic units before rendering them

    Chunking involves grouping incoming source language into meaningful semantic units, allowing the interpreter to process ideas holistically rather than word by word.

  6. In a CASLI evaluation, an interpreter's simultaneous output includes frequent false starts and self-corrections. This most directly affects which scoring domain?

    Answer: Fluency and Prosody

    Frequent false starts and self-corrections disrupt the fluency and prosody of the target language output, indicating reduced automaticity and processing efficiency.

  7. Which scenario best illustrates the concept of 'anticipatory comprehension' in simultaneous ASL interpretation?

    Answer: Using a speaker's sentence structure to predict the ending before it is signed

    Anticipatory comprehension uses linguistic and contextual cues within the live message to predict upcoming content, reducing processing lag during simultaneous work.