CASLI Interpreting Skills & Techniques 2

Question 1

During a medical appointment, the Deaf patient uses regional signs unfamiliar to the interpreter. What is the best immediate response?

Accepted Answer

Ask the patient to fingerspell or clarify the intended meaning

Answer

Asking for clarification ensures message accuracy and respects the patient's right to be fully understood.

Question 2

Which ethical obligation is most relevant when an interpreter realizes mid-assignment that they lack sufficient expertise in the subject matter?

Accepted Answer

Inform the hiring agency or client and request a more qualified interpreter if possible

Answer

NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct requires interpreters to disclose limitations and advocate for a qualified replacement.

Question 3

In a team interpreting scenario, what is the primary role of the 'support' (non-active) interpreter?

Accepted Answer

Monitor the active interpreter for errors and provide unobtrusive cues

Answer

The support interpreter monitors the work and feeds corrections or missed information unobtrusively to the active interpreter.

Question 4

When interpreting a spoken-English lecture into ASL, the interpreter uses ASL spatial grammar to show relationships between concepts. This practice is called:

Accepted Answer

Semantic restructuring using ASL linguistics

Answer

Restructuring source content using ASL's spatial grammar and visual syntax produces a semantically equivalent and linguistically appropriate interpretation.

Question 5

A CDI (Certified Deaf Interpreter) is most effectively utilized in which of the following situations?

Accepted Answer

Situations involving Deaf-Blind consumers, foreign sign language users, or consumers with minimal language competency

Answer

CDIs bring native language fluency and cultural knowledge critical when communication access is especially complex.

(CASLI) Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation Practice Test

(CASLI) Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation Practice Test

CASLI Interpreting Skills & Techniques 2