CT CT Exam Format & Certification Standards 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: How many CEUs does RID require for CT certification renewal per 5-year cycle?
- 2.0 CEUs
- 5.0 CEUs
- 8.0 CEUs (Correct answer)
- 10.0 CEUs
Correct answer: 8.0 CEUs
RID requires 8.0 CEUs (equivalent to 80 contact hours) every five years to maintain active CT certification.
Question 2: What type of content is typically used in CT exam performance samples?
- Poetry and literary fiction
- Everyday conversational topics relevant to educational and professional settings (Correct answer)
- Legal depositions and forensic reports
- Technical engineering manuals
Correct answer: Everyday conversational topics relevant to educational and professional settings
CT exam performance samples tend to reflect realistic educational and professional discourse to mirror common work settings for transliterators.
Question 3: Which factor is NOT typically evaluated during the CT performance exam?
- Accuracy of the message
- Physical appearance of the candidate (Correct answer)
- Appropriate rate and rhythm of delivery
- Clarity of handshape production
Correct answer: Physical appearance of the candidate
CT performance evaluations focus on linguistic accuracy, delivery rate, and production quality—not the candidate's physical appearance.
Question 4: If a CT candidate fails one portion of the exam, what is the typical policy?
- They must retake the entire exam from the beginning
- They only need to retake the failed portion (Correct answer)
- Their certification is permanently suspended
- They must wait 10 years before reapplying
Correct answer: They only need to retake the failed portion
RID's exam policy generally allows candidates to retake only the portion they failed rather than repeating the entire examination.
Question 5: The NIC (National Interpreter Certification) differs from the CT primarily in that the NIC covers:
- Transliteration using manually coded English only
- Both ASL interpretation and transliteration skills (Correct answer)
- Written document translation between English and Spanish
- Legal and medical interpretation exclusively
Correct answer: Both ASL interpretation and transliteration skills
The NIC assesses both ASL-English interpretation and transliteration, whereas the CT focuses specifically on transliteration using manually coded English systems.
Question 6: In CT exam terminology, 'voicing' samples evaluate a candidate's ability to:
- Transliterate from spoken English into a manually coded English system
- Transliterate from a manually coded English system into spoken English (Correct answer)
- Interpret ASL grammar into spoken English
- Proofread written transliteration transcripts
Correct answer: Transliterate from a manually coded English system into spoken English
Voicing samples assess the candidate's skill in rendering a manually coded English source into clear, accurate spoken English.
CT CT Exam Format & Certification Standards 2
How many CEUs does RID require for CT certification renewal per 5-year cycle?