NIC Language Receptive & Expressive Skills 5

Question 1

When interpreting a Deaf speaker's use of spatial grammar to establish referents, the English interpreter must:

Accepted Answer

Track the established referents and use consistent English pronouns or noun phrases that reflect them

Answer

Spatial referents in ASL function like pronouns; the interpreter must track them and render consistent, coherent references in English.

Question 2

A hearing speaker uses passive voice frequently during a legal deposition. When rendering this into ASL, the interpreter should:

Accepted Answer

Explore ASL mechanisms that convey the same level of agent ambiguity or deflection as the passive

Answer

The pragmatic function of passive voice (e.g., concealing agent) must be preserved using ASL strategies that achieve the same communicative effect.

Question 3

The NIC performance exam evaluates an interpreter's expressive skills PRIMARILY by assessing:

Accepted Answer

The accuracy, fluency, and completeness of the interpretation in the target language

Answer

NIC performance raters evaluate accuracy (correctness of meaning), fluency (smooth delivery), and completeness (no omissions) in the target language.

Question 4

When an English speaker uses a false start and self-corrects ('The patient—I mean the defendant—arrived late'), the interpreter should:

Accepted Answer

Interpret the false start and correction if the correction is meaningful, preserving the speaker's self-monitoring

Answer

Self-corrections can be communicatively significant (e.g., in legal settings) and should generally be preserved unless they are pure disfluencies with no meaning.

Question 5

Receptive fluency in ASL for NIC purposes includes the ability to understand signing produced at:

Accepted Answer

A natural, native-like rate across varied regional and personal signing styles

Answer

NIC-level interpreters must comprehend natural, native-like ASL across diverse signers, rates, and regional dialects.

(NIC) National Interpreter Certification Practice Test

(NIC) National Interpreter Certification Practice Test

NIC Language Receptive & Expressive Skills 5