ASL 2 Semester 1 Final Exam Review-
Graded A
What is one inherent characteristic of TASL? - ANS-It's best suited to communicate with
people that are in your physical space
Azel and Caleb are close friends. While they are having a signed conversation, you see
Azel signing 'FINISH' and trying not to laugh. How can you know what the sign 'FINISH'
meant in the above scenario? - ANS-by the facial expression used when signing it
Tactile American Sign Language (TASL) - ANS-ASL adapted for use by deaf-blind
people who perceive the language through touching the hands and body parts of the
signer
Tenses - ANS-the forms a verb takes to indicate the time of an action in relationship to
the utterance
Time sign - ANS-a sign that will give the time indication for the whole sentence
Video Relay Service (VRS) - ANS-video service which connects a hearing caller with a
Deaf caller, using a certified ASL interpreter to translate between ASL and English
Classifiers - ANS-designated handshapes and rule-grounded pantomime used to
represent categories of objects
Indexing - ANS-gesturing, pointing, or directing attention towards the thing you are
referring to
Lexicon - ANS-an inventory of the vocabulary, grammar, and other units of meaning,
like classifiers, that make up a language
Pantomime - ANS-A performance using gestures and body movements without words
real-world orientation - ANS-the awareness of the space you are in, including your
distance from other objects or points of reference
spatial agreement - ANS-signing about a particular subject consistently in the direction
of the subject
Tricia is a Deaf artist and chef who has many friends both in the Deaf community and
the hearing world. However, whenever she comes up with a new recipe or paints a new
, piece, why do you think she usually asks for the opinion of her Deaf friends first? - ANS-
Deaf people will tend to tell Tricia exactly what they think of her creations.
Harry has a new classmate, Greg, who is Deaf. Harry has noticed that when Greg signs
with his interpreter he often tilts his head, moves his shoulders, and shifts his weight
from side to side. What is the reason for Greg's movements? - ANS-His movements are
part of the ASL grammar.
What sign does your dominant hand use when signing "kitchen"? - ANS-K
A lexicalized fingerspelling is the practice of writing down a sign when its spelling or
handshape causes confusion. - ANS-False
The sign for 'bottle' incorporates a classifier in it. Based on what you know about
classifiers, which one do you think it is? - ANS-'C' handshape
In ASL, a headshake by itself is sufficient to change the meaning of a sign to its
opposite. - ANS-True
During a signed conversation, Scott stops talking about basketball and wants to tell Leo
about the new restaurant that opened downtown. Before proceeding to describe the
restaurant in detail, what is Scott most likely to do to get Leo's acknowledgement of the
introduction of the new topic? - ANS-pause and keep his eyebrows raised
NMM are to ASL as _____ are to English. - ANS-Intonations
Real-orientation is the awareness of the space you are in. - ANS-True
Contrastive Structure - ANS-a grammatical structure in ASL to compare two things by
moving slightly to indicate each thing in a separate space
Executive Function - ANS-the mental skills that help get things done
facial grammar - ANS-the movement of the face, especially the mouth, as an integral
part of the language of ASL
Locative - ANS-a part of grammar that expresses place or location
Proximalization - ANS-the process of coordinating the various different parts of the body
and face to produce visual language
space absent referent - ANS-when you index a particular non-present person or thing
within your signed conversation
space present referent - ANS-when you point at (index) someone or something that is
within the room or within sight in an ASL conversation
Graded A
What is one inherent characteristic of TASL? - ANS-It's best suited to communicate with
people that are in your physical space
Azel and Caleb are close friends. While they are having a signed conversation, you see
Azel signing 'FINISH' and trying not to laugh. How can you know what the sign 'FINISH'
meant in the above scenario? - ANS-by the facial expression used when signing it
Tactile American Sign Language (TASL) - ANS-ASL adapted for use by deaf-blind
people who perceive the language through touching the hands and body parts of the
signer
Tenses - ANS-the forms a verb takes to indicate the time of an action in relationship to
the utterance
Time sign - ANS-a sign that will give the time indication for the whole sentence
Video Relay Service (VRS) - ANS-video service which connects a hearing caller with a
Deaf caller, using a certified ASL interpreter to translate between ASL and English
Classifiers - ANS-designated handshapes and rule-grounded pantomime used to
represent categories of objects
Indexing - ANS-gesturing, pointing, or directing attention towards the thing you are
referring to
Lexicon - ANS-an inventory of the vocabulary, grammar, and other units of meaning,
like classifiers, that make up a language
Pantomime - ANS-A performance using gestures and body movements without words
real-world orientation - ANS-the awareness of the space you are in, including your
distance from other objects or points of reference
spatial agreement - ANS-signing about a particular subject consistently in the direction
of the subject
Tricia is a Deaf artist and chef who has many friends both in the Deaf community and
the hearing world. However, whenever she comes up with a new recipe or paints a new
, piece, why do you think she usually asks for the opinion of her Deaf friends first? - ANS-
Deaf people will tend to tell Tricia exactly what they think of her creations.
Harry has a new classmate, Greg, who is Deaf. Harry has noticed that when Greg signs
with his interpreter he often tilts his head, moves his shoulders, and shifts his weight
from side to side. What is the reason for Greg's movements? - ANS-His movements are
part of the ASL grammar.
What sign does your dominant hand use when signing "kitchen"? - ANS-K
A lexicalized fingerspelling is the practice of writing down a sign when its spelling or
handshape causes confusion. - ANS-False
The sign for 'bottle' incorporates a classifier in it. Based on what you know about
classifiers, which one do you think it is? - ANS-'C' handshape
In ASL, a headshake by itself is sufficient to change the meaning of a sign to its
opposite. - ANS-True
During a signed conversation, Scott stops talking about basketball and wants to tell Leo
about the new restaurant that opened downtown. Before proceeding to describe the
restaurant in detail, what is Scott most likely to do to get Leo's acknowledgement of the
introduction of the new topic? - ANS-pause and keep his eyebrows raised
NMM are to ASL as _____ are to English. - ANS-Intonations
Real-orientation is the awareness of the space you are in. - ANS-True
Contrastive Structure - ANS-a grammatical structure in ASL to compare two things by
moving slightly to indicate each thing in a separate space
Executive Function - ANS-the mental skills that help get things done
facial grammar - ANS-the movement of the face, especially the mouth, as an integral
part of the language of ASL
Locative - ANS-a part of grammar that expresses place or location
Proximalization - ANS-the process of coordinating the various different parts of the body
and face to produce visual language
space absent referent - ANS-when you index a particular non-present person or thing
within your signed conversation
space present referent - ANS-when you point at (index) someone or something that is
within the room or within sight in an ASL conversation
