CoreCHI Exam Practice Questions With
Correct Answers
While the provider is speaking, a husband and wife start a side conversation
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about whether the husband should have a procedure. Which is the MOST
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appropriate action for the interpreter to take?
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A. Continue interpreting the provider's utterance in consecutive mode for
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consistency.
B. Keep this private conversation from the provider.
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C. Switch to simultaneous mode.
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D. Pause the session and ask everyone to speak one at a time. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D
What is another term for vertebral column? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-spine
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What is astigmatism? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An anatomical malformation of the
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cornea or lens
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In a follow-up visit, the physician finds that the patient continues to have a high
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level of blood sugar. The physician is surprised that the treatment plan she
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prescribed is not working. When the patient is asked if he has been following the
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prescribed diet plan, the patient replies, "Yes. The only thing I have been eating
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has been rice and beans." The physician then tells the patient to stop eating rice
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and beans, and the patient becomes upset and says, "I won't stop eating rice and
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beans." Which principle in the interpreter's code of ethics will BEST guide the
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, interpreter's action? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cultural awareness and
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responsiveness
Removal of uterus, cervix and potentially other tissues - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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hysterectomy
The interpreter is interpreting for a patient with infectious hepatitis during an oral
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surgery procedure. The interpreter will be standing very close to the patient's
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head during the procedure. What protective gear should the interpreter use? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protective gear against bloodborne and bodily fluids
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pathogens
What is a common term for lumbar puncture? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-spinal tap
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Throughout a healthcare encounter, a patient nods at every statement the
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provider makes. Through the context of the communication, the interpreter
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realizes that the provider is assuming that the patient is in agreement with the
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procedure; however, the patient's non-verbal communication indicates that the
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patient might not actually understand. Which is the MOST appropriate action for
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the interpreter to take?
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A. Ask the patient whether or not he has understood the doctor.
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B. Do not intervene and continue interpreting.
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C. Notify the provider that the patient doesn't understand the discussion about
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the procedure.
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D. Intervene in a transparent manner and ask the provider to check the patient's
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understanding. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D | | |
Correct Answers
While the provider is speaking, a husband and wife start a side conversation
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about whether the husband should have a procedure. Which is the MOST
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appropriate action for the interpreter to take?
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A. Continue interpreting the provider's utterance in consecutive mode for
| | | | | | | | | |
consistency.
B. Keep this private conversation from the provider.
| | | | | | |
C. Switch to simultaneous mode.
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D. Pause the session and ask everyone to speak one at a time. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D
What is another term for vertebral column? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-spine
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What is astigmatism? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An anatomical malformation of the
| | | | | | | | |
cornea or lens
| | |
In a follow-up visit, the physician finds that the patient continues to have a high
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
level of blood sugar. The physician is surprised that the treatment plan she
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
prescribed is not working. When the patient is asked if he has been following the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
prescribed diet plan, the patient replies, "Yes. The only thing I have been eating
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
has been rice and beans." The physician then tells the patient to stop eating rice
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and beans, and the patient becomes upset and says, "I won't stop eating rice and
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
beans." Which principle in the interpreter's code of ethics will BEST guide the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
, interpreter's action? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cultural awareness and
| | | | | | |
responsiveness
Removal of uterus, cervix and potentially other tissues - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
hysterectomy
The interpreter is interpreting for a patient with infectious hepatitis during an oral
| | | | | | | | | | | |
surgery procedure. The interpreter will be standing very close to the patient's
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
head during the procedure. What protective gear should the interpreter use? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protective gear against bloodborne and bodily fluids
| | | | | | | |
pathogens
What is a common term for lumbar puncture? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-spinal tap
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Throughout a healthcare encounter, a patient nods at every statement the
| | | | | | | | | | |
provider makes. Through the context of the communication, the interpreter
| | | | | | | | | |
realizes that the provider is assuming that the patient is in agreement with the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
procedure; however, the patient's non-verbal communication indicates that the
| | | | | | | | |
patient might not actually understand. Which is the MOST appropriate action for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the interpreter to take?
| | |
A. Ask the patient whether or not he has understood the doctor.
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B. Do not intervene and continue interpreting.
| | | | | |
C. Notify the provider that the patient doesn't understand the discussion about
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the procedure.
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D. Intervene in a transparent manner and ask the provider to check the patient's
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understanding. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D | | |
