EIPA Written Test and Knowledge
Standards Questions and All Correct
Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
What is the "reasonable interpreter standard"? - Answer This is a hypothetical interpreter
who is appropriately educated, informed, capable, aware of professional standards and fair-
minded.
Name Erikson's Stages of Development (6 stages). - Answer Trust vs. Mistrust, Hope, 0-1 1/2
Autonomy vs. Shame, Will 1 1/2-3
Initiative vs. Guilt, Purpose 3-5
Industry vs. Inferiority, Competency 5-12
Identity vs. Role Confusion, Fidelity 12-18
Intimacy vs. Isolation, Love 18-40
Why is early detection of hearing loss critical? - Answer I allows deaf and hard of hearing
students to develop language that is more age-appropriate when compared with their hearing
peers.
The majority of hearing families may not provide the D/HH student with what? - Answer
Fluent language early in development.
What can facilitate a young student's learning? - Answer Attachment
As a student matures, what should an interpreter do? - Answer Reduce the amount of
support they provide.
During the period of adolescence, what is important? - Answer Identity formation.
When responding to a student's inattentiveness, what should interpreters consider? - Answer
The student's level of maturity.
How is interpreting for older students different than interpreting for younger students? -
Answer It utilizes a different set of skills.
Why should young students benefit from better skilled interpreters? (2 answers) - Answer
Younger students are still developing language skills and are less capable of repairing an
interpreter's errors.
,What should interpreters do in order to understand a student's current level of functioning? -
Answer Review the student's IEP with other members of the team.
What must interpreters be careful of when creating bonds with the students the work with? -
Answer Maintaining professional boundaries.
What are peer relationships important for? (2 answers) - Answer Social and cognitive
development.
When does friendship begin to require a great of communication? - Answer The middle
school years.
What does cognitive development refer to? (2 answers) - Answer The student's
understanding of concepts and the ability to think and reason.
What does language do? - Answer It stimulates cognitive development.
Interpreters play a vital role in what? - Answer The student's cognitive development.
What must a skilled interpreter do? (2 answers) - Answer Understand the concept of
cognitive development AND handle the task of using language to communicate concepts that
are new, abstract or difficult.
Name Piaget's four stages of development. - Answer Sensory motor: 0-2
Pre-operational: 2-7
Concrete operational: 7-11
Formal operational: 11-18
What is a Piagetian approach to cognitive development? - Answer Assuming cognitive
development is independent from language development.
How does information enter the mind? (4 answers) - Answer Sound, visual information,
speech and touch.
How does cultural background affects cognition? (4 answers) - Answer Defining what we
know, what is important, how we approach new tasks, and how we interact.
, What are two important parts of cognitive development? - Answer Socialization and play.
State the six level's of Bloom's Taxonomy. - Answer Knowledge, comprehension, Application,
Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation.
What might organizing a text spatially help a student do? - Answer Organize the text
cognitively.
How does providing a student with repetition help them learn? (4 answers) - Answer It
allows them to see: patterns, parallels, comparisons, and similarities.
What causes students to modify a cognitive scheme? - Answer A conflict between what they
know and new information they received.
What is a cognitive scheme? - Answer A cognitive structure that organizes information
developed from previous experiences.
In what domains do students develop schemes? (4 answers) - Answer Motor, language,
thinking, social etc.
How do students contextualize new concepts? (3 answers) - Answer Through: practice,
repetition and experience.
What is better evidence to show that a student understands a concept? (2 answers) - Answer
Answering questions spontaneously or showing understanding.
Are understanding a concept and being able to talk about it the same? - Answer No, but
talking about a concept does help a student understand it.
What are the goals of education? - Answer Literacy and acquiring thinking skills.
What are students like? - Answer Little scientists.
What do students learn a great deal from? (3 answers) - Answer Exploration, making
mistakes and self-correction.
What do behavioral approaches to learning propose? (2 answers) - Answer Positive behavior
can be increased by the use of positive re-enforcers.
Standards Questions and All Correct
Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
What is the "reasonable interpreter standard"? - Answer This is a hypothetical interpreter
who is appropriately educated, informed, capable, aware of professional standards and fair-
minded.
Name Erikson's Stages of Development (6 stages). - Answer Trust vs. Mistrust, Hope, 0-1 1/2
Autonomy vs. Shame, Will 1 1/2-3
Initiative vs. Guilt, Purpose 3-5
Industry vs. Inferiority, Competency 5-12
Identity vs. Role Confusion, Fidelity 12-18
Intimacy vs. Isolation, Love 18-40
Why is early detection of hearing loss critical? - Answer I allows deaf and hard of hearing
students to develop language that is more age-appropriate when compared with their hearing
peers.
The majority of hearing families may not provide the D/HH student with what? - Answer
Fluent language early in development.
What can facilitate a young student's learning? - Answer Attachment
As a student matures, what should an interpreter do? - Answer Reduce the amount of
support they provide.
During the period of adolescence, what is important? - Answer Identity formation.
When responding to a student's inattentiveness, what should interpreters consider? - Answer
The student's level of maturity.
How is interpreting for older students different than interpreting for younger students? -
Answer It utilizes a different set of skills.
Why should young students benefit from better skilled interpreters? (2 answers) - Answer
Younger students are still developing language skills and are less capable of repairing an
interpreter's errors.
,What should interpreters do in order to understand a student's current level of functioning? -
Answer Review the student's IEP with other members of the team.
What must interpreters be careful of when creating bonds with the students the work with? -
Answer Maintaining professional boundaries.
What are peer relationships important for? (2 answers) - Answer Social and cognitive
development.
When does friendship begin to require a great of communication? - Answer The middle
school years.
What does cognitive development refer to? (2 answers) - Answer The student's
understanding of concepts and the ability to think and reason.
What does language do? - Answer It stimulates cognitive development.
Interpreters play a vital role in what? - Answer The student's cognitive development.
What must a skilled interpreter do? (2 answers) - Answer Understand the concept of
cognitive development AND handle the task of using language to communicate concepts that
are new, abstract or difficult.
Name Piaget's four stages of development. - Answer Sensory motor: 0-2
Pre-operational: 2-7
Concrete operational: 7-11
Formal operational: 11-18
What is a Piagetian approach to cognitive development? - Answer Assuming cognitive
development is independent from language development.
How does information enter the mind? (4 answers) - Answer Sound, visual information,
speech and touch.
How does cultural background affects cognition? (4 answers) - Answer Defining what we
know, what is important, how we approach new tasks, and how we interact.
, What are two important parts of cognitive development? - Answer Socialization and play.
State the six level's of Bloom's Taxonomy. - Answer Knowledge, comprehension, Application,
Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation.
What might organizing a text spatially help a student do? - Answer Organize the text
cognitively.
How does providing a student with repetition help them learn? (4 answers) - Answer It
allows them to see: patterns, parallels, comparisons, and similarities.
What causes students to modify a cognitive scheme? - Answer A conflict between what they
know and new information they received.
What is a cognitive scheme? - Answer A cognitive structure that organizes information
developed from previous experiences.
In what domains do students develop schemes? (4 answers) - Answer Motor, language,
thinking, social etc.
How do students contextualize new concepts? (3 answers) - Answer Through: practice,
repetition and experience.
What is better evidence to show that a student understands a concept? (2 answers) - Answer
Answering questions spontaneously or showing understanding.
Are understanding a concept and being able to talk about it the same? - Answer No, but
talking about a concept does help a student understand it.
What are the goals of education? - Answer Literacy and acquiring thinking skills.
What are students like? - Answer Little scientists.
What do students learn a great deal from? (3 answers) - Answer Exploration, making
mistakes and self-correction.
What do behavioral approaches to learning propose? (2 answers) - Answer Positive behavior
can be increased by the use of positive re-enforcers.
