EIPA Written test Questions with
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Updated.
The early detection of hearing loss is critical because - Answer it allows deaf and hard of
hearing students to develop language that is more age-appropriate when compared with their
hearing peers.
T/F The majority of deaf and hard of hearing students are born to hearing families who may not
provide them access to a fluent language early in development. - Answer T
From age 6 to 11 what two things happen? - Answer 1. students develop notions about their
ability to achieve (industry vs. inferiority)
2. students develop the capacity to work and cooperate with others
How does inferiority develop? - Answer negative experiences at home, at school, or with
peers lead to feelings of incompetence.
T/F As a student matures, interpreters should increase the amount of support they provide. -
Answer F
What period is important to identity formation? - Answer The period of adolescence
Why do young people experience identity confusion and may be unprepared for the challenges
of adulthood? - Answer weak sense of trust, autonomy, or initiative
T/F The interpreter should respond the same way to a student's attentiveness (why) - Answer
F An Interpreter should consider the student's level of maturity.
T/F It is more important to have high skill for older children (why?) - Answer F interpreters
with better skills are needed with younger students who are still developing language skills and
are less capable of repairing an interpreter's errors
How should an interpreter understand the student's level of functioning? - Answer
interpreters should review a student's IEP with other members of the team
T/F Students do not bond with interpreters - Answer F They do but the interpreter needs
professional boundaries
,T/F The gender of the interpreter does not matter - Answer F
Why would peers view a student to be socially awkward? - Answer The student does not
have age-appropriate pragmatic skills
social and cognitive development throughout the school years is gained through... - Answer
Peer relationships
What is cognitive development mean? - Answer the student's understanding of concepts
and the ability to think and reason
T/F Students who are deaf or hard of hearing have the same capability for cognitive
development as do students with normal hearing - Answer T
A skilled educational interpreter must not only understand the concept of cognitive
development but also must... - Answer be able to handle the complex task of using language
to communicate concepts that are new, abstract or difficult
What helps students develop cognitive skills? - Answer The ability to interact with others
while using language (including socialization, play)
Which approach assumes that cognitive development is independent from language
development? - Answer A Piagetian approach to cognitive development
Information enters the mind to stimulate cognitive development through the perception of... (4
things) - Answer sound, visual information, speech, and touch
Cultural background affects cognition by helping to define... (4 things) - Answer what we
know, what is important, how we approach new tasks, how we interact
T/F Teacher's questions can require different levels of abstraction in terms of cognitive skills. -
Answer T
What are level of abstraction in terms of cognitive skills? (6 things) - Answer Taxonomy:
Demonstration of knowledge; Comprehension; Application; Analysis; Synthesis; Evaluation
What may help a student organize the text cognitively? - Answer Organizing a text spatially
, What does cognitive organization do? - Answer helps students store and remember concepts
Providing students with repetition allows them to see... (4 things) - Answer patterns,
parallels, comparisons, and similarities (all which help them learn!)
T/f In terms of cognitive development, students learn when there is a conflict between what
they think and new information that they receive - Answer T
What does a student do when conflict between what they think and new information that they
receive? - Answer They learn and accommodate, or modify a cognitive scheme, based on the
new information
What is a cognitive scheme? - Answer cognitive structure that organizes information, making
sense of experience. Students develop schemes in many different domains: motor, language,
thinking, social, etc.
How are cognitive schemes developed? - Answer on previous experiences
How do students interpret the world and experiences? - Answer cognitive schemes
What is contextualization? - Answer breaking down concepts
T/F A student's ability to repeat a concept means the student understands it. - Answer F
Students can memorize language without understanding what it really means
T/F Understanding a concept and being able to talk about a concept are not the same - Answer
T Being able to talk about a concept often helps a student understand it
The goal of education is for students to... - Answer acquire thinking skills, not to just
memorize facts
How are students are like little scientists? - Answer trying to explore and figure out how the
world works based on what they see, do, and hear
T/F Students learn a great deal from exploration, making mistakes, and self-correction - Answer
T
Behavioral approaches to learning propose that positive behavior can be increased by the use
(negative/positive) re-enforcers - Answer positive
Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025-2026
Updated.
The early detection of hearing loss is critical because - Answer it allows deaf and hard of
hearing students to develop language that is more age-appropriate when compared with their
hearing peers.
T/F The majority of deaf and hard of hearing students are born to hearing families who may not
provide them access to a fluent language early in development. - Answer T
From age 6 to 11 what two things happen? - Answer 1. students develop notions about their
ability to achieve (industry vs. inferiority)
2. students develop the capacity to work and cooperate with others
How does inferiority develop? - Answer negative experiences at home, at school, or with
peers lead to feelings of incompetence.
T/F As a student matures, interpreters should increase the amount of support they provide. -
Answer F
What period is important to identity formation? - Answer The period of adolescence
Why do young people experience identity confusion and may be unprepared for the challenges
of adulthood? - Answer weak sense of trust, autonomy, or initiative
T/F The interpreter should respond the same way to a student's attentiveness (why) - Answer
F An Interpreter should consider the student's level of maturity.
T/F It is more important to have high skill for older children (why?) - Answer F interpreters
with better skills are needed with younger students who are still developing language skills and
are less capable of repairing an interpreter's errors
How should an interpreter understand the student's level of functioning? - Answer
interpreters should review a student's IEP with other members of the team
T/F Students do not bond with interpreters - Answer F They do but the interpreter needs
professional boundaries
,T/F The gender of the interpreter does not matter - Answer F
Why would peers view a student to be socially awkward? - Answer The student does not
have age-appropriate pragmatic skills
social and cognitive development throughout the school years is gained through... - Answer
Peer relationships
What is cognitive development mean? - Answer the student's understanding of concepts
and the ability to think and reason
T/F Students who are deaf or hard of hearing have the same capability for cognitive
development as do students with normal hearing - Answer T
A skilled educational interpreter must not only understand the concept of cognitive
development but also must... - Answer be able to handle the complex task of using language
to communicate concepts that are new, abstract or difficult
What helps students develop cognitive skills? - Answer The ability to interact with others
while using language (including socialization, play)
Which approach assumes that cognitive development is independent from language
development? - Answer A Piagetian approach to cognitive development
Information enters the mind to stimulate cognitive development through the perception of... (4
things) - Answer sound, visual information, speech, and touch
Cultural background affects cognition by helping to define... (4 things) - Answer what we
know, what is important, how we approach new tasks, how we interact
T/F Teacher's questions can require different levels of abstraction in terms of cognitive skills. -
Answer T
What are level of abstraction in terms of cognitive skills? (6 things) - Answer Taxonomy:
Demonstration of knowledge; Comprehension; Application; Analysis; Synthesis; Evaluation
What may help a student organize the text cognitively? - Answer Organizing a text spatially
, What does cognitive organization do? - Answer helps students store and remember concepts
Providing students with repetition allows them to see... (4 things) - Answer patterns,
parallels, comparisons, and similarities (all which help them learn!)
T/f In terms of cognitive development, students learn when there is a conflict between what
they think and new information that they receive - Answer T
What does a student do when conflict between what they think and new information that they
receive? - Answer They learn and accommodate, or modify a cognitive scheme, based on the
new information
What is a cognitive scheme? - Answer cognitive structure that organizes information, making
sense of experience. Students develop schemes in many different domains: motor, language,
thinking, social, etc.
How are cognitive schemes developed? - Answer on previous experiences
How do students interpret the world and experiences? - Answer cognitive schemes
What is contextualization? - Answer breaking down concepts
T/F A student's ability to repeat a concept means the student understands it. - Answer F
Students can memorize language without understanding what it really means
T/F Understanding a concept and being able to talk about a concept are not the same - Answer
T Being able to talk about a concept often helps a student understand it
The goal of education is for students to... - Answer acquire thinking skills, not to just
memorize facts
How are students are like little scientists? - Answer trying to explore and figure out how the
world works based on what they see, do, and hear
T/F Students learn a great deal from exploration, making mistakes, and self-correction - Answer
T
Behavioral approaches to learning propose that positive behavior can be increased by the use
(negative/positive) re-enforcers - Answer positive
