CCHI EXAMS STUDY COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS EXPERT VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ Medical Interpreting. Answer: Interpreting for patients, their
families, providers to facilitate access to healthcare
◉ Communicative Autonomy. Answer: The capacity of each party in
the encounter to be responsible for and control their own
communication
◉ Which area of interpreting has become more professional.
Answer: Medical
◉ Requirements to become certified. Answer: 1. 18 years old 2. HS
grad 3. Proof of language proficiency through third party tester 4.40
hr training course
◉ Certificate v.s. Certification. Answer: Certificate is the 40 hour
class, Certification requires the 4 requirements
◉ Certification is provided by which two agencies. Answer: 1. CCHI
and NBCMI
,◉ What does NBCMI stand for. Answer: National board of
certification for healthcare workers
◉ What does CCHI stand for. Answer: Certification Commission for
healthcare interpreters
◉ What are ethics vs standards. Answer: Ethics-what we do
Standards-how we do them
◉ Ethics are defined as. Answer: A set of principles that govern the
conduct of practitioners of a profession
◉ Standards of practice are defined as. Answer: A set of formal
guidelines that practitioners use that offer clear strategies and
course of action to support professional conduct
◉ What are the ethics that make up the code of ethics. Answer: 1.
Confidentiality 2. Accuracy 3. Impartiality 4. professional conduct 5.
Transparency 6. intercultural communication 7. advocacy 8.
professional boundaries 9. professional development 10. Direct
communication
◉ Do you interpret everything stated?. Answer: yes
, ◉ What three things should you do if you know the client. Answer:
1. disclose to all parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if you can be
impartial
◉ Three steps to the say no module. Answer: 1. gracious 2. offer
choices 3. reason why
◉ working language. Answer: any language the interpreter works
with
◉ Source language. Answer: language the interpreter interprets
from
◉ target language. Answer: language you interpret in to
◉ three stages of the encounter. Answer: 1. pre prep/briefing
2.encounter 3. debriefing
◉ 7 steps to the encounter. Answer: 1. Prep 2. brief 3.professional
intro 4. interpreting 5. mediating 6. debriefing 7. analysis
◉ 4 interpreting protocols. Answer: 1. positioning 2. professional
intro 3. first-person interpreting 4. turn-taking to manage flow
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS EXPERT VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ Medical Interpreting. Answer: Interpreting for patients, their
families, providers to facilitate access to healthcare
◉ Communicative Autonomy. Answer: The capacity of each party in
the encounter to be responsible for and control their own
communication
◉ Which area of interpreting has become more professional.
Answer: Medical
◉ Requirements to become certified. Answer: 1. 18 years old 2. HS
grad 3. Proof of language proficiency through third party tester 4.40
hr training course
◉ Certificate v.s. Certification. Answer: Certificate is the 40 hour
class, Certification requires the 4 requirements
◉ Certification is provided by which two agencies. Answer: 1. CCHI
and NBCMI
,◉ What does NBCMI stand for. Answer: National board of
certification for healthcare workers
◉ What does CCHI stand for. Answer: Certification Commission for
healthcare interpreters
◉ What are ethics vs standards. Answer: Ethics-what we do
Standards-how we do them
◉ Ethics are defined as. Answer: A set of principles that govern the
conduct of practitioners of a profession
◉ Standards of practice are defined as. Answer: A set of formal
guidelines that practitioners use that offer clear strategies and
course of action to support professional conduct
◉ What are the ethics that make up the code of ethics. Answer: 1.
Confidentiality 2. Accuracy 3. Impartiality 4. professional conduct 5.
Transparency 6. intercultural communication 7. advocacy 8.
professional boundaries 9. professional development 10. Direct
communication
◉ Do you interpret everything stated?. Answer: yes
, ◉ What three things should you do if you know the client. Answer:
1. disclose to all parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if you can be
impartial
◉ Three steps to the say no module. Answer: 1. gracious 2. offer
choices 3. reason why
◉ working language. Answer: any language the interpreter works
with
◉ Source language. Answer: language the interpreter interprets
from
◉ target language. Answer: language you interpret in to
◉ three stages of the encounter. Answer: 1. pre prep/briefing
2.encounter 3. debriefing
◉ 7 steps to the encounter. Answer: 1. Prep 2. brief 3.professional
intro 4. interpreting 5. mediating 6. debriefing 7. analysis
◉ 4 interpreting protocols. Answer: 1. positioning 2. professional
intro 3. first-person interpreting 4. turn-taking to manage flow
