CASLI GENERALIST KNOWLEDGE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE
Ambiguities - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > happens when the translator knows only
one or two senses of a word
Collocation - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > how words go together and has a range
of when words should be together or not.
Propositional clusters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > consist of more than one
proposition, and they will be related to one another.
Groupings - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > primarily hierarchical in structure.
Thematic prominence - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the information which
contributes to the progression of a message.
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,DEAM - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > deaf, dream, and team - which is a Deaf-
centered, Deaf-friendly, and Deaf-focused approach to interpreting within the
professional and higher educational fields ie. Team interpreting, ASL-to-
English Interpretation, or Interpreting in hearing situations where the formal
register is used
PSE - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Pidgin Signed English, and it can be thought of
as a bridge language. It connects American Sign Language with Manually
Coded English (MCE) by incorporating signs and syntax employed by both
forms. It is most common in educational interpreting
Demand Control Schema - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Interpreting concept of
understanding the specific demands of an engagement and the controls, or items
the interpreter can control.
Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)
(CRPD) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Worldwide reporting system of various
access grievances by disabled persons.
Enculturation - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Cultural knowledge through studying
and social interactions.
Acculturation - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Cultural knowledge through direct
experience and upbringing.
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, Deaf centered model - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > This model focuses on ASL,
where the interpreter works as a partner, understands power inequities, provides
visual clarity, and ensures Deaf engagement.
Conduit Model - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The interpreter's only function is to
navigate communications. Deaf consumers had no input into language type,
which was typically English on the hands. Ll. Communication Facilitator Model
- The model is more natural and provides some cultural medication but the
focus is still on communication transfer.
Designated interpreter - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a dynamic and active
participant in the deaf professional's environment, and his or her actions
influence communication outcomes and the deaf professional's work
performance.
Kinesics - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The study of nonverbal behavior (Eye gaze,
Facial expressions, Gestures)
Proxemics - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the study of social and personal space
Paralinguistic - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the study of the way something is said:
they are a matter of "not hearing" rather than "not understanding." or to think
"huh? What did they say" rather than
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE
Ambiguities - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > happens when the translator knows only
one or two senses of a word
Collocation - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > how words go together and has a range
of when words should be together or not.
Propositional clusters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > consist of more than one
proposition, and they will be related to one another.
Groupings - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > primarily hierarchical in structure.
Thematic prominence - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the information which
contributes to the progression of a message.
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,DEAM - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > deaf, dream, and team - which is a Deaf-
centered, Deaf-friendly, and Deaf-focused approach to interpreting within the
professional and higher educational fields ie. Team interpreting, ASL-to-
English Interpretation, or Interpreting in hearing situations where the formal
register is used
PSE - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Pidgin Signed English, and it can be thought of
as a bridge language. It connects American Sign Language with Manually
Coded English (MCE) by incorporating signs and syntax employed by both
forms. It is most common in educational interpreting
Demand Control Schema - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Interpreting concept of
understanding the specific demands of an engagement and the controls, or items
the interpreter can control.
Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)
(CRPD) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Worldwide reporting system of various
access grievances by disabled persons.
Enculturation - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Cultural knowledge through studying
and social interactions.
Acculturation - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Cultural knowledge through direct
experience and upbringing.
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, Deaf centered model - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > This model focuses on ASL,
where the interpreter works as a partner, understands power inequities, provides
visual clarity, and ensures Deaf engagement.
Conduit Model - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The interpreter's only function is to
navigate communications. Deaf consumers had no input into language type,
which was typically English on the hands. Ll. Communication Facilitator Model
- The model is more natural and provides some cultural medication but the
focus is still on communication transfer.
Designated interpreter - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a dynamic and active
participant in the deaf professional's environment, and his or her actions
influence communication outcomes and the deaf professional's work
performance.
Kinesics - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The study of nonverbal behavior (Eye gaze,
Facial expressions, Gestures)
Proxemics - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the study of social and personal space
Paralinguistic - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the study of the way something is said:
they are a matter of "not hearing" rather than "not understanding." or to think
"huh? What did they say" rather than
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