ASL Final Exam
1.1 When people you wish to talk about are in your presence, how do you indicate who
you are talking about? - Answer By pointing the index finger at someone or spell their
name then point at them.
1.2 When you want to express a Wh-question, what do your head and eyebrows do to
let people know you are asking them a question? - Answer Squinting the eyebrows
together, tilting the head slightly forward, looking at the addressee, maintain an eye
contact.
1.3 What are two conversational regulators you learned in Unit 1? - Answer
Conversational openers and correcting information.
1.4 Explain the convention of using capital "D" or lower case "d" when referring to
people who are deaf? - Answer It means a deaf person identified with Deaf culture.
1.5 What are two very important factors influencing the formation of Deaf culture? -
Answer Deaf Culture means the visually based culture of people who are deaf and who
form linguistic minority that uses ASL, as their primary language.
1.6 How does the Deaf community differ from Deaf culture? - Answer It means not
everybody is the same in the Deaf culture as some may identified themselves with Deaf
culture while others are not.
1.7 Which hand should you use to fingerspell and to make movements for signs
produced with one hand? - Answer Your dominant hand
1.8 What are the two types of "name signs" and how do they differ? - Answer
Descriptive sign names and arbitrary name signs.
2.1 What non-manual signals are used to indicate yes/no questions? - Answer Raising
eyebrows, moving the head and shoulders slightly forward, looking at the addressee,
eye contact
2.2 Compare figures 2.3 and 2.5, what non-manuals signals are being used to
communicate the affirmative statement and the negative statement? - Answer By using
the affirmative head nod.
2.3 When using pronouns, how may the number of people being referred to be
indicated? - Answer Four
2.4 How is the concept of "more than one" being communicated in figures 2.8 and 2.9? -
Answer By using the sweeping motion to indicate how much.
, 2.5 What are the four basic parts or parameters of signs? - Answer Handshape,
location, movement, and orientation
2.6 If someone is not looking at you, how can you gain his/her attention to begin an ASL
conversation? - Answer By waving your hand to get their attention or tap their shoulder.
2.7 One conversational regulator used to indicate that you are understanding or
following what is being stated is to nod your head. Describe a conversational regulator
that indicates that you did not understand and wish something to be clarified. - Answer
Say either don't understand and repeat or ask them to sign slower.
2.8 When someone finger spells something and you do not understand, how can you
request clarification? - Answer If it is fingerspelling, ask the person to spell it again or
spell it slowly.
3.1 What is the primary production difference between the personal pronoun signs and
the possessive pronoun signs. - Answer By using the flat palm hand makes it
possessive.
3.2 When people or things are not present in the immediate area where you are signing,
how can you make yourself clear about about the person or thing you are referring to? -
Answer By establishing the person who is absent by pointing if they are there.
3.3 How do signers make use of space to contrast and compare things? - Answer By
making the first reference to the person then change the reference to another person by
pointing in different area. Like you saw the video about Donna the supervisor and Don
the counselor.
3.4 How does the verb sign "teach" become the noun sign "teacher"? - Answer You
change the way it is signed into teach person affix.
3.5 In what context or setting are you most likely to see the person affix sign used? -
Answer The person affix signs is used in formal setting.
3.6 What are two ways that murals may be expressed in ASL? - Answer It is pluralized
by using the numbers and qualifiers.
3.7 What are two ways that statements may be negated in ASL? - Answer By sating
either no, none or not..
3.8 When giving directions, how does a signer communicate something is on the right
side or the left side? - Answer
3.9 Provide an example of use of real-world orientation by a signer. - Answer
1.1 When people you wish to talk about are in your presence, how do you indicate who
you are talking about? - Answer By pointing the index finger at someone or spell their
name then point at them.
1.2 When you want to express a Wh-question, what do your head and eyebrows do to
let people know you are asking them a question? - Answer Squinting the eyebrows
together, tilting the head slightly forward, looking at the addressee, maintain an eye
contact.
1.3 What are two conversational regulators you learned in Unit 1? - Answer
Conversational openers and correcting information.
1.4 Explain the convention of using capital "D" or lower case "d" when referring to
people who are deaf? - Answer It means a deaf person identified with Deaf culture.
1.5 What are two very important factors influencing the formation of Deaf culture? -
Answer Deaf Culture means the visually based culture of people who are deaf and who
form linguistic minority that uses ASL, as their primary language.
1.6 How does the Deaf community differ from Deaf culture? - Answer It means not
everybody is the same in the Deaf culture as some may identified themselves with Deaf
culture while others are not.
1.7 Which hand should you use to fingerspell and to make movements for signs
produced with one hand? - Answer Your dominant hand
1.8 What are the two types of "name signs" and how do they differ? - Answer
Descriptive sign names and arbitrary name signs.
2.1 What non-manual signals are used to indicate yes/no questions? - Answer Raising
eyebrows, moving the head and shoulders slightly forward, looking at the addressee,
eye contact
2.2 Compare figures 2.3 and 2.5, what non-manuals signals are being used to
communicate the affirmative statement and the negative statement? - Answer By using
the affirmative head nod.
2.3 When using pronouns, how may the number of people being referred to be
indicated? - Answer Four
2.4 How is the concept of "more than one" being communicated in figures 2.8 and 2.9? -
Answer By using the sweeping motion to indicate how much.
, 2.5 What are the four basic parts or parameters of signs? - Answer Handshape,
location, movement, and orientation
2.6 If someone is not looking at you, how can you gain his/her attention to begin an ASL
conversation? - Answer By waving your hand to get their attention or tap their shoulder.
2.7 One conversational regulator used to indicate that you are understanding or
following what is being stated is to nod your head. Describe a conversational regulator
that indicates that you did not understand and wish something to be clarified. - Answer
Say either don't understand and repeat or ask them to sign slower.
2.8 When someone finger spells something and you do not understand, how can you
request clarification? - Answer If it is fingerspelling, ask the person to spell it again or
spell it slowly.
3.1 What is the primary production difference between the personal pronoun signs and
the possessive pronoun signs. - Answer By using the flat palm hand makes it
possessive.
3.2 When people or things are not present in the immediate area where you are signing,
how can you make yourself clear about about the person or thing you are referring to? -
Answer By establishing the person who is absent by pointing if they are there.
3.3 How do signers make use of space to contrast and compare things? - Answer By
making the first reference to the person then change the reference to another person by
pointing in different area. Like you saw the video about Donna the supervisor and Don
the counselor.
3.4 How does the verb sign "teach" become the noun sign "teacher"? - Answer You
change the way it is signed into teach person affix.
3.5 In what context or setting are you most likely to see the person affix sign used? -
Answer The person affix signs is used in formal setting.
3.6 What are two ways that murals may be expressed in ASL? - Answer It is pluralized
by using the numbers and qualifiers.
3.7 What are two ways that statements may be negated in ASL? - Answer By sating
either no, none or not..
3.8 When giving directions, how does a signer communicate something is on the right
side or the left side? - Answer
3.9 Provide an example of use of real-world orientation by a signer. - Answer
