NIC Written Exam

NIC Written Exam What does ADA stand for and what year was it passed? Ans- Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 What are the 3 levels of the NIC Ans- Certified, Advanced, and Mastered CI Ans- Certificate of Interpretation CT Ans- Certificate of Transliteration OTC Ans- Oral Transliteration Certificate SC: L Ans- Specialist Certificate: Legal CLIP-R Ans- Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit-Relay MCSC Ans- Master Comprehensive Skills Certificate CSC Ans- Comprehensive Skills Certificate OIC Ans- Oral Interpreting Certificate RSC Ans- Reverse Skills Certificate NAD: Level III Ans- National Association of the Deaf - Generalist NAD: Level IV Ans- National Association of the Deaf - Advanced NAD: Level V Ans- National Association of the Deaf - Master IC Ans- Interpretation Certificate TC Ans- Transliteration Certificate ACCI Ans- American Consortium of Certified Interpreters SC:PA Ans- Specialist Certificate: Performance Arts CLIP Ans- Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit EIPA Ans- Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment CEU Ans- Continuing Education Units CMP Ans- Certification Maintenance Program ACET Ans- Associate Continuing Education Tracking -Participation in ACET allows RID to track your completion of CEUs for you. Who can become an CMP approved sponsor? Ans- The PDC is responsible for approving applications for organizations, agencies, and individuals to become approved sponsors. PDC Ans- Professional Development Committee What is the approved sponsors role? Ans- To provide appropriate educational opportunities to interpreters. Those opportunities are pre-approved to provide CEUs When did CMP begin operation? Ans- July 1, 1994 What are the requirements for obtaining CEUs? Ans- All members who are certified interpreters are required to complete 8.0 CEUs (80 contact hours) within four years. 6.0 CEUs must be professional studies content 2.0 CEUs can be general studies PINRA Ans- Participant-Initiated Non-RID Activities Examples: audited college course, organizational conventions, community education, etc. CIT Ans- Conference of Interpreter Trainers -the professional organization of interpreter educators Mano a Mano Ans- National Organization of interpreters who work in Spanish-Influenced settings NAOBI Ans- National Alliance of Black Interpreters, INc. AIIC Ans- The International Association of Conference Interpreters (the only worldwide association for conference interpreters) WASLI Ans- World Association of Sign Language Interpreters CART Ans- Communication Access Realtime Translation AADB Ans- American Association of the Deaf-Blind COAT Ans- Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology IDC Ans- Intertribal Deaf Council (similar to native american organizations) NADC Ans- National Asian Deaf Congress NBDA Ans- National Black Deaf Advocates WFD Ans- World Federation of the Deaf DCMP Ans- Described and Captioned Media Program -equal access to media. DCMP acts as a captioning info and training center NIDCD Ans- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: focused on medical information and research. PAH, MD Ans- Promoting Awareness in Healthcare, Medical and Deaf NDRN Ans- National Disability Rights Network DPA Ans- Disabled People's Association Who is Alice Cogswell Ans- The 9 year old girl neighbor of Gallaudets that inspired Gallaudet to educate deaf people. Who accompanied Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet back to America? Ans- Laurent Clerc What year did ASD open? Ans- American School for the Deaf opened in 1817. In what year, and by whom, was the now Gallaudet University founded? Ans- Thomas Gallaudet's son, Edward founded what was then called "The National Deaf-Mute College" in 1864 National Theatre for the Deaf was established in what year? Ans- 1967 Explain what the Milan Conference is and what year it took place. Ans- September 6-11, 1880 an innational conference of Deaf educators was held. A declaration was made that oral education was better than any manual sign language form of education so they outlawed the use of sign language in education. What year did Deaf President Now take place? Ans- March 1988 What was the name of the hearing president that was forced to resign after DPN and the name of the president who was later welcomed? Ans- Elizabeth A. Zinswer resigned a few days after the protests began and by the end of the week Dr. I. King Jordan became Gallaudet's first Deaf president. Which tenet address multiple roles in interpreting? Ans- Tenet 3.3 guides interpreters to avoid role conflicts, "avoid performing dual or conflicting roles in multidisciplinary or other settings." What is the number one determining factor in deciding a team of interpreters is needed? Ans- The difficulty of the assignment What is RSI? Ans- Repetitive Strain Injury is a stress-related, cumulative type of injury resulting from repetitive movements. RSIs are also often referred to as what? Ans- cumulative trauma disorder, muscle-skeletal disorder, repetitive motion injuries, tennis elbow, and mouse thumb The most common early symptoms of RSI for interpreters are what? Ans- Pain, stiffness, numbness, and burning starting in the neck and often going down into the arm and hands. NIEC Ans- National Interpreter Education Center Project TIEM Ans- Hosted by NIEC, project Teaching INterpreting Educators and Mentors provides a list of resources for how to contact a mentor as well as provide support for what that mentorship relationship should look like. ADA was enacted in which year? Ans- 1990 What section of the ADA are interpreters addressed? Ans- Under Title III.V Interpreters are considered a type of auxiliary aid that is required to be provided for communication with any individuals with hearing impairments. CCIE Ans- Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education: was established to promote professionalism by provided accreditation to ITPs NCIEC Ans- National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers ASLTA Ans- American Sign Language Teachers Association NTS Ans- National Testing System (for RID) NCI Ans- National Council on Interpreting -formed by NAD and RID to Develop the National Interpreter Certification exa