ASL Unit 4 Exam Questions with Verified Answers Latest Update 2024 (100% Pass)
Ranking Definition and when it is used - Answers Ranking is used to show birth order in families usually
siblings. the fingers of the non dominant hand represent the total number of siblings in birth order when
referring to a particular sibling, or oneself the signer points to the corresponding finger.
First use contrastive structure to tell number of brothers and sisters
then use fingers on your non-dominant hand to represent each sibling in their birth order
point to the finger that represents you to give your raking
contrastive structure - Answers used to compare and contrast, by placing on each side, start on non-
dominant
responding to yes no questions negatively - Answers when saying something is not true use the not sign
when saying you don't have something use the none sign
Grandville Redmond - Answers famous deaf artist and actor who appeared in 8 charlie chaplin movies
from 1918-1929
was close friends with chaplin and taught him sign language
Rocking numbers 60s - Answers 67, 68, 69 - twist out to the 6 and in to the larger numbers
Rocking numbers 70s - Answers 76 - twist in to the 7 and out to the 6
78 - twist out to the 7 and in to the 8
79 - twist out to the 7 and in to the 9
Rocking numbers 80 - Answers 86 - twist in to the 8 and out to the 6
87 - twist in to the 8 and out to the 7
89 - twist out to 8 and in to the 9
Rocking numbers 90s - Answers 96, 97, 98, - twist in to the 9 and out to the smaller numbers
Marie Jean Philip 1953-1997
page 1 - Answers determined but gentle warrior in the fight to have deaf children learn through ASL
At a critical time she broke through boundaries and inspired change
oldest of 3 deaf daughters born to deaf parents
went to American School for the Deaf in Hartford Connecticut and Gallaudet University
, junior year attended oberlin college (hearing school) as an exchange student - immersed fully among
hearing people
taught college-level ASL at Northeastern, Harvard, and MIT
was an early advocate for ASL as a recognized language
raised awareness on a national and international level through workshops, speaking engagements, one-
on-one, etc.
worked with the Learning Center for Deaf Children
helped write bills/laws for legislature
was a trailblazer in the field of Deaf Culture
strong advocate for deaf people in other countries was adept in international sign language and in
demand as a translator at international deaf conferences
Moving letter J - Answers because j is a moving letter it influences the hand position of the letter that
follows
"JA" "JE" "JO" the second letter is embedded into the final position of the letter J
"JU" "JI" the second letters are also formed at the final position of the letter J and held as the hand
rotates and faces forward
Moving letter Z - Answers where the letter z appears in a word determines the hand position for the
remaining letters
"Z" at the beginning - trace Z hold end position to spell the remaining letters
"Z" in the middle - spell letters before Z in normal fingerspelling hand position, after tracing z hold end
postion to spell remaining letters
"Z" at the end - after tracing Z your hand position should be below the letters before it
Ages - Answers when giving the age of a person, the number is blended with the sign for old
Ranking Definition and when it is used - Answers Ranking is used to show birth order in families usually
siblings. the fingers of the non dominant hand represent the total number of siblings in birth order when
referring to a particular sibling, or oneself the signer points to the corresponding finger.
First use contrastive structure to tell number of brothers and sisters
then use fingers on your non-dominant hand to represent each sibling in their birth order
point to the finger that represents you to give your raking
contrastive structure - Answers used to compare and contrast, by placing on each side, start on non-
dominant
responding to yes no questions negatively - Answers when saying something is not true use the not sign
when saying you don't have something use the none sign
Grandville Redmond - Answers famous deaf artist and actor who appeared in 8 charlie chaplin movies
from 1918-1929
was close friends with chaplin and taught him sign language
Rocking numbers 60s - Answers 67, 68, 69 - twist out to the 6 and in to the larger numbers
Rocking numbers 70s - Answers 76 - twist in to the 7 and out to the 6
78 - twist out to the 7 and in to the 8
79 - twist out to the 7 and in to the 9
Rocking numbers 80 - Answers 86 - twist in to the 8 and out to the 6
87 - twist in to the 8 and out to the 7
89 - twist out to 8 and in to the 9
Rocking numbers 90s - Answers 96, 97, 98, - twist in to the 9 and out to the smaller numbers
Marie Jean Philip 1953-1997
page 1 - Answers determined but gentle warrior in the fight to have deaf children learn through ASL
At a critical time she broke through boundaries and inspired change
oldest of 3 deaf daughters born to deaf parents
went to American School for the Deaf in Hartford Connecticut and Gallaudet University
, junior year attended oberlin college (hearing school) as an exchange student - immersed fully among
hearing people
taught college-level ASL at Northeastern, Harvard, and MIT
was an early advocate for ASL as a recognized language
raised awareness on a national and international level through workshops, speaking engagements, one-
on-one, etc.
worked with the Learning Center for Deaf Children
helped write bills/laws for legislature
was a trailblazer in the field of Deaf Culture
strong advocate for deaf people in other countries was adept in international sign language and in
demand as a translator at international deaf conferences
Moving letter J - Answers because j is a moving letter it influences the hand position of the letter that
follows
"JA" "JE" "JO" the second letter is embedded into the final position of the letter J
"JU" "JI" the second letters are also formed at the final position of the letter J and held as the hand
rotates and faces forward
Moving letter Z - Answers where the letter z appears in a word determines the hand position for the
remaining letters
"Z" at the beginning - trace Z hold end position to spell the remaining letters
"Z" in the middle - spell letters before Z in normal fingerspelling hand position, after tracing z hold end
postion to spell remaining letters
"Z" at the end - after tracing Z your hand position should be below the letters before it
Ages - Answers when giving the age of a person, the number is blended with the sign for old
