NIC WRITTEN EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What does ADA stand for and what year was it passed? - Answers - Americans with
Disabilities Act in 1990
What are the 3 levels of the NIC - Answers - Certified, Advanced, and Mastered
CI - Answers - Certificate of Interpretation
CT - Answers - Certificate of Transliteration
OTC - Answers - Oral Transliteration Certificate
SC: L - Answers - Specialist Certificate: Legal
CLIP-R - Answers - Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit-Relay
MCSC - Answers - Master Comprehensive Skills Certificate
CSC - Answers - Comprehensive Skills Certificate
OIC - Answers - Oral Interpreting Certificate
RSC - Answers - Reverse Skills Certificate
NAD: Level III - Answers - National Association of the Deaf - Generalist
NAD: Level IV - Answers - National Association of the Deaf - Advanced
NAD: Level V - Answers - National Association of the Deaf - Master
IC - Answers - Interpretation Certificate
TC - Answers - Transliteration Certificate
ACCI - Answers - American Consortium of Certified Interpreters
SC:PA - Answers - Specialist Certificate: Performance Arts
CLIP - Answers - Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit
EIPA - Answers - Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment
CEU - Answers - Continuing Education Units
, CMP - Answers - Certification Maintenance Program
ACET - Answers - Associate Continuing Education Tracking
-Participation in ACET allows RID to track your completion of CEUs for you.
Who can become an CMP approved sponsor? - Answers - The PDC is responsible for
approving applications for organizations, agencies, and individuals to become approved
sponsors.
PDC - Answers - Professional Development Committee
What is the approved sponsors role? - Answers - To provide appropriate educational
opportunities to interpreters. Those opportunities are pre-approved to provide CEUs
When did CMP begin operation? - Answers - July 1, 1994
Mano a Mano - Answers - National Organization of interpreters who work in Spanish-
Influenced settings
NAOBI - Answers - National Alliance of Black Interpreters, INc.
AIIC - Answers - The International Association of Conference Interpreters (the only
worldwide association for conference interpreters)
WASLI - Answers - World Association of Sign Language Interpreters
CART - Answers - Communication Access Realtime Translation
AADB - Answers - American Association of the Deaf-Blind
COAT - Answers - Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology
IDC - Answers - Intertribal Deaf Council
(similar to native american organizations)
NADC - Answers - National Asian Deaf Congress
NBDA - Answers - National Black Deaf Advocates
WFD - Answers - World Federation of the Deaf
DCMP - Answers - Described and Captioned Media Program
-equal access to media. DCMP acts as a captioning info and training center
NIDCD - Answers - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders:
focused on medical information and research.
What does ADA stand for and what year was it passed? - Answers - Americans with
Disabilities Act in 1990
What are the 3 levels of the NIC - Answers - Certified, Advanced, and Mastered
CI - Answers - Certificate of Interpretation
CT - Answers - Certificate of Transliteration
OTC - Answers - Oral Transliteration Certificate
SC: L - Answers - Specialist Certificate: Legal
CLIP-R - Answers - Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit-Relay
MCSC - Answers - Master Comprehensive Skills Certificate
CSC - Answers - Comprehensive Skills Certificate
OIC - Answers - Oral Interpreting Certificate
RSC - Answers - Reverse Skills Certificate
NAD: Level III - Answers - National Association of the Deaf - Generalist
NAD: Level IV - Answers - National Association of the Deaf - Advanced
NAD: Level V - Answers - National Association of the Deaf - Master
IC - Answers - Interpretation Certificate
TC - Answers - Transliteration Certificate
ACCI - Answers - American Consortium of Certified Interpreters
SC:PA - Answers - Specialist Certificate: Performance Arts
CLIP - Answers - Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit
EIPA - Answers - Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment
CEU - Answers - Continuing Education Units
, CMP - Answers - Certification Maintenance Program
ACET - Answers - Associate Continuing Education Tracking
-Participation in ACET allows RID to track your completion of CEUs for you.
Who can become an CMP approved sponsor? - Answers - The PDC is responsible for
approving applications for organizations, agencies, and individuals to become approved
sponsors.
PDC - Answers - Professional Development Committee
What is the approved sponsors role? - Answers - To provide appropriate educational
opportunities to interpreters. Those opportunities are pre-approved to provide CEUs
When did CMP begin operation? - Answers - July 1, 1994
Mano a Mano - Answers - National Organization of interpreters who work in Spanish-
Influenced settings
NAOBI - Answers - National Alliance of Black Interpreters, INc.
AIIC - Answers - The International Association of Conference Interpreters (the only
worldwide association for conference interpreters)
WASLI - Answers - World Association of Sign Language Interpreters
CART - Answers - Communication Access Realtime Translation
AADB - Answers - American Association of the Deaf-Blind
COAT - Answers - Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology
IDC - Answers - Intertribal Deaf Council
(similar to native american organizations)
NADC - Answers - National Asian Deaf Congress
NBDA - Answers - National Black Deaf Advocates
WFD - Answers - World Federation of the Deaf
DCMP - Answers - Described and Captioned Media Program
-equal access to media. DCMP acts as a captioning info and training center
NIDCD - Answers - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders:
focused on medical information and research.
