ASL 102 Final Exam Questions
and Correct Answers
What deaf baseball player brought hand signals to the major leagues in the late 1800s?
- Answer-William Ellsworth Hoy.
When Hoy was at bat he had his third base coach use ___________ _____________ to
tell him the pitching count. - Answer-hand signals
True or false: Redmond and Chaplin were good friends, and Redmond taught Chaplin
Sign Language? - Answer-True
With Ranking, the fingers of the __________ ___________ 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 - Answer-non dominant
When telling the age of someone the number is blended with the sign for _________. -
Answer-old
True or false: Ages 1-5 the palm faces in like cardinal numbers - Answer-False, the
palm faces out
True or False: for ages 6-9 years old the palm faces in like the cardinal numbers and
the index finger contacts the chin before moving outward. - Answer-True
True or False: for the age 10, the first handshape is L shaped with the index finger
contacting the chin and becomes "10" as the hand moves outward - Answer-True
True or False: If you want to talk about more than two non-present people, who are not
in any rank order, you designate a location for each person along a horizontal arc in
front of you starting on your non-dominant side - Answer-True
Are William Ellsworth Hoy's hand signals still used today to call balls and strikes? -
Answer-Yes
When using Contrastive structure, you can ask which but you can also compare and
contrast things by doing what? - Answer-1. Establish one topic on your non dominant
side
2. nod and shift your body slightly towards that side
3. Orient the signs about the topic towards that side
and Correct Answers
What deaf baseball player brought hand signals to the major leagues in the late 1800s?
- Answer-William Ellsworth Hoy.
When Hoy was at bat he had his third base coach use ___________ _____________ to
tell him the pitching count. - Answer-hand signals
True or false: Redmond and Chaplin were good friends, and Redmond taught Chaplin
Sign Language? - Answer-True
With Ranking, the fingers of the __________ ___________ 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 - Answer-non dominant
When telling the age of someone the number is blended with the sign for _________. -
Answer-old
True or false: Ages 1-5 the palm faces in like cardinal numbers - Answer-False, the
palm faces out
True or False: for ages 6-9 years old the palm faces in like the cardinal numbers and
the index finger contacts the chin before moving outward. - Answer-True
True or False: for the age 10, the first handshape is L shaped with the index finger
contacting the chin and becomes "10" as the hand moves outward - Answer-True
True or False: If you want to talk about more than two non-present people, who are not
in any rank order, you designate a location for each person along a horizontal arc in
front of you starting on your non-dominant side - Answer-True
Are William Ellsworth Hoy's hand signals still used today to call balls and strikes? -
Answer-Yes
When using Contrastive structure, you can ask which but you can also compare and
contrast things by doing what? - Answer-1. Establish one topic on your non dominant
side
2. nod and shift your body slightly towards that side
3. Orient the signs about the topic towards that side
