COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Language comprehension encompasses what?. Answer: - words
- syntax
- paralinguistic features
- prosody
- situational context
◍ Gile says sustained analysis is what?. Answer: a way to improve
comprehension
◍ According to Gile sustained analysis means interpreters must do
what?. Answer: continuall attend and check probable meaning with the
current context by
- if the meanings make sense
- are the meanings intended by the speaker
◍ According to Weaver what are the three important types of processing
related to comprehension?. Answer: - identifying the meaning units in
the message
, - identifying the speaker's intent
- using appropriate ELK or context into play to help frame the
information
◍ Comprehension allows the interpreter to do what?. Answer: preceive
and begin to decipher the message
◍ What is an essential part to the message?. Answer: the emotional and
paralinguistic information
- it must be correctly perceived and processed by the interpreter
◍ Massaro and Schlesinger say what must be kept?. Answer: emotional
impact or illocutionary force
◍ What paralinguistic information must be kept?. Answer: - the
inflection of the message
- whether the message is signed or spoken
- the facial expression of the speaker
- the context in which the message is delivered
- who is the message delivered to
◍ Schemas. Answer: Ways people preceive the world