2024-25 ASL III Midterm 183 Qs

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What is American Sign Language?

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A language capable of expressing any abstract idea.

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Approximately what percent of Deaf Children are raised in hearing families that do not know Sign?

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70 percent

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American Sign Language is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through: Deaf adults in the community, Residential schools for the Deaf, Sign Language teachers, Families

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Residential schools for the Deaf

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The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in American Sign Language is primarily

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grammatical

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In general, the least effective communication strategy between Deaf and hearing People is:

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speech and lipreading

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If your path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, you should:

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go ahead and walk through

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How many parameters to every sign?

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5

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An example of two handed non symmetrical signs are: here, again; here, language; name, again; teacher, language

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name, again

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Which of the following are part of the five parameters to every sign? motion and form, handshape, location, movement, , manual markers and form, symmetrical and dominant hands

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handshape, location, movement,

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What year was Gallaudet College established?

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1864