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WorksheetsASL II Mid-Term Practice
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 23mins
The MOST common way to get a deaf person's attention is to stomp your foot and yell.
True
False
Role shifting is used to assume the role of the character.
True
False
Classifiers are mainly used when storytelling.
False
True
If you don't understand a fingerspelled word, you should ask the person to fingerspell it again.
True
False
The dominant culture value in U.S. and Canada is collectivism.
True
False
The classifier for a person is CL: 1.
True
False
English grammar is the same as ASL grammar.
True
False
The least effective way to communicate with a deaf person is lipreading.
False
True
90% of deaf children are born with hearing parents.
False
True
For the sign, APARTMENT, you simply fingerspell, A-P-T.
True
False
If you're watching something being described, look at things from the signer's perspective, not your own.
True
False
When giving directions you should start with the details and then add secondary general information.
True
False
You should use eye gaze when you are referring to the large tree in the Timber story.
True
False
To assume the role or character of a person is using:
your dominant hand
raised eyebrows
location agreement
role shifting
While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus primarily on the signer's:
hands
lips
face
feet
Future tense in ASL is indicated:
by moving the hand forward in space
by moving the hand backward in space
by moving the hand upward in space
by moving the hand downward in space
Always visual directions from:
your perspective
your memory
signer's memory
signer's perspective
________________ and non-manual behaviors show relative distance using spatial agreement to give directions.
common reference point
eye gaze
specific directions
index finger
Personal pronouns are:
I, me, you, he
I, my, you, he
I, me, your, his
I, me, you, its
Possessive pronouns are:
I, my, mine, you
My, mine, you, it
My, mine, your, hers
My, it, you, she
Possessive pronouns are signed with:
index finger
both hands thumb extended
Open B
5 handshape
A non-manual behavior that expresses something is large in size is:
oo and gesture of size
pursed lips
mm and gesture of size
cha and gesture of size
Classifiers are:
any handshape used to represent nouns by their shape, size, and number.
specific handshapes used to represent nouns by their shape, size, and number.
only a few handshapes used as nouns to show only their location.
specific handshapes used only to show location of a noun,
Which one is NOT an ASL sign parameter?
NMM's
yes/no questions
handshape
movement
location
How are personal pronouns signed?
B handshape
Index finger/1 handshape
V handshape
Claw handshape
Which classifier is used to show a person sitting?
CL: 4
CL: 2
CL: 1
CL: Bent V
Which classifier is used to represent stripes?
CL: 4
CL: 2
CL: 1
CL: Bent V
What are non-manual markers compared to in English?
syntax
morphemes
phonology
grammar
Signs using the first letter in the sign are called ____________?
loan signs
arbiturary
initialized
iconic
Where should you sign the tense/time in an ASL sentence?
end
beginning
middle
none of the above
Which of the following would NOT be a transition word?
FINISH
THEN
TOMORROW
SCHOOL
When using spatial descriptions, YOU are the __________ point.
description
ending
reference
NMM's
When asking a yes/no question, which way should your eyebrows be placed?
raised
lowered
in no significant manner
placed at a normal level
Which classifier would be used to show DESK or TABLE?
CL: C
CL: B or Open B
CL: V
CL: 3
Which classifier handshape is used to represent a vehicle?
CL: 3
CL: 4
CL: 4 closed
CL: V
The CL handshape should agree with the ______________ and _____________ of the object.
size and color
color and shape
size and shape
location and size
Other than the word DEAF, a culturally appropriate way to identify Deaf people would be:
deaf and dumb
deaf mutes
hearing impaired
none of the above
When signing the words SORRY and PLEASE, which parameters change?
handshape
palm orientation
movement
location
What does "cs" mean when referring to distance?
something is close by
something is far away
something is moderate distance away
none of the above
A classifier is a ____________ that represents a ______.
(which one is the BEST answer)
noun; handshape
handshape, noun
handshape, person
handshape, vehicle
Numbers signed to represent what occurred first, second, etc...are:
ordinal numbers
cardinal numbers
plurality
primary numbers
Which of the following is NOT an example of a classifier?
3
1
C
Open 8
Which of the following could be described with CL: 2/V?
2 men walked towards each other
1 car slowly hits a car in front of it
cup on a table
a pencil on a whiteboard ledge
Envisioning the directions from the viewpoint of the person signing is the __________________.
signer's perspective
reader's perspective
deaf perspective
hearing view
When signing directions to a place that is relatively far distance, which is true?
Arm close to body
Closed eyes
Mouth morpheme AHH
Cheek is to shoulder
Which classifier to show flat surfaces?
CL: B
CL: 1
CL: 3
CL: A
Prior to using a classifier, the signer must use the _________ first.
classifier
shape and size
sign for the object
spatialization
When saying you completed a specific chore, what sign should be used?
FINISH
NOT-YET
WILL
LATER
Number signs can be incorporated periods of time up to what number?
7
8
9
5
Counting numbers 5-9 are signed with:
palms facing out
palms facing in
with the palm alternating
all of the above
