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Your friend Cleo is in your ASL class but is having trouble picking up some of the vocabulary and has asked you to help her study. When you ask her to make the sign for the word "none," Cleo holds up a zero or "o" shape...
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Which of the following examples illustrates how communicating using sign language compares with communicating using spoken English?(1 point) Responses when communicating in spoken English, speakers typically use more fac...
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Which of the following scenarios is an example of a couple that falls under "common-law"?(1 point) Responses Jody and Mike, who agreed to refer to each other as husband and wife even though they did not have a civil or r...
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Which of the following describes the extent to which many families with Deaf children learn ASL?(1 point) Responses many families with Deaf children must be fluent in ASL because they need to start teaching their childre...
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. Traditionally, English workers had brewed their own beer, which they drank along with bread, their other major source of food. A Scottish writer of the late 1700s noticed th...
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. As a weeder, your job was to carefully pick away the undergrowth that could choke the cane stalks and stop them from growing tall enough, or that might attract vermin. Clean...
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What is similar about the signs for "husband" and "wife"?(1 point) Responses they are both created with the hand over the heart they are both created with the hand over the heart they both use one hand they both use one...
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What benefit does Deaf culture offer to the Deaf community?(1 point) Responses It allows Deaf people to apply and be considered for special scholarships to attend college. It allows Deaf people to apply and be considered...
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. The sugar that piled up on the docks near the plantations was something new in the world: pure sweetness, pure pleasure, so cheap that common people could afford it. Scienti...
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What term refers to the use of sign language to educate the Deaf?(1 point) Responses American Sign Language American Sign Language Manualism Manualism fingerspelling fingerspelling American Manual Alphabet American Manua...
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Where did Dr. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet travel to study methods for teaching the Deaf?(1 point) Responses Europe Europe Hartford, Connecticut Hartford, Connecticut Upstate New York Upstate New York Martha's Vineyard
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What is one way that ASL differs from spoken or written English?(1 point) Responses It has different word order and grammar than spoken or written English. It has different word order and grammar than spoken or written E...
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Which of the following is the proper way to get someone's attention in the Deaf community?(1 point) Responses Walk to where you know the person can see you and begin signing. Walk to where you know the person can see you...
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If you take the sign for "V" and extend your ring/fourth finger up, which letter sign have you just created?(1 point) Responses U U Y Y W W Z
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To avoid confusion from the listener, all ASL speakers must learn to sign with their right hand, no matter which hand is their dominant hand.(1 point) Responses True True False False
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What helps members of the Deaf community to see the details and nuances of sign language when working with an interpreter?(1 point) Responses when the lights in the room are dim when the lights in the room are dim when t...
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What was an early form of sign language that was practiced in a small island community?(1 point) Responses Manualism Manualism Early French Sign Language Early French Sign Language Martha's Vineyard Sign Language Martha'...
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If you are crossing your fingers in the hope that something desirable will happen, which letter of the American Manual Alphabet are you making?(1 point) Responses J J R R X X F
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Which measurable property of water allows water droplets to have a rounded shape?(1 point) Responses vapor pressure vapor pressure boiling point boiling point surface tension surface tension melting point
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Which statement explains the relationship between the temperature and vapor pressure of a liquid?(1 point) Responses The higher the temperature, the less molecules will vaporize, resulting in a lower vapor pressure. The...
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Which words refer to the temperature at which a substance will vaporize?(1 point) Responses melting point melting point boiling point boiling point vapor pressure vapor pressure surface tension
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Which statement describes how a substance melts?(1 point) Responses Molecules in the substance gain kinetic energy and then become more tightly bound to each other. Molecules in the substance gain kinetic energy and then...
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The measurable properties of a substance, such as vapor pressure and surface tension, occur due to the strength of_____Blank.(1 point) Responses electrical forces between particles, as given by Newton’s law electrical fo...
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Ted is a single guy who’s living the good life. The spreadsheet below shows Ted’s cash flow for a month. A 2-column spreadsheet showing Cash Inflows and Cash Outflows. Cash inflows are Disposable income 5,000 dollars, in...
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Alistar has an annual income of $25,000. He decides to take classes on line and at night so that he can continue to work. After 3 years he gets his degree and immediately starts earning $32,000 per year. If it takes Alis...
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