Final Exam

Question 1

What are the 5 parameters?

Answer 1

Hand shape, movement, palm orientation, location, non-manual markers

Question 2

Shape of your hand used to make the sign

Answer 2

Hand shape

Question 3

Action of your hands when making the sign

Answer 3

Movement

Question 4

The way your palm is facing when making the sign

Answer 4

Palm orientation

Question 5

Location of the sign in relation to your body

Answer 5

Location

Question 6

Various facial expression/body movements that are used to create meaning

Answer 6

Non-manual markers

Question 7

When do you use fingerspelling?

Answer 7

People’s names, brand names, books and movie titles, city and state names

Question 8

Takes the place of using a noun using your index finger and point towards the referent

Answer 8

Pronoun

Question 9

Noun being talked about/referred to

Answer 9

Referent

Question 10

What do you have to do when you first use a referent?

Answer 10

Sign the name and point to a place in your sign space

Question 11

When are pronouns signed?

Answer 11

At the beginning and the end of the sentence

Question 12

Pairs of words that are related in meaning but have different movements

Answer 12

Noun/verb pairs

Question 13

Describes size, shape, and relative location

Answer 13

Classifiers

Question 14

Used for comparing 2 places, people, objects

Answer 14

Contrastive structure

Question 15

When do you place cardinal numbers?

Answer 15

After the noun

Question 16

How do you sign 1st-9th in an order in a series?

Answer 16

Number twists

Question 17

How do you sign 10th and beyond in a order in a series?

Answer 17

Number + spell the suffix

Question 18

How do you sign 1st-5th place in a place in competition

Answer 18

Number tilted horizontally and pulled back

Question 19

How do you sign 6th-9th place in a place in competition?

Answer 19

Number twists

Question 20

How do you sign 10th place in a place in a competition?

Answer 20

Number + spell the suffix

Question 21

Regular verb that shows the action; Doesn’t offer any additional information so signer must indicate object + subject

Answer 21

Plain verbs

Question 22

Verbs that show direction of movement between object and subject

Answer 22

Inflecting/directional verbs

Question 23

Verbs that move to show location of items

Answer 23

Spatial verbs

Question 24

Shows completion, past tense verbal agreement, as a conjunction to join ideas together

Answer 24

Finish

Question 25

Used to describe the ages of a group of people by using the non-dominant hand to form a list

Answer 25

Ranking