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What is tested on the CHI™ (Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish) performance exam? What are the exam specifications?

CCHI’s CHI performance exam (oral exam) tests the candidate’s healthcare interpreting skills and abilities in a language-specific way. It contains 8 items distributed across the following domains:

Interpret Consecutively (75%)
Interpret Simultaneously (14%)
Sight Translate (9%)
Translate Healthcare Documents (2%)

For more info, review the CHI Exam Specifications.

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