Court Interpreter Written Exam (NCSC / BEI) Vocabulary Game

Yes. The game is free to play with no sign-up. Signing in adds AI explanations for any term.

There are 4 games built on 20 Court Interpreter Written terms. In Guess the Term, a clue describes one term and you have six tries to spell it, with green, yellow and gray letters showing how close you are. In Term Match, six terms appear as colored tiles; swap neighbors to line up three or more of the same term, and each match shows what the term means. In Term Pairs, twelve face-down cards hide six pairs of terms; flip two at a time to find each pair, and every pair you find shows what the term means. In Term Search, five terms hide in a grid of letters, reading across, down or diagonally; drag across a term to circle it, and each term you find shows what it means.

OpenExamPrep researched each term from the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) / state court administrators content outline and primary sources, listed under Sources on this page. The game is independent study material, not an official exam resource.

The written exam is developed by the National Center for State Courts and used by many states' court interpreter certification programs; NCSC does not publish an exact state count, and each state decides certification on its own. Texas administers it through the Judicial Branch Certification Commission for spoken-language interpreters and uses it on the BEI court interpreter written-prerequisite route. Because state programs administer it, confirm registration, fees, and policies with your specific state court administrator.

This practice bank covers the written knowledge exam only. The written exam is a closed-book multiple-choice test of 135 questions covering English proficiency, legal terminology, court procedure, and interpreter ethics. The oral/performance test, which assesses consecutive interpreting, simultaneous interpreting, and sight translation, is a separate, non-multiple-choice exam and is not covered here.