Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 990 original practice questions covering the full scope of an American Sign Language I course, organized chapter by chapter — and it opens soon. Join the notify list and we will email you the day it launches.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
PassProfessor’s American Sign Language I program is a chapter-simulation program for students taking an American Sign Language I course. You pick the course, then pick the textbook and edition your class uses, and the program builds chapter-based simulation exams optimized for that book’s chapter order — so the practice you do this week matches the chapter your instructor is teaching this week. The bank holds 990 original questions across 10 chapters plus three American Sign Language in Depth sets spanning the course’s language and culture, plus applied and synthesis sets, covering ASL as a language and its five parameters, introductions, greetings, and fingerspelling, exchanging personal information with question forms and nonmanual markers, numbers, time, and the calendar, living situations and spatial referencing, describing people and things with classifiers, family and relationships, activities, preferences, and routines, storytelling with role shift, and Deaf culture including name signs and attention norms. There is no licensing exam at the end of an American Sign Language I course — there is your instructor’s exam, chapter by chapter — and this program is built to rehearse exactly that.
PassProfessor’s American Sign Language I program is a chapter-simulation program for the first-semester college ASL course: 990 original practice questions across 10 chapters plus three American Sign Language in Depth sets, an applied set, and a synthesis set, organized by textbook and edition so chapter drills and timed simulation exams match the chapter your instructor is teaching. The program rehearses the course’s concepts, vocabulary knowledge, grammar structure, and Deaf culture in written chapter-simulation form — it rehearses your instructor’s chapter tests and finals, and it does not replace the in-person signing practice your course provides. There is no licensing exam for a college course — with results reported by chapter.
What this program is — and what it is not
It is a simulation of your course, not a licensing product. Licensing-exam prep rehearses one fixed, official exam. A college course works differently: your instructor chooses the textbook, sets the chapter order, and writes the exams. This program is designed around that reality. The textbook-and-edition selector aligns the simulations to the chapter sequence of the book your course actually uses, and chapter drills let you practice one chapter at a time, at the point in the semester when you need it.
It is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is never branded or titled under a textbook’s name, and nothing in it reproduces textbook text, textbook figures, or a publisher’s test bank. Selecting your textbook only tells the program which chapter order to organize your practice around.
Every question is original. The bank was built from the published structure of an American Sign Language I course — the standard chapter sequence and topic scope the discipline itself uses — and every stem, scenario, and answer option was written from scratch and checked against verified disciplinary facts. Sources supplied facts and course structure only; the questions are ours.
What’s included
990 questions, organized the way your course is organized. The bank follows a 10-chapter structure that mirrors the standard American Sign Language I course, from ASL as a language — the five parameters and eye contact through Deaf culture — name signs, attention norms, and community, plus three American Sign Language in Depth sets spanning the course’s language and culture, plus applied and synthesis sets. The full chapter-by-chapter breakdown is in the coverage table below.
Chapter drills. Practice a single chapter — only that chapter — until the misses stop repeating. Finished the numbers lectures? Drill that chapter until the time-line and number-incorporation concepts feel automatic. Storytelling test in ten days? Work the role-shift chapter in sequence, the way your course presents it.
Chapter-based simulation exams. When a chapter test or a unit exam approaches, sit a timed simulation built from the chapters it covers, in the proportions your selected textbook’s organization suggests. Simulations draw questions you have not seen first, so a second or third run at the same chapter is a fresh test, not a memory exercise.
A textbook-and-edition selector. Different textbooks divide the same material into chapters differently — one book’s single chapter is another book’s two. When you select the textbook and edition your course uses, the program maps its bank onto that book’s chapter organization, so the chapter number in your practice means the same chapter in your syllabus.
Results broken down by chapter and topic. Your practice results report by chapter, so a weak area — say, nonmanual markers, or spatial referencing — shows up in your data while there is still time to fix it, not for the first time on a graded exam.
A note on editions and course versions. Instructors adopt different textbooks and different editions of the same textbook, and departments periodically revise the course itself. The bank’s organization follows the discipline’s standard chapter structure — the sequence the field itself teaches — and the selector maps that structure onto your edition’s numbering, so a chapter that your book splits in two, or merges into one, still lines up with the practice built for it. Where an instructor reorders chapters, chapter drills can be assembled in your course’s order; the practice follows the syllabus, not the other way around.
The course at a glance
American Sign Language I has no single official exam, so there is no official exam-facts table to publish — your instructor’s syllabus is the authority for your course’s test dates, formats, and grading. What is standard is the scope of the discipline itself, summarized here as course background. For the full picture of what an American Sign Language I course covers and how to study it, see our American Sign Language I study guide.
| First-semester undergraduate American Sign Language — the course this program simulates | |
|---|---|
| Course type | Undergraduate college course (the first semester of the elementary ASL sequence; commonly fulfills a language requirement where institutions accept ASL for it, a determination that varies by institution) |
| Standard scope | ASL as a language — the five parameters and eye contact; introducing oneself — greetings, names, and fingerspelling; exchanging personal information — question forms and nonmanual markers; numbers, time, days, and the calendar; discussing living situations — residences, rooms, and spatial referencing; describing people and things — classifiers and size-and-shape specifiers; talking about family and relationships; telling about activities — preferences, schedules, and routines; storytelling — role shift, referencing, and narrative sequencing; Deaf culture — name signs, attention norms, and community |
| How the course is assessed | Instructor-set chapter tests, unit exams, and a final — formats and weights vary by instructor and institution |
| This program’s bank | 990 original questions across 10 chapters + American Sign Language in Depth, applied, and synthesis sets |
| Program format | Chapter drills and chapter-based simulation exams, organized by your selected textbook/edition |
How the practice maps to the course
Every question in the bank carries the chapter it belongs to. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered file — they sum to 990.
| Chapter | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| 1. ASL as a Language: Five Parameters and Eye Contact | 51 |
| 2. Introducing Oneself: Greetings, Names, and Fingerspelling | 51 |
| 3. Exchanging Personal Information: Question Forms and Nonmanual Markers | 51 |
| 4. Numbers, Time, Days, and the Calendar | 50 |
| 5. Discussing Living Situations: Residences, Rooms, and Spatial Referencing | 51 |
| 6. Describing People and Things: Classifiers and Size-and-Shape Specifiers | 51 |
| 7. Talking about Family and Relationships | 51 |
| 8. Telling about Activities: Preferences, Schedules, and Routines | 51 |
| 9. Storytelling: Role Shift, Referencing, and Narrative Sequencing | 51 |
| 10. Deaf Culture: Name Signs, Attention Norms, and Community | 51 |
| American Sign Language in Depth I | 97 |
| American Sign Language in Depth II | 100 |
| American Sign Language in Depth III | 88 |
| Applied Analysis | 98 |
| Synthesis and Integration | 98 |
| Total | 990 |
Depth follows the bank’s own structure: the three American Sign Language in Depth sets (97, 100, and 88 questions) plus the applied set (98 questions) and the synthesis set (98 questions) carry nearly half the bank — the course’s systems are graded in combination on cumulative assessments, and the bank’s layers drill combination at that depth.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When the program opens, set up your course first: select American Sign Language I, then select the textbook and edition your syllabus names.
- Drill the chapter you are in. After each lecture block, drill that chapter while the material is current. Short, chapter-matched practice beats a single long session the night before the test.
- Watch your chapter breakdown. Your results show which chapters are costing you. Return to the weakest chapter’s drill before moving on — ASL I is cumulative in space — the referencing a student sets up in the living-situations chapter is the machinery narration spends at the end of the course, and the nonmanual markers from the question chapters ride on every sentence afterward, so an early gap resurfaces wherever the course turns.
- Simulate before each graded test. In the days before a chapter test or unit exam, sit a timed simulation over exactly the chapters it covers. Practice the pacing and the question style, not just the facts.
- Use the integrated set before midterms and finals. The cross-chapter questions combine chapters the way cumulative exams do. They are the closest rehearsal for a final that reaches back to the start of the term.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a licensing exam prep program? No. American Sign Language I is a college course, not a licensed credential, and there is no official ASL exam at the end of it. This is a chapter-simulation program: it rehearses the tests your own instructor gives, chapter by chapter, using original questions built to the standard scope of the first-semester course.
How many practice questions are in the program? The bank holds 990 original questions: the 10 chapters of the standard course, three American Sign Language in Depth sets, an applied-analysis set, and a synthesis set. Every question is tagged to its chapter, so drills and simulations can be built over exactly the chapters your test covers.
Can a written program teach me to sign? No, and this program does not claim to. Signing skill is built in live practice — producing signs, receiving fluent signing, and being corrected — which your course’s classroom, lab, and conversation components provide. What this program rehearses is the layer written practice can genuinely carry: concepts, vocabulary knowledge, grammar structure, fingerspelling knowledge, and Deaf culture, in chapter-simulation form matched to your course.
Which textbook does the program follow? The program is organized around the standard chapter structure of the ASL I course, and the textbook-and-edition selector maps the bank onto your book’s chapter order when you set up your course. No textbook is named, branded, or reproduced — the selector only aligns chapter numbering.
Does the program cover Deaf culture, or only signs? Both, as the course does. A full core chapter covers name signs, attention norms, and the Deaf community, and cultural knowledge recurs in the depth, applied, and synthesis sets — the course treats culture as part of the language, and the bank follows the course.
What are the American Sign Language in Depth, applied, and synthesis sets? Second-pass material. The in-depth sets revisit the course’s systems in three layered sets at finer distinction; the applied set presents compact scenarios such as introductions, home descriptions, and retelling an event; the synthesis set combines chapters the way cumulative finals do — spatial setups established in one segment and spent inside narration.
Can I practice just one chapter? Yes — that is the core of the design. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters, so your practice can match a single chapter test, a unit exam, or a cumulative final.
Does ASL I satisfy my language requirement? That varies by institution: many colleges accept ASL sequences toward language requirements, others do not, and requirements differ by degree plan. Your catalog and advisor are the authority — the program makes no claim about any institution’s requirement rules.
How is ASL different from signed English? ASL is a distinct natural language with its own grammar — spatial referencing, classifiers, nonmanual markers, and its own sentence structure — not a manual coding of English words. The course’s first chapter establishes the distinction, and the bank grades it throughout, because it decides what counts as correct in every later chapter.
When can I start using the American Sign Language I program? Soon — the 990-question bank is complete and quality-checked, and the program is in final preparation. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day it opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation and study provider, based in Salt Lake City, UT and operating entirely online. This program is study preparation only: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any textbook publisher, textbook author, college, university, or instructor, and it reproduces no textbook content. Practice questions are original, written to the published structure and standard scope of an American Sign Language I course; they are not questions from any instructor’s exam or any publisher’s test bank. Your course syllabus is the authority for your course’s schedule, formats, and grading.