pg. 1 CSR Professional Practice Exam Latest 2024/ All Possible Exam Questions and Correct Verified Answers/ Graded A+
All deposition reporters must retain their transcribed notes for how long following transcription? - Correct Answer - ONE YEAR
All depo reporters must retain their UNTRANSCRIBED notes for how long? - Correct Answer - EIGHT YEARS
How must UNTRANSCRIBED notes be retained? - Correct Answer - PAPER NOTES
OR ELECTRONIC MEDIA, AS LONG AS IT ALLOWS FOR SATISFACTORY
PRODUCTION OF A TRIPT AT ANY TIME DURING THE PERIODS SPECIFIED .
When you freelance, when do you need a business license? - Correct Answer - ALL
THE TIME
If attorneys do not want the original or copies of a depo, what does the reporter do? - Correct Answer - WAIT UNTIL EIGHT YEARS, THEN DESTROY NOTES
To provide an accurate trip, a reporter should supply a scope with: - Correct Answer - A
WORK SHEET
While reporting a depo, an attorney calls the shorthand reporter's integrity into question.
The reporter should: - Correct Answer - REPORT THE ATTORNEY'S REMARKS FOR
THE RECORD
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pg. 2 If asked during a depo to instruct the witness to answer, the reporter should: - Correct Answer - REPEAT THE QUESTION
If something is marked for identification during a depo, who has to agree? - Correct Answer - ALL COUNSEL
A report has passed the RPR examination and has been granted RPR status in the NCRA directory. To keep the RPR credentials, the reporter: - Correct Answer - MUST
ATTEND SEMINARS AND OTHER CONTINUING EDUCATION FUNCTIONS
When is the best time to send the bill for a completed deposition? - Correct Answer -
ALONG WITH TRANSCRIPT DELIVERY
If at the end of a depo the deposing attorney says, "The usual stipulations, you should: - Correct Answer - ASK FOR CLARIFICATION AT THE END OF THE DEPO
What is the best way to store depo steno notes? - Correct Answer - BY DATE
In scheduling a depo, which one of the following is LEAST important? - Correct Answer
- CASE TITLE
During a depo you realize that you have forgotten to swear the witness. You bring this to
the attention of all present and: - Correct Answer - SWEAR THE WITNESS, WORDING
THE OATH TO INCLUDE ANSWERS ALREADY GIVEN
At a depo, the shorthand reporter can find the caption of the case on all of the following
documents EXCEPT: - Correct Answer - EXHIBITS MARKED FOR IDENTIFICATION
At the conclusion of a depo, counsel stipulate that all depo exhibits may be withdrawn.
The reporter should: - Correct Answer - RECORD VERBATIM THE STIPULATION AND
RETURN THE EXHIBITS
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pg. 3 At a depo, waiver of signature, waiver of objections as to form, and waiver of filing of the
depo, if entered on the record, are a type of: - Correct Answer - STIPULATION
Lengthy steps agreed to by the attorneys at a depo should be: - Correct Answer -
TRANSCRIBED VERBATIM
A witness who makes untrue statements while under oath can be punished for: - Correct Answer - PERJURY
An alternative to a sworn oath is an: - Correct Answer - AFFIRMATION
Parentheticals in a transcript generally contain: - Correct Answer - REFERENCE TO
NONVERBAL ACTIVITY
In reporting the depo of a witness through an interpreter, the reporter should swear the:
- Correct Answer - INTERPRETER FIRST AND THEN SWEAR THE WITNESS
THROUGH THE INTERPRETER
When preparing the transcript of a verbal exchange in which several questions and
answers were read back, the reporter should: - Correct Answer - INDICATE IN THE
RECORD THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT WERE READ
When reporting a proceeding through an interpreter who frequently adds his/her own explanations of the witness' answers, the shorthand reporter should: - Correct Answer -
REPORT THE COMMENTS AND INCLUDE THEM IN THE TRANSCRIPT
When a witness in a depo says "off the record," the reporter should: - Correct Answer -
CONTINUE REPORTING UNTIL OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED BY THE ATTORNEYS
A fund to provide shorthand reporting services to low-income litigants unable to otherwise afford such services is provided for in the: - Correct Answer - BUSINESS &
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pg. 4 Which normally comes first? Jury instructions or motion for nonsuit? - Correct Answer -
MOTION FOR NONSUIT
Which normally comes first? Direct examination of defendant's first witness or redirect examination of plaintiff's first witness? - Correct Answer - REDIRECT EXAMINATION
OF PLAINTIFF'S FIRST WITNESS
Which normally comes first? Opening statement by defendant or jury empanelment? - Correct Answer - JURY IMPANELMENT
Which normally comes first? Cross-examination of defendant's second witness or rebuttal? - Correct Answer - CROSS-EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT'S SECOND
WITNESS
Which normally comes first? Cross-examination of plaintiff's expert witness or direct examination of defendant's expert witness? - Correct Answer - CROSS-EXAMINATION
OF PLAINTIFF'S EXPERT WITNESS
Which normally comes first? Jury instructions or closing argument by counsel for defendant? - Correct Answer - CLOSING ARGUMENT BY COUNSEL FOR
DEFENDANT
Which normally comes first? closing argument by counsel for defendant or surrebuttal by counsel for defendant? - Correct Answer - SURREBUTTAL BY COUNSEL FOR
DEFENDANT
Which normally comes first? Voi Dire examination of jury or opening statement by plaintiff's attorney? - Correct Answer - VOIR DIRE EXAMINATION OF JURY
Which normally comes first? Written interrogatories or complaint in a civil action? - Correct Answer - COMPLAINT IN A CIVIL ACTION
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