Mock CA CSR Professional Practice Exam

A legal act, such as a contract, performed in a bona fide manner, is said to be done:

a) fraudulently

b) incorrectly

c) in good faith

d) realistically

C- in good faith

An ad hoc committee is a committee formed:

a) for a special purpose

b) for dispute resolution

c) summarily

d) retrospectively

- for a special purpose

A motion made preliminarily, at the start of a trial, is made:

a) in ambiguo

b) in posse

c) in limine

d) in delicto

C- in limine

A legal act done from or on one side only is done:

a) ex post facto

b) in extenso

c) ex officio

d) ex parte

D- ex parte

A controversy already judicially decided is said to be:

a) res judicata

b) ipse dixit

c) res nova

d) sui generis

A- res judicata

The pleading which starts a civil case is the filing of the:

a) complaint

b) summons

c) demurrer

d) subpoena

A- complaint

A record of cases that are filed with the court may be found:

a) en banc

b) on the docket

c) in the interrogatories

d) in the bailiff's notes

B- on the docket

A person authorized to attest to and certify documents is a:

a) bailiff

b) party

c) court reporter

d) notary public

D- notary public

A grand jury may issue an:

a) information

b) indictment

c) injunction

d) impeachment

B- indictment

The examination of jurors by the Court to see that they stand indifferent is called:

a) cross-examination

b) voir dire

c) adverse questioning

d) rejection

B- voir dire

Prima facie evidence is:

a) inadmissible

b) irrelevant

c) rebuttable

d) immaterial

C- rebuttable

The standard of proof in criminal cases is usually:

a) probable cause

b) preponderance

c) clear and convincing

d) beyond a reasonable doubt

D- beyond a reasonable doubt

To recuse means to:

a) declare a mistrial

b) disqualify

c) judge

d) affirm

B- disqualify

A directed verdict may be requested by:

a) plaintiff only

b) defendant only

c) either party

d) witnesses only

C- either party

An order from a higher court to a lower court to deliver its records for review is called a writ of:

a) attachment

b) certiorari

c) execution

d) venire facias

B- certiorari

Two necessary elements of entrapment are admission by defendant to having committed the crime and:

a) a plea of insanity

b) inducement by a law enforcement officer to do the crime

c) the right to stand one's ground

d) failure to receive a Miranda warning

B- inducement by a law enforcement officer to do the crime

A minor is considered to be:

a) non sui juris

b) non compos mentis

c) incompetent

d) incapable

A- non sui juris

An agreement between two or more persons to do an illegal act is called:

a) collusion

b) treason

c) incitement

d) assault

A- collusion

To have one's true identity hidden is to be:

a) incorrigible

b) incommunicado

c) incognito

d) indifferent

C- incognito

The act of calling a prisoner before the Court to answer an indictment or information is called:

a) assignment

b) arraignment

c) attachment

d) attestation

B- arraignment

The working out of a mutually satisfactory disposition of a case by the prosecution and the defense, frequently by having the defense agree to plead guilty to a lesser charge, is:

a) arraignment

b) alternate dispute resolution

c) plea bargaining

d) mediation

C- plea bargining

A plea of no contest in which guilt is not admitted is called:

a) not guilty

b) nolo contendere

c) nolle prosequi

d) habeas corpus

B- nolo contendere

The intentional creation of a reasonable apprehension of an imminent battery is:

a) assault

b) mayhem

c) stalking

d) domestic violence

A- assault

Civil law includes wrongs like breach of contract and:

a) seduction

b) sedition

c) kidnapping

d) torts

D- torts

Exemplary damages are also known as ____________damages.

a) damnum

b) nominal

c) punitive

d) replevin

C- punitive

Defamation that is communicated by the spoken word is:

a) slander

b) libel

c) malfeasance

d) misfeasance

A- slander

A female nominated in a will to carry out the terms of the will is a(n):

a) administrator

b) administratrix

c) executor

d) executrix

D- executrix

One who legally has the care and management of the property, but not the person, of someone who is incompetent is a(n):

a) creditor

b) collateral relative

c) conservator

d) executor

C- conservator

The name of the board in which you are licensed is the:

a) Certified Shorthand Reporters Board

b) Court Reporters Board of California

c) California Certified Shorthand Reporters Board

d) California Shorthand Reporters Board

B- Court Reporters Board of California(CRB)

Name the tax form you receive from an agency if you earn $600 or more while working as an independent contractor.

a) 1040

b) 2030

c) 1090

d) 1099

D- 1099

What is a caption?

a) newspaper headline about a lawsuit

b) official name of a lawsuit, listing names of parties

c) a motion picture subtitle

d) the name of a document

B- official name of a lawsuit, listing names of parties

Reporters are licensed under:

a) Code of Regulations

b) Code of Civil Procedure

c) Chapter 13, Division 3 of the B&P code

d) Government code

c) Chapter 13, Division 3 of the B&P code

What is the purpose of the Court Reporters Board of California?

a) to protect students

b) to protect attorneys from dishonest reporters

c) to protect the people of the State of California

d) to protect all court reporters in California

C- to protect the people of the State of California

According to the Code, how many days does the witness have to sign his deposition after being notified by the reporter that it's ready for reading and signing?

a) 10 days

b) 30 days

c) 45 days

d) 60 days

B- 30 days

According to the transcript format standards, there shall be no fewer than how many text lines per page?

a) 25

b) 26

c) 27

d) 28

A- 25

A reporter must complete a preliminary transcript within:

a) 15 days

b) 10 days

c) 5 days

d) none of the above

B- 10 days

What must appear on the cover page and the certificate page of every transcript?

a) CSR license number

b) CSR's license expiration date

c) attorneys' names

d) case number

A- CSR license number

A rough draft transcript

a) may only be produced upon stipulation of all parties.

b) must be delivered at the time of the deposition.

c) may not be cited to rebut the certified transcript.

d) must be securely sealed and transmitted to the noticing attorney.

C- may not be cited to rebut the certified transcript.

Realtime hookup means you can connect to persons with a computer allowing them access to your screen.

a) True

b) False

A- true

To make a special job dictionary, I would use the "Ctrl" D function.

a) True

b) False

B- false

A global is a way of marking text or shorthand notes which commands the computer to translate a stroke a certain way.

a) True

b) False

A- true

I can get my blank title from the Include Pages.

a) True

b) False

A- true

It is not possible to have more than three dictionaries on my computer.

a) True

b) False

B- false

Measurement of the front surface of the cornea:

a) keratometry

b) tonometry

c) corneal scan

d) none of these

A- keratometry

The muscle of mastication:

a) masseter

b) platysma

c) buccinator

d) orbicularis oris

A- masseter

A dense network of nerves of capillaries:

a) plexus

b) dendrites

c) stimulus

d) villus

A- plexus

The zygomatic bone is the:

a) tailbone

b) elbow

c) cheekbone

d) chin

C- cheekbone

A depression or cavity in a bone:

a) foramen

b) process

c) fossa

d) sinus

A- foramen

The study of disease:

a) morphology

b) histology

c) cytology

d) pathology

D- pathology

Which one does not belong:

a) ileum

b) ilium

c) duodenum

d) jejunum

B0 ilium

The double-layered sac that encases the lungs:

a) alveolus

b) hilum

c) diaphragm

d) pleura

D- pleura

Cerebrospinal spinal fluid is made in the:

a) meninges

b) ventricles

c) cisterns

d) spinal cord

B- ventricles

There are 31 pairs of which kind of nerves?

a) cranial

b) spinal

c) olfactory

d) facial

B- spinal

Rapid, jerky side-to-side eye movements:

a) strabismus

b) corectasia

c) keratocele

d) none of these

A- strabismus

The fibrous outer coat that protects the eye (the white of the eye:

a) iris

b) sclera

c) lens

d) retina

B- sclera

The membranes that line the brain and spinal cord are the:

a) ventricles

b) meninges

c) convolutions

d) villi

B- minenges

Uncontrollable lapses of sleep:

a) epilepsy

b) Parkinson's disease

c) encephalitis

d) narcolepsy

D- narcolepsy

The intercostal muscles move the ...

a) hands

b) neck

c) ribs

d) spine

C- ribs

The deltoid muscle raises the ...

a) upper leg

b) lower arm

c) lower leg

d) upper arm

D- upper arm

The largest and strongest bone in the body:

a) tibia

b) sternum

c) femur

d) frontal

C- femur

The ends of long bones:

a) shaft

b) periosteum

c) diaphysis

d) none of these

D- none of these

The type of fracture that results in a star-shaped break:

a) comminuted

b) stellate

c) incomplete

d) Pott's

B- stellate

The bone at the back of the skull:

a) parietal

b) frontal

c) occipital

d) temporal

C- occipital

The olecranon process is part of the:

a) heel

b) humerus

c) ulna

d) talus

C- ulna

The sagittal plane divides the body into:

a) upper and lower portions

b) unequal left and right sides

c) equal left and right sides

d) front and back portions

C- equal left and right sides

A condition of rough, dry skin:

a) keratosis

b) psoriasis

c) osmosis

d) xerosis

A- keratosis

caustic

a) sympathetic

b) crusader

c) sarcastic

d) foamy

C- sacastic

proletariat

a) aristocrat

b) working class

c) advocate

d) rebel

B- working class

prolific

a) abundant

b) alive

c) reborn

d) steady

A- abundant

bathos

a) cleansing

b) insincere pity

c) sincere pity

d) appropriateness

B- insincere pity

austere

a) incredible

b) luster

c) sanitary

d) strict

D- strict

inert

a) inactive

b) illegal

c) unreadable

d) contributing

A- inactive

vicissitude

a) quietness

b) fluctuation

c) courage

d) anger

B- fluctuation

rigors

a) energy

b) muscular stiffening

c) hardship

d) basics

C- hardship

demure

a) shy

b) object

c) enforce

d) stately

A- shy

provisional

a) temporary

b) nourishment

c) support

d) expert

A- temporary

remonstrate

a) protest

b) forgive

c) show

d) duplicate

A- protest

descry

a) cry

b) confuse

c) threaten

d) discover

D- discover