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| Official reporters work harder and make more money than freelance reporters |
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| Interrogatories that contain written questions and require written answers in a lawyer's office may be referred to as a type of deposition. |
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| True (A discovery deposition) |
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| Official reporters usually have more job security than freelance reporters. |
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| Each court and agency has their own set of rules regarding proper dress,, arrival and departure times, working arranagements, and so on. |
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| An errata sheet is a sheet showing the calendar of the court for a particular session. |
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| Stipulations are disagreeemnts between or among differentl lawyers involved in litigation. |
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| An index of a legal proceeding is an alphabetic list of events that occurred during the proceeding. |
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| The certificate that is signed by the court reporter at the end of a transcript certifies that the reporter took the notes and transcribed them to the best of her ability |
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| The title page of the transcript always contains the venue of the action. |
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| The caption of an action is the geographical location of where the trial is held. |
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| When swearing in witnesses, every state requires that the person being sworn in, place their left hand on the Bible and raise their right hand. |
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| The court reporter gives the oath in a criminal trial. |
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| Court reporters may be required to read back the entire direct or cross-examination of a witness to a jury. |
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| An affidavit is a form of deposition |
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| The judge always rules on objections made during examinations before trial. |
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| Only the attorney for the plaintiff may make an objection during civil matters. |
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| A motion is a request by an attorney for something to be done or somehting to be rescinded. |
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| If a judge overrules an objection made by an attorney,the attorney will usually take an exception to that ruling. |
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| If a recess is required during a trial, it must be requested by the court reporter. |
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| Exhibits introduced during a deposition are always accepted on the condition that the judge accepts them during the trial. |
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| A deposition cannot be attended by the defendant and the plaintiff at the same time. |
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| There is never a judge present at a deposition, except in criminal felony matters. |
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| A misdemeanor is a crime that is graver than a felony. |
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| The indictment is the formal document resulting from a gand jury investigation that charges the plaintiff with specific charges |
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| Attorneys are limited in the number and content of any legal or citations of authority that hey may use durng a case. |
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| It is possible for an attorney to represent a party in a suit and also represent the opposing party in a countersuit. |
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| A reporter should never be late for an assigned deposition. |
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| If a court reporter feels as though the transcript is not an adequate representation of what occurred during a deposition, he or she should not sign the certificate at the end of the deposition. |
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| The spouse of a defendant can never testify in open court |
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| Is the court reporter's responsibility to obtain the signature of the transcript for all witnesses who testified during a civil or a criminal trial |
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| When a court reporter certifies a questions, he or she attests to the fact that he or she took the notes and transcribed them to the best of his or her ability. |
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| Exhibits are not allowed to be marked for identification during a deposition because there is no judge present. |
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| When court reporters read back the last question and aswer, they take down what they say as they are reading it. |
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| If an item is too large to be considered as evidence, it may not be admitted or marked. |
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| There are certain standards of format that are followed by most freelance agencies and court reporters. |
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| A proper form of designation used by some court reporters to signify different people speaking is to write a syllable of the speakers name twice. |
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| A designation by the court reporter is not necessary whenever the Court speaks. |
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| A citation of authority and a precedent setting case are the same thing. |
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| A freelance court reporter cannot work as an official court reporter, except when filling the position of an official on a contract basis. |
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| An official court reporter cannot work as a freelance reporter, unless they do so on their own time. |
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| Most realtime writers try to achieve a zero percent rate of conflicts in writing shorthand outlines |
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| The price of computer equipment and software programs has decreased in recent years. |
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| Accuracy is more important than speed in shorthand writing |
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| Freelance reporters transcribe more than official reporters |
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| During a trial, the defendant is not allowed to testify on his own behalf. |
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| An indictment is a formal document charging a defendant with certain crimes are a grand jury investigation. |
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| Another name for an indictment is an affadavit |
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| A court reporter always swers in all witnesses at all trials |
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| A summons is a formal document commanding a defendant to appear and testify in open court. |
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| The defendant is always present during a grand jury investigation |
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| There are usually 16 grand jury members, but there may be 12. |
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| An indictment is the name of the document that charges a person with a crime after a grand jury investigation |
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| Bail is usually set during an arraignment |
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| When a prisoner receives two sentences that are concurrent it means that he must serve both of them, individually, and they are not served at the same time. |
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| Further redirect examination follows further recross examination |
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| A judge's charge and his or her instructions to the jury are the same thing |
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| In a typical lawsuit, the defendant sues the plaintiff. |
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| The jury always determines questions of fact; the judge determines questions of law |
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| Every lawsuit has to have a defendant and a plaintiff |
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| Most lawyers don't care how long it takes to get a tanscriptfrom a court reporter, as long as it is accurate. |
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| Most court reporting firms don't care how their reporters dress or behave themselves, as long as they can do the job. |
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| A great deal of freelance firms arenow using Computer-Aided Transcription technology |
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| Most transcripts that are produced by reputable court reporting agencies contain a standard 50, single-spaced lines per page |
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| Court reporters can change the record that they took down if they can't make out what's in their notes. |
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| Some freelance agencies do not offer their reporters any health or other benefits. |
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| Official reporters are usually paid a salary for their work, with an additional amount of money for transcripts to lawyers. |
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| Freelance reporters are paid by the page or by the job. |
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| An index for a transcript is a list of witnesses or exhibits and thier page references. |
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| The certificate of the reporter that appears at the end of a transcript verifies that the reporter did not make any mistakes and that or she did a 100 percent perfect job with absolutely no errors whatsoever. |
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