Ohio Notary Updated Actual Exam Question
and Answer (2026/2027) | A+ Verified
• acknowledgment -✓✓ notarial act in which a notary certifies having positively
identified a document signer who personally appeared before the notary and
admitted having signed the document freely
• affidavit -✓✓ written statement signed before a Notary (or other authorized
official) by a person who swears
or affirms to the Notary that the statement is true
• affirmation -✓✓ spoken, solemn promise on one's personal honor, with no
reference to God, that is
made before a Notary in relation to an affidavit or as a notarial act in its own right
• attorney-in-fact -✓✓ a person, not necessarily a lawyer, who is given the
authority to sign or act on behalf of another individual (principal) through a
document called a power of attorney
• authentication -✓✓ process of proving the genuineness of the signature and seal
of a Notary or other official,
usually through attachment of certificate of
authority; can be obtained at the Clerk of Courts
office
• certified copy -✓✓ document verified as an accurate reproduction of an original
document whose unreproduced parts are filled in on the copy by hand
• commission -✓✓ to authorize to perform notarial acts; written authorization to
perform notarial acts is
issued by a state's governor, secretary of state, or other empowering official
• conformed copy -✓✓ reproduction of an original document whose unreproduced
parts are filled in on the copy by hand
• constituent -✓✓ person a notary serves is performing a notarial act - usually a
document signer
and Answer (2026/2027) | A+ Verified
• acknowledgment -✓✓ notarial act in which a notary certifies having positively
identified a document signer who personally appeared before the notary and
admitted having signed the document freely
• affidavit -✓✓ written statement signed before a Notary (or other authorized
official) by a person who swears
or affirms to the Notary that the statement is true
• affirmation -✓✓ spoken, solemn promise on one's personal honor, with no
reference to God, that is
made before a Notary in relation to an affidavit or as a notarial act in its own right
• attorney-in-fact -✓✓ a person, not necessarily a lawyer, who is given the
authority to sign or act on behalf of another individual (principal) through a
document called a power of attorney
• authentication -✓✓ process of proving the genuineness of the signature and seal
of a Notary or other official,
usually through attachment of certificate of
authority; can be obtained at the Clerk of Courts
office
• certified copy -✓✓ document verified as an accurate reproduction of an original
document whose unreproduced parts are filled in on the copy by hand
• commission -✓✓ to authorize to perform notarial acts; written authorization to
perform notarial acts is
issued by a state's governor, secretary of state, or other empowering official
• conformed copy -✓✓ reproduction of an original document whose unreproduced
parts are filled in on the copy by hand
• constituent -✓✓ person a notary serves is performing a notarial act - usually a
document signer
