AAERT CDR Ethics Digital Reporting Review
Guide Questions and Answers Verified
Solutions Latest Update 2026/2027
Question:
If you had to PICK TWO PEOPLE in the conference room who will NOT RECEIVE A
LAVALIER MICROPHONE, who would they be?
Answer:
The reporter
The defense lawyer who represents Justyn Time Pools
●● Fill in the blank: An ____________ pick-up pattern intercepts sound from all directions from
its placement, meaning it captures sound equally from all directions.
Answer:
omnidirectional
●● Fill in the blank: The ______________ the sample rate, the smoother the audio will be.
Answer:
higher
●● For a short hearing, which of the following is the best option regarding microphone
placement?
Answer:
One microphone at the judge's bench, one microphone at the podium, one microphone at each
attorney table.
●● For a small round table, you would use ______ microphones, while for a large round table, you
would use ________ microphones.
Answer:
(two)
(three)
●● For Federal cases, if the lawyer doesn't mention or explain the read and sign process to the
,witness and the witness has not indicated one way or another, does the reporter include the Read
and Sign Letter in their transcript?
Answer:
No
●● For which of these proceedings do you not administer an oath?
Answer:
IME
●● For which of these proceedings do you not administer an oath?
Answer:
IME
●● Funds held in trust by a third party while a transaction is in progress.
Answer:
Escrow
●● Gastric
Answer:
pertaining to the stomach
●● habeas corpus
Answer:
a writ issued to release someone from improper imprisonment
●● Harassment includes objectionable acts or comments that demean, belittle, or cause
humiliation and/or embarrassment.
Answer:
True
●● Harassment is:
Answer:
,behavior that annoys or upsets someone
●● Hematology
Answer:
study of blood
●● HIPAA does not apply to you because you are not a doctor or insurance company.
Answer:
False
●● HIPAA protects an individual's ___________ information.
Answer:
medical
●● Histology
Answer:
the study of tissue
●● Hotkeys...
Answer:
allow you to insert more complicated text or speaker designations with limited number of key
strokes.
●● How are each type of law derived?
Answer:
Tradition - common law
legislature - statutory law
prior court rulings - case law
●● How many microphones are suggested for a large rectangular table?
Answer:
3
●● How many types of courts are there?
, Answer:
three
●● How should the reporter avoid ambient noises in a conference room? (MULTIPLE
ANSWERS)
Answer:
By setting up the speakers on the opposite side of the room.
If possible and absolutely necessary, ask to be moved into another conference room.
If possible, ask for the noise to be turned off (i.e. vacuuming).
●● Hydro
Answer:
water
●● Hyper
Answer:
above
●● Hypo
Answer:
below
●● If a person appears on their own behalf (pro se), the digital court reporter is not required to add
them to the appearance page.
Answer:
False
●● If a witness has lost credibility through impeachment, how do they gain it back?
Answer:
Rehabilitation
●● If an attorney has their expert (not appearing as the witness) listening to the deposition
telephonically and the attorney tells you that the expert doesn't need to be on the appearance page
of the transcript, what should you do?
Guide Questions and Answers Verified
Solutions Latest Update 2026/2027
Question:
If you had to PICK TWO PEOPLE in the conference room who will NOT RECEIVE A
LAVALIER MICROPHONE, who would they be?
Answer:
The reporter
The defense lawyer who represents Justyn Time Pools
●● Fill in the blank: An ____________ pick-up pattern intercepts sound from all directions from
its placement, meaning it captures sound equally from all directions.
Answer:
omnidirectional
●● Fill in the blank: The ______________ the sample rate, the smoother the audio will be.
Answer:
higher
●● For a short hearing, which of the following is the best option regarding microphone
placement?
Answer:
One microphone at the judge's bench, one microphone at the podium, one microphone at each
attorney table.
●● For a small round table, you would use ______ microphones, while for a large round table, you
would use ________ microphones.
Answer:
(two)
(three)
●● For Federal cases, if the lawyer doesn't mention or explain the read and sign process to the
,witness and the witness has not indicated one way or another, does the reporter include the Read
and Sign Letter in their transcript?
Answer:
No
●● For which of these proceedings do you not administer an oath?
Answer:
IME
●● For which of these proceedings do you not administer an oath?
Answer:
IME
●● Funds held in trust by a third party while a transaction is in progress.
Answer:
Escrow
●● Gastric
Answer:
pertaining to the stomach
●● habeas corpus
Answer:
a writ issued to release someone from improper imprisonment
●● Harassment includes objectionable acts or comments that demean, belittle, or cause
humiliation and/or embarrassment.
Answer:
True
●● Harassment is:
Answer:
,behavior that annoys or upsets someone
●● Hematology
Answer:
study of blood
●● HIPAA does not apply to you because you are not a doctor or insurance company.
Answer:
False
●● HIPAA protects an individual's ___________ information.
Answer:
medical
●● Histology
Answer:
the study of tissue
●● Hotkeys...
Answer:
allow you to insert more complicated text or speaker designations with limited number of key
strokes.
●● How are each type of law derived?
Answer:
Tradition - common law
legislature - statutory law
prior court rulings - case law
●● How many microphones are suggested for a large rectangular table?
Answer:
3
●● How many types of courts are there?
, Answer:
three
●● How should the reporter avoid ambient noises in a conference room? (MULTIPLE
ANSWERS)
Answer:
By setting up the speakers on the opposite side of the room.
If possible and absolutely necessary, ask to be moved into another conference room.
If possible, ask for the noise to be turned off (i.e. vacuuming).
●● Hydro
Answer:
water
●● Hyper
Answer:
above
●● Hypo
Answer:
below
●● If a person appears on their own behalf (pro se), the digital court reporter is not required to add
them to the appearance page.
Answer:
False
●● If a witness has lost credibility through impeachment, how do they gain it back?
Answer:
Rehabilitation
●● If an attorney has their expert (not appearing as the witness) listening to the deposition
telephonically and the attorney tells you that the expert doesn't need to be on the appearance page
of the transcript, what should you do?
