NOTARY PUBLIC 2026 EXAMS TEST ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔T/F - An officer who violates the fee provisions is liable for treble damages to the
person aggrieved - ✔✔True
✔✔The maximum term of an indeterminate sentence shall be at least ______ years -
✔✔3 year
✔✔For a class ______ felony, the term shall be fixed by the court and shall not exceed
7 years - ✔✔D
✔✔Issuing a false certificate is a call ____ felony - ✔✔E
✔✔T/F - Official misconduct includes willfully committing an act relating to one's office
constituting an unauthorized exercise of official function - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An officer before whom an oath or affidavit may be taken is bound to
administer the same when required - ✔✔True
✔✔A person is guilty of perjury if under oath or _____ he has given false testimony -
✔✔Affirmation
, ✔✔An _______ is a formal declaration before an authorized officer by a person who
has executed an instrument that such execution is his act and deed -
✔✔Acknowledgment
✔✔T/F - It is not essential that the person who executed the instrument sign his name in
the presence of the notary - ✔✔True
✔✔A notary who takes an acknowledgment over the telephone is guilty of a _______ -
✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔Unless the person who makes the acknowledgment appears in front of the notary,
the notary's certificate that he so came is _________ - ✔✔Fraudulent
✔✔Making a false certificate is forgery in the ______ degree - ✔✔Second
✔✔A notary public (should/should not?) take an acknowledgment to legal instrument to
which the notary is a party in interest - ✔✔Should not
✔✔An (administrator/affiant?) is a person appointed by the court to manage the estate
of a deceased person who left no will - ✔✔Administrator
✔✔A (statute/affidavit?) is a signed statement, duly sworn, before a notary public or
other officer authorized to administer oaths - ✔✔Affidavit
✔✔An (attestation/apostile?) is a Department of State authentication attached to a
notarized and county-certified document for international use - ✔✔Apostile
✔✔An (authentication/affirmation) is a certificate attached by a county clerk to a
certificate of proof or acknowledgment or oath signed by a notary - ✔✔Authentication
✔✔In an _______ ________ the witnesses certify that the instrument has been
executed before them, and then manner of the execution of the same - ✔✔Attestation
Clause
✔✔An _______ is a solemn declaration made by persons who conscientiously decline
taking an oath - ✔✔Affirmation
✔✔A ______ _______ is a written instrument given to pass title of personal property
from vendor to vendee - ✔✔Bill of Sale
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔T/F - An officer who violates the fee provisions is liable for treble damages to the
person aggrieved - ✔✔True
✔✔The maximum term of an indeterminate sentence shall be at least ______ years -
✔✔3 year
✔✔For a class ______ felony, the term shall be fixed by the court and shall not exceed
7 years - ✔✔D
✔✔Issuing a false certificate is a call ____ felony - ✔✔E
✔✔T/F - Official misconduct includes willfully committing an act relating to one's office
constituting an unauthorized exercise of official function - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F - An officer before whom an oath or affidavit may be taken is bound to
administer the same when required - ✔✔True
✔✔A person is guilty of perjury if under oath or _____ he has given false testimony -
✔✔Affirmation
, ✔✔An _______ is a formal declaration before an authorized officer by a person who
has executed an instrument that such execution is his act and deed -
✔✔Acknowledgment
✔✔T/F - It is not essential that the person who executed the instrument sign his name in
the presence of the notary - ✔✔True
✔✔A notary who takes an acknowledgment over the telephone is guilty of a _______ -
✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔Unless the person who makes the acknowledgment appears in front of the notary,
the notary's certificate that he so came is _________ - ✔✔Fraudulent
✔✔Making a false certificate is forgery in the ______ degree - ✔✔Second
✔✔A notary public (should/should not?) take an acknowledgment to legal instrument to
which the notary is a party in interest - ✔✔Should not
✔✔An (administrator/affiant?) is a person appointed by the court to manage the estate
of a deceased person who left no will - ✔✔Administrator
✔✔A (statute/affidavit?) is a signed statement, duly sworn, before a notary public or
other officer authorized to administer oaths - ✔✔Affidavit
✔✔An (attestation/apostile?) is a Department of State authentication attached to a
notarized and county-certified document for international use - ✔✔Apostile
✔✔An (authentication/affirmation) is a certificate attached by a county clerk to a
certificate of proof or acknowledgment or oath signed by a notary - ✔✔Authentication
✔✔In an _______ ________ the witnesses certify that the instrument has been
executed before them, and then manner of the execution of the same - ✔✔Attestation
Clause
✔✔An _______ is a solemn declaration made by persons who conscientiously decline
taking an oath - ✔✔Affirmation
✔✔A ______ _______ is a written instrument given to pass title of personal property
from vendor to vendee - ✔✔Bill of Sale
