NNA TRAINING EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔private employee notary - ✔✔4 yr term
✔✔private employee notary jurisdiction - ✔✔commission is statewide
✔✔private employee notary fees - ✔✔fee remission agreement during business hours
✔✔private employee notary status - ✔✔commission and supplies are notary's eve if
employment ends. notary may perform notarizations and charge fees after work hours.
✔✔public employee notary - ✔✔4 yr term or until employment ends
✔✔public employee notary jurisdiction - ✔✔only the public agency where employed
✔✔public employee notary fees - ✔✔fees charged and remitted to public agency
✔✔public employee notary status - ✔✔public employee status will be stated on
commission
✔✔military base notary - ✔✔4 yr term or until service ends
✔✔military base notary jurisdiction - ✔✔military base or naval reservation
✔✔military base notary fees - ✔✔no fees charged
✔✔military base notary status - ✔✔commanding officer request appointment and
notifies sos when notary's service ends.
✔✔notary reappointment requirements - ✔✔3 hour refresher course if commission has
not expired
✔✔california notary public exam - ✔✔requirement should begin with plenty of time at
least 6 months prior to end of commission
✔✔your employer asks you to travel with her to oregon. while in oregon, she discovers
she needs her signature notarized on a time-sensitive document to be filed in california.
she asks you to perform the notarization. how do you proceed - ✔✔you must refuse,
even though the documents will be filed in california, you, the signer and the documents
must all be in california at the time the notarization is performed.
,✔✔hi, i know its thanksgiving, but can you stop by my place and notarize this affidavit?
it will only take a few minutes. - ✔✔sorry, today is a holiday, let's try for tomorrow or
monday.
✔✔hi, i'm sorry to hear you are not feeling well. i know you are not coming in today but i
wonder if i could just stop by your house? i have some contracts i need notarized. i'll
come to you so you don't even have to leave the house. - ✔✔i'm sorry, i am really not
up to helping you today. i can refer you to a notary who can come to you.
✔✔yes, i was an impartial witness. i can notarize the documents for clients if i am a real
estate agent. - ✔✔yes, he is allowed since you are acting as an agent. even though a
real estate agent is getting a commission for the sale of the house there is not a direct
correlation between notarizing the documents and the commission.
✔✔yes, i was an impartial witness. i notarized an application to obtain a certified copy of
my birth certificate. i'm not getting any money, so it's fine. - ✔✔no, she is prohibited from
notarizing the documents. it's not just about money, a notary my never notarize their
own signature.
✔✔i was certainly an impartial witness. as an attorney, my clients expect me to notarize
documents for them, and the fact that i received a fee for my services does no prevent
me from notarizing that document legally. - ✔✔yes, she is allowed to notarize and
accept fees. attorneys may notarize documents as a service to their clients even though
they are being paid a fee.
✔✔your employer paid for your notary commission and your bond. she asks you to
notarize only business documents while you are at work. what type of provision is this? -
✔✔limited service agreement, remember that your employer may ask to limit your
services and notarize business documents during business hours.
✔✔what is the minimum educational requirement for reappointment? - ✔✔3 hr training
course
✔✔a notary public commission does not take effect until what is filed on time with the
county clerk? - ✔✔your signed notary oath and surety bond
✔✔in which capacity would a notary not have a conflict of interest? - ✔✔attorney
✔✔a notary application for commission could be denied for any of the following except:
- ✔✔the notary was not a u.s. citizen
, ✔✔are you allowed to perform a notarization via phone, fax, email, or video conference
as long as you have done several notarizations for that person before? - ✔✔no, there
are no exceptions at all to the personal appearance requirement.
✔✔john smith presents a document with signatures for both himself and his wife. he
requests that you notarize both of their signatures. he presents both of their id's and
explains that his wife stayed in the car because she was feeling ill. can you notarize for
both john and his absent wife? - ✔✔no, you can notarize john's signature, but you
cannot notarize his wife's signature until she personally appears before you.
✔✔you arrive at work to find a small stack of signed documents and a note asking you
to call your boss on her cell phone. when you contact her, she tells you that she had to
leave on short notice, but the documents must be notarized today. she assures you that
she will be back early tomorrow to sign your journal. can you perform the notarization? -
✔✔no, you would need to refuse to notarize the signature until she can appear before
you to complete all steps of the notarization process, even through it's our boss and you
have notarized for her before.
✔✔does california law allow you to perform an acknowledgement on an incomplete
document? - ✔✔no, california law does not allow you to perform an acknowledgment or
proof of execution on an incomplete document.
✔✔are you allowed to suggest to the signer how to fill in the blanks? - ✔✔no, you are
not allowed to suggest to the signer how to fill in the blanks. this would be considered
the unauthorized practice of law.
✔✔may a notary notarize a faxed document with an original signature? - ✔✔yes, a
notary may notarize a document that's faxed or photocopied but the signature must be
original, meaning made by hand. the key work making the answer yes is the word
original.
✔✔a documented is presented that contains blank spaces. you must - ✔✔refuse to
notarize until the document is complete
✔✔karen needs to acknowledge her signature on a document, but upon scanning the
document, the notary noticed that the document was missing a safety deposit box
number. karen was in a hurry and left the number at home. she assured the notary that
she would fill it in when she got home. can the notary notarize the document? - ✔✔no,
you must refuse until the document is complete.
✔✔as a california notary, how must we identify a signer when notarizing an
acknowledgment or jurat? - ✔✔satisfactory evidence
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔private employee notary - ✔✔4 yr term
✔✔private employee notary jurisdiction - ✔✔commission is statewide
✔✔private employee notary fees - ✔✔fee remission agreement during business hours
✔✔private employee notary status - ✔✔commission and supplies are notary's eve if
employment ends. notary may perform notarizations and charge fees after work hours.
✔✔public employee notary - ✔✔4 yr term or until employment ends
✔✔public employee notary jurisdiction - ✔✔only the public agency where employed
✔✔public employee notary fees - ✔✔fees charged and remitted to public agency
✔✔public employee notary status - ✔✔public employee status will be stated on
commission
✔✔military base notary - ✔✔4 yr term or until service ends
✔✔military base notary jurisdiction - ✔✔military base or naval reservation
✔✔military base notary fees - ✔✔no fees charged
✔✔military base notary status - ✔✔commanding officer request appointment and
notifies sos when notary's service ends.
✔✔notary reappointment requirements - ✔✔3 hour refresher course if commission has
not expired
✔✔california notary public exam - ✔✔requirement should begin with plenty of time at
least 6 months prior to end of commission
✔✔your employer asks you to travel with her to oregon. while in oregon, she discovers
she needs her signature notarized on a time-sensitive document to be filed in california.
she asks you to perform the notarization. how do you proceed - ✔✔you must refuse,
even though the documents will be filed in california, you, the signer and the documents
must all be in california at the time the notarization is performed.
,✔✔hi, i know its thanksgiving, but can you stop by my place and notarize this affidavit?
it will only take a few minutes. - ✔✔sorry, today is a holiday, let's try for tomorrow or
monday.
✔✔hi, i'm sorry to hear you are not feeling well. i know you are not coming in today but i
wonder if i could just stop by your house? i have some contracts i need notarized. i'll
come to you so you don't even have to leave the house. - ✔✔i'm sorry, i am really not
up to helping you today. i can refer you to a notary who can come to you.
✔✔yes, i was an impartial witness. i can notarize the documents for clients if i am a real
estate agent. - ✔✔yes, he is allowed since you are acting as an agent. even though a
real estate agent is getting a commission for the sale of the house there is not a direct
correlation between notarizing the documents and the commission.
✔✔yes, i was an impartial witness. i notarized an application to obtain a certified copy of
my birth certificate. i'm not getting any money, so it's fine. - ✔✔no, she is prohibited from
notarizing the documents. it's not just about money, a notary my never notarize their
own signature.
✔✔i was certainly an impartial witness. as an attorney, my clients expect me to notarize
documents for them, and the fact that i received a fee for my services does no prevent
me from notarizing that document legally. - ✔✔yes, she is allowed to notarize and
accept fees. attorneys may notarize documents as a service to their clients even though
they are being paid a fee.
✔✔your employer paid for your notary commission and your bond. she asks you to
notarize only business documents while you are at work. what type of provision is this? -
✔✔limited service agreement, remember that your employer may ask to limit your
services and notarize business documents during business hours.
✔✔what is the minimum educational requirement for reappointment? - ✔✔3 hr training
course
✔✔a notary public commission does not take effect until what is filed on time with the
county clerk? - ✔✔your signed notary oath and surety bond
✔✔in which capacity would a notary not have a conflict of interest? - ✔✔attorney
✔✔a notary application for commission could be denied for any of the following except:
- ✔✔the notary was not a u.s. citizen
, ✔✔are you allowed to perform a notarization via phone, fax, email, or video conference
as long as you have done several notarizations for that person before? - ✔✔no, there
are no exceptions at all to the personal appearance requirement.
✔✔john smith presents a document with signatures for both himself and his wife. he
requests that you notarize both of their signatures. he presents both of their id's and
explains that his wife stayed in the car because she was feeling ill. can you notarize for
both john and his absent wife? - ✔✔no, you can notarize john's signature, but you
cannot notarize his wife's signature until she personally appears before you.
✔✔you arrive at work to find a small stack of signed documents and a note asking you
to call your boss on her cell phone. when you contact her, she tells you that she had to
leave on short notice, but the documents must be notarized today. she assures you that
she will be back early tomorrow to sign your journal. can you perform the notarization? -
✔✔no, you would need to refuse to notarize the signature until she can appear before
you to complete all steps of the notarization process, even through it's our boss and you
have notarized for her before.
✔✔does california law allow you to perform an acknowledgement on an incomplete
document? - ✔✔no, california law does not allow you to perform an acknowledgment or
proof of execution on an incomplete document.
✔✔are you allowed to suggest to the signer how to fill in the blanks? - ✔✔no, you are
not allowed to suggest to the signer how to fill in the blanks. this would be considered
the unauthorized practice of law.
✔✔may a notary notarize a faxed document with an original signature? - ✔✔yes, a
notary may notarize a document that's faxed or photocopied but the signature must be
original, meaning made by hand. the key work making the answer yes is the word
original.
✔✔a documented is presented that contains blank spaces. you must - ✔✔refuse to
notarize until the document is complete
✔✔karen needs to acknowledge her signature on a document, but upon scanning the
document, the notary noticed that the document was missing a safety deposit box
number. karen was in a hurry and left the number at home. she assured the notary that
she would fill it in when she got home. can the notary notarize the document? - ✔✔no,
you must refuse until the document is complete.
✔✔as a california notary, how must we identify a signer when notarizing an
acknowledgment or jurat? - ✔✔satisfactory evidence
