OHIO NOTARY PUBLIC CORE EXAMS SET 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
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✔✔(A) - ✔✔In the case of an ________, the notary public certifies as to the identity and
execution of a document; the ________ involves the administration of an oath to the
affiant.
(A) acknowledgment, affidavit
(B) affidavit, acknowledgment
✔✔(A) - ✔✔When administering an affidavit, the notary must actually:
(A) require the affiant to take an oral oath.
(B) certify the identity and execution of a document.
(C) both A and B.
(D) neither A nor B.
✔✔(A) - ✔✔Which of the following wording is acceptable as a form in which an oath
may be lawfully administered?
(A) "Do you solemnly swear that the contents of this affidavit subscribed by you is
correct and true?"
(B) "before me came ... to me known to be the individual described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same"
(C) either A or B
(D) neither A nor B
✔✔(B) - ✔✔With reference to an oath, the notary public:
(A) need not consider whether the statement is correct or false.
(B) may not take the oath that the notary knew to be false.
(C) must take the oath even if she knows it to be false.
(D) may take the oath and attach an addendum to the document stating its falsehood.
✔✔(E) - ✔✔Notaries may draw which of the following kinds of legal papers?
(A) wills
(B) deeds
(C) contracts
(D) mortgages
(E) none of the above
✔✔(A) - ✔✔When a notary public asks for and gets legal business to send to a lawyer
or lawyers with whom he has any business connection or from whom he receives any
money or other consideration for sending them the business, he is:
(A) committing a serious offense
(B) acting reasonably and prudently
(C) not violating any rule or regulation
(D) permitted to do so if he has a written agreement
, ✔✔(B) - ✔✔A notary public who shares an office with a lawyer:
(A) may divide his fees with the lawyer.
(B) may not divide his fees with the lawyer.
(C) may accept a part of a lawyer's fee on referred legal business.
(D) none of the above.
✔✔(B) - ✔✔A notary public may recommend a friend to retain the services of a
particular lawyer if:
(A) she is paid by the lawyer for doing so.
(B) she is not paid by the lawyer for doing so.
(C) she knows the lawyer for five or more years only.
(D) none of the above.
✔✔(D) - ✔✔To whom may a notary public administer an oath?
(A) a stranger
(B) a relative
(C) a public official
(D) any of the above
✔✔(C) - ✔✔Which of the following may happen if a notary public misuses her powers
as a public official?
(A) fine
(B) imprisonment
(C) both A and B
(D) neither A nor B
✔✔(A) - ✔✔While holding the appointment as a notary public, the notary public:
(A) is allowed to engage in another business during the time he is available as a notary
public.
(B) is not allowed to engage in another business during the time he is available as a
notary public.
(C) may refuse to administer an oath or affidavit when requested.
(D) none of the above.
✔✔(A) - ✔✔A contract is a(n):
(A) agreement between competent parties to do or not to do certain things for a legal
consideration whereby each party acquires a right to what the other possesses.
(B) agreement between two parties only to do or not to do certain things for any purpose
whatsoever.
(C) agreement whereby one party does something and the other party pays cash
therefor.
(D) none of the above.
✔✔(B) - ✔✔Judgment is defined as:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
(
✔✔(A) - ✔✔In the case of an ________, the notary public certifies as to the identity and
execution of a document; the ________ involves the administration of an oath to the
affiant.
(A) acknowledgment, affidavit
(B) affidavit, acknowledgment
✔✔(A) - ✔✔When administering an affidavit, the notary must actually:
(A) require the affiant to take an oral oath.
(B) certify the identity and execution of a document.
(C) both A and B.
(D) neither A nor B.
✔✔(A) - ✔✔Which of the following wording is acceptable as a form in which an oath
may be lawfully administered?
(A) "Do you solemnly swear that the contents of this affidavit subscribed by you is
correct and true?"
(B) "before me came ... to me known to be the individual described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same"
(C) either A or B
(D) neither A nor B
✔✔(B) - ✔✔With reference to an oath, the notary public:
(A) need not consider whether the statement is correct or false.
(B) may not take the oath that the notary knew to be false.
(C) must take the oath even if she knows it to be false.
(D) may take the oath and attach an addendum to the document stating its falsehood.
✔✔(E) - ✔✔Notaries may draw which of the following kinds of legal papers?
(A) wills
(B) deeds
(C) contracts
(D) mortgages
(E) none of the above
✔✔(A) - ✔✔When a notary public asks for and gets legal business to send to a lawyer
or lawyers with whom he has any business connection or from whom he receives any
money or other consideration for sending them the business, he is:
(A) committing a serious offense
(B) acting reasonably and prudently
(C) not violating any rule or regulation
(D) permitted to do so if he has a written agreement
, ✔✔(B) - ✔✔A notary public who shares an office with a lawyer:
(A) may divide his fees with the lawyer.
(B) may not divide his fees with the lawyer.
(C) may accept a part of a lawyer's fee on referred legal business.
(D) none of the above.
✔✔(B) - ✔✔A notary public may recommend a friend to retain the services of a
particular lawyer if:
(A) she is paid by the lawyer for doing so.
(B) she is not paid by the lawyer for doing so.
(C) she knows the lawyer for five or more years only.
(D) none of the above.
✔✔(D) - ✔✔To whom may a notary public administer an oath?
(A) a stranger
(B) a relative
(C) a public official
(D) any of the above
✔✔(C) - ✔✔Which of the following may happen if a notary public misuses her powers
as a public official?
(A) fine
(B) imprisonment
(C) both A and B
(D) neither A nor B
✔✔(A) - ✔✔While holding the appointment as a notary public, the notary public:
(A) is allowed to engage in another business during the time he is available as a notary
public.
(B) is not allowed to engage in another business during the time he is available as a
notary public.
(C) may refuse to administer an oath or affidavit when requested.
(D) none of the above.
✔✔(A) - ✔✔A contract is a(n):
(A) agreement between competent parties to do or not to do certain things for a legal
consideration whereby each party acquires a right to what the other possesses.
(B) agreement between two parties only to do or not to do certain things for any purpose
whatsoever.
(C) agreement whereby one party does something and the other party pays cash
therefor.
(D) none of the above.
✔✔(B) - ✔✔Judgment is defined as:
