TEXAS NOTARY EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 2026
| ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
| VERIFIED ANSWERS | BRAND NEW
VERSION!
An acknowledgment is a ___________ __________ or formal statement
of the person executing (signing) an instrument made to the official
authorized to take the acknowledgment, that the execution of such
instrument was his or her free act and deed. ---------CORRECT ANSWER--
---------------public declaration
The written evidence of an ___________________ is the certificate of
the officer who wakes the acknowledgment, which states in substance
that the person named it the acknowledgment was known to and
appeared before the officer and acknowledged the instrument to be
the person's act and deed ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
acknowledgment
An oath is "a solemn _______ or ____________ made by a person
(often called the affiant) with an appeal to God, or a Supreme Being, to
attest to the truth of the person's words. ---------CORRECT ANSWER------
-----------pledge; promise
,An affirmation is "a solemn ___________ or _____________ made as a
substitute for a sworn statement by a person whose conscience will not
permit the person to swear at all. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
-statement; declaration
An affirmation is a pledge of ones __________. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------honor
An affidavit is "a written or printed ____________ ____ ______, made
voluntarily, and under oath or affirmation of the party making it, taken
before an officer having authority to administer such oath." ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------statement of facts
The term Deposition is sometimes used in a broad sense to describe
any written statement verified by oath; but in it's more technical and
appropriate sense, the meaning of the word is limited to the written
testimony of a witness given in the course of a judicial proceeding,
either at law or in equity, _________ to the trial or hearing upon oral
examination or in response to written interrogatories and where an
opportunity is given for cross-examination. ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------prior
,What is deposition? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a witnesses
sworn out of court testimony
A protest is a "formal _____________ made by a person in interest or
concerned in some act about to be done, or already performed,
whereby the person expresses the person's dissent to
_______________, or affirms the act against the person's will. ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------declaration; disapproval
As a general rule, a notary public cannot certify to, or act in, a matter in
which the notary has a _________ __________. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------personal interest
A notary is allowed to notarize their own signature
(True or False) ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False
A notary's should never, under any circumstances, notarize the notary's
own signature.
, (True or False) ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True
The most important obligation a notary has to the public the notary
serves is to judge what acts constitute the practice of ____ and what
acts constitute the practice of a _______ ________. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------law; notary public
As a general rule, "the notarization of a document that has been
written in a foreign language should only be performed by a notary
who has a thorough understanding of the foreign language in which the
document and/or notarial certificate are written."
(True or False) ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True
The notary should avoid being placed in the position of having to decide
whether a person is sufficiently ______________to fully understand the
agreement the person is signing or the oath or affidavit the person is
taking. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------competent
A notary is defined as a _____________________ ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Public Officer whose function is to attest and
certify the signing of documents.
| ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
| VERIFIED ANSWERS | BRAND NEW
VERSION!
An acknowledgment is a ___________ __________ or formal statement
of the person executing (signing) an instrument made to the official
authorized to take the acknowledgment, that the execution of such
instrument was his or her free act and deed. ---------CORRECT ANSWER--
---------------public declaration
The written evidence of an ___________________ is the certificate of
the officer who wakes the acknowledgment, which states in substance
that the person named it the acknowledgment was known to and
appeared before the officer and acknowledged the instrument to be
the person's act and deed ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
acknowledgment
An oath is "a solemn _______ or ____________ made by a person
(often called the affiant) with an appeal to God, or a Supreme Being, to
attest to the truth of the person's words. ---------CORRECT ANSWER------
-----------pledge; promise
,An affirmation is "a solemn ___________ or _____________ made as a
substitute for a sworn statement by a person whose conscience will not
permit the person to swear at all. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
-statement; declaration
An affirmation is a pledge of ones __________. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------honor
An affidavit is "a written or printed ____________ ____ ______, made
voluntarily, and under oath or affirmation of the party making it, taken
before an officer having authority to administer such oath." ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------statement of facts
The term Deposition is sometimes used in a broad sense to describe
any written statement verified by oath; but in it's more technical and
appropriate sense, the meaning of the word is limited to the written
testimony of a witness given in the course of a judicial proceeding,
either at law or in equity, _________ to the trial or hearing upon oral
examination or in response to written interrogatories and where an
opportunity is given for cross-examination. ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------prior
,What is deposition? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a witnesses
sworn out of court testimony
A protest is a "formal _____________ made by a person in interest or
concerned in some act about to be done, or already performed,
whereby the person expresses the person's dissent to
_______________, or affirms the act against the person's will. ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------declaration; disapproval
As a general rule, a notary public cannot certify to, or act in, a matter in
which the notary has a _________ __________. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------personal interest
A notary is allowed to notarize their own signature
(True or False) ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False
A notary's should never, under any circumstances, notarize the notary's
own signature.
, (True or False) ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True
The most important obligation a notary has to the public the notary
serves is to judge what acts constitute the practice of ____ and what
acts constitute the practice of a _______ ________. ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------law; notary public
As a general rule, "the notarization of a document that has been
written in a foreign language should only be performed by a notary
who has a thorough understanding of the foreign language in which the
document and/or notarial certificate are written."
(True or False) ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True
The notary should avoid being placed in the position of having to decide
whether a person is sufficiently ______________to fully understand the
agreement the person is signing or the oath or affidavit the person is
taking. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------competent
A notary is defined as a _____________________ ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Public Officer whose function is to attest and
certify the signing of documents.
