COURT REPORTERS TEXAS STUDY EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Special Venire Cases: - ✔✔In cases involving special venire (individual voir dire for
death penalty cases) the index must include a listing of the venirepersons, in the order
of their appearance at trial, and an alphabetical index, which shall include a column
containing the volume number for each entry.
✔✔Exhibit Items Not Included in the Official Reporter's Record: - ✔✔Unless ordered
otherwise, neither physical evidence nor original exhibits may be included in the Official
Reporter's Record. Instead, if possible, it must include a clear 8 1⁄2 x 11 rendering of
each photograph or document exhibit. When this is not possible, the original may be
included.
✔✔Exhibits: - ✔✔Must be in a separate volume or volumes.
✔✔Case Document For Deputy Officials: - ✔✔Deputy official reporters (substitutes)
must file a separate case document for each case reported with the clerk of the court.
✔✔ REMISS - ✔✔NEGLIGENT
✔✔PALPATE - ✔✔to examine with the fingers and hands
✔✔IN TOTO - ✔✔entirely, in total
✔✔DELTOID - ✔✔TRIANGLE
✔✔A REPORTER IS NEVER ASKED TO: - ✔✔TYPE UP THE CLERK'S DOCKET
✔✔Who administers the oath in a deposition? - ✔✔The court reporter
✔✔If a witness refuses to be sworn in, you: - ✔✔Affirm the witness
, ✔✔A party may request a copy of the transcript: - ✔✔in writing
✔✔mandible - ✔✔jaw
✔✔A fracture not caused by an injury but by a disease is what kind of
fracture? - ✔✔spontaneous
✔✔A chronic condition is one which: - ✔✔Lasts for a long time
✔✔ad hoc - ✔✔For this particular purpose
✔✔amicus curiae - ✔✔friend of the court
✔✔bona fide - ✔✔in good faith
✔✔causa mortis - ✔✔by reason of death
✔✔When can you go off the record in a deposition? - ✔✔when both attorneys agree
✔✔Closing arguments are to be taken by the court reporter: - ✔✔when any party
requests it
✔✔Statute of limitations refers to: - ✔✔a time period
✔✔sui juris - ✔✔a person having full social and civil rights
✔✔Your hat is (laying, lying) on the table. - ✔✔lying
✔✔I want to (sit, set) in the front row of the balcony. - ✔✔sit
✔✔The bear (raised, rose) to its full height. - ✔✔rose
✔✔We hired (he, him) as an attorney. - ✔✔him
✔✔What is the maximum gift a CSR can receive per year? - ✔✔100$
✔✔A person who makes a sworn statement is called: - ✔✔an affiant
✔✔A reference to legal authorities and precedents is called: - ✔✔a citation
✔✔centesis - ✔✔surgical puncture
✔✔A challenge that removes a potential juror for no particular reason
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Special Venire Cases: - ✔✔In cases involving special venire (individual voir dire for
death penalty cases) the index must include a listing of the venirepersons, in the order
of their appearance at trial, and an alphabetical index, which shall include a column
containing the volume number for each entry.
✔✔Exhibit Items Not Included in the Official Reporter's Record: - ✔✔Unless ordered
otherwise, neither physical evidence nor original exhibits may be included in the Official
Reporter's Record. Instead, if possible, it must include a clear 8 1⁄2 x 11 rendering of
each photograph or document exhibit. When this is not possible, the original may be
included.
✔✔Exhibits: - ✔✔Must be in a separate volume or volumes.
✔✔Case Document For Deputy Officials: - ✔✔Deputy official reporters (substitutes)
must file a separate case document for each case reported with the clerk of the court.
✔✔ REMISS - ✔✔NEGLIGENT
✔✔PALPATE - ✔✔to examine with the fingers and hands
✔✔IN TOTO - ✔✔entirely, in total
✔✔DELTOID - ✔✔TRIANGLE
✔✔A REPORTER IS NEVER ASKED TO: - ✔✔TYPE UP THE CLERK'S DOCKET
✔✔Who administers the oath in a deposition? - ✔✔The court reporter
✔✔If a witness refuses to be sworn in, you: - ✔✔Affirm the witness
, ✔✔A party may request a copy of the transcript: - ✔✔in writing
✔✔mandible - ✔✔jaw
✔✔A fracture not caused by an injury but by a disease is what kind of
fracture? - ✔✔spontaneous
✔✔A chronic condition is one which: - ✔✔Lasts for a long time
✔✔ad hoc - ✔✔For this particular purpose
✔✔amicus curiae - ✔✔friend of the court
✔✔bona fide - ✔✔in good faith
✔✔causa mortis - ✔✔by reason of death
✔✔When can you go off the record in a deposition? - ✔✔when both attorneys agree
✔✔Closing arguments are to be taken by the court reporter: - ✔✔when any party
requests it
✔✔Statute of limitations refers to: - ✔✔a time period
✔✔sui juris - ✔✔a person having full social and civil rights
✔✔Your hat is (laying, lying) on the table. - ✔✔lying
✔✔I want to (sit, set) in the front row of the balcony. - ✔✔sit
✔✔The bear (raised, rose) to its full height. - ✔✔rose
✔✔We hired (he, him) as an attorney. - ✔✔him
✔✔What is the maximum gift a CSR can receive per year? - ✔✔100$
✔✔A person who makes a sworn statement is called: - ✔✔an affiant
✔✔A reference to legal authorities and precedents is called: - ✔✔a citation
✔✔centesis - ✔✔surgical puncture
✔✔A challenge that removes a potential juror for no particular reason
