NATIONAL COURT REPORTERS EXAM | 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE
| COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+
Administrative pages - ANSWER include the title, appearance, index, correction, and certification
page(s) in an Official Reporter's Record or Freelance Reporter's Record
ASCII format - ANSWER means the format of the American Standard Code for Information
Interchange.
Compressed - ANSWER means a format that has been reduced and printed to accommodate two or
four normal sized pages on one printed 8 in a half -x 11 inch page
JBCC - ANSWER means the Court Reporters Certification Board
CSR - ANSWER means a Certified Shorthand Reporter certified by the Supreme Court of Texas
Duplex - ANSWER means printed on both sides of a page
Footer - ANSWER means the bottom line(s) on an Official Reporter's Record or Freelance Reporter's
Record, which appears below line 25
Freelance Reporter's Record - ANSWER means all transcriptions by a Freelance Court Reporter other
than Official Reporter's Records
Header - ANSWER means the top line(s) on a page of an Official Reporter's Record or Freelance
Reporter's Record that briefly describes the testimony of witnesses and/ or events
Index - ANSWER means a detailed, legible description of proceedings being recorded by a court
recorder
Margin - ANSWER means the space around the text on a page
, Master index - ANSWER means the compilation of multiple indexes in an Official Reporter's Record,
which is required only for records with more than one volume and will always be labeled "Volume 1."
Non-stenographic record - ANSWER means an audio or audio-visual recording
Official court reporter or deputy official court reporter - ANSWER a CSR appointed by a judge as the
official court reporter
Official Reporter's Record - ANSWER means the transcription of so much of the proceedings and any
of the exhibits that the parties to the appeal designate or, if the proceedings were electronically
recorded, any exhibits that the parties to the appeal designate, and certified copies of the logs
prepared by the court recorder
Proceedings - ANSWER means events or happenings in the courts, legislature, state agencies,
depositions, grand juries, referees, and court commissions
Shorthand reporter - ANSWER means a person who engages in shorthand reporting
Shorthand reporting - ANSWER means the practice of shorthand reporting for use in litigation in the
courts of this state by making a verbatim record of any court proceedings, depositions, or
proceedings before s grand jury, referee or court commissioner using written symbols in shorthand,
machine shorthand, or oral stenography
Sic - ANSWER as spoken
Sotto voce - ANSWER soft voice
Style - ANSWER means the name of the lawsuit or matter pending before a court or an the state
Text - ANSWER means the main body of matter in a transcript
Title page - ANSWER means the first page of the Official Reporter's Record or Freelance Reporter's
Record, listings pertinent information included within the record
| COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+
Administrative pages - ANSWER include the title, appearance, index, correction, and certification
page(s) in an Official Reporter's Record or Freelance Reporter's Record
ASCII format - ANSWER means the format of the American Standard Code for Information
Interchange.
Compressed - ANSWER means a format that has been reduced and printed to accommodate two or
four normal sized pages on one printed 8 in a half -x 11 inch page
JBCC - ANSWER means the Court Reporters Certification Board
CSR - ANSWER means a Certified Shorthand Reporter certified by the Supreme Court of Texas
Duplex - ANSWER means printed on both sides of a page
Footer - ANSWER means the bottom line(s) on an Official Reporter's Record or Freelance Reporter's
Record, which appears below line 25
Freelance Reporter's Record - ANSWER means all transcriptions by a Freelance Court Reporter other
than Official Reporter's Records
Header - ANSWER means the top line(s) on a page of an Official Reporter's Record or Freelance
Reporter's Record that briefly describes the testimony of witnesses and/ or events
Index - ANSWER means a detailed, legible description of proceedings being recorded by a court
recorder
Margin - ANSWER means the space around the text on a page
, Master index - ANSWER means the compilation of multiple indexes in an Official Reporter's Record,
which is required only for records with more than one volume and will always be labeled "Volume 1."
Non-stenographic record - ANSWER means an audio or audio-visual recording
Official court reporter or deputy official court reporter - ANSWER a CSR appointed by a judge as the
official court reporter
Official Reporter's Record - ANSWER means the transcription of so much of the proceedings and any
of the exhibits that the parties to the appeal designate or, if the proceedings were electronically
recorded, any exhibits that the parties to the appeal designate, and certified copies of the logs
prepared by the court recorder
Proceedings - ANSWER means events or happenings in the courts, legislature, state agencies,
depositions, grand juries, referees, and court commissions
Shorthand reporter - ANSWER means a person who engages in shorthand reporting
Shorthand reporting - ANSWER means the practice of shorthand reporting for use in litigation in the
courts of this state by making a verbatim record of any court proceedings, depositions, or
proceedings before s grand jury, referee or court commissioner using written symbols in shorthand,
machine shorthand, or oral stenography
Sic - ANSWER as spoken
Sotto voce - ANSWER soft voice
Style - ANSWER means the name of the lawsuit or matter pending before a court or an the state
Text - ANSWER means the main body of matter in a transcript
Title page - ANSWER means the first page of the Official Reporter's Record or Freelance Reporter's
Record, listings pertinent information included within the record
