Ohio Notary Test Questions and Answers with complete solution

acknowledgment - Answer-notarial act in which a notary certifies having positively identified a document signer who personally appeared before the notary and admitted having signed the document freely affidavit - Answer-written statement signed before a Notary (or other authorized official) by a person who swears or affirms to the Notary that the statement is true affirmation - Answer-spoken, solemn promise on one's personal honor, with no reference to God, that is made before a Notary in relation to an affidavit or as a notarial act in its own right attorney-in-fact - Answer-a person, not necessarily a lawyer, who is given the authority to sign or act on behalf of another individual (principal) through a document called a power of attorney authentication - Answer-process of proving the genuineness of the signature and seal of a Notary or other official, usually through attachment of certificate of authority; can be obtained at the Clerk of Courts office certified copy - Answer-document verified as an accurate reproduction of an original document whose unreproduced parts are filled in on the copy by hand commission - Answer-to authorize to perform notarial acts; written authorization to perform notarial acts is issued by a state's governor, secretary of state, or other empowering official conformed copy - Answer-reproduction of an original document whose unreproduced parts are filled in on the copy by hand constituent - Answer-person a notary serves is performing a notarial act - usually a document signerdisqualifying interest - Answer-an interest held by a Notary in connection with a transaction that renders him incapable of performing a notarial act as an impartial and unbiased witness