PA NOTARY TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
EXECUTE A DOCUMENT - Answer-To perform all formalities necessary to make a
document fully effective; often a matter of signing, but may require delivery or other
elements.
FREE ACT AND DEED - Answer-To admit one's act and assume the responsibility for
it.
INSTRUMENT - Answer-A written document.
JURAT - Answer-The written notarial certificate on any sworn statement or affidavit
completed by the notary public indicating that the document was sworn or affirmed to by
the signer.
MALFEASANCE - Answer-The doing of an act which a person ought not to do at all.
MISFEASANCE - Answer-The improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully
do.
NEGLIGENCE - Answer-The failure to use such care as a reasonably prudent and
careful person would use under similar circumstances.
NOTARIAL ACTS - Answer-The official acts of a notary public administering an oath,
taking an acknowledgment, attesting to a photocopy, or any other act authorized by law.
NOTARIAL CERTIFICATE - Answer-A written statement made by the notary public
certifying specific facts of the notarial act performed.
OATH - Answer-Any form of attestation or pledge by which a person signifies that he or
she is bound in conscience and out of a sense of responsibility to a Supreme Being to
the truthfulness for some statement. Willfully swearing to untrue statements constitutes
perjury.
PENNSYLVANIA NOTARY PUBLIC - Answer-A qualified individual appointed by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth whose function is to administer oaths; to take
acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments; to attest to photocopies of certain
documents; and to perform other duties specified by law.
PERJURY - Answer-Making a false statement under oath or affirmation. Perjury is a
felony punishable by a fine and/or prison term.
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
EXECUTE A DOCUMENT - Answer-To perform all formalities necessary to make a
document fully effective; often a matter of signing, but may require delivery or other
elements.
FREE ACT AND DEED - Answer-To admit one's act and assume the responsibility for
it.
INSTRUMENT - Answer-A written document.
JURAT - Answer-The written notarial certificate on any sworn statement or affidavit
completed by the notary public indicating that the document was sworn or affirmed to by
the signer.
MALFEASANCE - Answer-The doing of an act which a person ought not to do at all.
MISFEASANCE - Answer-The improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully
do.
NEGLIGENCE - Answer-The failure to use such care as a reasonably prudent and
careful person would use under similar circumstances.
NOTARIAL ACTS - Answer-The official acts of a notary public administering an oath,
taking an acknowledgment, attesting to a photocopy, or any other act authorized by law.
NOTARIAL CERTIFICATE - Answer-A written statement made by the notary public
certifying specific facts of the notarial act performed.
OATH - Answer-Any form of attestation or pledge by which a person signifies that he or
she is bound in conscience and out of a sense of responsibility to a Supreme Being to
the truthfulness for some statement. Willfully swearing to untrue statements constitutes
perjury.
PENNSYLVANIA NOTARY PUBLIC - Answer-A qualified individual appointed by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth whose function is to administer oaths; to take
acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments; to attest to photocopies of certain
documents; and to perform other duties specified by law.
PERJURY - Answer-Making a false statement under oath or affirmation. Perjury is a
felony punishable by a fine and/or prison term.
