TX CSR WKT EXAMINATION TEST 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔preliminary hearing - ✔✔held to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to
hold a person accused of a crime and compelling him to answer
✔✔cause of action - ✔✔the grounds on which a civil action may be sustained
✔✔estoppel - ✔✔a bar which prevents a person from asserting or denying a fact
✔✔annex - ✔✔attach
✔✔bail - ✔✔set to permit the accused freedom of movement pending the hearing of the
case
✔✔Due process of law - ✔✔14th Amendment
✔✔biopsy - ✔✔Surgical removal of a small portion of tissue for examination
✔✔color - ✔✔Leukocyte, chlorophyll, and erythema
✔✔Olfactory - ✔✔smell
✔✔hematoma - ✔✔A swelling containing blood
✔✔breath - ✔✔Apnea, dyspnea, supnea
✔✔Ecchymosis - ✔✔discoloration under the skin
✔✔in flagrante delicto - ✔✔A wrongdoer caught redhanded
✔✔Constitution - ✔✔The supreme law of the United States
✔✔aphasia - ✔✔Loss of the power of speech
✔✔CRCB - ✔✔active district judge who serves as the chairman. active attorneys. active
official court reporters. active freelance reporters
✔✔only actual expenses - ✔✔compensation to Board members
✔✔Certification fees - ✔✔set and collected by the CRCB
, ✔✔Sunset provision - ✔✔something to be discontinued unless it is extended by
provision
✔✔pay renewal and penalty fees - ✔✔An expired certificate can be reinstated within
120 days if you ____.
✔✔non-certified shorthand reporter - ✔✔may not report in the state of Texas
✔✔revoke or suspend the certification for incompetence - ✔✔After receiving a verified
complaint and giving the reporter notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the Board
may ____
✔✔class A misdemeanor - ✔✔a non-certified reporter who takes a deposition (except
as provided in Sec. 52.031)
✔✔aggrieved person - ✔✔may appeal a disciplinary action of the Board to a district
court in the county he resides
✔✔penalty fee of $100 - ✔✔reinstatement of an expired certification
✔✔alphabetic and chronological index - ✔✔included at the beginning of each volume of
the statement of facts
✔✔amend the same or to prepare a new - ✔✔In case of a violation of the Supreme
Court order relating to form in the preparation of the statement of facts, the appellate
court may require the court reporter to _______ statement of facts.
✔✔index of exhibits - ✔✔front of the first volume
✔✔ascertaining facts about the case - ✔✔Discovery as it pertains to a court case
✔✔transcribed as colloquy - ✔✔When conversation interrupts the testimony
✔✔motion in limine - ✔✔made at the outset of the trial
✔✔sui juris - ✔✔a person having full social and civil rights
✔✔The United States Supreme Court - ✔✔9 justices
✔✔Rule 205 - ✔✔provides that the original transcript be substituted to the witness'
attorney
✔✔federal judges - ✔✔appointed for life
WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔preliminary hearing - ✔✔held to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to
hold a person accused of a crime and compelling him to answer
✔✔cause of action - ✔✔the grounds on which a civil action may be sustained
✔✔estoppel - ✔✔a bar which prevents a person from asserting or denying a fact
✔✔annex - ✔✔attach
✔✔bail - ✔✔set to permit the accused freedom of movement pending the hearing of the
case
✔✔Due process of law - ✔✔14th Amendment
✔✔biopsy - ✔✔Surgical removal of a small portion of tissue for examination
✔✔color - ✔✔Leukocyte, chlorophyll, and erythema
✔✔Olfactory - ✔✔smell
✔✔hematoma - ✔✔A swelling containing blood
✔✔breath - ✔✔Apnea, dyspnea, supnea
✔✔Ecchymosis - ✔✔discoloration under the skin
✔✔in flagrante delicto - ✔✔A wrongdoer caught redhanded
✔✔Constitution - ✔✔The supreme law of the United States
✔✔aphasia - ✔✔Loss of the power of speech
✔✔CRCB - ✔✔active district judge who serves as the chairman. active attorneys. active
official court reporters. active freelance reporters
✔✔only actual expenses - ✔✔compensation to Board members
✔✔Certification fees - ✔✔set and collected by the CRCB
, ✔✔Sunset provision - ✔✔something to be discontinued unless it is extended by
provision
✔✔pay renewal and penalty fees - ✔✔An expired certificate can be reinstated within
120 days if you ____.
✔✔non-certified shorthand reporter - ✔✔may not report in the state of Texas
✔✔revoke or suspend the certification for incompetence - ✔✔After receiving a verified
complaint and giving the reporter notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the Board
may ____
✔✔class A misdemeanor - ✔✔a non-certified reporter who takes a deposition (except
as provided in Sec. 52.031)
✔✔aggrieved person - ✔✔may appeal a disciplinary action of the Board to a district
court in the county he resides
✔✔penalty fee of $100 - ✔✔reinstatement of an expired certification
✔✔alphabetic and chronological index - ✔✔included at the beginning of each volume of
the statement of facts
✔✔amend the same or to prepare a new - ✔✔In case of a violation of the Supreme
Court order relating to form in the preparation of the statement of facts, the appellate
court may require the court reporter to _______ statement of facts.
✔✔index of exhibits - ✔✔front of the first volume
✔✔ascertaining facts about the case - ✔✔Discovery as it pertains to a court case
✔✔transcribed as colloquy - ✔✔When conversation interrupts the testimony
✔✔motion in limine - ✔✔made at the outset of the trial
✔✔sui juris - ✔✔a person having full social and civil rights
✔✔The United States Supreme Court - ✔✔9 justices
✔✔Rule 205 - ✔✔provides that the original transcript be substituted to the witness'
attorney
✔✔federal judges - ✔✔appointed for life
