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NC Notary Public Exam ALL 250 Questions
and Verified Solutions Latest Update This
Year
Q; T/F: Keeping a journal is critical to fulfilling the purpose in 10B-2 to protect the public and
to prevent fraud and forgery.
True
T/F: Notaries are required to keep a journal.
False
Journals provides protection:
- To the public from document fraud and _____.
- To business and industry from _____ people.
- To notaries from _____ claims of misconduct.
- To aid in _____ and notary investigation.
Forgery
Dishonest
False
Criminal
Journals should be:
- ______ to prevent page removal.
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- Kept in _____ order.
- Filled out by the _____ and signed by principal.
- Care should be taken to ______ information.
Bound
Chronological
Notary
Conceal
After how many years (minimum), a journal may be destroyed after the commission
expiration date?
10 years
______ is a notarial act in which the notary certifies at a single time and place the following
occurred:
a. Individual appeared before notary with record.
b. Individual is personally known by notary or identified by satisfactory evidence.
c. Individual did:
1. indicated signature to the notary and was individuals signature
2. signed record in presence and personally observed of notary
Acknowledgement
_______ is a notarial act which is legally EQUIVALENT to an OATH and in which a notary
certifies that all of the following occurred:
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a. Individual appeared before notary with record.
b. Individual is personally known by notary or identified by satisfactory evidence
c. The individual made a vow of truthfulness on penalty of perjury, based on personal honor
and WITHOUT invoking a deity or using any form of the word "swear"
Affirmation
The current North Carolina Notary Public Manual was published when?
March 2016
T/F: All notaries are required to own a copy of the North Carolina Notary Public Manual.
True
A Notary Public shall:
- Be appointed by North Carolina ______ of state to serve as the state's public officer and
servant
- Act as an ________ witness and not profit or gain from documents or transactions
- Requires the presence of signer, ________, and _________, and shall require satisfactory
evidence.
- Not execute or not be involved in false, deceptive, fraudulent or incomplete certificates,
_______, or _______.
- Give precedence to the rules of NC General Statue _____.
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Secretary
Impartial
Oath-taker, witness
Documents, transactions
10B
A Notary Public shall (cont.):
- Act as a ministerial officer and never provide _____
- Not allow their ______ to be used in endorsement/promotion
- Respect the signer's _____ and not divulge _____ information or proprietary information.
- Not complete a notary act unless the person appearing is ______, doesn't lack in
understanding the nature and consequences of the transaction and isn't acting involuntarily
under duress or undue influence.
Legal advice
Official emblem
Privacy, personal
Competent
Purposes of a Notary:
- To prevent ____ and forgery.
- To foster _____ conduct.
- To promote, _____, and protect the public.
- To integrate procedures for paper and _____ notarial acts.
NC Notary Public Exam ALL 250 Questions
and Verified Solutions Latest Update This
Year
Q; T/F: Keeping a journal is critical to fulfilling the purpose in 10B-2 to protect the public and
to prevent fraud and forgery.
True
T/F: Notaries are required to keep a journal.
False
Journals provides protection:
- To the public from document fraud and _____.
- To business and industry from _____ people.
- To notaries from _____ claims of misconduct.
- To aid in _____ and notary investigation.
Forgery
Dishonest
False
Criminal
Journals should be:
- ______ to prevent page removal.
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- Kept in _____ order.
- Filled out by the _____ and signed by principal.
- Care should be taken to ______ information.
Bound
Chronological
Notary
Conceal
After how many years (minimum), a journal may be destroyed after the commission
expiration date?
10 years
______ is a notarial act in which the notary certifies at a single time and place the following
occurred:
a. Individual appeared before notary with record.
b. Individual is personally known by notary or identified by satisfactory evidence.
c. Individual did:
1. indicated signature to the notary and was individuals signature
2. signed record in presence and personally observed of notary
Acknowledgement
_______ is a notarial act which is legally EQUIVALENT to an OATH and in which a notary
certifies that all of the following occurred:
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a. Individual appeared before notary with record.
b. Individual is personally known by notary or identified by satisfactory evidence
c. The individual made a vow of truthfulness on penalty of perjury, based on personal honor
and WITHOUT invoking a deity or using any form of the word "swear"
Affirmation
The current North Carolina Notary Public Manual was published when?
March 2016
T/F: All notaries are required to own a copy of the North Carolina Notary Public Manual.
True
A Notary Public shall:
- Be appointed by North Carolina ______ of state to serve as the state's public officer and
servant
- Act as an ________ witness and not profit or gain from documents or transactions
- Requires the presence of signer, ________, and _________, and shall require satisfactory
evidence.
- Not execute or not be involved in false, deceptive, fraudulent or incomplete certificates,
_______, or _______.
- Give precedence to the rules of NC General Statue _____.
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Secretary
Impartial
Oath-taker, witness
Documents, transactions
10B
A Notary Public shall (cont.):
- Act as a ministerial officer and never provide _____
- Not allow their ______ to be used in endorsement/promotion
- Respect the signer's _____ and not divulge _____ information or proprietary information.
- Not complete a notary act unless the person appearing is ______, doesn't lack in
understanding the nature and consequences of the transaction and isn't acting involuntarily
under duress or undue influence.
Legal advice
Official emblem
Privacy, personal
Competent
Purposes of a Notary:
- To prevent ____ and forgery.
- To foster _____ conduct.
- To promote, _____, and protect the public.
- To integrate procedures for paper and _____ notarial acts.
