AAERT CDR ETHICS AND DIGITAL REPORTING REVIEW
Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: ________ means decided thing.
Answer: Res judicata
Question 2: ________ means things. (Subject matter in a civil case.)
Answer: Res
Question 3: __________ means notwithstanding. (Overturn a jury's verdict.)
Answer: Non obstante
Question 4: ____________ is a priority without ASR, but with ASR, it becomes something digital
reporters can spend more energy on.
Answer: Speaker designations
Question 5: ________________ is where the parties present evidence, testimony, and arguments in front
of a judge with the goal of determining fault or guilt.
Answer: Trial
Question 6: __________________ are generally held to determine a court order or for some procedural
matters.
Answer: Hearings
Question 7: __________________ are generally held to determine a court order or for some procedural
matters.
Answer: Hearings
Question 8: ___________means another self. The doctrine that a corporation may not be used as a
sham to insulate shareholders from liability for their own private actions.
Answer: Alter ego
Question 9: -Multiple Answers: Who are the most important people to mic up for an arbitration?
Answer:
1. The arbitrator
2. Each attorney
3. The witness
Page 1
,Question 10: "From the egg," meaning from the start.
Answer: Ab ovo
Question 11: A _______________ is a medical professional hired by the defense attorney who assesses
the plaintiff's health. They provide an unbiased report of the patient's injuries, including an estimated
amount of time required for the treatment and when the employee can return to work.
Answer: Independent Medical Examiner
Question 12: A ________________ is any legal document that sets out cause of action and facts that the
filing party believes are sufficient to support a claim.
Answer: complaint
Question 13: A block to re-litigating an issue already been tried between the same parties.
Answer: collateral estoppel
Question 14: A cardioid pickup pattern is best when trying to capture.
Answer: a single speaking participant.
Question 15: A charge to the jury is:
Answer: The final instructions given by the trial judge to the jury prior to their commencement of
deliberations setting out how they must apply the law to the evidence they have heard.
Question 16: A clerk is:
Answer: An employee in a court office whose duties include filing pleadings.
Question 17: A criminal plea neither admitting nor denying the charges but accepting consequences.
This avoids future civil liability.
Answer: Nolo contendere
Question 18: A deposition is:
Answer: The taking of testimony outside of court.
Question 19: A deposition is:
Answer: The taking of testimony outside of court.
Page 2
,Question 20: A digital court reporter is sometimes requested to search for information in the official
record.
Answer: True
Question 21: A file transferred from an analog source to digital and then back to analog will be.
Answer: Worse than the original quality
Question 22: A file transferred from an analog source to digital and then back to analog will be.
Answer: Worse than the original quality
Question 23: A hostile witness is.
Answer: a witness called by one side, but whose interests lie with the other party.
Question 24: A law created by Congress is which type of law?
Answer: statutory
Question 25: A law created by Congress is which type of law?
Answer: Statutory
Question 26: A legal transcriptionist:
Answer: takes the audio that is captured and transcribes it to create the transcript.
Question 27: A microphone that picks up signals from 360 degrees is a(n) _____________ microphone.
Answer: Omnidirectional
Question 28: A playback is:
Answer: the replaying of previously recorded sound
Question 29: A pleading is a formal statement with the plaintiff's cause of action or the defendant's
response to the cause of action. The_________ is the plaintiff's cause of action. The __________ is the
defendant's response.
Answer: (complaint) (answer)
Question 30: A sidebar forms part of the record unless the judge advises otherwise.
Answer: True
Page 3
, Question 31: A standard legal reference work, including abbreviations and other materials.
Answer: Black's Law Dictionary
Question 32: A stenotype reporter uses a stenograph machine and works very quickly. How many
words per minute is the minimum requirement?
Answer: 225
Question 33: A subpoena is:
Answer: formal order to appear -- usually to give testimony and/or provide documents
Question 34: A time-stamped speaker designation is required when an objection is made.
Answer: True
Question 35: A timestamp is required:
Answer: when a 911 audio tape is played when an objection is made a lawyer advises their client not to
answer a question
Question 36: A webcam video is as good as a legal video.
Answer: False
Question 37: A witness with firsthand knowledge of a matter, who observed the events.
Answer: Percipient witness
Question 38: A word used in printed summaries of court opinions where a point of law was not directly
decided, or the ruling was obscure. (It seems, it appears.)
Answer: Semble
Question 39: AAERT recommends that at the conclusion of the deposition, while still on the record,
you.
Answer: ask for transcript orders from individual lawyers
Question 40: AAERT standards are based on.
Answer: federal rules.
Question 41: AAERT suggests at least ________ separate recording devices are recording a proceeding.
Answer: (two)
Page 4
Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: ________ means decided thing.
Answer: Res judicata
Question 2: ________ means things. (Subject matter in a civil case.)
Answer: Res
Question 3: __________ means notwithstanding. (Overturn a jury's verdict.)
Answer: Non obstante
Question 4: ____________ is a priority without ASR, but with ASR, it becomes something digital
reporters can spend more energy on.
Answer: Speaker designations
Question 5: ________________ is where the parties present evidence, testimony, and arguments in front
of a judge with the goal of determining fault or guilt.
Answer: Trial
Question 6: __________________ are generally held to determine a court order or for some procedural
matters.
Answer: Hearings
Question 7: __________________ are generally held to determine a court order or for some procedural
matters.
Answer: Hearings
Question 8: ___________means another self. The doctrine that a corporation may not be used as a
sham to insulate shareholders from liability for their own private actions.
Answer: Alter ego
Question 9: -Multiple Answers: Who are the most important people to mic up for an arbitration?
Answer:
1. The arbitrator
2. Each attorney
3. The witness
Page 1
,Question 10: "From the egg," meaning from the start.
Answer: Ab ovo
Question 11: A _______________ is a medical professional hired by the defense attorney who assesses
the plaintiff's health. They provide an unbiased report of the patient's injuries, including an estimated
amount of time required for the treatment and when the employee can return to work.
Answer: Independent Medical Examiner
Question 12: A ________________ is any legal document that sets out cause of action and facts that the
filing party believes are sufficient to support a claim.
Answer: complaint
Question 13: A block to re-litigating an issue already been tried between the same parties.
Answer: collateral estoppel
Question 14: A cardioid pickup pattern is best when trying to capture.
Answer: a single speaking participant.
Question 15: A charge to the jury is:
Answer: The final instructions given by the trial judge to the jury prior to their commencement of
deliberations setting out how they must apply the law to the evidence they have heard.
Question 16: A clerk is:
Answer: An employee in a court office whose duties include filing pleadings.
Question 17: A criminal plea neither admitting nor denying the charges but accepting consequences.
This avoids future civil liability.
Answer: Nolo contendere
Question 18: A deposition is:
Answer: The taking of testimony outside of court.
Question 19: A deposition is:
Answer: The taking of testimony outside of court.
Page 2
,Question 20: A digital court reporter is sometimes requested to search for information in the official
record.
Answer: True
Question 21: A file transferred from an analog source to digital and then back to analog will be.
Answer: Worse than the original quality
Question 22: A file transferred from an analog source to digital and then back to analog will be.
Answer: Worse than the original quality
Question 23: A hostile witness is.
Answer: a witness called by one side, but whose interests lie with the other party.
Question 24: A law created by Congress is which type of law?
Answer: statutory
Question 25: A law created by Congress is which type of law?
Answer: Statutory
Question 26: A legal transcriptionist:
Answer: takes the audio that is captured and transcribes it to create the transcript.
Question 27: A microphone that picks up signals from 360 degrees is a(n) _____________ microphone.
Answer: Omnidirectional
Question 28: A playback is:
Answer: the replaying of previously recorded sound
Question 29: A pleading is a formal statement with the plaintiff's cause of action or the defendant's
response to the cause of action. The_________ is the plaintiff's cause of action. The __________ is the
defendant's response.
Answer: (complaint) (answer)
Question 30: A sidebar forms part of the record unless the judge advises otherwise.
Answer: True
Page 3
, Question 31: A standard legal reference work, including abbreviations and other materials.
Answer: Black's Law Dictionary
Question 32: A stenotype reporter uses a stenograph machine and works very quickly. How many
words per minute is the minimum requirement?
Answer: 225
Question 33: A subpoena is:
Answer: formal order to appear -- usually to give testimony and/or provide documents
Question 34: A time-stamped speaker designation is required when an objection is made.
Answer: True
Question 35: A timestamp is required:
Answer: when a 911 audio tape is played when an objection is made a lawyer advises their client not to
answer a question
Question 36: A webcam video is as good as a legal video.
Answer: False
Question 37: A witness with firsthand knowledge of a matter, who observed the events.
Answer: Percipient witness
Question 38: A word used in printed summaries of court opinions where a point of law was not directly
decided, or the ruling was obscure. (It seems, it appears.)
Answer: Semble
Question 39: AAERT recommends that at the conclusion of the deposition, while still on the record,
you.
Answer: ask for transcript orders from individual lawyers
Question 40: AAERT standards are based on.
Answer: federal rules.
Question 41: AAERT suggests at least ________ separate recording devices are recording a proceeding.
Answer: (two)
Page 4
