CRC Vocabulary Building & Dictionary Management 2

Question 1

What is the recommended approach for handling proper nouns (names, places, organizations) in realtime captioning?

Accepted Answer

Research and pre-load anticipated proper nouns into a job dictionary before the assignment

Answer

Pre-researching and adding proper nouns to a job dictionary before an assignment ensures accurate real-time output and maintains professional captioning quality.

Question 2

What is a 'phrasing stroke' in stenography?

Accepted Answer

A single steno outline that writes multiple words simultaneously as one unit

Answer

A phrasing stroke combines multiple common words (e.g., 'I would like to') into a single steno outline, dramatically increasing writing speed during realtime captioning.

Question 3

How do captioners typically manage homophones (words that sound alike but have different meanings) in their steno dictionaries?

Accepted Answer

Create distinct steno outlines for each homophone to differentiate them during writing

Answer

Creating distinct steno outlines for homophones (e.g., 'there,' 'their,' 'they're') minimizes errors during live captioning by allowing context-driven output.

Question 4

What does comprehensive 'dictionary maintenance' involve for a professional realtime captioner?

Accepted Answer

Regularly reviewing, updating, and cleaning dictionary entries to improve accuracy and resolve conflicts

Answer

Dictionary maintenance involves ongoing review to add new terms, resolve conflicts, remove incorrect entries, and optimize outlines for speed and accuracy over time.

Question 5

What is a 'suffix stroke' in a steno dictionary?

Accepted Answer

A stroke appended to a root word to produce common endings such as '-ing,' '-ed,' or '-tion'

Answer

Suffix strokes allow captioners to attach common word endings automatically to root words, reducing the need for a separate dictionary entry for every word form.

CRC - Certified Realtime Captioner Practice Test

CRC - Certified Realtime Captioner Practice Test

CRC Vocabulary Building & Dictionary Management 2