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  1. What is the purpose of a 'certificate of reporter' or 'reporter's certificate' appended to a transcript?

    Answer: It is the reporter's sworn attestation that the transcript is a true and accurate record

    The reporter's certificate is a signed, sworn statement at the end of a transcript certifying that it is a verbatim and complete record of the proceeding.

  2. Which of the following scenarios would MOST likely violate a court reporter's duty of impartiality?

    Answer: Privately discussing the strengths of one party's case with that party's attorney

    Privately advising or discussing case merits with one party's counsel undermines the reporter's neutrality and violates professional ethics standards.

  3. In shorthand reporting terminology, what is an 'untranslate' (or 'untran')?

    Answer: A stroke the CAT software cannot convert to an English word, displayed as raw steno

    An untranslate appears in the CAT output as raw steno characters when the software has no dictionary entry for that stroke combination.

  4. What does it mean when a witness 'reads and signs' a deposition transcript?

    Answer: The witness reviews the transcript for accuracy and signs an errata sheet noting any corrections

    Reading and signing allows the witness to review the transcript and submit corrections via an errata sheet before the transcript is filed.

  5. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30, which party typically bears the initial cost of a deposition transcript?

    Answer: The party who noticed (scheduled) the deposition

    FRCP 30 places the cost of stenographic services on the party who noticed the deposition; other parties may purchase their own copies.

  6. Which term describes the rate at which a court reporter can write steno and produce a readable translation simultaneously in real time?

    Answer: Real-time translation speed

    Real-time translation speed refers to the reporter's ability to write at speaking speed while the CAT system instantly renders an accurate English translation on screen.

  7. Which professional responsibility requires a CSR to safeguard stenographic notes for a minimum period after a proceeding?

    Answer: Duty of record retention

    Most state CSR regulations impose a record-retention duty requiring reporters to store original steno notes for a mandated period (often one to ten years) in case a transcript is later ordered.