CA CSR Practice Questions With Correct
Answers
Q. How long must you keep criminal notes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
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10 years.
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Q. How long must you keep civil notes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. 10
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years.
Q. How long must you keep death penalty/capital notes? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. Forever - unless ordered by Supreme Court to destroy.
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Q. How long must you keep deposition notes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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A. 1 year if transcribed; 8 years if not.
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Q. If no paper notes are kept, how many sources of backup media must
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be retained? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. 2 sources.
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Q. When can you go on/off the record? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
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When all parties stipulate.
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,Q. When MUST you go off the record? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. When
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ordered by the court; when notified by a party to the action that they
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are going to move for a protective order.
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Q. What code is examination in a deposition covered under? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. Evidence code. | |
Q. The reporter's duty is under what code? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
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Civil Code of Procedure.
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Q. When the transcript is available for signing, who does the reporter
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notify? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. All parties.
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Q. How long does the deponent have to read/sign/make changes? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. 30 days. | | |
Q. What do you do once that time period is up? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. Notify all parties of changes/approval/refusal to sign; | | | | | | | |
note the refusal on the transcript.
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Q. What happens if the deponent refuses to sign the original? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. The transcript will remain in full force and
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effect.
,Q. Does the certified transcript get filed with the court? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. No. The noticing attorney must keep it for 6 months,
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then it can be destroyed.
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Q. When is the interpreter sworn in? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Very
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first, before the witness.
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Q. Where do you list the interpreter? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. In
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Appearances.
Q. Who must be notified of any personal/financial interests/conflicts? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. All parties.
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Q. What kind of personal interest must you notify the parties of? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. If you're related to someone or work for
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them.
Q. Who must the transcript be available to at all times? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. All parties. | |
Q. What does the reporter do with the exhibits in a depo? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. Mark them for identification; retain and attach to
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transcript.
, Q. What happens when a deponent refuses to answer a question or
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provide information? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. The attorney can seek
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a court order for motion to compel.
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Q. The deponent has how many days to report to the court and answer?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. 60 days from the date of the deposition.
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Q. What must be on a court transcript title page on each volume
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number? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Title of the case; trial court
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number; names of the trial courts; each participating trial judge; names
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and addresses of the appellate counsel for each party; volume number
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and inclusive page numbers; dates of the proceedings reported in that
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volume.
Q. There must be a cover for each transcript prepared on appeal for
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which courts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Superior Court and Appellate
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Court.
Q. What pages must the reporter's license number be on? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. The cover page and certificate page. | | | | | |
Q. On the index page, the transcript must contain what kind of indexes?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Chronological and alphabetical.
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Answers
Q. How long must you keep criminal notes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
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10 years.
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Q. How long must you keep civil notes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. 10
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years.
Q. How long must you keep death penalty/capital notes? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. Forever - unless ordered by Supreme Court to destroy.
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Q. How long must you keep deposition notes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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A. 1 year if transcribed; 8 years if not.
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Q. If no paper notes are kept, how many sources of backup media must
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be retained? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. 2 sources.
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Q. When can you go on/off the record? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
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When all parties stipulate.
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,Q. When MUST you go off the record? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. When
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ordered by the court; when notified by a party to the action that they
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
are going to move for a protective order.
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Q. What code is examination in a deposition covered under? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. Evidence code. | |
Q. The reporter's duty is under what code? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
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Civil Code of Procedure.
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Q. When the transcript is available for signing, who does the reporter
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notify? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. All parties.
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Q. How long does the deponent have to read/sign/make changes? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. 30 days. | | |
Q. What do you do once that time period is up? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. Notify all parties of changes/approval/refusal to sign; | | | | | | | |
note the refusal on the transcript.
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Q. What happens if the deponent refuses to sign the original? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. The transcript will remain in full force and
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effect.
,Q. Does the certified transcript get filed with the court? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. No. The noticing attorney must keep it for 6 months,
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then it can be destroyed.
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Q. When is the interpreter sworn in? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Very
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first, before the witness.
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Q. Where do you list the interpreter? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. In
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Appearances.
Q. Who must be notified of any personal/financial interests/conflicts? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. All parties.
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Q. What kind of personal interest must you notify the parties of? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. If you're related to someone or work for
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them.
Q. Who must the transcript be available to at all times? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. All parties. | |
Q. What does the reporter do with the exhibits in a depo? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. Mark them for identification; retain and attach to
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transcript.
, Q. What happens when a deponent refuses to answer a question or
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provide information? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. The attorney can seek
| | | | | | | | |
a court order for motion to compel.
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Q. The deponent has how many days to report to the court and answer?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. 60 days from the date of the deposition.
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Q. What must be on a court transcript title page on each volume
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number? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Title of the case; trial court
| | | | | | | | | |
number; names of the trial courts; each participating trial judge; names
| | | | | | | | | | |
and addresses of the appellate counsel for each party; volume number
| | | | | | | | | | |
and inclusive page numbers; dates of the proceedings reported in that
| | | | | | | | | | |
volume.
Q. There must be a cover for each transcript prepared on appeal for
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
which courts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Superior Court and Appellate
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Court.
Q. What pages must the reporter's license number be on? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. The cover page and certificate page. | | | | | |
Q. On the index page, the transcript must contain what kind of indexes?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. Chronological and alphabetical.
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