Review for court interpreter exam_ Questions with
CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
Plaintiff
Answer:
person who sues
Question 2:
defendant
Answer:
person who is been sued
Question 3:
witnee
Answer:
person who gives testimony about the facts
Question 4:
prosecutor
Answer:
the government's lawyer in a criminal case
Question 5:
public defender
Answer:
attorney who defends criminal
Question 6:
defense witness
Answer:
,person(s) who testifies for defendant
Question 7:
assistant district attorney
Answer:
is the state court attorney
Question 8:
assistant U.S. attorney
Answer:
attorney in federal court case
Question 9:
court clerk
Answer:
he administer oath. Usually called courtroom deputy
Question 10:
misdemeanor
Answer:
defendant does not have to appear in court. Attorney
can represent.
Question 11:
misdemeanor charge
Answer:
1. arrest & formal charges; 2. First appearance; 3.
Pretrial negotiations 4. trial
Question 12:
felony
Answer:
, defendant must appear in court.
Question 13:
felony lower court
Answer:
1. arrest& formal charges; 2. 1st appearance; 3. pre-
liminary settings; 4. pre-trial negotiations; 5. probable
cause hearing, 6. grand jury
Question 14:
felony for cases going to trial
Answer:
1.arraignment; 2. motions and settlement confer-
ences; 3. trial, and 4. sentencing
Question 15:
an interpreter shall render
Answer:
accuracy, representation of qualifications, be impar-
tial, professional demeanor, limit to interpret and/or
ethic violations, and continually impskillrove
Question 16:
Mandatory method for interpreting
at the witness stand
Answer:
consecutive
Question 17:
The interpreter hired by the court in only if defendant
a criminal case may refer attorneys
to a defendant
Answer:
CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
Plaintiff
Answer:
person who sues
Question 2:
defendant
Answer:
person who is been sued
Question 3:
witnee
Answer:
person who gives testimony about the facts
Question 4:
prosecutor
Answer:
the government's lawyer in a criminal case
Question 5:
public defender
Answer:
attorney who defends criminal
Question 6:
defense witness
Answer:
,person(s) who testifies for defendant
Question 7:
assistant district attorney
Answer:
is the state court attorney
Question 8:
assistant U.S. attorney
Answer:
attorney in federal court case
Question 9:
court clerk
Answer:
he administer oath. Usually called courtroom deputy
Question 10:
misdemeanor
Answer:
defendant does not have to appear in court. Attorney
can represent.
Question 11:
misdemeanor charge
Answer:
1. arrest & formal charges; 2. First appearance; 3.
Pretrial negotiations 4. trial
Question 12:
felony
Answer:
, defendant must appear in court.
Question 13:
felony lower court
Answer:
1. arrest& formal charges; 2. 1st appearance; 3. pre-
liminary settings; 4. pre-trial negotiations; 5. probable
cause hearing, 6. grand jury
Question 14:
felony for cases going to trial
Answer:
1.arraignment; 2. motions and settlement confer-
ences; 3. trial, and 4. sentencing
Question 15:
an interpreter shall render
Answer:
accuracy, representation of qualifications, be impar-
tial, professional demeanor, limit to interpret and/or
ethic violations, and continually impskillrove
Question 16:
Mandatory method for interpreting
at the witness stand
Answer:
consecutive
Question 17:
The interpreter hired by the court in only if defendant
a criminal case may refer attorneys
to a defendant
Answer:
