CA CSR Practice Exam Questions And Correct
Answers (Verified Answers) 2026
Q. How long must you keep criminal notes? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. 10 years.
Q. How long must you keep civil notes? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. 10 years.
Q. How long must you keep death penalty/capital notes? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Forever -
unless ordered by Supreme Court to destroy.
Q. How long must you keep deposition notes? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. 1 year if transcribed;
8 years if not.
Q. If no paper notes are kept, how many sources of backup media must be retained? - CORRECT
ANSWER -A. 2 sources.
Q. When can you go on/off the record? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. When all parties stipulate.
Q. When MUST you go off the record? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. When ordered by the court;
when notified by a party to the action that they are going to move for a protective order.
Q. What code is examination in a deposition covered under? - CORRECT ANSWER -A.
Evidence code.
Q. The reporter's duty is under what code? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Civil Code of Procedure.
Q. When the transcript is available for signing, who does the reporter notify? - CORRECT
ANSWER -A. All parties.
,Q. How long does the deponent have to read/sign/make changes? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. 30
days.
Q. What do you do once that time period is up? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Notify all parties of
changes/approval/refusal to sign; note the refusal on the transcript.
Q. What happens if the deponent refuses to sign the original? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. The
transcript will remain in full force and effect.
Q. Does the certified transcript get filed with the court? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. No. The
noticing attorney must keep it for 6 months, then it can be destroyed.
Q. When is the interpreter sworn in? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Very first, before the witness.
Q. Where do you list the interpreter? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. In Appearances.
Q. Who must be notified of any personal/financial interests/conflicts? - CORRECT ANSWER -
A. All parties.
Q. What kind of personal interest must you notify the parties of? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. If
you're related to someone or work for them.
Q. Who must the transcript be available to at all times? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. All parties.
Q. What does the reporter do with the exhibits in a depo? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Mark them
for identification; retain and attach to transcript.
Q. What happens when a deponent refuses to answer a question or provide information? -
CORRECT ANSWER -A. The attorney can seek a court order for motion to compel.
, Q. The deponent has how many days to report to the court and answer? - CORRECT ANSWER -
A. 60 days from the date of the deposition.
Q. What must be on a court transcript title page on each volume 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 Court.
Q. What pages must the reporter's license number be on? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. The cover
page and certificate page.
Q. On the index page, the transcript must contain what kind of indexes? - CORRECT ANSWER
-A. Chronological and alphabetical.
Q. What do the indexes list? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. The volume and page number where
each witness's examination begins; the volume and page number where an exhibit is marked for
identification and where it is admitted/refused.
Q. Where is everyone attending the depo listed? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Under Appearances
or Also Present page head note on the second page.
Q. What does the title page include? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. The name of the superior court;
plaintiff and defense case title; case number; the witness being deposed; attorney's name;
location of the depo; date and time of the depo; reporter's name and license number.
Q. Where are exhibits listed? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. In the index.
Answers (Verified Answers) 2026
Q. How long must you keep criminal notes? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. 10 years.
Q. How long must you keep civil notes? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. 10 years.
Q. How long must you keep death penalty/capital notes? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Forever -
unless ordered by Supreme Court to destroy.
Q. How long must you keep deposition notes? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. 1 year if transcribed;
8 years if not.
Q. If no paper notes are kept, how many sources of backup media must be retained? - CORRECT
ANSWER -A. 2 sources.
Q. When can you go on/off the record? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. When all parties stipulate.
Q. When MUST you go off the record? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. When ordered by the court;
when notified by a party to the action that they are going to move for a protective order.
Q. What code is examination in a deposition covered under? - CORRECT ANSWER -A.
Evidence code.
Q. The reporter's duty is under what code? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Civil Code of Procedure.
Q. When the transcript is available for signing, who does the reporter notify? - CORRECT
ANSWER -A. All parties.
,Q. How long does the deponent have to read/sign/make changes? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. 30
days.
Q. What do you do once that time period is up? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Notify all parties of
changes/approval/refusal to sign; note the refusal on the transcript.
Q. What happens if the deponent refuses to sign the original? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. The
transcript will remain in full force and effect.
Q. Does the certified transcript get filed with the court? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. No. The
noticing attorney must keep it for 6 months, then it can be destroyed.
Q. When is the interpreter sworn in? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Very first, before the witness.
Q. Where do you list the interpreter? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. In Appearances.
Q. Who must be notified of any personal/financial interests/conflicts? - CORRECT ANSWER -
A. All parties.
Q. What kind of personal interest must you notify the parties of? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. If
you're related to someone or work for them.
Q. Who must the transcript be available to at all times? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. All parties.
Q. What does the reporter do with the exhibits in a depo? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Mark them
for identification; retain and attach to transcript.
Q. What happens when a deponent refuses to answer a question or provide information? -
CORRECT ANSWER -A. The attorney can seek a court order for motion to compel.
, Q. The deponent has how many days to report to the court and answer? - CORRECT ANSWER -
A. 60 days from the date of the deposition.
Q. What must be on a court transcript title page on each volume 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 Court.
Q. What pages must the reporter's license number be on? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. The cover
page and certificate page.
Q. On the index page, the transcript must contain what kind of indexes? - CORRECT ANSWER
-A. Chronological and alphabetical.
Q. What do the indexes list? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. The volume and page number where
each witness's examination begins; the volume and page number where an exhibit is marked for
identification and where it is admitted/refused.
Q. Where is everyone attending the depo listed? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Under Appearances
or Also Present page head note on the second page.
Q. What does the title page include? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. The name of the superior court;
plaintiff and defense case title; case number; the witness being deposed; attorney's name;
location of the depo; date and time of the depo; reporter's name and license number.
Q. Where are exhibits listed? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. In the index.
