Court Reporting is the verbatim shorthand reporting method used primarily to record legal proceedings. The information recorded is transcribed creating an official transcript that is considered a legal document when completed by a "certified" court reporter. This recording procedure is also used for medical and business transcription purposes, e.g. medical transcription, meetings, conventions, public hearings, closed captioning, and other private activities. Topics on this test include grammar, punctuation, legal terminology, medical terminology, general terminology, and steno note taking. This test would be appropriate to be given to anyone looking to function as a court reporter. Tests for Legal Abbreviations, Legal Filing Skills, and for Legal Typing are also available. Total Questions 49 Question Types Multiple Choice Competencies Tested GrammarPunctuationGeneral TerminologyLegal TerminologyMedical TerminologyTheory Tasks Tested Present Tense of WentPreposition UsePlural PossessivePresent Tense of WasPossessive (Genitive) CaseCorrelative ConjunctionSingular PossessiveJoint OwnershipCompound AdjectiveContractionComma and Punctuation UsageInterrupted and Incomplete StatementsQuoted Unfamiliar or Technical TermsQuotation GrammarQuestion Mark -- Request or CommandEllipsis as Final PunctuationConstable DefinitionIncite DefinitionMnemonic DefinitionPragmatic DefinitionCastigate DefinitionPremarital DefinitionAllege DefinitionStoic DefinitionWrit DefinitionImmanent DefinitionSpellingSpelling and DefinitionLaparotomyEpisiotomyDifficulty Hearing WitnessSteno NotesWord Per MinuteTalking at the Same TimeStone MachineNote Reading - Figure 3Note Reading - Figure 2Note Reading - Figure 1
