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Ten questions from our court officer-trainee practice exams: reading, applying rules, clerical checking and record keeping from tables. The memory section is left out here, because its account has to be taken away before the questions.

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Read this, then answer the questions about it.

Jurors report to the assembly room on the first floor and remain there until a panel is called. A panel is a group drawn from the room and sent to a courtroom for selection. Jurors who are not called by the end of the day are released and their service is complete.

A juror who must leave the room speaks to the attendant first. The attendant records the time of leaving and the time of return. A juror absent when a panel is drawn is not placed on that panel and stays in the pool for later panels.

Question 1 · Reading Comprehension

According to the passage, what is a panel?
  1. A. Every juror in the assembly room
  2. B. A group of jurors sent to a courtroom
  3. C. The list of jurors released for the day
  4. D. The attendant's record of arrivals
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The answer is B. The passage defines a panel as a group drawn from the room and sent to a courtroom for selection.

  • A is wrong: The whole room is the pool, and a panel is drawn out of it.
  • C is wrong: Release happens at the end of the day and is not what a panel means.
  • D is wrong: The attendant's record concerns comings and goings, not panels.

Question 2 · Reading Comprehension

A juror steps out and a panel is drawn while they are gone. According to the passage, what happens?
  1. A. Their service is complete for the whole day
  2. B. They are placed on the panel anyway
  3. C. They must report to a judge
  4. D. They stay in the pool for later panels
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The answer is D. The passage says a juror absent when a panel is drawn is not placed on that panel and stays in the pool for later panels.

  • A is wrong: Service is complete only for jurors not called by the end of the day.
  • B is wrong: The passage says directly that they are not placed on that panel.
  • C is wrong: Nothing in the passage sends an absent juror to a judge.

Read this, then answer the questions about it.

RULE 1. A visitor may bring a mobile telephone into the building but may not use it inside a courtroom. An officer who sees a telephone in use in a courtroom directs the visitor to put it away. If the visitor uses it again after being directed, the officer takes the telephone and returns it when the visitor leaves the building.

RULE 2. A visitor who refuses to be screened is not admitted. An officer does not search a visitor who refuses; the visitor is asked to leave and the officer records the refusal.

RULE 3. Property held at the desk is returned only to the person who handed it in, and only on the same day. Property not collected by closing is placed in the property locker and a receipt is left at the desk.

Question 3 · Applying Rules

A visitor is using a telephone in a courtroom for the first time. Under the rules, what does the officer do?
  1. A. Direct the visitor to put it away
  2. B. Take the telephone from the visitor at once
  3. C. Ask the visitor to leave the building
  4. D. Record a refusal
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The answer is A. Rule 1 says the officer directs the visitor to put it away. Taking it comes only after a second use.

  • B is wrong: Taking it is the step for a visitor who uses it again after being directed.
  • C is wrong: Nothing in Rule 1 removes a visitor from the building for a first use.
  • D is wrong: A refusal is recorded under Rule 2, which is about screening.

Question 4 · Applying Rules

The same visitor uses the telephone again after being directed. What now?
  1. A. The officer directs them again
  2. B. The officer records a refusal
  3. C. The officer takes it and returns it when the visitor leaves
  4. D. The officer places it in the locker
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The answer is C. Rule 1 provides for taking the telephone on a second use and returning it when the visitor leaves the building.

  • A is wrong: A second direction is not what the rule provides for after the first one.
  • B is wrong: Refusals under Rule 2 concern screening rather than telephones.
  • D is wrong: The locker under Rule 3 is for property left uncollected at closing.

Question 5 · Clerical Checking

Which pair is an exact match? Docket 4471-B / Docket 4471-B
  1. A. The letters differ
  2. B. The numbers differ
  3. C. Both differ
  4. D. The pair matches exactly
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The answer is D. Every character is the same in both entries, including the letter after the hyphen.

  • A is wrong: The letter is B in both of the entries.
  • B is wrong: The digits read 4471 in both of the entries.
  • C is wrong: Neither the number nor the letter differs.

Question 6 · Clerical Checking

Compare: Ferreira, Luisa M. / Ferriera, Luisa M.
  1. A. The first name differs
  2. B. The surname is spelled differently
  3. C. The middle initial differs
  4. D. They match exactly
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The answer is B. The first entry reads Ferreira and the second reads Ferriera. The letters after the double r are transposed.

  • A is wrong: Luisa appears in both entries.
  • C is wrong: The initial is M in both entries.
  • D is wrong: There is a difference, and it is in the surname.

Question 7 · Clerical Checking

Compare: 07/13/2026 / 07/18/2026
  1. A. The day differs
  2. B. The month differs
  3. C. The year
  4. D. They match exactly
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The answer is A. Both read July 2026, but one is the 13th and the other the 18th.

  • B is wrong: Both entries read 07 for the month.
  • C is wrong: Both entries read 2026 for the year.
  • D is wrong: One digit of the day is different.

Read this, then answer the questions about it.

Cases heard last week, by part and by day.

PARTMONTUEWEDTHUFRI
Part 112914117
Part 281361015
Part 357946
Part 4111012139

Question 8 · Record Keeping

How many cases did Part 2 hear on Friday?
  1. A. 7
  2. B. 9
  3. C. 15
  4. D. 10
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The answer is C. Read down to Part 2 and across to Friday, which gives 15.

  • A is wrong: That figure is Part 1's Friday rather than Part 2's.
  • B is wrong: That figure belongs to Part 4 on the same day.
  • D is wrong: That is Part 2 on Thursday, one column to the left.

Question 9 · Record Keeping

Which part heard the fewest cases on Wednesday?
  1. A. Part 3
  2. B. Part 1
  3. C. Part 2
  4. D. Part 4
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The answer is A. Wednesday reads 14, 6, 9 and 12, so Part 3 is the lowest.

  • B is wrong: Part 1 heard 14 that day, which is more than the lowest.
  • C is wrong: Part 2 heard 6, which is higher than Part 3.
  • D is wrong: Part 4 heard 12, the highest of the four.

Question 10 · Record Keeping

On which day did Part 1 hear the most cases?
  1. A. Monday
  2. B. Thursday that week
  3. C. Friday
  4. D. Wednesday
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The answer is D. Part 1 reads 12, 9, 14, 11, 7 across the week, and 14 on Wednesday is the highest.

  • A is wrong: Monday shows 12, which is below the week's highest.
  • B is wrong: Thursday shows 11 for that part.
  • C is wrong: Friday shows 7, the lowest of the five days.
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