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These 10 free RMR questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Registered Merit Reporter blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
The Literary dictation reads, 'Before the exhibit opened, we checked the lights.' The draft reads, 'We checked the lights before the exhibit opened.' The words are intact and the meaning is unchanged. How does NCRA treat the change in their order?
Correct answer: A - As a transposition of the relocated words.
A Literary passage describes ordinary clothing worn on each day of a journey. The CAT output is 'She wore every day clothes everyday.' Which version correctly distinguishes the adjective from the expression of frequency?
Correct answer: C - She wore everyday clothes every day.
After submitting every required file for an RMR Literary test, a candidate sees a preliminary score of 93.6%. No official result has arrived. Which interpretation of that display is justified?
Correct answer: C - The transcript qualifies for grader review; a passing result is not yet established.
The judge dictates, 'You may consider the witness's opportunity to observe.' A reporter's draft substitutes 'must' for 'may.' The reporter recognizes 'must' from a familiar standard instruction, but the steno notes clearly support 'may.' What belongs in the final transcript?
Correct answer: A - 'May', as the judge dictated.
NCRA's official results show Literary at 96.4%, Jury Charge at 94.2%, and Testimony at 97.1%. The candidate's membership and RPR are current, and neither passed component is near expiration. What still stands between this candidate and the RMR?
Correct answer: D - Passing Jury Charge; the other two passes remain usable.
In a Testimony passage, the witness asks, 'Do you mean the unsigned copy?' Examining counsel replies, 'Yes.' Which transcription preserves both speaker identity and sentence type?
Correct answer: B - A. Do you mean the unsigned copy? Q. Yes.
A witness says, 'I don't remember seeing him leave.' The draft reads, 'I remember not seeing him leave.' Beyond the change in word order, why is this a consequential alteration of the testimony?
Correct answer: D - It turns a lack of recollection into a recollection of not seeing the event.
An editor changes the witness's 'I didn't authorize the payment' to 'I did not authorize the payment.' Nothing else changes. The editor argues that preserving the negative meaning is sufficient. Under NCRA grading, the change is:
Correct answer: C - A contraction-form error.
A witness gives a repair charge as 'one hundred forty-three dollars, sixty cents.' The transcript shows '$142.40'. Everything outside that monetary figure is correct. What penalty does NCRA's money-figure rule assign to this substitution?
Correct answer: B - 2 errors
Compare this Testimony exchange with the submitted text. Dictated exchange: A. Which copy? Q. The signed original. A. Then I agree. Submitted text: A. Which copy? Then I agree. How many NCRA errors arise from the omitted material, including the missing speaker designators?
Correct answer: A - 5 errors
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