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The CM exam has 175 questions and runs 4 hours.
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A narrated account concerns five inspectors. Two signed the report and were recalled; the other three did neither. Which sentence uses the signing to identify the recalled subgroup?
Correct answer: A - The inspectors who signed the report were recalled.
The speaker describes a revision intended to bring about a new approval process, rather than merely influence an existing one: "The ___ purpose of the revision was to ___ a change in how approvals were issued." Which pair supplies the intended words?
Correct answer: C - principal; effect
A Literary transcript contains this sentence: "I checked the seal, however, I did not open the package." The recording confirms every word. The sentence is to remain a single sentence. Select the edit that repairs the clause boundary without adding or deleting words.
Correct answer: A - Replace the comma before "however" with a semicolon.
A judge instructs the jury, "You may consider the letter as evidence that notice was given, not as proof that the accusation was true." A proofreader replaces "not as" with "and as." The replacement changes the instruction in which way?
Correct answer: B - It permits the letter to be used as proof of the accusation's truth.
The prepared jury instruction says "may consider." When delivering it, the judge clearly says "must consider." The reporter's notes and own-voice recording agree, and no correction is spoken. The court has requested a verbatim transcript of the delivered charge. The reporter should:
Correct answer: B - Transcribe "must consider," as it was spoken.
The spoken charge makes a particular finding conditional on notice having been "sent and received." The draft instead says "sent or received." Nothing else in the sentence changes. What has happened to the condition?
Correct answer: B - It can now be met without finding that both events occurred.
During cross-examination, the witness says, "I signed 14-B, not 14-D." The draft reads, "Q. I signed 14-D, not 14-B." Both exhibits exist, and the recording confirms that the witness spoke the entire sentence. What is the smallest complete correction?
Correct answer: B - Correct the speaker designation and restore the spoken exhibit order.
During a confidential deposition, a reporter discovers that the realtime text link is publicly accessible and an unauthorized viewer is connected. The reporter can revoke the link immediately without interrupting local capture. Which action takes priority while testimony continues?
Correct answer: C - Revoke access to the realtime link while preserving the local record.
A warehouse manager testifies, "We sent seventeen cartons-no, seventy cartons." Counsel later asks the reporter to remove "seventeen" because the witness corrected it immediately. The transcript must preserve the words in their spoken sequence. How should this correction appear?
Correct answer: D - Retain the original quantity, the correction, and the words connecting them.
At a recess, a voice writer investigates a ten-second gap in the displayed transcript. The reporter's saved own-voice recording contains the entire interval, with every word intelligible. No realtime service was being provided. These findings support which conclusion and response?
Correct answer: C - The text output failed; recover the missing text from the preserved voice recording.
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