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Court Assistant - Sample Test

Subject of the Examination

This is a sample test for the Court Assistant Examination.  This test illustrates the types and formats of questions you will encounter on the exam.  The actual Examination will consist of 85 multiple-choice questions and applicants will have three (3) hours to complete the examination.   The examination will assess the following:

I.    CLERICAL CHECKING
These questions assess applicants’ ability to distinguish between different sets of names, numbers, letters and/or codes which are almost exactly alike.  Material will be presented in three columns, and applicants will be asked to compare the information in the three sets.  

II.    UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING WRITTEN MATERIAL
These questions assess applicants’ ability to understand brief written passages.  Applicants will be provided with short written passages from which words or phrases have been removed. Applicants will be required to select, among four alternatives, the word or phrase that best fits in each of the spaces.  Applicants will not be required to have any prior knowledge relating to the content areas covered in the selections.
 
III.    APPLYING FACTS AND INFORMATION TO GIVEN SITUATIONS  
These questions assess applicants’ ability to use the information provided and apply it to a specific situation defined by a given set of facts.  Applicants are presented with a regulation, policy or procedure similar to what a Court Assistant may encounter on the job. Applicants must use this information to answer questions about specific situations.  All of the information required to answer the questions is contained in the passages and in the description of the situation. 

IV.    COURT RECORD KEEPING
These questions assess applicants’ ability to read, combine, and manipulate written information organized from several sources.  Applicants will be presented with different types of tables, which contain names, numbers, codes and other information, and must combine and reorganize the information to answer specific questions.

V.    PREPARING WRITTEN MATERIAL 
Format A:  These questions assess applicants’ ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize written information logically and comprehensibly.  Applicants will be presented with several sentences and must select the sequence that effectively organizes them into a coherent and logical paragraph.

Format B:  These questions assess  applicants’ ability to apply the rules of English grammar and usage, punctuation and sentence structure.  Applicants are presented with a series of sentences and must select the sentence that best conforms to standard English grammar, usage, punctuation and sentence structure.

VI.    LEGAL TERMINOLOGY
These questions assess applicants’ knowledge of basic legal terminology that Court Assistants encounter in their daily work.