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APPLY FOR TRANSCRIBER POSITION

To apply for transcriber position, you must complete quiz 100% correct using our guidelines.

Each question can have one or more correct answers.

1) You should write numbers as numerals for:

a) Age
b) Money
c) All numbers must be spelled out.
d) Mathematical equations and formulas
e) Years and eras
f) Measurements

2) How should we transcribe and punctuate �ller words in Full Verbatim?

a) I-- uh, went to the gym last night.

b) I- uh -went to the gym last night.
c) I uh went to the gym last night.
d) I, uh, went to the gym last night.

3) If a speaker made a grammatical error in the sentence “I saw one children”, how would you
transcribe it?

a) “I saw one childrens [sic].

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b) I saw one children.

c) I saw one children [sic].

4) Do you have to transcribe stutters? Full Verbatim

a) No. It does not add any additional meaning.

b) There is no big difference between “I love basketball’’ and “I, um, uh, lo-lo-love,
um, ba-bas-basketball’’.
c) Yes. For instance, “I-I, um, love, uh, bas-basketball.''

5) If there is a word that you cannot hear due to heavy background noise, what do you have to
do?

a) Just try to guess the word, and the client will correct it himself.
b) Mark it as [inaudible [Link] with the correct time according to the audio.
c) Paraphrase the whole sentence so it makes sense according to the context of the
audio.

6) __ good friends.

a) They're
b) They are
c) Their

7) If there is an ‘et cetera’ in the audio, what should you do?

a) Transcribe ‘et cetera’ as a part of the audio.

b) Transcribe it as etc.
c) Leave ‘et cetera’ out.

8) If a speaker had made a grammatical mistake, how would a worker have to transcribe it (For
instance, “I has a puppy.”)?

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a) I have a puppy.
b) I has [sic] a puppy.
c) Do not correct grammatical errors made by the speaker. ''I has a puppy.''

9) How should signi�cant sound events be noted in Clean Verbatim?

a) [Laughter]
b) [laughter]
c) (laughter)
d) [laughter]
e) Laughter

10) The girl is in her late ___.

a) 20C
b) 20'S
c) 20s

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