Free Connecticut Notary Public Examination Practice Questions

Sample Practice Questions

Try these 10 sample questions from the Connecticut Notary Public Examination practice bank. Each includes the answer and explanation. Continue with the interactive practice above to review the full question set.

1. 1What is the usual Connecticut oath ceremony for the person taking the oath?

   1. A. Place a hand on the document
   2. B. Sign the journal before speaking
   3. C. Repeat the notary's commission number
   4. D. Hold up the right hand

   Answer: D

   Explanation: Section 1-22 provides that “The ceremony to be used, by persons to whom an oath is administered, shall be the holding up of the right hand.”

   Reference: Chapter 4 - Oaths — Sec. 1-22

2. 2A document requiring acknowledgment has no notarial certificate. What may the notary do?

   1. A. Attach and complete an acknowledgment form
   2. B. Complete a jurat instead of the required acknowledgment
   3. C. Make only the recommended journal entry and omit the certificate
   4. D. Use the copy-certification statement as the missing certificate

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The missing block may be supplied. The manual says: “If there is no such form, the notary may attach and complete an acknowledgment form on the document.”

   Reference: Keywords: — Sec. 4.2, p. 10

3. 3A Connecticut notary is physically in another state while communicating with a remote signer. Which state's law governs the notary's authority at the place of the act?

   1. A. Connecticut law always governs
   2. B. The law of the state where the notary is physically located
   3. C. The signer's home-state law always governs
   4. D. Federal law replaces both states' laws

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Section 1-57 requires the officer to be “authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed,” and Section 1-60 recognizes the form prescribed by the law applicable at that place.

   Reference: Chapter 8 - Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act — Sec. 1-57

4. 4Which Connecticut official makes appointments to the office of notary public?

   1. A. The Secretary of the State
   2. B. The town clerk of the applicant's town
   3. C. The Chief Court Administrator
   4. D. The Governor

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The appointing official is the Secretary of the State. The manual states: “The notary public is a public official appointed by the Secretary of the State.”

   Reference: Keywords: — Sec. 1.0, p. 5

5. 5A customer brings a photocopy of a birth certificate and asks the notary to certify it. What is the proper response?

   1. A. Directly certify the photocopy after identifying the customer with two signed IDs
   2. B. Decline the act and direct the customer to the public authority that keeps the record
   3. C. Use the attestation alternative so the customer can certify the birth-certificate photocopy
   4. D. Compare it with another photocopy and complete the short-form copy certificate

   Answer: B

   Explanation: The manual says a person needing a certified vital record “should be directed to the public record keeper” and a notary “should never perform a notarial act in connection with a photocopy” of it.

   Reference: Keywords: — Sec. 4.11a

6. 6A notary lacks the technical knowledge to issue a requested subpoena. Where should the requester be directed?

   1. A. To the court clerk handling the action or an attorney
   2. B. To any document custodian
   3. C. To the notary's employer
   4. D. To a credible witness

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The manual permits referral “to the clerk of the court in which the action is being heard or to an attorney.”

   Reference: Keywords: — Sec. 4.10, p. 16

7. 7A person objects on grounds of conscience to swearing an oath. What may the notary administer instead?

   1. A. A solemn affirmation using the statutory substitutions
   2. B. An acknowledgment without any declaration
   3. C. A copy certification
   4. D. An unsworn written promise

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Section 1-23 permits “a solemn affirmation” and substitutes “solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare” for “swear.”

   Reference: Chapter 4 - Oaths — Sec. 1-23

8. 8Which out-of-state officer's notarial act may Connecticut recognize when the officer was authorized where the act occurred?

   1. A. A Connecticut town clerk acting outside the territorial authority of that office
   2. B. A Connecticut notary acting after the Connecticut commission expired
   3. C. A federal judge acting in a matter outside the judge's official authority
   4. D. A notary authorized to perform the act in the place where it occurred

   Answer: D

   Explanation: Section 1-57 recognizes an act performed elsewhere by “A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed.”

   Reference: Chapter 8 - Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act — Sec. 1-57

9. 9What is the minimum age for an applicant for a Connecticut notary public commission?

   1. A. 16
   2. B. 17
   3. C. 18
   4. D. 21

   Answer: C

   Explanation: The statutory threshold is eighteen. Section 3-94b(b)(1) requires an applicant to “Be eighteen years of age or older at the time of application.”

   Reference: Chapter 33 - Secretary — Sec. 3-94b(b)(1)

10. 10When is a certificate of acknowledgment accepted in Connecticut if the acknowledgment was taken outside the state?

    1. A. When its form is prescribed by the place of acknowledgment or by Connecticut law
    2. B. Only when its wording exactly matches a form issued by a Connecticut town clerk
    3. C. Only when a Connecticut official later adds a Connecticut seal to the certificate
    4. D. Whenever the document signer personally selects any written certificate form

    Answer: A

    Explanation: Section 1-60 recognizes a certificate “in a form prescribed by the laws or regulations applicable in the place in which the acknowledgment is taken” or specified Connecticut forms.

    Reference: Chapter 8 - Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act — Sec. 1-60