GoTranscript Audio test answers 4 september 2020

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1) How should you address direct quotations?

a) He said [I am from Pakistan].

b) He said I am from Pakistan.

c) He said ‘I am from Pakistan.’

d) He said, “I am from Pakistan.”

2) If there is a sound of laughter made not by the speaker but by other people, should, if at all,it be included in the transcription? Full Verbatim.

a) It should always be written on the same line and in the format of [LAUGHTER].

b) It should always be written on a separate line in the format of [LAUGHTER].

c) It should always be on the same line in the format of (laughter).

d) It should always be written on a separate line in the format of {laughter}.

e) It should always be written on a separate line and in the format of [laughter].

f) It should always be written on a separate line and in the format of [laughter].

3) Which forms are NOT appropriate to use for affirmations in Full Verbatim?

a) Mm

b) Mm-hmm

c) Uh-huh

d) Ammm

e) Aha

f) Uh-uhh

4) I ___ a good student.

a) been

b) wore

c) is

d) am

5) The correct form of direct quotation is:

a) He said, "I am a student.”

b) He said: -I am a student.

c) He said, "I am a student”.

d) He said, I am a student.

e) He said: "I am a student.”

6) I ___ a freelancer.

a) is

b) am

c) be

d) wore

7) There __ good books out there.

a) be

b) are

c) was

d) is

8) If there is a comment next to the audio Úle saying, “Please use the embedded time” or “burned-in time”, what do you have to do?

a) Putting the correct form of timestamping IS an essential part of a transcriber’s job. Please download a file and follow the time on the screen in order to correctly put the burned-in timestamps.

b) Timestamping will be done automatically on the GoTranscript tool, so you do not have to do anything extra.

9) If there is a combination of single-digit numerals and all other numerals in the same sentence (For example, “I have 1 pen and 15 pencils”), how will you transcribe it?

a) I have one pen and 15 pencils.

b) I have 1 pen and fifteen pencils.

c) I have one pen and fifteen pencils.

d) I have 1 pen and 15 pencils (this way improves readability since 1 and 15 are on the same line).

10) What is the rule about slang words in Clean Verbatim?

a) Examples of slang words are: gonna, wanna, kinda. It has to be written respectively as going to, want to, kind of.

b) Slang words should be transcribed the way it is said in the audio.

c) You don't have to transcribe slang words.