GoTranscript Audio Test Answers 5 September 2020

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1) How does time-stamping (every 2 minutes) look?

a) [00:00:00] Speaker 1:

b) (00:00:00) Speaker 1:

c) 00:00:00 Speaker 1:

d) Speaker 1: [00:00:00]

e) [00:00:00] Speaker 1:

2) 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 1 pen and fifteen pencils.

b) I have 1 pen and 15 pencils (this way improves readability since 1 and 15 are onthe same line).

c) I have one pen and 15 pencils.

d) I have one pen and fifteen pencils.

3) How should you mark an incomplete thought due to a change of thought or incompletesentences that add some extra information? Full Verbatim

a) I would like to go to Colombia-- Yes, I love Spanish and Cumbia.

b) I would like to go to Colombia. Yes, I love Spanish and Cumbia.

c) I would like to go to Colombia --Yes, I love Spanish and Cumbia.

d) I would like to go to Colombia - - Yes, I love Spanish and Cumbia.

e) I would like to go to Colombia -- Yes, I love Spanish and Cumbia.

4) What is the correct way to mark False Starts in Full Verbatim?

a) I went to bed--- and slept well last night.

b) There is no need to mark a false start in a full verbatim file.

c) I went to-- I slept well last night

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

b) 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.

6) You should write numbers as numerals for:

a) Age

b) Measurements

c) All numbers must be spelled out.

d) Money

e) Years and eras

f) Mathematical equations and formulas

7) In Clean Verbatim, the transcribed text does not include:

a) Filler words unless they add meaning

b) Repetitions

c) Expressions (Oh my God, Oh dear, Oh my, Oh boy, Oh shoot, et cetera)

d) Stutters

8) I met ____ in Lithuania.

a) JANE

b) jane

c) Jane

9) The examination will consist ____ two sections.

a) of

b) to

c) __

d) from

10) How should you transcribe spoken contractions (Y’all, ain’t, can’t, don’t, it’s) in Clean Verbatim?

a) You all, are not, cannot, do not, do not, it is.

b) Y’all, ain’t, can’t, don’t, it’s.