Any pointers on taking the Nevada exam?

[Kim Begg]

I have my California license and I recently moved to Nevada. I'm scheduled to take the exam on May 9. I purchased a book from them (too many words in it) on the Nevada laws. Also, I was told the written is similar to the RPR, so I purchased that book (also too many words in it). I haven't taken an exam in almost 20 years... plus, 12 of those years was spent not working. I wonder if anyone has a suggestion on what to study the most?? I'd like to pass the first time. I'll probably fail the machine anyway -- tells you what kind of confiidence I have there. I thought about speed building until I got there, but is my speed really going to change in a couple weeks? No. So I'll go with the steno skill I have and hope it's enough. But I'm wondering how many Nevada law questions will be on that test?
Thank you very much for your input.
Kim

[Diane Hickman]

here's what I found is on the test:

DAMAGES
(* = on past Nevada tests)

Nominal damages: awarded to plaintiff who had little or no damages.
Liquidated damages: set up by contract in case of breach
General damages: presumed & necessary result of harm.
Exemplary damages: aka = Special & punitive damages - for pain and suffering.
Compensatory damages: actual loss suffered & nothing more.

BOOKS
Medical:
*PDR (Physicians’s Desk Reference): medical reference book (diagnosis and therapy)
*Merck’s: medical reference.
*Hawley’s Condensed Chemical dictionary: chemical reference.
Dorland’s: medical dictionary.

Legal:
*Black’s: legal dictionary
*Martindale & Hubbell: national directory of out-of-state lawyers (names/addresses).
*Roberts Rules of Order: parliamentary procedures for conducting meetings (in Nevada tests, this will be referred to as just “Roberts”)
Wilkin: a law encyclopedia listed by topics.
Business and Professions Code: laws that apply to CSRs.
corpus juris: “the body of the law,” a legal encyclopedia.
Deerings: statewide publication of statute laws.
Parker’s: lists California attorneys & CSRs (FYI: this is not on the Nevada test, obviously).

miscellaneous:
ZIP Code directory: correct spelling street names in the United States.
*Dun & Bradstreet: credit ratings, creditor reports.
*Roget’s thesaurus: dictionary of synonyms & antonyms and related vocabulary (in Nevada, it is referred to as “Roget’s”)
Dewey decimal system: how books are catalogued in a library.
Standard & Poors: publication involving security companies
*Hawley’s Condensed Chemical Dictionary: (in Nevada, it is referred to as “Hawley’s”)

questions might be in the form of "what doesn't belong in this list" so know the difference between medical references and legal references.

I'll try to add more tomorrow.

[Kim Begg]

Thanks a lot! My email is [e-mail]
Yeah, I'm a little worried about the academic portion -- the laws and such.
Thank you so much. That's very kind of you.
Kim

[Diane Hickman]

I passed the 2006 Nevada exam and I have excellent material for study of the academics. Give me your email and I will send the "Damages & books" reference material to you today. I just moved and I'm still unloading boxes, but I'll get my Nevada exam paperwork out and I can either fax it or mail it to you hopefully before Friday. I took the exam multiple times and I knew how to study for the academic exam inside and out. Wow, they are doing the dictation by tape now? My advice is to practice jury charge and lits. That helped a lot.
Diane Hickman
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[Kim Begg]

wow, you go girl!
It would be nice to have enough skill to pass the RMR -- no job would be scary after that!!

[Patricia Babits]

No. The only reason I took the Nevada test was to qualify to sit for the CA test. I eventually qualified for the CA test through school. I have my CA CSR and my RPR now. I guess the RMR is next if I feel the need to test again!

[Kim Begg]

I'm glad to know it's a fair test. I mean I'm not going there to pass the RPR -- although, that's not a bad idea! Thanks for your input. Are you goiing to try and pass it again?

[Patricia Babits]

Wow, I didn't know it wasn't live anymore. I didn't pass the test because I wasn't ready. However, I do remember it was a fair test. The readers were really good, and it did seem pretty close to 200 most of the time. I passed the written but not the machine. Very, very similar to the CA CSR test. Good luck to you.

[Kim Begg]

Thanks for responding. Yeah, I ordered a pamphlet for $35. It has a lot of words there (haha). I guess I'll just review it all. I've got the spelling and vocabulary down, so that shouldn't be a problem. This is the first test that's going to be on video for the machine portion. I read somewhere (before this new video exam) that it's not slower than 200 and not more than 225. The 225 part is the part that worries me. Did you find the machine portion difficult? I took the CA csr 20 years ago and it seemed easy.
Thanks,
Kim

[Patricia Babits]

When I took the Nevada test, they send me a pamphlet. All the questions regarding the legal part of the test were on there. Are they not giving that now? It really wasn't too much to study.

There is a lot of spelling and vocabulary on the written portion of the test. That's what really stands out for me.