NYS Court Officer Exam / Record Keeping
NYS Court Officer Court Record Keeping practice
Combine and reorganize information from several court tables to answer counting and lookup questions.
How to master record keeping questions
Court record keeping gives you two or more tables — daily case logs, for example — and asks you to combine and reorganize them, then answer counting and lookup questions. The section rewards a little upfront organization. The candidates who struggle dive straight at the questions; the ones who score build the summary first.
1. Build the tally table before you answer anything
Read what the source tables contain and what breakdown is being asked for, then draft your own summary — the combined counts per day, per category, per court, whatever the questions turn on. Doing this once up front means every question becomes a quick lookup instead of a fresh recount.
2. Count by category, tick as you go
When you total rows, move down a single column and mark each item as you count it so you never double-count or skip. Match the exact label the question asks for — 'felony cases on Tuesday' is not 'all cases on Tuesday'.
3. Re-read what the question is actually asking
The distractors are correct answers to a slightly different question — a different day, a different column, a subtotal instead of a total. Confirm the exact cell or category before you pick, and check your total against your tally table.
The tables never change once you have built your summary, so the investment pays off across every question that follows. Organize first, answer second.