Lesson 4.3soft
Lesson 4.3soft
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GENERAL AND SPECIFIC RULES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE FORMULATION OF
QUESTIONS:
1. Questions must be simple and direct.
2. They must not involved legal terminology such as rape, murder, etc.
3. They must be answerable by yes or no only
4. Must be short as possible.
5. Their meaning must be clear and unmistakable phrase in a language that the subject can
easily understand.
6. They must not be in the form of accusation.
7. Question must never contain an inference which presupposes knowledge on the part of the
subject.
8. All questions must refer to the once offence only.
9. All questions must refer to only one element of an offense.
10. They must not contain interferences to ones religion races or belief.
A. TEST QUESTION
The phraseology of the test question is an extremely important aspect of the
examination. The questions, and every word used in the questions must be unambiguous,
unequivocal, and thoroughly understandable by the subject.
The questions must be states as simply as possible, and with a complete avoidance of
such double inquires as ‘Did you shoot him and then run into the house’?
All questions must have only a single, unambiguous meaning.
There should be an avoidance of lengthy question.
Simply questions. Avoid legal terms such rape, murder, embezzlement, etc.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTION
1. Irrelevant Questions - these questions are formulated without any specific relationship
with the case under investigation. They are assigned to establish subject physiological
norm and to reduce the excitement level created by a relevant question, in this question
the examiner usually refer to dates, names of place, subject position etc.
2. Relevant Questions – this are the primary or key question asked by the examiner in
order to resolve a specific subject matter, its purpose is to detect deception, as a result
of this type of question in the polygraph examination via between chart probing and
interrogation.
Relevant question are further classified as to their stimulation effect. This strong or primary
or crucial question is a relevant question having an intense and specific relationship with the
crime or problem being considered. It is designed and constructed to test for direct
involvement only and specifically designed to produce an emotional response in guilty
subjects. Secondary or weak questions concern some secondary element of the crime or
problem and deal mostly on guilty knowledge and partial involvement. The different types of
weak relevant questions, some of which are capable of becoming strong relevant are further
classified as follows.
Periodic Testing
This is conducted for the purpose of determining the honesty of employees assigned to
sensitive position. It also acts as a constant deterrent to employee’s dishonesty.