ACCURATE ANSWERS
The difference between interviews and
interrogations is that:
a. Interrogations do not involve planning.
b. Interviews, but not interrogations, involve reading
a suspect her Miranda rights.
c. Interviews are usually more informal than
interrogations.
d. None of the above. - Precise Answer ✔✔c
Tunnel vision:
a. Is the result of the human tendency to trust.
b. Should always be avoided.
c. Can be a benefit and a detriment to the
interviewer.
d. Both a and b. - Precise Answer ✔✔b
When multiple persons are to be interviewed:
a. Interview the least culpable persons first and then
progress to the most culpable.
b. Interview them in a random order to reduce the
,likelihood of bias.
c. Interview the most culpable persons first and then
progress to the least culpable.
d. None of the above. - Precise Answer ✔✔a
The correct order of questions to ask subjects who
are not suspects is best represented as:
a. Introductory, assessment, informational, and
concluding.
b. Introductory, informational, assessment,
admission seeking, and concluding.
c. Introductory, informational, assessment and
admission seeking.
d. Introductory, informational, assessment and
concluding. - Precise Answer ✔✔d
The feeling of rapport can be enhanced if the
interviewer:
a. Makes small talk with the subject.
b. Shakes hands with the subject.
c. Engages in the act of mirroring.
d. All of the above. - Precise Answer ✔✔d
Which of the following words should be avoided
during the introductory and informational phases of
,the interview?
a. Assignment.
b. Examination.
c. Inquiry.
d. All of the above words are acceptable. - Precise
Answer ✔✔d
The interviewer uses concluding questions to:
a. Provide the interviewer's opinion on the likelihood
of guilt to the subject.
b. Request a final opinion from the subject as to the
guilt of another person.
c. Gather additional information not provided earlier.
d. None of the above. - Precise Answer ✔✔c
Subjects who are not guilty usually respond to
assessment questions:
a. Slowly, carefully considering the questions and
the implications of their answers.
b. Without hesitation.
c. Indirectly, so that the interviewer has more
information.
d. Reluctantly due to a desire to show kindness
toward others. - Precise Answer ✔✔b
, A guilty person is likely to respond to the question
"What is the reason a person might take money from
the cash register?" by saying:
a. "Maybe she needs to feed her children and she's
not being paid enough."
b. "I don't know; he probably had a good reason."
c. "There's no good reason to take money that's not
yours.
d. Both a and b. - Precise Answer ✔✔d
An example of a sentence that includes a qualifier is:
a. "I'm not sure."
b. "She's at the teller window just about all the time."
c. "I'm certain the person who committed the fraud is
Jim."
d. None of the above sentences contains a qualifier. -
Precise Answer ✔✔b
During an interview, a subject consistently looks up
and to the left when providing answers that are
known to be true. This likely indicates that:
a. The subject is constructing visual images.
b. The subject is accessing visually stored memories.
c. The subject is showing signs of guilt.
d. None of the above. - Precise Answer ✔✔b