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truthseeker New User Offline Posts: 3 Joined: Aug 18^th, 2003	Control Questions - Help! Aug 22^nd, 2003 at 5:52am	Mark & Quote Quote Print Post
	When a polygrapher ask's a control question, such as, Have you ever cheated in school? Have you ever broke the law? Have you ever stolen anything? Everyone can answer yes to these questions, but is he expecting you to answer no? I am somewhat confused as how to answer these questions.


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beech trees God Member Offline Posts: 593 Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2001 Gender:	Re: Control Questions - Help! Reply #1 - Aug 22^nd, 2003 at 2:51pm	Mark & Quote Quote Print Post
	truthseeker wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2003 at 5:52am: When a polygrapher ask's a control question, such as, Have you ever cheated in school? Have you ever broke the law? Have you ever stolen anything? Everyone can answer yes to these questions, but is he expecting you to answer no? I am somewhat confused as how to answer these questions. Yes, a polygrapher expects you to lie to those questions, or at least be uneasy as to the ambiguity of the question and your subsequent, black-or-white, yes or no response. There may be some back and forth dialogue between you two as you attempt (as any honest person who is trying to understand what is happening to them would do) narrow down the definition. The question would then be posed something like, "Other than what we have discussed, have you ever....?" or "Other than minor office supplies, have you ever stolen...?" etc. Dave

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treetop Ex Member Gender:	Re: Control Questions - Help! Reply #2 - Nov 3^rd, 2003 at 11:17pm	Mark & Quote Quote Print Post
	Are these control questions on a pre employment poly for a LE agency? Did you in any way deliberately falsify any information on your employment application or background questionnaire? Have you in any way attempted to defeat this polygraph?


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George W. Maschke Global Moderator Offline Make-believe science yields make-believe security. Posts: 6223 Joined: Sep 29^th, 2000	Re: Control Questions - Help! Reply #3 - Nov 4^th, 2003 at 9:46am	Mark & Quote Quote Print Post
	treetop wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2003 at 11:17pm: Are these control questions on a pre employment poly for a LE agency? Did you in any way deliberately falsify any information on your employment application or background questionnaire? Have you in any way attempted to defeat this polygraph? No. These are relevant questions.

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n0mad User Offline Posts: 44 Joined: Oct 25^th, 2003	Re: Control Questions - Help! Reply #4 - Nov 4^th, 2003 at 9:57pm	Mark & Quote Quote Print Post
	so, as you're narrowing down on a contol question, you keep using the CM's until you move on to the next question so they get a response the whole time or do you say "yes I've stolen" using cm's, but stop when asked "besides the one time..."?


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George W. Maschke Global Moderator Offline Make-believe science yields make-believe security. Posts: 6223 Joined: Sep 29^th, 2000	Re: Control Questions - Help! Reply #5 - Nov 5^th, 2003 at 8:23am	Mark & Quote Quote Print Post
	lawdog, From your question, it appears to me that you are confused about polygraph procedure. You'll find it explained at length in Chapter 3 of The Lie Behind the Lie Detector. Countermeasures are explained in Chapter 4.

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n0mad User Offline Posts: 44 Joined: Oct 25^th, 2003	Re: Control Questions - Help! Reply #6 - Nov 5^th, 2003 at 5:02pm	Mark & Quote Quote Print Post
	Yes, I could see why you'd think that. I re-read that myself and had a hard time!


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