LungDragon wrote on May 31
st, 2007 at 1:34am:
Is the entire office allowed to know what happened during your first test?( the 2nd one had a copy of my first results and went over different items on it.
It is common practice for polygraphers conducting re-tests to have the report(s) of the earlier polygraph examination(s).
Quote:Can they share other examinees information with one another and use that information for a different examinee? ( a question seemed more then a coincedence that someone I know had told on their exam.
I'm not aware of any law or common rule that would prevent them from doing so.
Quote:Do they not have to ask control questions? ( my first test I was instructed to lie about something we both knew to be true, my second one was all relevant questions)
No, they don't have to use "control" questions. Often, when an examinee divulges that he understands the true nature and purpose of the "control" questions, polygraphers will employ the relevant/irrelevant technique instead.
Quote:Also this office instructs examinees to close their eyes during the test so they won't be distracted, is that different or just personal preference?
It may well be a matter of personal preference. However, I recall one person who mentioned having been instructed to close his eyes during the examination reported that upon briefly cracking open his eyes, he saw the polygrapher making faces at him. I suspect that this may have been a sort of test: had the examinee shown a visible to the polygrapher's grimacing, the polygrapher would have known that the examinee had not complied with the instruction to keep his eyes closed. Such non-compliance might have been taken as a sign of deception. Such a practice would be similar to that of instructing the examinee to go to the washroom and thoroughly wash his hands before the test, and then observing the examinee from behind a two-way mirror or via closed-circuit television to see whether he complies with the instruction. Those going into the washroom but not washing their hands as instructed are assumed to be deceptive regarding the relevant issue.