...employed, and when? Do I bite my tongue only on the Control questions or what? I have done endless research on this subject. I have learned a little, but most if not all of it is not clear exactly on type of countermeasures, when to use them or how to use them properly. PLease any good advice is much appreciated, being that I am less than 2 months from taking a polygraph pr-employment test from a major police department. Passing this test means the world to me. I am a decent and honest person who has never done illegal drugs and who is law-abiding. But I have done some things in my past inwhich would bar from becoming a police officer.  These things I will never tell a sole. But I can assure you that the offenses I commited hurt no one.
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I've read those chapters and have learned a great deal, but I still don't totally get it. I wish someone could explain in a more condensed form. Thanks so much

I am fit to be a police officer. I am a law-abiding citizen. This is humiliating but, once when I was 15 I let dog lick my genitals. So if they ask "Have you ever had any sexual contact with animals?" , would that be considered a relevant question?

As soon as your Examiner uses the words "sex" and "with animals", you concentrate on how it felt when your dog licked your genitals---think about how it felt---how you felt "down low"----in your private areas. Also, use countermeasures on the irrelevant and sacrifice relevant on the third asking, but not the first two----unless the Examiner asks what day it is as his irrelevant question. Never use countermeasures on Relevant Questions unless you aren't certain that you didn't lie---in which case use countermeasures on the truthful (control questions) when you are telling the truth. Good luck!

No, use countermeasures on controls if you are absolutely certain that you aren't telling truth on the controls and/or relevants---IF and ONLY if you are attempting to lie on the controls and be truthful on the relevants---than avoid countermeasures. If you are intending on telling the truth, than lie on the controls and use countermeasures on the others, but not the relevants that you want to pass. It's simple.

so if I just lie on this one question will I fail the entire polygraph?

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