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Polygraph and CVSA Forums => Polygraph Policy => Topic started by: newportsupport on Oct 16, 2007, 12:13 PM

Title: how to answer
Post by: newportsupport on Oct 16, 2007, 12:13 PM
How are you supposed to answer to "Did you lie to any of the questions on the test" or "Do you plan to tell the truth in this test"?
Title: Re: how to answer
Post by: Hunter on Oct 16, 2007, 05:13 PM
Answer Yes or No truthfully
Title: Re: how to answer
Post by: George W. Maschke on Oct 17, 2007, 12:21 AM
newportsupport,

Hunter's reply is dead wrong. The questions, "Did you lie to any of the questions on the test?" and "Do you plan to tell the truth in this test?" are sacrifice relevant questions. The expected answer to both questions is "yes," and that is the answer one should provide.

See follow-up reply below.
Title: Re: how to answer
Post by: Hunter on Oct 17, 2007, 01:56 AM
So I would expect him to answer truthfully if heis going to truthful, and no if he intends to lie.  Where did I make an iincorrect statemetnt?  You relish in deceipt George, maybe that is why you have never passed a polygraph!!!!
Title: Re: how to answer
Post by: George W. Maschke on Oct 17, 2007, 07:54 AM
Hunter,

I apologize to you. I was mistaken. While both of the questions cited by newportsupport are indeed sacrifice relevant questions, the appropriate answer to the first one ("Did you lie to any of the questions on the test?") is "no," while the proper answer to the second one ("Do you plan to tell the truth in this test?") is "yes." It doesn't matter whether or not these answers are truthful -- they are the expected answers.