My polygraph questions

[BoogieChillin]

Here is the list of my poly questions:

1. Do you plan to respond truthfully to all the questions in the exam?

2. Have you ever used or sold any illegal drugs?

3. Is your name __________?

4. Have you ever stolen anything from a previous employer?

5. Have you falsified any of the information in your application?

6. Have you lied to me about anything we talked about today?

7. Is today _________?

8. Have you ever done anything to disgrace the badge?

9. Is this the month of ____________?

10. Have you ever been convicted of a felony?

Probably not the order that the questions were given in.

[Bat Cave Guest]

Is it just me, or do others see the same situation as me.  This list of questions confuses me. If one were to assume (the poster  doesn't say so) that he/she is applying for a job as a police officer, most of the relevant questions make sense (okay anti polygraph folks...groan here).  What doesn;t make sense, if this is an applicant, why would you be asking a question about "disgracing the badge".....an applicant doesn't have it yet...and the other questions do not seem pertinent for an existing officer (have you ever been convicted of a felony - this should/would already be known). My BS detector is going off here....and I think even the anti-polygraph folks would agree.

[BoogieChillin]

I was already a police officer before applying to this department. As far as the felony question goes, I don't know, they did the background check. In the pre-poly, he went on and on about, taking bribes, falsifying documents, evidence tampering, etc. So, I took the "disgracing the badge" to be relevant.

[Anonymous]

BoogieChillin,

Although the issue of past felony convictions is a relevant consideration for an employing law agency, because this issue is best handled via different means, I suspect this was not used as a relevant question.  The question about disgracing the badge was most certainly a CONTROL question.  This is a vague subjective categorization and not a well defined prohibited behavior of concern, e.g., drug usage, application falsification, areas from which come your obvious relevant questions.