Use of CM's?

[honeywell]

George:

First off, thanks for this very imformative website!

For a pre-employment test, and if they are to be used, should CM be used as follows:

Irrelevent:  Use no CM.

Sacrifice Relevant:  Use no CM.

Relevant:  Use no CM.

Symptomatic Irrelevant:  Use no CM.

Control:  Use CM

Stim Test:  Use CM only when you are asked to lie about the one number you chose.  On all other numbers, use no CM?

Are the above accuarte?

Thanks!

[George W. Maschke]

Yes, the above is basically correct, though the term "Symptomatic Irrelevant" is not used by polygraph examiners. They are simply called "symptomatic" questions. One needn't produce a reaction to symptomatic question (if asked--in most cases, they are not included). Although I haven't suggested it before, I can see how producing strong reactions to a symptomatic question could be used as part of a countermeasure strategy.