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PCI EXAM- PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PCI EXAM- PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSQ7-1 The key difference between an interview and an interrogation is:
A. Who is being questioned
B. Who is asking the quesitons
C. How the questions are being asked
D. Where the questions are being asked
A. Who is being questioned
Q7-2 Most of the information gleaned during the investigative process comes from:
A. Surveillance
B. Undercover
C. Interviews
D. Fruit of the poisonous tree
C. Interviews
Q7-3 The interviewer should sit:
A. So that there is no obstacle between him and his subject
B. So that he is behind a desk and the subject in front of it
C. Only where he is most comfortable
D. Anyplace he wishes
A. So that there is no obstacle between him and his subject
Q7-4 The interviewer uses spatial orientation and the distance between himself and the
interviewee during the interview as:
A. A means to control the interviewee
B. A form of nonverbal communication with the interviewee
C. A form of intimidation
D. A means to induce stress, discomfort, and in some instances, a spontaneous
confession
B. A form of nonverbal communication with the interviewee
Q7-5 The single most crucial preparation step for an effective interrogation:
A. Is for the investigator to know himself and his limitations
B. Is for the investigator to know the case information cold
C. Is for the investigator to know the law
D. Is for the investigator to know the personal history of the person he is about to
interrogate
,B. Is for the investigator to know the case information cold
Q7-6 During which phase does the interviewer resolve inconsistencies, confront denials,
and obtain a confession:
A. The Historic Phase
B. The Primary Phase
C. The Follow-Up Phase
D. The Terminal Phase
C. The Follow-Up Phase
Q7-7 Diversion questions focus on:
A. Limited facts and speculation
B. Rationalization a and justifications
C. Something or someone other than the subject
D. Something or someone near and dear to the interviewee
D. Something or someone near and dear to the interviewee
Q7-8 One of the most important reasons an investigator should obtain a written
statement is:
A. It establishes the date, time, and place the interview took place
B. It demonstrates the interviewer was professional and courteous
C. It provides the interview the opportunity to provide his side of the story
D. It provides virtually incontrovertible proof of guilt
D. It provides virtually incontrovertible proof of guilt
Q7-9 Weingarten requires unionized employers to allow employees who have
requested union representation to:
A. Have a union representative present at any investigatory interviews
B. Have a union representative present at the time of discharge
C. Have a lawyer present at the time of discharge
D. Question witnesses and see all evidence that the employer may have against them
A. Have a union representative present at any investigatory interviews
Q7-10 The most common lie used by deceptive individuals is:
A. The exaggeration
B. The fabrication
C. The minimization
D. The lie of omission
, D. The lie of omission
Q8-1 The investigative report should enable the reader to understand what the
investigator did, why it was done, and what resulted. As such, an investigative report
should be clear and:
A. Comparative and concise
B. Concise and compassionate
C. Concise and complete
D. Cogent and complete
C. Concise and complete
Q8-2 The ultimate test of a good report is:
A. It should answer most questions
B. It should answer all questions
C. It should be simple, complete, and devoid of opinion
D. It should be simple, concise, and devoid of any subjectivity
B. It should answer all questions
Q8-3 A report is most easily understood when?
A. Presented in the third person
B. Presented in the third person narrative style
C. Presented in the first person comparative style
D. Presented in the first person narrative style
D. Presented in the first person narrative style
Need to confirm that B. Is not the answer
B. Presented in the third person narrative style
Q8-4 The narrative should not contain speculation, hypothesis, or:
A. Opinion
B. Fact
C. Conjecture
D. Distortion
A. Opinion
Q8-5 Investigative notes are:
A. Not discoverable and are not necessary to retain
B. Discoverable and should be retained
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