Module 9

Question 1

1. _______________ are ramifications of a false confession.

Answer 1

• Erosion of community trust
• Financial Losses
• unresolved criminal cases
• All of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 2

2. It is important to remember that individual departmental policy and procedure covering interviews and interrogations may be, in part, dictated by __________ .

Answer 2

• local state’s attorneys (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 3

3. When an officer conducts an interrogation of ________ the interrogation must be electronically recorded.

Answer 3

• First Degree Murder (Correct Answer)

Question 4

4. In station interrogations should take place in areas that are ____________.

Answer 4

• private, unfamiliar to the suspect, and free of distractions (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 5

5. If a person is not free to leave (in custody) he/she should be advised of Miranda rights.

Answer 5

• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 6

6. The officer should _______ leading questions.

Answer 6

• avoid using (Correct Answer)

Question 7

7. When people hear or see something they disagree with or do not fully support, their eyelids tend to ____________

Answer 7

• close longer than a normal blink (Correct Answer)

Question 8

8. An example of active listening is to mirror, where by the interrogator uses the behaviors as the suspect to build rapport.

Answer 8

• True (Correct Answer)

Question 9

1. _______________ are ramifications of a false confession.

Answer 9

• Financial Losses (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 10

3. Generally, a person is in custody when _____________.

Answer 10

• they are not free to leave (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 11

4. In order to put a suspect at ease, the suspect should be interrogated in a location that is familiar to him/her.

Answer 11

• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 12

5. When an officer types out a suspect’s original handwritten statement, the officer should shred the original handwritten statement.

Answer 12

• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 13

6. When interrogating suspects, officers should avoid __________.

Answer 13

• rapid fire questions
• aggressive statements
• statements implying the officer already has all the evidence needed.
• all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 14

8. An example of active listening is __________, where by the interrogator uses the same behaviors and mannerisms as the suspect during the interrogation.

Answer 14

• Cascading
• Replicated questioning
• Reverse mirroring
• None of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 15

2. ____________ may use an officer’s deviation from departmental policy and procedure against him/her in court.

Answer 15

• defense attorneys (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 16

3. When an officer conducts an interrogation of ________ the interrogation must be electronically recorded.

Answer 16

• Second Degree Homicide
• Aggravated Robbery
• Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (Your Answer)(pretty sure this is right)
• None of the above (Correct Answer)

Question 17

6. Officers may use which of the following techniques to gain a statement when interrogating a suspect.

Answer 17

• Rationalization, Projection, and Minimization (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 18

5. The officer should advise the suspect of his/her Miranda rights _____ the interrogation.

Answer 18

• before starting the interrogation (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 19

7. Confident people usually spread out in an area, whereas less secure people tend to occupy less space, fold their arms, and interlock their legs.

Answer 19

• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 20

4. The officer should ensure there are __ obstacle(s) between the officer and the suspect.

Answer 20

no (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 21

Verbal phrases used with a denial, such as “to be honest…, to be perfectly truthful…” are often deceptive.

Answer 21

True