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During the pre-exam portion the operator says he is only interested in the past ______ years. Each Question Of Interest is preceded by a Control Question. Both the tester and testee must agree to the truth of the CQ. All answers must be yes or no.
The polygraph (lie detector) test does not determine truth – it reveals what one believes to be the truth. Even when confronted with conclusive evidence, eyewitnesses ofttimes believe what they’ve subconsciously convinced themselves to believe. Test-takers can pass this truth/belief test if they truly believe – not merely wish, deem or imagine – what they claim is the truth. In other words, if a person believes that two plus two equals five, a polygraph test will confirm they are being truthful.