GENERAL SITUATION. You are the MPI supervisor, Fort Crum, Alabama.

SPECIAL SITUATION. You are explaining to the MPI the rights of a person being interviewed and the procedures to follow in conducting a successful interview or interrogation.

1. Which of the following statements defines interrogation? An interrogation is the questioning of:

2. A barracks thief was caught in the act by two MPs. He fled the scene on foot, outrunning the two MPs. The suspect was later apprehended by a third MP. During the course of the interrogation you praise the subject's ability to run, and state that he was probably a good track star in school. By praising the subject this way you are:

3. When should you interrogate a complainant?

4. Suspects are classified into categories to:

5. When questioning a first offender, the approach used should stress all of the following EXCEPT:

6. You should base you interrogation methods on the:

I. subject's background.

II. evidence available.

III. classification of the subject.

IV. crime committed.

V. subject's willingness or reluctance to talk.

7. During an interrogation, the suspect admits to certain elements of the crime but not to the crime itself. These admissions should be:

8. All previous interrogation attempts of a suspect have failed to yield satisfactory results. You decide to relate the facts of a fictitious crime to the suspect very similar in nature to the actual crime. Later you ask the suspect to write the details of the factitious crime. Your aim is to have the suspect:

9. You are preparing to question a suspect through your interpreter. Before starting, you instruct your interpreter to:

10. Two suspects have been apprehended by MPs. One is placed in a waiting room next to a stenographer while the other is taken into the interrogation room. Approximately 1 hour later the stenographer is called into the room and told to bring a pad and pencil. When she returns, she starts to type what's written on the pad. She pauses and asks the subject in the waiting room how he spells his last name. A few minutes later, the suspect from the waiting room is taken to the interrogation room vacated by the first subject where the investigator asks, "Well, what do you want to say?" What technique was being used by the interrogator?

11. An interview is correctly defined as:

12. You are interviewing the complainant of a larceny of a government typewriter when you become suspicious of his actions and information. You believe the complainant is actually a cosubject to the larceny. You should:

13. You inform your MPIs that the best way to conduct an interview is to:

14. One of your investigators asks you about the taking of notes during an interview. You inform him that the best way is to:

15. You have prepared a list of questions to ask a witness. In going over the questions before the interview, you decide to change one question. Which one would you change?

16. When a female suspect is to be interrogated by a male investigator, it is best to have:

17. During the course of a larceny investigation, which of the following persons should be interviewed first?

18. A newly assigned MPI explains to you that he is having difficulty interviewing and getting the desired information. You inform him that before he can become successful, he must:

I. understand the basic principles governing the interview.

II. watch other successful interviewers and their techniques.

III. evaluate his performance for each interview conducted.

IV. complete more formal training in interview techniques.

19. Because other agencies and persons were interested in the subject's possible confession, you interrogated him in front of seven or eight people. It is possible that the court will hold that the confession was obtained:

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