GENERAL SITUATION. You have recently completed an investigation of an assault case. All of your reports, investigative notes, and collected evidence have been properly turned over to the persons responsible for receiving and processing them.

SPECIAL SITUATION. You have just been notified that one month from today you will appear as a witness for the prosecutor at the court-martial of the accused. This will be the first time you have ever testified in court; you are somewhat nervous about it.

1. You decide that in order to become familiar with courtroom procedures, you will:

2. Prior to your appearance in court, you will benefit by doing which of the following:

3. The purpose of the pretrial conference with the prosecutor is to:

I. review the expected testimony by you at trial.

II. ensure the prosecutor knows everything you know about the case.

III. establish cooperation with the prosecutor on all aspects of the case.

IV. corroborate the testimony of other witnesses.

4. Probably the most essential aspect of preparing to testify in court is to:

5. You are now on the witness stand; the defense counsel has objected to the way in which you are replying to a question. You should:

6. The defense counsel has just asked you a question to which you do not know the answer. You should:

7. While testifying, the prosecutor overlooked an important point in the case. You should:

8. The defense counsel is asking you one question right after another without giving you must time to answer. This tactic is known as:

9. In order to create a long pause in your testimony and to create the feeling that you should say more than is necessary, the defense counsel will usually:

10. For the defense counsel to imply an answer to a question in an attempt to confuse you, is a tactic known as:

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