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| T or F: Part of the interview summary should relate to the interviewer's observations concerning the apparent credibility of the witness and the information upon which the interviewer's conclusions are based. |
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T or F: When large numbers of witnesses mush be interviewed, the legal assistant should endeavor to schedule group interviews of three or more witnesses each to save time.
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| T or F: Generally speaking, the interviewer may rely on a witness's recollection of deetails related to time and dates. |
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| T or F: A legal assisstant should not take photographs of accident scenes or of visible injuries of victims, because the legal assistant's position prevents him or her from providing the foundation testimony needed to admit the photographs at trial. |
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| T or F: If the legal assistant suspects that a client would prefer to be interviewed by a lawyer, it is acceptable to resolve the issue by simply asking the client. |
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| T or F: Because witnesses want to be believed, they generally relate facts in such a way that they can reasonably certain of accomplishing this result. |
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| T or F: Listening is the most passive part of the interview process. |
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| T or F: To conduct an effective interview, the legal assistant must control the pace, purpose, and direction of the dialogue |
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| T or F: When a legal assistant prepares a statement for the signature of the witness who provided the facts for the statement, the legal assistant must take special care to ensure an error-free document before it is submitted to the witness for review and signature. |
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| T or F: Witnesses tend to be inhibited by the use of checklists and by note taking of the interviewr during the interview process. |
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| T or F: Once the legal assistant has be introduced to a new client, he should reiterate his nonlawyer status to the client before the interview begins. |
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| T or F: Generally speaking, legal assistants should not conduct extensive investigations of background facts; instead, this type of investigation should be done by a private investigator |
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| T or F: When a legal assistant interviews a witness who seems uncooperative, the legal assistant should re-evaluate his own conduct and mannerisms and should alter them if necessary to relate better to the witness |
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| T or F: The first documentation in a client's file, usually made after the initial interview, is a memorandum |
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| T or F: When two different witnesses give two different versions of the facts of an incident, the legal assistant can be reasonably certain that one of them is lying |
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| T or F: When interviewing, the legal assistant shoud stick closely to the interview checklist to avoid wasting time on extraneous information. |
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| T or F: With experience, a legal assistant is able to acclimate to witnesses who have attention problem, language barriers or similar difficulties in the traditional interview setting. |
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| T or F: When conducting an interivew, the legal assistant should not purse any of the statements made unless they are directly relevant to th issues in the case. |
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| T or F: When it is apparent that a client is upset with opposing party in the case, the legal assistant should show agreement with and support for the client by agreeing with her negative statements. |
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| T or F:The ideal client interview is one in which the client relates events in his or her own words |
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| T or F: One acceptable way to verify details during the interview is to misstate them purposely to see if the witness corrects the interviewer. |
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| T or F:The most successful interviewer is one who can demonstrate surprise, approval, disbelief, and disapproval by facial expression alone during the interview |
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| T or F: Witnesses tend to be inhibited by the use of a recording device during the interview process |
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| T or F:When conflicts arise in information supplied by a witness, the legal assistant may assume that the witness is either lying or mistaken |
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| T or F: A witness who is uncooperative during an interview generally is classified as a hostile witness |
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| T or F: Statements concerning size or distance may be verified by personal examiniation of the interviewer. |
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