Exam 10: Conducting Interviews and Investigation

Which of the following is not an advantage of digitally recording a client or witness interview?

Another term for an adverse witness is:

To testify successfully in court, a witness should be:

The admissibility of evidence in federal courts is governed by:

When interviewing a hostile witness, you should remember to:

Define authentication.Explain why evidence must be authenticated.How is evidence authenticated?

A leading question is one that:

A question that is phrased in such a way that it elicits a relatively unguided and detailed discussion of an experience or an event is called:

When using a digital recorder to record an interview, which of the following pieces of information should be included at the beginning of the recording?

The purpose of an informational interview is to:

is indirect evidence that is offered to establish, by inference, the likelihood of a fact that is in question.

Which of the following types of interviews does a paralegal ordinarily conduct?

A question that suggests a desired answer and may be used to elicit responses from witnesses who otherwise would not be forthcoming is called:

Describe two types of client interviews other than the initial client interview.Explain the purpose of each type.

Under the _, any person is competent to be a lay witness as long as the individual has personal knowledge of the matter.

When summarizing a client interview, a paralegal should do which of the following?

Describe guidelines for summarizing a client interview.

Describe some techniques used by a legal investigator in questioning witnesses.

A(n) interview is an interview in which the client is brought in to discuss upcoming legal proceedings.

Which of the following types of evidence may be brought into court?