GAPAN CITY COLLEGE – CRIMINOLOGY DEPARTMENT

NAME:_______________________________________ DATE:______________

ACTIVITY 2

APPLICATION OF POLYGRAPH TECHNIQUES

OBJECTIVE: This activity aims to enable the participants to

demonstrate their skills in formulating polygraph test questions
applicable to a specific polygraph technique.

MATERIALS: Paper and pen

INSTRUCTION/S: Formulate the appropriate polygraph questions using

any of the following techniques.

POLYGRAPH TECHNIQUES

• Air Force Modified General Question Test (Version 1)

• Air Force Modified General Question Test (Version 2)
• Backster You – Phase
• Concealed Information Test
• Federal Zone Comparison Test
• Federal You Phase
• Utah Zone Comparison Test PLC
• Utah Zone Comparison Test DLC
• Directed Lie Screening Test

ISSUE 1
• Four unidentified male persons ransacked a residential
house during the holy week.
• It was discovered that the perpetrators gained entry into
the house by destroying the glass window in the kitchen
area
• Five hundred thousand pesos are worth of valuables were
reported to have been taken by the robbers.
• Investigators invited 2 persons of interest and both denied
involvement in the robbery

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TYPE OF POLYGRAPH
TECHNIQUE:____________________________________________________

LABEL QUESTIONS ANSWER

ISSUE 2
• A barangay kagawad was gunned down by 2 unidentified
perpetrators at the public market.
• The victim suffered 2 gunshot wounds on his head and three
on the chest
• The assailants casually field the area onboard 2
motorcycles driven by 2 male individuals.
• The investigators at the crime scene recovered seven pieces
of caliber .45 empty shells
• 2 suspects under the police custody denied involvement or
participation in the crime

TYPE OF POLYGRAPH
TECHNIQUE:____________________________________________________

LABEL QUESTIONS ANSWER

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ISSUE 3
• A male scavenger along Madiklom Road, barrio Mangitngit,
discovered a dead female body.
• The victim was last seen alive during a rainy evening at
the tricycle terminal one day before the dead body was
found
• the personal belongings of the victim were reported missing
including her underwear
• a suspect with scratch wounds on his face denied any
involvement in the incident.

TYPE OF POLYGRAPH
TECHNIQUE:____________________________________________________

LABEL QUESTIONS ANSWER

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ISSUE 4
• A fire was reported in the house of a polygraph subject.
• The fire investigators found evidence that a fire
accelerant was used to set the fire

TYPE OF POLYGRAPH
TECHNIQUE:____________________________________________________

LABEL QUESTIONS ANSWER

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