Bert Committed a Crime and Is Currently Undergoing a Polygraph

question 5

Multiple Choice

Bert committed a crime and is currently undergoing a polygraph test. He is trying some countermeasures that he read about on the Internet, and he is hoping that, with the help of these countermeasures (e.g., controlled breathing) , he will be able to fool the polygraph examiner. If he succeeds in fooling the examiner, he could be said to be a

• A)false negative.
• B)false positive.
• C)true negative.
• D)true positive.

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Definitions:

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