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20Q: Forensic Audiology - Putting on Your Investigator's Hat

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1.  Forensic audiology refers to:
  1. Conducting audiology tests on cadavers
  2. Using audiology expertise in the legal system
  3. both A and B
  4. none of the above
2.  Expert testimony is allowed:
  1. whenever it would assist a judge or jury to understand a case
  2. in civil trials, but not in criminal trials
  3. in criminal trials, but not in civil trials
  4. as long as the expert is not compensated for his or her testimony
3.  To serve as an expert witness, an audiologist needs to have:
  1. completed a course in basic legal terminology
  2. experience reviewing forensic evidence
  3. a minimum of 10 years clinical experience
  4. none of the above
4.  Expert witnesses are usually called in what stage of a case?
  1. complaint
  2. deliberation
  3. discovery
  4. order
5.  An independent medical exam:
  1. may be used in cases where there is injury or liability
  2. may engage the use of an audiologist
  3. relies on expert witness to give an opinion on the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of a victim's condition
  4. all of the above
6.  The most powerful form of discovery is the:
  1. opposition
  2. deposition
  3. positional evidence
  4. conditional evidence
7.  According to this article, most cases involving expert witnesses:
  1. go to trial
  2. result in conviction
  3. result in acquittal
  4. do not go to trial
8.  If you are an expert witness, and you are asked a question that you do not know the answer to, according to this article, you should:
  1. plead the 5th
  2. ask for an adjournment to consult with your attorney
  3. state that you do not know
  4. do your best to make an educated and reasonable guess
9.  Which of the following qualities would be advantageous to have in an audiology expert witness, according to the article?
  1. dynamic personality
  2. engaging speaker
  3. regular participation in continuing education activities
  4. all of the above
10.  As an expert witness, your main point of contact with the case will generally be:
  1. the victim
  2. the plaintiff
  3. the defendant
  4. an attorney

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