CITP Exam 2 | 2026 EDITION | CORRECT
ANSWERS | DETAILED SOLUTIONS
• What is encoding, with regards to memory? -✓✓ANSWER: Enters the brain
through the senses and emotions
• What happens during retrieval memory? -✓✓ANSWER: information is recalled,
and the more retrieval cue has in common with the memory element, the more
effective it is
• What is the process of the cognitive interview? -✓✓ANSWER: Build and
Maintain Rapport
Use a preamble to prepare for guided memory retrieval
Guide through multiple retrievals
Ask the Interviewee specific, close ended, follow-up questions
• What are the basic needs of the victim or witness that should be addressed
during an interview? -✓✓ANSWER: safety, fear, embarrassment, and shock
• How can you prepare the interviewee for guided memory retrieval? -
✓✓ANSWER: Tell them they are the most important person
Tell them your expectations
Model the level of recall details you expect
• Memory retrieval techniques used to get specific information from a victim on:
Physical Apperance -✓✓ANSWER: Who did the person remind you of?
,• Memory retrieval techniques used to get specific information from a victim on:
Speech -✓✓ANSWER: How do you describe the accent?
What was the tone/ quality of the voice?
• Memory retrieval techniques used to get specific information from a victim on:
Names -✓✓ANSWER: go through the alphabet
how many syllables
what was the cadence
• Memory retrieval techniques used to get specific information from a victim on:
Numbers -✓✓ANSWER: How many numbers did you see? Before and After
What letters did you see? Before and After
• Memory retrieval techniques used to get specific information from a victim on:
Reactions -✓✓ANSWER: How did others react?
• What are the suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the cognitive
interview? -✓✓ANSWER: Eliminate interruptions
Wait through Pauses
Slow down the interview process
Ask follow-up questions compatible with the image or mental picture provided by
your victim
Draw a picture
Consider taking breaks during long interviews
Ask appropriate follow-up questions
, • What is a person who assist LE efforts by providing information concerning
criminal or unlawful activity that otherwise may not be provided, usually in return
for monetary compensation or some other form of consideration? -✓✓ANSWER:
Informant
• a person who refuses to identify themselves or uses a fictitious name. -
✓✓ANSWER: Anonymous informant
• a person who does not request that his identity be held in strict confidence -
✓✓ANSWER: Non- confidential informant
• a person who requests that his identity be held in strict confidence -
✓✓ANSWER: Confidential informant
• a person who does not know that he is providing information to law
enforcement -✓✓ANSWER: Unwitting informant
• most valuable. Informant is a violator or associate of a criminal, in the ideal
position to have substantive information. -✓✓ANSWER: Criminal or criminal
associate
• typically on a law enforcement payroll. Will shop around for best offer -
✓✓ANSWER: Professional informants
ANSWERS | DETAILED SOLUTIONS
• What is encoding, with regards to memory? -✓✓ANSWER: Enters the brain
through the senses and emotions
• What happens during retrieval memory? -✓✓ANSWER: information is recalled,
and the more retrieval cue has in common with the memory element, the more
effective it is
• What is the process of the cognitive interview? -✓✓ANSWER: Build and
Maintain Rapport
Use a preamble to prepare for guided memory retrieval
Guide through multiple retrievals
Ask the Interviewee specific, close ended, follow-up questions
• What are the basic needs of the victim or witness that should be addressed
during an interview? -✓✓ANSWER: safety, fear, embarrassment, and shock
• How can you prepare the interviewee for guided memory retrieval? -
✓✓ANSWER: Tell them they are the most important person
Tell them your expectations
Model the level of recall details you expect
• Memory retrieval techniques used to get specific information from a victim on:
Physical Apperance -✓✓ANSWER: Who did the person remind you of?
,• Memory retrieval techniques used to get specific information from a victim on:
Speech -✓✓ANSWER: How do you describe the accent?
What was the tone/ quality of the voice?
• Memory retrieval techniques used to get specific information from a victim on:
Names -✓✓ANSWER: go through the alphabet
how many syllables
what was the cadence
• Memory retrieval techniques used to get specific information from a victim on:
Numbers -✓✓ANSWER: How many numbers did you see? Before and After
What letters did you see? Before and After
• Memory retrieval techniques used to get specific information from a victim on:
Reactions -✓✓ANSWER: How did others react?
• What are the suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the cognitive
interview? -✓✓ANSWER: Eliminate interruptions
Wait through Pauses
Slow down the interview process
Ask follow-up questions compatible with the image or mental picture provided by
your victim
Draw a picture
Consider taking breaks during long interviews
Ask appropriate follow-up questions
, • What is a person who assist LE efforts by providing information concerning
criminal or unlawful activity that otherwise may not be provided, usually in return
for monetary compensation or some other form of consideration? -✓✓ANSWER:
Informant
• a person who refuses to identify themselves or uses a fictitious name. -
✓✓ANSWER: Anonymous informant
• a person who does not request that his identity be held in strict confidence -
✓✓ANSWER: Non- confidential informant
• a person who requests that his identity be held in strict confidence -
✓✓ANSWER: Confidential informant
• a person who does not know that he is providing information to law
enforcement -✓✓ANSWER: Unwitting informant
• most valuable. Informant is a violator or associate of a criminal, in the ideal
position to have substantive information. -✓✓ANSWER: Criminal or criminal
associate
• typically on a law enforcement payroll. Will shop around for best offer -
✓✓ANSWER: Professional informants
