A method for improving the construction of a polygraph examiner's question list during a computerized polygraph exam includes the following steps: a) before the polygraph exam, building a first library of different sequences of question types, and building a second library of different question types; b) organizing the first and second libraries; c) combining the different question types into sets of categories; d) selecting a sequence of question types from the first library, and selecting a first category of question types; e) reviewing a range of questions within the first category; f) selecting and adding some of the questions within the first category to the selected sequence of question types; g) during the polygraph exam, selecting a second category; h) repeating steps (e) and (f) for the second category; and i) repeating steps (g) and (h) until the polygraph examiner's question list is complete.
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