CLI Risk Assessment 4

Question 1

In workplace violence threat assessment, which behavior is generally the MOST concerning warning sign?

Accepted Answer

Specific statements about a plan to harm a named person, along with weapon acquisition

Answer

Threat assessment focuses on pathway behaviors such as specific targeting, planning, and acquiring weapons.

Question 2

What is the main risk of an investigator talking about case details on social media?

Accepted Answer

Waiving confidentiality and privilege and exposing the client's strategy

Answer

Public disclosure can waive work-product protection and breach the investigator's duty of confidentiality to the attorney and client.

Question 3

When an investigator contacts a party known to be represented by counsel, what is the key risk?

Accepted Answer

Violating the no-contact rule (ABA Model Rule 4.2) through the attorney's agent

Answer

Rule 4.2 bars lawyers and their agents, including investigators, from communicating about the matter with a represented party without consent of that party's counsel.

Question 4

What does a business continuity or data-loss risk assessment for an investigative firm MOST directly protect?

Accepted Answer

Case files, evidence records, and client confidential data

Answer

Data-loss controls such as backups and encryption protect sensitive case material and client confidentiality.

Question 5

An investigator photographs a subject through a bedroom window from a neighbor's yard without permission. Which risks are created?

Accepted Answer

Trespass and invasion of privacy by intrusion upon seclusion

Answer

Entering private land without permission and capturing a place with a reasonable expectation of privacy can create both trespass and intrusion liability.

CLI - Certified Legal Investigator Practice Test

CLI - Certified Legal Investigator Practice Test

CLI Risk Assessment 4