Investigation and evidence analysis practice questions

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for investigation and evidence analysis selection in the legal, compliance, courts, and governance sector with 5 skill areas: critical thinking, situational judgment, data checking and clerical accuracy, attention and concentration and verbal reasoning. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite (none are taken from live or leaked exams), and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Critical thinking: Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Situational judgment: Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Data checking and clerical accuracy: Matching, filing, coding, record checking, and identifying discrepancies.
• Attention and concentration: Sustained focus, selective attention, and accuracy under time pressure.
• Verbal reasoning: Drawing conclusions from written information without relying on outside assumptions.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here, because keys stay on the server. Open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. Chain of custody (educational concept) primarily protects:

   • A. The integrity and traceability of an item from collection through storage and transfer
   • B. The investigator’s personal opinions
   • C. Marketing slogans
   • D. The right to destroy inconvenient files

2. A workplace investigator receives a USB stick of ‘anonymous proof’ with no provenance. Best first step?

   • A. Publish the files company-wide
   • B. Plug it into a production server immediately
   • C. Document receipt, avoid altering contents, and assess authenticity/reliability before relying on it
   • D. Throw it away without a log

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

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