"Besides, she asked all the background questions I was too shy to ask".
Each candidate who is hired, they said, must spend seven months in the academy, during which any unresolved background questions can be answered.
Mr. Lowell said that he was turning over to the police the results of the polygraph test, including the background questions, the principal questions and the graphs.
A transcript of a meeting of the governing board from August 2002 on background questions shows lengthy discussion about asking teachers and principals about accountability in February 2003.
The detective leading the questioning, June Boyle, a 21-year veteran of the Fairfax County police, told him he would get a chance to speak with a lawyer but that she first wanted to ask a few background questions.
"They actually claimed they did not know why they were there to interview her," Ms. Elzankaly said, "and basically just asked her a few background questions about herself, her family, her line of work, her travel plans and her education".
Participants were asked 18 background questions.
The conditional patterns supported the low overall correlation between RTE and the background questions on engagement.
Table 1 presents an overview of student demographics and background questions.
Background questions concerning age, sex, present position, basic education, highest academic level and work place were included in the questionnaire.
As a result, some questions were rephrased and a few background questions were removed from the original questionnaire.
