The point of these questions is often to get you to lie. Oftentimes this is a felony in and of itself (for instance, in federal background investigations), whi

The point of these questions is often to get you to lie. Oftentimes this is a felony in and of itself (for instance, in federal background investigations), which gives the organization requesting the information leverage over you (and also over any references that have falsely attested to your sobriety).