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background process, and/or the information provided by you during the background process may be cause for concern and may eliminate you from consideration for this position. Accordingly, you should be honest and thorough in your verbal and written answers.” The personal history statement form added, “[D]eliberate misstatements or omissions can and often will result in your application being rejected, regardless of the nature or reason for the misstatements/ omissions.” In addition to other information, the personal history statement form inquired into plaintiff’s knowledge of employees, inmates, and wards of CDCR. The form included the following questions: (1) “Do you know or have you ever known anyone who is or has ever been an employee of the [CDCR] (this includes the pre-2005 [CDCR] and the [CYA])?”; and (2) “Do you know or have you ever known anyone who is or has ever been an inmate or ward of the [CDCR] (this includes the pre-2005 [CDCR] and the [CYA])?” (Some capitalization omitted.) As to the first question, plaintiff answered, “No.” As to second, plaintiff responded, “Yes,” and identified a “[f]riend” who was his roommate in 1992.1 A different section included a “privacy…