Random answers or rambling on is not allowed and usually a person who does that can expect to lose their case. First, expect direct examination, then cross-examination, to start, with question, answer, question, answer. Witnesses are called in the order best strategized by the attorney. Objections are based on the Evidence Code and can severely limit your testimony if you do not know how to answer. An experienced attorney who has prepared you will assist you with properly worded questions so your side of the case can be fully presented. Your attorney will also raise objections and state grounds for limiting evidence and testimony which fall outside the Evidence Code and established procedures. Your attorney can also make oral or written motions in limine, before the trial, and during the trial, to limit the introduction of incompetent evidence, certain hearsay matters, documentary evidence and improper testimony of unqualified witnesses. All of these are critical to win your case. Your attorney will also introduce any exhibits and documents which must be properly handled for the court to enter them into evidence. Failure to properly introduce exhibits will often cause the judge to reject them. Remember, if the opposing party has an attorney, they will be doing all these things to win their side of the trial or hearing. Also, a common mistake non-lawyers make is automatically expecting a judge to review a police report, which is hearsay because the law enforcement officer wasn’t present and did not see or hear the facts surrounding the incident; they only write down what has been said into a report. If the opposing side has a lawyer who objects to hearsay, expect the judge to not view your police report.