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PIP assessment and strange question

Hello everyone.
I had a PIP assessment today. It was mostly exhausting because the assessor was trying to make me admit to things that I hadn't said, or when he clarified something it was completely different to what I had said. This happened too often to be coincidence or occasional misunderstanding and it became very tedious and really frutstrated me. By the end of it I was completely fed up and relieved to get out.
One of the first questions I was asked was "are you left handed or right handed", and it took me completely by surprise at the time of asking and it took me a while to process it before I could answer. It has continued to puzzle me since as I can see absolutely no purpose or relevance for this question. I could have possibly seen a connection if I was there for a physical disbility relating to my arms, but I wasn't and it just felt bizarre. I thought maybe I am being tricked (I might just be paranoid about this as I read a lot of negative things about PIP before my assesment and was expecting to be tricked), but I have no idea how such a question could be used to trick someone. It was the only unrelated question I was asked and am wondering whether it could just have been like a 'warm-up' question to get me used to the idea of being interviewed? Any similar experiences would be very reassuring as it's just on loop in my head trying to work it out!
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