§ 2028.060.Questions on direct examination; copy for prior study by deponent

Written depositions run on a fixed script, and this section decides how much of that script the deponent gets to see in advance. The party who took the deposition may forward the deponent a copy of the direct examination questions before the deposition happens, letting the witness prepare for the questions that party plans to ask.

That advance look doesn't extend to what other parties plan to ask, though. No party or attorney may let the deponent preview the form or substance of any cross, redirect, or recross questions before they're propounded. That asymmetry keeps the questioning parties' own strategy intact; a deponent who's rehearsed answers to the anticipated direct questions still has to respond to everything else cold, the same way a live witness would.