Forensics Ch. 9 Questioned Documents

This machine detects alterations, obliterations, erasures and page substitutions...

• Video Spectral Comparator
• Infrared spectroscope
• Electrostatic Detection Device
• Biometric Signature Pad

This technique is used to determine individual dye components from different inks...

• Infrared spectroscopy
• Electrostatic Detection 
• Chromatography
• Graphology

Adding to a number to make it look like a larger amount is considered what type of forgery?

• Obliteration
• Alteration
• Overwriting
• Freehand

Bleaching, burning, or using a laser to get rid of a document is considered what type of forgery?

• Obliteration
• Alteration
• Overwriting
• Freehand

Removing, adding, or changing a portion of an original document is considered what type of forgery?

• Obliteration
• Alteration
• Overwriting
• Freehand

Writing with no knowledge of the appearance of the original document or signature so that the results often look nothing like the original is considered what type of forgery?

• Obliteration
• Alteration
• Overwriting
• Freehand

The production of an imitation of currency for the purpose of deception is called:

• Forgery
• Counterfeit     
• Questioned Document
• Exemplar

A process used by criminals to make, alter, or falsify a person’s signature or a document with the intent to deceive another person is called:

• Forgery
• Counterfeit     
• Distortion
• Fraud

Who is considered the father of the science of questioned document examination in North America?

• Herschel
• Galton
• Orfila
• Osborn

The world’s oldest and largest organization for forensic document examination   professionals is:

• American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
• American Board of Forensic Document Examiners
• Scientific Working Group for Forensic Document Examination
• United States Secret Service