Handwriting Analysis and Questioned Docs

What is fraudulence?

• Fraudulence is forgery done for material gain
• Fraudulence only applies to money and checks
• Fraudulence only applies to documents and works of art
• They are synonyms 

When police obtain a writing sample from the suspect, the sample is called a(n):

• Sample
• Exemplar
• Screening
• Graphology

Questioned documents include:

• petitions and lottery tickets
• rare books
• contracts and passports
• all of the above

Which of the following statements is not true? 

• An individual's handwriting may show variation as a result of mood or emotional state
• The handwriting of an individual is unaffected by advancing years.
• The handwriting of an individual shows natural variation.
• The influence of alcohol or drugs may cause variation in an individual's handwriting.

Handwriting samples can be a perfect match if they in fact came from the same person.

• True
• False

Counterfeiting is a federal offense that involves copying

• money
• food stamps
• social security cards
• all of the above

A student wrote a prescription for Xanax on a prescription pad she stole from her family doctor. She then got it filled then sold the pills at a graduation party.  When she is caught, what will her some of her charges be?

• forgery
• fraudulence
• forgery and fraudulence
• only theft, because that's what started all of this

Because handwriting is difficult to disguise and forge, handwriting analysis is a good tool for including or excluding persons when determining a match between known material, and a questioned document. 

• true
• false

Criminals can alter or acquire checks in many ways, including: 

• ordering someone else’s checks from a deposit slip.
• directly altering a check
• intercepting someone’s check, altering it and cashing it. 
• All of these choices.

Document experts analyze paper and ink as well as the writing to determine authenticity.

• True
• False