Document Analysis

Any document that is evidence in a crime and will be analyzed is a

• Forgery

• Counterfeit

• Questioned Document

• Exemplar

What handwriting characteristic is when the letters flow or are erractic and shaky?

• Line habits
• Continuous 
• Connecting letter
• Line quality

What handwriting characteristic is when the text is on, below, or above the line?

• Line habits
• Continuous 
• Connecting letter
• Line quality

A known sample of the suspects writing, which can be compared to the unknown document is called:

• Questioned Document
• Prototype
• Standard
• Exemplar

When dictating to a person in order to obtain samples of handwriting, one should not: 

• allow the suspect to view the questioned document before dictating it. 
• use a pen similar to that of the questioned document. 
• use similar or the same letter and word grouping as used in the questioned document 
• dictate the contents of the text at least three times. 

Initial comparisons of documents are done with:

• the naked eye
• microscopes
• a hand-held lens
• all of these choices

The handwriting on top is

• Sloped right

• Sloped left

• Slanted right

• Slanted left

The handwriting on top is

• Sloped up

• Sloped down

• Slanted up

• Slanted down

Forgeries are documents: 

• made with the intention of deceiving someone
• adapted with the intention of deceiving someone
• falsified with the intention of deceiving someone
• all of these choices

Burning, bleaching, or using a laser to get rid of a document

• Obliteration
• Overwriting
• Freehand
• Simulation