Forensics Documents Test Review

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

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

• Sample
• Exemplar
• Screening
• Graphology

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 

Iodine marking pens are used for what?

• To detect counterfeit checks
• To detect forged works of art
• To detect counterfeit money
• To detect the age of a piece of paper

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

• Line habits
• Continuous 
• Connecting letter
• Line quality

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

• Infrared spectroscopy
• Electrostatic Detection 
• Chromatography
• Graphology

What president is on the $5 bill?

• Washington
• Jefferson
• Lincoln
• Jackson

Which of the following are examples of questioned documents?

• Receipts
• Counterfeit money
• Historical documents
• All of the above

The mood of a writer can affect his or her handwriting

• True
• False

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of handwriting analysis?

• pen pressure
• slant
• line spacing
• letter measurement