Handwriting Analysis

What term is used for the standard used for comparison?

• comparative evidence
• signatory evidence
• exemplar evidence
• official evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

Questioned documents include:

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

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

Line form includes the smoothness of letters and the darkness of the lines on the upward, compared to the downward stroke. 

• true
• false

Formatting includes the spacing between letters, the spacing between words and lines, the placement of words on a line, and the margins a writer leaves empty on a page. 

• true
• false

Generally, the primary purpose of forging something is to profit from the fake or alteration. 

• true
• false

Initial comparisons of documents are done with:

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

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.

Handwriting is similar to ________________. There are no two people that write the same.

• Blood types

• Fingerprints

• Hair Samples

• Skin color

The production of an imitation of currency, works of art, documents, and name-brand look-alikes for the purpose of deception.

• exemplar

• counterfeiting

• forgery

• fraudulence