Handwriting Analysis and Chromatography

How many major categories are there for handwriting characteristics?

• 5

• 8

• 10

• 12

True or false: Questioned documents are compared to forged documents to identify a match in handwriting samples.

• True

• False

The examination of questioned documents with known material using a variety of criteria such as authenticity, alterations, erasures, and obliterations is known as ____.

• Exemplars

• QD Examiner

• Document Analysis

• Fraudulence

Another name for a QD examiner.

• Fingerprint Analyst

• Document Expert

• Toxicologist

• Pathologist

_________ works by separating the chemicals out of a mixture and studying how the molecules behave during the separation process.

• Spectroscopy

• Chromatography

• Handwriting Analysis

• Anthropology

Which colors can comprise the color "black"?

• Red

• Yellow

• Blue

• All of the above

Handwriting analysis played an important forensic role during the 1935 trial of Richard Hauptmann, who was accused of kidnapping and murdering the son of world-famous aviator, Charles Lindbergh.  After collecting many ransom notes, investigators were able to secure Hauptmann’s printed signature from his automobile registration (pictured below) and compare the handwriting between the two. These comparisons led to the conviction and execution of Hauptmann.

The image above shows the automobile registration that investigators used as a known handwriting sample from Hauptmann. Which of the following terms would BEST describe this sample?

• Questioned Document

• Evidence

• Complementary Sample

• Exemplar

Observe the handwriting sample below. Which of the following characteristics are NOT applicable to this particular sample?

• Loops and Curls

• Line Habits

• Spacing

• Slant

What is size consistency in writing characteristics?

• Recognizable size patterns.

• Is the handwriting continuous?

• Letters are fully formed.

• Writing in cursive or print.

Can you teach me how to Dougie? (First 5 to do it get 5 points extra credit).

• I did it.

• I chickened out.

• What's a dougie?