Handwriting Analysis, Forgery, and Counterfeiting

The most counterfeited bill in the U. S. is the

• $100 bill

• $20 bill

• $10 bill

• $2 bill

Conviction of counterfeiting, federal crimes, and felony can reach a max sentence of

• 5 years

• 25 years

• Life imprisonment

• 15 years

All of the following can affect handwriting EXCEPT

• mood

• height

• age

• illness

Gender is included in the variation of handwriting

• True

• False

Mechanical erasures seen in forgeries of checks, can be identified with a

• telescope

• microscope

• stereomicroscope

• none of the above

Handwriting evidence was first used in an American court in

• 1923

• 1934

• 1993

• 1868

All of the following are reasons to change global currency to plastic EXCEPT

• more durable

• harder to counterfeit

• less expensive

• all of the above

The last step in analyzing a hand-writing sample is

• obtain exemplars

• peer review

• compare characteristics

• testifying in court

UV or infrared light can be used on forged checks to expose

• different inks

• burned documents

• altered paper fibers

• cross-out writing

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

Counterfeiting-detecting pens will leave a ________ mark when money is fake.

• amber

• purple

• clear

• brown or black