Forensics: Questioned Documents & Handwriting Analysis

When documents or other items are copied for the purpose of deception, it is called:

• forgery

• fraud

• counterfeiting

• All of these choices.

What is required to analyze and compare the handwriting on a document to determine its origin?

• cursive writing of the suspect

• an exemplar for comparison

• DNA

• fingerprints

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 are correct

Which of the following is important in analyzing a ransom note left at a scene?

• paper analysis to determine origin of paper

• handwriting analysis compared to suspect handwriting

• both of these are correct

• neither of these are correct

Which of these is the best way to detect a counterfeit bill?

• a slick, smooth feel of the paper

• checking the bill with a light to see the watermark and security thread

• the green color of the bill

• none of these would be useful

Which president is on the front of the $1 bill?

• Kennedy

• Washington

• Lincoln

• Jackson

Which of the following are characteristics of handwriting that are analyzed? Select all that apply.

• spacing between the letters and words are measured

• slant of letters are measured

• significant "left-handed" characteristics

• gender-specific characteristics

• placement of diacritics is observed

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

If writing is obliterated by bleaching or scribbling over it, then it cannot be analyzed or read.

• True

• False

If the picture represents how an individual writes the letter g, which of the following best represents how an individual would write the letter y?

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