Deck 10: Handwriting Analysis, Forgery, and Counterfeiting

Question 1

Counterfeiting-detecting pens are inexpensive special pens and markers containing the element:

A)iodine.
B)mercurochrome.
C)invisible ink.
D)None of these choices.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Initial comparisons of documents are done with:

A)the naked eye.
B)a hand-held lens.
C)a microscope.
D)All of these choices.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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

Answer 3

True

Question 4

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.

Question 5

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

Question 6

The BFDE is the Board of Forensic Dedicated Experts.The BFDE provides a certified training program for handwriting analysis.

Question 7

Criminals can alter or acquire checks in many ways, including:

A)ordering someone else's checks from a deposit slip.
B)directly altering a check.
C)intercepting someone's check, altering it and cashing it.
D)All of these choices.

Question 8

Document analysis is the examination and comparison of questioned documents with known material.

Question 9

Americans write more than 70 billion checks a year.What is the approximate value of illegitimate checks that are cashed each day?

A)$87 million
B)$67 million
C)$47 million
D)$27 million

Question 10

A document expert is a specially trained person who scientifically analyzes printing in a document.

Question 11

Pen manufacturers claim the counterfeiting-detecting pen is:

A)50 percent effective.
B)75 percent effective.
C)98 percent effective.
D)100 percent effective.

Question 12

A questioned document is any signature, handwriting, typewriting, or other written mark whose source or authenticity is in dispute or uncertain.

Question 13

A graphologist is also known as an exemplar.

Question 14

Literary forgery refers to the forgery of a:

A)piece of writing, such as an historic letter or a manuscript.
B)signature.
C)piece of art.
D)None of these choices.

Question 15

When a material gain, such as money, accompanies a forgery, it is called:

A)a monetary gain.
B)fraudulence.
C)battery.
D)deception.

Question 16

Documents are sometimes chemically treated to make them look:

A)younger.
B)older.
C)more authentic.
D)foreign.

Question 17

The number one way that people suspect fakes and scrutinize money is because it doesn't ____________________________.

Question 18

The study of graphology is:

A)not necessarily accepted as part of forensic science, but it can be used as a possible indicator of the writer's personality type.
B)accepted as part of forensic science, but it can be used as a possible indicator of the writer's personality type.
C)not necessarily accepted as part of forensic science, but it can be used to determine identity.
D)None of these choices.

Question 19

Computerized analysis of handwriting samples enables handwriting analysis to be faster and more objective, including the review of pen pressure.

Question 20

Forensic Information System for Handwriting (F.I.S.H.) is a computerized handwriting database used and maintained by the ______________________________.

Question 21

The government continues to change the design of paper money to make currency more difficult to copy and to prevent _______________________________.

Question 22

After handwriting samples are scientifically analyzed, the expert handwriting witness prepares a ______________________________of the analysis to present to a jury.

Question 23

In the early 1980s, this master forger added chemicals to documents to age both the paper and the ink.His forged documents included a lost Mormon document, as well as works attributed to Emily Dickinson, Abraham Lincoln, and Mark Twain.What is the name of this master forger?_________________