Forensic Information System for Handwriting (F.I.S.H.) is a computerized handwriting database used and maintained by the ______________________________.
Question 27
27.
The number one way that people suspect fakes and scrutinize money is because it doesn’t ____________________________.
Question 28
28.
The government continues to change the design of paper money to make currency more difficult to copy and to prevent _______________________________.
Question 29
29.
Handwriting experts examine____________________ major categories of characteristics of a person’s handwriting.
Question 30
30.
Which cold case was cracked by paper whitener was found in many pages of the document.
Question 31
31.
Which cold case was cracked by paper whitener was found in many pages of the document.
There are 10 major categories of handwriting characteristics.
True
False
A person's handwriting is so consistent that nothing alters it.
True
False
A biometric pad measures the speed, rhythm, and pressure of your handwriting.
True
False
The Secret Service is charged with the security of U.S. currency.
True
False
Document analysis is the examination and comparison of questioned documents with known material.
True
False
A questioned document is any signature, handwriting, typewriting, or other written mark whose source or authenticity is in dispute or uncertain.
True
False
A document expert is a specially trained person who scientifically analyzes printing in a document.
True
False
A graphologist is also known as an exemplar.
True
False
U.S. paper money has special thread embedded in it as a guard against counterfeiting.
True
False
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
A person’s handwriting exhibits characteristics that make it indistinguishable from other samples.
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
Computerized analysis of handwriting samples has the disadvantage of being slower and less objective than analysis by an individual.
True
False
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 choices.
Initial comparisons of documents are done with:
the naked eye.
a hand-held lens.
microscopes.
All of these choices.
When a material gain, such as money, accompanies a forgery, it is called:
a monetary gain.
fraudulence.
battery.
deception.
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.
Literary forgery refers to the forgery of a:
piece of writing, such as an historic letter or a manuscript.
signature.
piece of art.
None of these choices.
Documents are sometimes chemically treated to make them look:
younger
older
more authentic
foreign
When false documents or other items are copied for the purpose of deception, it is called:
forgery.
fraud.
counterfeiting.
all of these choices.
Counterfeiting-detecting pens are inexpensive special pens and markers containing the element:
iodine
mercurochrome
invisible ink
none of these choices
Pen manufacturers claim the counterfeiting-detecting pen is:
50 percent effective.
75 percent effective.
98 percent effective.
100 percent effective.
The study of graphology is:
not necessarily accepted as part of forensic science, but it can be used as a possible indicator of the writer’s personality type.
accepted as part of forensic science, but it can be used as a possible indicator of the writer’s personality type.
not necessarily accepted as part of forensic science, but it can be used to determine identity.