Forensic Information System for Handwriting (F.I.S.H.) is a computerized handwriting database used and maintained by the ______________________________.
Question 12
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The government continues to change the design of paper money to make currency more difficult to copy and to prevent _______________________________.
Question 13
13.
Documents are sometimes treated chemically to make them look _______________.
Question 14
14.
Counterfeit-detecting pens are inexpensive special pens and markers containing the element ______________________.
Question 15
15.
To prevent check forgery, embed ___________ that glow under different light.
Question 16
16.
There is minute printing on the security ___________________, as well as around the portrait.
Question 17
17.
Question 18
18.
Question 19
19.
Question 20
20.
Question 21
21.
Which handwriting techniques asks if the writing is left, right, or variable?
Question 22
22.
Which handwriting techniques asks if the writing are capitals and lower-case letters connected and continuous?
Question 23
23.
Like fingerprints, every person’s handwriting is ____________ and personalized.
Question 24
24.
Handwriting is difficult to disguise or forge and analysis can provide a useful tool in forensics in excluding persons when determining a match between known material (_______________).
Question 25
25.
In what year was handwriting analysis a creditable form of evidence?
Question 26
26.
In what city is Scotland yard located?
Question 27
27.
Essay--Write the answer to the essay question in the space provided below.
FCA’s 1. Write in complete sentences and paragraph form.
2. Use Chapter 10 terminology to answer questions(example: exemplar, forgery, handwriting, etc...).
3. Provide inferences, other thoughts, or personal experiences in your answer whenever possible.
Explain 3-4 security features used to keep counterfeiters from duplicating U.S. currency.
Forgeries are documents:
adapted with the intention of deceiving someone.
made with the intention of deceiving someone.
All of these choices.
falsified with the intention of deceiving someone.
Initial comparisons of documents are done with:
microscopes.
a hand-held lens.
the naked eye.
All of these choices.
When a material gain, such as money, accompanies a forgery, it is called:
battery.
a monetary gain.
deception.
fraudulence.
Criminals can alter or acquire checks in many ways, including:
directly altering a check.
ordering someone else’s checks from a deposit slip.
All of these choices.
intercepting someone’s check, altering it and cashing it.
Literary forgery refers to the forgery of a:
piece of writing, such as an historic letter or a manuscript.
None of these choices.
signature.
piece of art.
Documents are sometimes chemically treated to make them look:
older
more authentic
younger
foreign
When false documents or other items are copied for the purpose of deception, it is called:
counterfeiting.
forgery.
all of these choices.
fraud.
Counterfeiting-detecting pens are inexpensive special pens and markers containing the element:
iodine
mercurochrome
none of these choices
invisible ink
Pen manufacturers claim the counterfeiting-detecting pen is:
50 percent effective.
100 percent effective.
75 percent effective.
98 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.
None of these choices.
Factors in everyone's handwriting include:
weight
mood
height
age
writing instruments
wrist size
Which of the following are characteristics of handwriting:
size
spacing
pen length
type of instrument
Which of the following are handwriting characteristics?
size consistency
line quality
letters complete
ink flow
inverted letters
gaps
spacing
According to the book which of the following are examples of questioned documents?