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Handwriting Analysis Quiz

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Last updated almost 8 years ago
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Question 1
1.

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

Question 2
2.

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

Question 3
3.

A graphologist is also known as an exemplar.

Question 4
4.

The Board of Forensic Dedicated Experts requires that document examiners earn a master's degree in handwriting analysis before working in the field.

Question 5
5.

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 6
6.

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

Question 7
7.

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

Question 8
8.

Documents are sometimes chemically treated to make them look:

Question 9
9.

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

Question 10
10.

The study of graphology is:

Question 11
11.

Counterfeiting-detecting pens are inexpensive special pens and markers that react with the ____________ in the paper.

Question 12
12.

The government changes the design of paper money every year to make currency more difficult to copy and to counterfeit.

Question 13
13.

Banks hope to eliminate the use of checks in the future.

Question 14
14.

A(n) ________________ is a piece of writing that is used as a comparison when analyzing a document.

Question 15
15.

The type of ink used on a document can be analyzed as a questioned document.

Question 16
16.

In 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals determined that graphology qualified as a form of expert testimony.

Question 17
17.

Line quality is a handwriting characteristic that is used to determine if the letters are equally spaced or crowded.

Question 18
18.

Connecting letters is a handwriting characteristic that is used to determine if uppercase and lowercase letters are connected and continuous.

Question 19
19.

A biometric signature pad is used to determine the amount of pressure an individual uses when writing.

Question 20
20.

Counterfeiting is a federal felony punishable with up to _________ years in prison.