Chapter 10

1.

1 point

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

a monetary gain

fraudulence

battery

deception.

2.

1 point

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

intercepting someone’s check, altering it and cashing it

ordering someone else’s checks from a deposit slip

All of these choices

directly altering a check

3.

1 point

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

True

False

4.

1 point

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

True

False

5.

1 point

Literary forgery refers to the forgery of a

piece of art

signature

piece of writing, such as an historic letter or a manuscript

none of these choices

6.

1 point

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

True

False

7.

1 point

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

8.

1 point

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

9.

1 point

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

10.

1 point

A person’s handwriting exhibits characteristics that make it indistinguishable from other samples

True

False

11.

1 point

Computerized analysis of handwriting samples has the disadvantage of being slower and less objective than analysis by an individual.

True

False

12.

1 point

A graphologist is also known as an exemplar

True

False

13.

1 point

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

True

False

14.

1 point

Initial comparisons of documents are done with

microscopes

a hand-held lens.

All of these choices

the naked eye.

15.

1 point

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

mercurochrome

invisible ink

None of these choices

iodine

16.

1 point

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

True

False

17.

1 point

Documents are sometimes chemically treated to make them look

foreign

more authentic

older

younger

18.

1 point

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

forgery

counterfieting

all of these choices

fraud

19.

1 point

Pen manufacturers claim the counterfeiting-detecting pen is

50 percent effective

98 percent effective

75 percent effective

100 percent effective

20.

1 point

Computerized analysis of handwriting samples has the disadvantage of being slower and less objective than analysis by an individual.

made with the intention of deceiving someone.

falsified with the intention of deceiving someone

adapted with the intention of deceiving someone.

All of these choices