QUESTIONED DOCUMENT REVIEWER

Criminology Department
ICCT College

Direction: Choose and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Is concerned with the examination of forged, altered, or suspected papers to see if they are genuine, or if
they have been changed in any way…
a. Falsification of Document
b. Forgery
c. Questioned Document Examination
d. Estafa
2. May be committed in two ways: a) by giving to a treasury or bank notes or any instrument payable to
bearer or two order, and the appearance of a genuine document; and b) by erasing, substituting,
counterfeiting, or altering by any means, the figures, letters, words, or signs contained therein.
A. Falsification of Document
B. Forgery
C. Questioned Document Examination
D. Estafa
3. May be committed by the following means: a) counterfeiting or imitating any handwriting, signature, or
rubric; b) causing it to appear that persons have participated in any act or proceeding that they in fact did not
so participate in; c) etc… nevertheless it applies to documents whether private, public, official or
commercial documents.
A. Falsification of Document
B. Forgery
C. Questioned document Examination
D. Estafa
4. In addition to its use in developing secret writing, iodine fumes can be used to…
A. determine if erasures have been made on a document
B. determine the kind of papers used in writing
C. determine the kind of ink used in writing
D. determine the personal character of the author
5. Of the following, the most reliable single criterion in judging the authenticity of paper money is the
A. arrangement of blue and red threads in the paper
B. wet strength of paper
C. quality of the engraving
D. color of the seal
6. In connection with the analysis of questioned documents, which of the following is least likely to be
successful?
A. establishment of the age of ink
B. determination of make and age of typewriter
C. restitution of erased or eradicated writing
D. identifying the peculiarity of the individual
7. What system of handwriting classification based on the following factors; forms, skill combination,
shading movement, slant, terminals and embellishment; has proved useful to police departments of large
cities…
A. Sir Edward Richard Henry
B. Lee and Abbey
 C. Rolando Wilson
D. Landsteiner and Levine
8. Handwriting samples of the same writer may vary somewhat according to the conditions under which the
writing was done. In which of the following classes of writers are such variations in genuine writing likely
to occur?
A. Men writers
B. Women writers
C. Practiced writers
D. Semi-illiterate writers
9. In which of the following respects is forged handwriting most likely to differ from the genuine writing
which the forgery attempts to imitate?
A. Over all flow or running quality
B. Average height and breadth of letters
C. Starting finishing tails or extraneous flourishes
D. Width of pen or pencil lines
10. A condition of coin when it is made of metal, whether of inferior or superior intrinsic value to that of the
genuine coin, and is given the appearance of one of legal tender …
A. Mutilated coin
B. Priceless coin
C. Counterfeit coin
D. all of the above
11. It is the act of diminishing, by ingenious means, the metal in the coin; to take advantage if the metal
abstracted; one appropriates a part of the metal coin, hence the coin diminishes in intrinsic value…
A. Mutilated coin
B. Priceless coin
C. Counterfeit coin
D. none of the above
12. In order to sustain a charge for an offense under Article 168 of the Revised Penal Code, the possession
of the false treasury and bank notes must be coupled with…
A. the intention to keep it at home
B. intent to surrender it to the authorities
C. the intention to use it
D. all of the above
13. Is any written statement by which a right is established or an obligation extinguished; it is a deed,
instrument or other duly authorized paper by which something is proved, evidenced or set forth…
A. Document
B. Rubric
C. Tablet
D. Contract
14. A classification of falsification, that for the act to be punished, it must be shown that some prejudice or
damage to a third party must have been caused or intended to be caused…
A. falsification of a private document
B. falsification of a public document
C. falsification of an official document
D. falsification of a commercial document
15. A classification of falsification in which damage is immaterial, for what is important is the violation of
the public faith, and the destruction of the truth, and the change must affect the integrity of the document…
A. falsification of a private document
 B. falsification of a public document
C. falsification of an official document
D. falsification of a commercial document
16. A kind of document which is executed by a private person without the intervention of a notary public, or
of a competent public official, by which some disposition or agreement is proved, evidenced or set forth…
A. Private document
B. Public document
C. Official document
D. Commercial document
17. A kind of document in which a public official participated…
A. Private document
B. Public document
C. Official document
D. Commercial document
18. A kind of document which is executed by a person in authority or by private parties and notarized by a
competent public official…
A. Private document
B. Public document
C. Official document
D. Commercial document
19. A kind of document which is recognized by the Code of Commerce and other Mercantile laws…
A. Private document
B. Public document
C. Official document
D. Commercial document
20. Is an exemplar which has been obtained from an official record, personal letter, or any other document
that is known to have been written by the suspect, when the suspect refuses to write an exemplar, when the
suspect is not available, or when the investigation is conducted without the knowledge of the suspect.
A. Collected standard document
B. Simulated Document
C. Questioned Document
D. all of the above
21. It is an instrument that can be legally used in comparison with a questioned document; its origin is
known and can be proven.
A. Standard document
B. Simulated Document
C. Questioned Document
D. all of the above
22. This group includes all papers on which it is alleged that some changes have been made fraudulently by
erasure, addition, or substitution, etc.
A. Handwriting specimen
B. Document on which the signature is questioned
C. Countersigned
D. Document containing alleged fraudulent alteration
23. This group of documents includes those papers which the entire writing is in question as spurious,
forged, or counterfeit in its entirety fall into.
A. Wills and Testament
B. Stroke of handwriting
 C. Holographic documents
D. None of the above

24. Fraudulent Tampering with a document often involves two kinds of erasures, namely:
A. Mechanical and Chemical
B. Electronic and Chemical
C. Electronic and Mechanical
D. all of the above
25. A kind of erasure made through the use of a rubber eraser, sharp knife, razor blade, or picking
instrument.
A. Chemical erasure
B. Electronic erasure
C. Mechanical erasure
D. all of the above
26. A kind of erasure made by using an ink eradicator or a blending agent
A. Chemical erasure
B. Electronic erasure
C. Mechanical erasure
D. all of the above
27. May be accomplished by the insertion of a word, phrase, of sentence between two lines of original
writing.
A. Forgery
B. Substitution
C. Intercalation
D. Insertion
28. Standards needed in the examination of receipt of signature
A. Requested signatures
B. Disguised signatures
C. Other receipt signatures
D. Intoxicated signatures
29. Kinds of signatures where the examination is hampered by lack of truly adequate and proper standards.
A. Intoxicated Signatures
B. Disguised signature
C. Requested Signatures
D. Old-age Signature
30. Writing characterized by a lack of freedom of movement, which gives the impression that every stroke
was made with great difficulty.
A. Restrained Training
B. Free-writing Movement
C. Loose Writing
D. Regulated Writing
31. Writing characterized by too much freedom of movement and lack of regulation which are usually tall
letters
A. Loose Writing
B. Genuine Writing
C. Restrained Writing
D. Regulated Writing
32. Primary determinant of writing speed
 A. Writing movement
B. Natural writing
C. Rhythm
D. Strokes
33. Great difference in emphasis in upstrokes and down strokes
A. indicates speed writing
B. indicates good coordination
C. indicates slow writing
D. indicates variations
34. No difference in upstrokes and down strokes
A. indicates speed writing
B. indicates good coordination
C. indicates slow writing
D. indicates variations
35. Marked uncertainty as to location of the dots of small letters I, J, and crosses of small letter Ts.
A. indicates speed writing
B. indicates good coordination
C. indicates slow writing
D. indicates variations
36. If such a document is intended to be part of the public record when falsified prior thereto, the act
committed is
A. Falsification of Public Documents
B. Falsification of Private Documents
C. No crime committed
D. May be falsification
40. In legal language, which of the following refers to the document examiner’s deduction?
A. Conclusion
B. Judgment
C. Evaluation
D. Opinion
41. Based on Supreme Court Rulings, which of the following constitute a document?
A. Pamphlets or books, which do not evidence any disposition or agreement
B. An outline of municipal payroll
C. Approximately filled out forms of official documents
D. None of the above
42. The fully rounded oval or circular form on a letter complete into “o” is referred to as…
A. Oval
B. Arch
C. Bowl
D. Arc
43. The lower part of letters such as “m”, “n”, and “h”, which rest on the base line is known as
A. Ending
B. Hiatus
C. Ball Gap
D. Foot
44. The gap in continuous stroke, which may be regarded as a special form of pen lift is referred to as
A. Pen Lift
B. Hiatus
 C. Ball Gap
D. Pen Stop
45. Which of the following refer to the minute curve or ankle which often occurs at the end of the terminal
strokes and sometimes occurs at the beginning of an initial stroke?
A. Beaded
B. Spur
C. Beard
D. Hook
46. The rounded outside of the top of the curve or stroke in the small letters “n” and “m” is called the
A. Shoulder
B. Arch
C. Hump
D. Arc
47. The widening of the ink stroked is caused by
A. added pen pressure
B. hesitation
C. stopping of the pen
D. using a fountain pen
48. Which of the following is most appropriate to describe disguised writing?
A. alteration indicates forgery
B. change of slant, size, style are perceptible
C. slope
D. deviations are made for identity concealment
47.The relationship between the heights of the small letters to the tall letters is
A. Slant
B. Position
C. Ratio
D. Slope
50. A document is questioned primarily due to the following reasons except
A. the circumstances regarding its reproduction arouses suspicion
B. it raises skepticism
C. it is objectionable to someone
D. it is irrefutable
51. It is any property or mark which is distinguishable and in document examination is commonly called as
the identifying details…
A. Writing habits
B. Individual Characteristics
C. Characteristics
D. Identifying Details
52. It is the act of intermittently forcing the pen against the paper surface.
A. Pen pressure
B. Pen Lift
C. Pen emphasis
D. Pen Stop
53. It is the act of making a class and critical study of any material and it is necessary to discover the facts
about that material.
A. Observation
B. Evaluation
 C. Examination
D. Investigation
54. It is the condensed and compact set of authentic specimen which if adequate and proper should contain a
cross section of the material from its source.
A. standards requested by the investigator
B. collected standard
C. examples produced by the suspect
D. standard documents
55. It is any material on which some issue has been raised, or is under scrutiny.
A. Document
B. Questioned Document
C. Disputed Document
D. Doubtful Document
56. It is any repeated element or detail which may serve to individualize writing.
A. Characteristic
B. Recurring Stroke
C. Writing Habit
D. all of the above
57. Which of the following refer to the irregular thickening of ink which is found when writing slows down
or stops while the writer takes stock of the position?
A. Shading
B. Pressure
C. Knob
D. Hesitation
58. Which of the following refer to the study of handwriting based on the two fundamental strokes, the curve
and the straight strokes?
A. Graphometry
B. Graphology
C. Bibliotics
D. Graphoanalysis
59. Which of the following best describe the importance of contemporaneous writings?
A. Characteristics and qualities of handwriting gradually change over time
B. Disputes and clarify the occurrence of writing deviation
C. Aids in tracing development of any writing variation.
D. For supplementary examination
E. A& C
F. All of the above
60. Taking handwriting samples in court includes the following except:
A. ask the person to sit as comfortably as possible
B. if he has his own pen, he may use it
C. give him enough space to sit and to rest
D. explain the situation and reassure him that it is natural for anyone to be nervous in such a situation
61. Disguised writing can be detected because
A. It shows prominent deviations
B. Nervousness of the forger is manifested
C. The common characteristic of the author is conspicuous
D. Only the appearance of the writing is changed
62. It refers to the printing surface of a type block
 A. Character
B. Pitch
C. Design
D. Type face
63. It represents the backbone or main stroke of the letters.
A. Slant
B. Staff
C. Diacritics
D. Foot
64. It is the process of making out what is illegible or what has been effaced.
A. Decipherment
B. Obliteration
C. Collation
D. Comparison
65. An examination of documents wherein it is viewed the source of light behind it, letting light pass
through the paper.
A. Transmitted Light Examination
B. Infrared Light Examination
C. Oblique Light Examination
D. Ultraviolet Examination
66. It is the art of attempting to interpret the personality of a person from one’s handwriting.
A. Questioned Document Examination
B. Psychology
C. Polygraphy
D. Graphology
67. Signatures used to acknowledge delivery, purchase of goods and mail.
A. Complete
B. Cursory or customary
C. Formal
D. Careless scribble
68. It refers to the smearing over a writing to make the original undecipherable.
A. Decipherment
B. Interlineation
C. Restoration
D. Obliteration
69. A signature written by a forger in his own style of handwriting without attempting to copy the form of
the genuine signature.
A. simple forgery
B. traced forgery
C. simulated forgery
D. cut-and-paste forgery
70. A forehand imitation and regarded as the most skillful type of forgery
A. Spurious forgery
B. Traced forgery
C. Simulated forgery
D. Simple forgery
71. It refers to the proportion of strokes to each other in width as affected by shading.
A. Pen pressure
 B. Pen lift
C. Pen emphasis
D. Alignment
72. It is a document completely written, prepared and signed by the person living without assistance of any
witness, not even a lawyer.
A. Questioned document
B. Disputed document
C. Holographic document
D. Official document
73. It is the result of a very complicated series of acts being as a whole, a combination of a certain form of
visible, mental, and muscular habits acquired by long continued painstaking effort.
A. Movement
B. Handwriting
C. Motor Coordination
D. Movement impulse
74. It is the delicate way in which various muscles used in writing work together to produce written forms.
A. Movement
B. Handwriting
C. Motor coordination
D. Movement impulse
75. It is an element of handwriting embracing skills, space, freedom, hesitation, rhythm, emphasis, tremor,
etc., and is also considered the most important element of handwriting.
A. Spacing
B. Line Quality
C. Movement
D. System
76. It is the rounded outer side of the top of the bend or curve on strokes in letters.
A. Hump
B. Arc
C. Arch
D. Hiatus
77. It refers to the added element used to complete certain letters, and can either be a crossbar of a dot.
A. Ligature
B. Blunt
C. Diacritic
D. Hump
78. It is the ruled imaginary line where the letters rest.
A. Top line
B. Middle line
C. Baseline
D. Line Quality
79. This provides a 3-dimensional enlargement which is important when searching for identifying
handwriting characteristics.
A. Stereoscopic microscope
B. Infrared microscope
C. Comparison microscope
D. Compound microscope
80. This category of forgery is basically a drawing and consequently lacks free natural movement inherent in
a person’s normal writing.
A. Simple
B. Simulated
C. Spurious
D. Traced
81. It is defined as the art of beautiful handwriting.
A. Calligraphy
B. Stylish writing
C. Cacography
D. Artistic writing
82. It is the retouching of the writing stroke as an attempt to improve an imitation.
A. Patching
B. Retracing
C. Shading
D. Make-up
83. It is a group of muscles that push the pen up to form the upward strokes.
A. Extensors
B. Flexors
C. Intensors
D. Reflexors
84. This group of habits is part of a basic writing system, or which are modifications of the system of writing
found among a very large group of writers, that they have only slight identification value.
A. Individual characteristics
B. Personal characteristics
C. Class characteristics
D. Unknown characteristics
85. This type of microscope brings two separated images into the same field of view in the eyepiece so that
the magnified images apparently lie side by side.
A. Comparison microscope
B. Stereoscopic microscope
C. Infrared image converter
D. Electron microscope
86. This type of microscope provides instant comparison of ink and has a valuable total magnification for
the detection of alteration
A. Comparison microscope
B. Stereoscopic microscope
C. Infrared image converter
D. Electron microscope
87. It is the act of removing certain parts to change the meaning of the document.
A. Intercalation
B. Obliteration
C. Erasure
D. Substitution
88. It is the relation of the successive characters of a word signature or line of writing to an actual or
imaginary baseline.
A. Rhythm
B. Alignment
 C. Line Quality
D. Proportion of letters
89. This movement is produced in most part by action of the hand as a whole with the wrists as center of
action, but with some involvement of the fingers.
A. Finger movement
B. Hand movement
C. Forearm movement
D. Whole Arm movement
90. It refers to the more obvious increase in the width of the strokes.
A. Shading
B. Pen emphasis
C. Pen pressure
D. Rhythm
91. It is the general term for all authenticated writing of the suspect.
A. Writing habit
B. Standards
C. Characteristics
D. Exemplars
92. It is the harmonious recurrence of stroke or impulse and is a quality of movement that produces a natural
result.
A. Alignment
B. Shading
C. Quality
D. Rhythm
93. It refers to a specimen of a person’s handwriting executed in the normal course of business, personal, or
social activity.
A. Physical evidence
B. Collected Standard
C. Dictated Standard
D. Formal Standard
94. An alignment defect of typewriters which occur when a character print above or below its proper
position.
A. Rebound
B. Horizontal
C. Twisted
D. Vertical
95. The properties or marks of the handwritings of an individual which are highly peculiar or personal and is
unlikely to occur in other instances.
A. Collected standard
B. Individual characteristics
C. Class characteristics
D. Personal characteristics
96. Children or illiterate forgers usually employ this group of movement.
A. Hand movement
B. Forearm movement
C. Finger movement
D. Whole arm movement
97. It is the minute voluntary talon-like formation often found at the commencement of an initial upstroke or
the end of a terminal stroke.
A. Hook
B. Blunt
C. Hump
D. Beard
98. It is the beginning and ending stroke of both small and capital letters in which the pen touches the paper
without hesitation.
A. Beard
B. Buckle Knot
C. Blunt
D. Hook
99. It is a cursory signature for routine document and personal correspondence.
A. Formal
B. Informal
C. Careless
D. Complete
100. It is the result of an attempt to transfer to a document an exact facsimile of a genuine writing.
A. simple forgery
B. spurious forgery
C. simulated forgery
D. traced forgery
101. In this category of forgery, the forger simply writes the name in question with no immaterial attention
disturbing his usual writing process.
A. simple forgery
B. traced forgery
C. simulated forgery
D. cut-and-paste forgery
102. Refer to the correspondence between result obtained and the truth.
A. accuracy
B. precision
C. scientific examination
D. accidental
103. A writing portrayed by irregular shaky strokes or one which deviate from a uniform stroke.
A. rhythm
B. tremor
C. variation
D. hiatus
104. The condition of a typeface printing heavier on one side or corner than the remainder of its outline.
A. off-its-feet
B. rebound
C. twisted letter
D. clooged
105.The father of Questioned Document
A. Albert S. Osborn
B. Col Calvin Godard
C. William Burt
D. John Van Dyke
106. No two specimen writing prepared by any one are identical in every detail since this is an integral part
of natural writing.
A. rhythm
B. alignment
C. variation
D. normal
107. The red and blue security fibers scattered at random on both surface and can be picked off by a pointed
instrument.
A. security thread
B. security fiber
C. watermark
D. seal
108. It is produced when the writer concentrate on what he is writing rather than on how the pen is being
moved.
A. good line quality
B. poor line quality
C. line quality
D. quality of line
109.The capability to write or its refers to writer’s proficiency.
A. characteristics
B. skill
C. natural writing
D. normal
110. If the tall letters have loops twice longer than the height of the short letter, the ratio is said to be:
A. normal
B. low
C. high
D. level
111. It is composed of lines and dots that make it stand out and gives a bold look.
A. watermark
B. portrait
C. vignette
D. security thread
112. Changes made on a document after its original preparation.
A. erasures
B. alteration
C. abrasion
D. obliteration
113. Sharp details of the outline of the light and shadow effect and discernible when viewed with the aid of a
transmitted light.
A. portrait
B. vignette
C. watermark
D. serial number
114. The process of making out what is illegible or what has been effaced.
A. alteration
B. decipherment
C. erasure
 D. restoration
115. It details indention or indented writings and it records transparencies of any indention.
A. Video Spectral Comparator
B. Electrostatic Detection Apparatus
C. Stereoscopic microscope
D. compound microscope
116. They have peculiar style and are uniform in size, thickness and alignment is even.
A. vignette
B. serial number
C. paper
D. portrait
117. It shows an even flow of metallic grain.
A. genuine coin
B. precious coin
C. fake coin
D. false coin
118. It measures the thickness of paper.
A. type angle measurement
B. typewriting measuring plate
C. paper thickness gauge
D. paper prints
119. Any matter made a part of the document after its original preparation.
A. addition
B. subtraction
C. obliteration
D. interlination
120. A glistening gold colored vertical 10 mm wide with figure 500 repeatedly printed throughout the length
of the band located 33 mm from left side of the note.
A. security thread
B. iridescent band
C. security fibers
D. lace work design
121. Multi-colored prints and made up of fine web-like crisscrossing lines that are continuous and traceable
even at the intersection.
A. micro printing
B. watermark
C. lace work design
D. portrait
122. The angle of inclination of the axis of letters relative to the baseline.
A. size
B. slant
C. hiatus
D. script
123. Where is the watermark located in a note?
A. left of portrait
B. right of portrait
C. center of portrait
D. below of portrait
124. A number of the consistency of results obtained in repeated study or experimentation.
A. accuracy
B. opinion
C. precision
D. judgment
125. A combination of rather limited letters and design which due to frequent use become almost automatic
with many writers.
A. writing
B. signature
C. rhythm
D. alignment
126. The name of a person written by his own hand as a sign of acknowledgement.
A. signature
B. forger
C. writer
D. pen name
127. A security feature which can be only found in the New Design Series 1000 peso note?
A. security thread
B. fluorescent printing
C. optically variable ink
D. iridescent band
128. It is the horizontal spacing between strokes.
A. alignment
B. hiatus
C. baseline
D. lateral spacing
129. What is the highest denomination in the legal tender notes in circulation?
A. 500
B. 200
C. 1000
D. 100
130. Which denomination bears a concealed value in a New Design Series Peso Bill?
A. 500
B. 200
C. 20
D. 100
131. All letters of the alphabet are capitalized.
A. script
B. block
C. cursive
D. size
132. Handwritings prepared upon request of the investigator for the sole purpose of comparison.
A. requested standard
B. collected standard
C. best standard
D. sole standard
133. The photography used in questioned documents examination.
A. ultra-violet photography
 B. photomicrography
C. photomacrography
D. infra-red photography
134. One of which is not a typeface defect:
A. actual breakage
B. characters
C. clogged type
D. dirty type
135. One of the following is not kind of genuine tremor:
A. tremor of age
B. tremor of weakness
C. tremor of fraud
D . tremor of illness
136. A questioned document expert should give a hasty conclusion and should always give a hasty and
offhand opinion. This statement is:
A. Absolutely true
B. Absolutely false
C. useful in some cases
D. Standaard FBI procedure
137. A legal term which includes not only a non-genuine document also an intent on the part of its maker to
defraud.
A. Estafa
B. Forgery
C. Falsification
D. Malversation
138. The following are basic points in procuring collected standard except:
A. Amount of writing standard
B. similarity of subject matter
C. The material should be dictated
D. Relative dates
139.One of the following is not a primary sign of forgery.
A. Slow broken stroke
B. Wavering lines
C. Carelessness
D. unnecessary retouching
140. In order to reach the conclusion that two writings were written by the same writer there must be a
sufficient number of similarities and there must not be present:
A. error in grammar
B. tremor of old age
C. significant and unexplained divergences
D. differences in slant of letters
141. A person who by reason of his technical skill or experience is permitted to give or express his opinion
regarding an issue or a certain aspects of the issue that is involved in a law suit.
A. Document Examiner
B. Expert Witness
C. Forensic Scientist
D. Handwriting identification writer
142. Changes or deterioration in an individuals handwriting which remains while the cause of such
deterioration is still affecting the writer and reverts to the normal condition upon its termination.
A. Transitory change
B. Temporary defect
C. Permanent change
D. Tremor
143. The main purpose of photographing a questioned document is…..
A. enlargement
B. record
C. reproduction
D. decipherment
144. In utilizing a stereographic photograph , what particular condition is manifested?
A. grainy image
B. two image
C. overlapping image
D. three dimensional
145. Questioned document verifiers/ examiners by nature shall maintain vigilance on the grounds that all the
time they are facing the following enemies.
A. outsiders
B. insiders
C. Depositors
D. all of the above
146. A repeated element or detail which may serve to individualize writing is referred to as:
A. writing habit
B. characteristics
C. natural variation
D. none of the above
147. It applies to any characteristics of hand writing of hand writing sufficiency unique and well-fixed to
serve as fundamental point in the identification is referred to as:
A. class characteristics
B. significant writing habits
C. natural variation
D. none of the above
148. A magnified photograph of a small object obtained without the use of a microscope but by means of a
short focus lens and yellow extension.
A. photo macrograph
B. micro-photograph
C. photograph
D. photomicrograph
149. A microspically small photograph.
A. Photomicrograph
B. micro-photograph
C. Stereoscopic photomicrograph
D. photo macrograph
150. Writing of a person who deliberately try to alter his usual writing habits in the hope of hiding his
identity.
A. disguise writing
B. Natural writing
 C. forgery
D. consive writing
151. Documents the origin of which are known & can be legally used as examples to compare with other
matter in question.
A. holograph document
B. standard document
C. legal document
D. all of the above
152. Which denomination has a composite portrait of three Filipino heroes during the Japanese War?
A. 10-piso
B. 1000-piso
C. 500-piso
D. 50- piso
153. Under what law, prohibits and penalizes defacement, mutilation, tearing, burning or destruction of
central bank notes and coins.
A. PD No. 247
B. PD No. 248
C. PD No. 249
D. PD No. 246
154. A person possesses and use of false treasury or bank notes and other instruments of credit is penalized
under what particular law?
A. Article 167 of RP
B. Article 168 of RPC
C. Article 169 of RPC
D. Article 170 of RPC
155. The examination of signatures is considered a specialized branch of handwriting, for the following
reasons, except?
A. A signature is most practices by many people therefore most fluently written
B. A signature is a means to identify a persons and have a great personal significance
C. A signature is a word written without conciuos thought about the mechanics of its production and is
written automatically
D. A signature is the only word the illiterate can write with confidence
E. A signature is written with more attention to spelling and some other details
156. The factors to be considered in the selection of standards are the following, except?
A. Similarity of subject matter
B. The amount of the standard
C. Writing material used
D. Relative dates of the standard
E. Different authors in the preparation of standard document.
157.He quote that handwriting is an acquired skill and clearly one that is complex perceptual motor task,
sometimes referred to as the neuro- muscular task, that our hand contains 27 bones controlled by more than
40 muscles.
A. Albert S. Osborn
B. Ordway Hilton
C. Roy A. Huber
D. Alfred Dreyfus
158. He was a US Navy Officer and the first Questioned Document Examiner in New Crime Laboratory of
the Chicago Department. He authored one of the best text in the field which is the “Scientific Examination
of Questioned Document” and “Detecting and Deciphering Erased Writing”.
A. Albert S. Osborn
B. Ordway Hilton
C. Roy A. Huber
D. Alfred Dreyfus
159. He is considered the father of the science of questioned document examination in North America and
also known for founding the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners  (ASQDE) on
September 2, 1942.
A. Albert Sherman Osborn
B. Ordway Hilton
C. Roy A. Huber
D. Alfred Dreyfus
160. The order in which writing strokes are placed on the paper.
A. Sequence of strokes
B. Sequence of intersection
C. Sequence of writing
D. Sequence of entries
161. This is an illness wherein a person is unable to write in n orderly fashion, but can still manipulate
writing materials.
A. Agraphia
B. Aphasia
C. Dyslexia
D. Paragraphia
162. The following are the new features in the banknotes of New Generation Currency, except?
A. More realistic portraits of former Philippine presidents and heroes
B. Tourist destinations and notable animals found in the country on the reverse
C. New BSP logo and Republic of the Philippines Seal
D. New euro-like design with large numbers for easy identification
E. All of the above
163. A French Army who is convicted of treason based on the mistaken of handwriting identification.
A. Albert Sherman Osborn
B. Ordway Hilton
C. Roy A. Huber
D. Alfred Dreyfus
164. Generally the examination of questioned document is restricted to scientific comparative examination
which means that the determination of authenticity, genuineness, authorship relies on the submitted standard
document, this statement is?
A. absolutely true
B. absolutely false
C. Maybe true
D. Maybe false
165. It is also known as a second opinion. Where numerous numbers of handwriting problems may occur
most especially when the identity is somewhat difficult to prove, the expert should seek another expert’s
opinion.
A. Advice
B. Verification
 C. Contradiction
D. Certification
166. The following is not an example of class characteristics, except?
A. Ordinary copy book form
B. Ordinary scale of proportion or ratio
C. Usual systematic slant
D. All of the above
167. As a matter of practice, central banks regularly change the designs of their money whether coins or
banknotes solely for the purpose of?
A. To guard against counterfeiters
B. By making it very difficult and costly for counterfeiters to produce exact copies of our money
C. To protect the integrity of our money
D. A&B
E. All of the above
168.He patented the first ball point pen writing tool in 1888.
A. Lewis Walterman
B. John Loud
C. George Lazlo Biro
D. Yukio Horie
169. This ink has been used as over a thousand years. Formerly it was made of fermented infusion of gall
nuts to which iron salts were added. The ink was composed of suspension of the black, almost insoluble
ferric tennate.
A. Iron Gallatonate Ink
B. Logwood inks
C. Indian Inks
D. Dyestuff ink
170. Under the best evidence rule, the original document must be produced whenever its contents are the
subject of inquiry.  Original document must be produced, except in the following cases:
A. When the original has been lost or destroyed, or cannot be produced in court, without bad faith on
the part of the offeror;
B. When the original is in the custody or under the control of the party against whom the evidence is
offered, and the latter fails to produce it after reasonable notice;
C. When the original consists of numerous accounts or other documents which cannot be examined
in court without great loss of time and the fact sought to be established from them is only the
general result of the whole; and
D. When the original is a public record in the custody of 
E. all of the above
171. Secondary evidence is admissible in court unless the offer or must prove the following: 
A. the existence or due execution of the original
B. the loss and destruction of the original or the reason for its non-production in court
C. on the part of the offeror, the absence of bad faith to which the unavailability of the original can be
attributed. The correct order of proof is as follows: existence, execution, loss, and contents.
D. all of the above
172. Are minute and finely printed words “Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas” or “Central Bank of the
Philippines” located at the back of the note.
A. Micro printing
B. Concealed value
C. Ultra violet light
 D. D. Vignette
173. The paper used in Philippine peso bill is “hygienically treated” or has anti-bacterial properties, this
statement is.
A. True
B. Partly true
C. False
D. D. Partly False
174. A reflective foil that bears the image of the South Sea Pearl Parrot and a small BSP Logo. The color of
the parrot changes from red to green when the note is rotated at 90°
A. Optically Variable device patch
B. Hologram patch
C. Optically variable ink
D. D. hologram foil
175. A legal term for standard document?
A. Specimen
B. Exemplar
C. Sample
D. all of the above