Questioned documents
Questioned documents
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 c. Forgery
b. Questioned Document Examination d. Estafa
2. May be committed in two ways: 1.) 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 2) by erasing, substituting,
counterfeiting, of altering by ant means, the figures, letters, words, or signs contained therein.
a. Falsification of Document b. Forgery c. Questioned Document d. Estafa
3. May be committed by the following means: 1) counterfeiting or imitating and handwriting, signature or
rubric; 2) causing it to appear that persons have participated in any act or proceeding when they did not in
fact so participated; 3) etc… nevertheless it applies to documents whether private, public, official or
commercial documents.
a. Falsification of documents c. Questioned document examination
b. Forgery 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 ink used in writing
d. Determine the personal character of the author
5. Of the following the most reliable single criterion in judging the autermicing of paper money is the…
a. Color of the seal c. We strength
b. Quality of the engraving d. Arrangement of the red and blue threads in the paper
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 an 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 in large cities.
a. Sir Edward Richard Henry c. Lee and Abbey
b. Rolando Wilson d. Land Steiner 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. Practiced writers c. Women writers d. Semi-illiterate or unpracticed 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 c. Starting finishing tails or extraneous flourishes
b. Average height and breadth of letters 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 legal tender.
a. Mutilated Coin b. False or Counterfeit Coin c. Priceless Coin d. All of the foregoing
11. It is the act of diminishing, by ingenious means, the metal in the coin; to take advantage if the metal
abstracted; he appropriates a part of the metal of the coin, hence the coin diminishes in intrinsic value
a. Mutilation of coins c. priceless coin
b. Counterfeit or false coin d. none of the foregoing
c.
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 blank notes must be coupled with…
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a. The intention to keep it at home c. Intent to surrender the same to proper authorities
b. The intent to use the same d. All of the foregoing
13. Is any written statement by which a right is established or an obligation extinguished, it is a deo, instrument
or other duly authorized paper by which something is proved, evidence or set fort..
a. Document b. Tablet c. Rubric 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 private document c. Falsification of official document
b. Falsification of public document d. Falsification of commercial document
15. A classification of falsification in which damage is immaterial. For what is important is the violation of
public faith, and the destruction of the truth, and the change must affect the integrity of the document..
a. Falsification of commercial document c. Falsification of official document
b. Falsification of public document d. Falsification of private document
16. A kind of document is executed by a private person without the intervention of a notary public, or of
competent public official, by which some disposition or agreement is proved, evidence or set forth…
a. Private document b. Public document c. Official document d. Commercial document
18. A kind of document which is executed by person in authority a by private parties but notarized by notaries
public or by competent officials…
a. Public document b. Official document c. Private 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. Commercial document c. Public document d. official document
20. Is an exemplar that has been obtained from an official records, 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 documents c. Simulated document
b. Questioned document d. All of the foregoing
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. Simulated document b. Standard document c. Forged document d. Falsified document
22. This group includes all papers on which it is alleged that some changes have been made fraudulently by
erasures, addition, or substitution, etc.
a. Handwriting specimen c. Document on which the signatures is questioned
b. Countersigned d. Document constraining alleged fraudulent alteration
23. This group of document includes those papers which the entire writing is in question as spurious, forged or
counterfeit in its entirely fall into.
a. Wills and Testament c. Stroke of handwriting
b. Holographic documents questioned or disputed d. None of the foregoing
24. Fraudulent tampering with a document often involves two kinds of erasures, namely;
a. Mechanical and Chemical erasures c. Electronic and Chemical erasures
b. Electronic and Mechanical erasures d. All of the foregoing
25. A kind of erasure through the use of rubber, eraser, sharp knife, razor blade or pickling instrument:
a. Chemical erasure c. Electronic erasure
b. Mechanical erasure d. All of the foregoing
28. It is committed by giving any payable instrument to bearer such as treasury or bank notes the appearance of
a genuine document.
a. Estafa b. falsification of document c. Forgery d. All of the foregoing
29. It applies to documents whether public, official or commercial wherein handwriting or signature contained
therein is imitated
a. Estafa b. falsification of document c. Forgery d. All of the foregoing
30. The act of making it appears that persons have participated in any proceeding or act when in fact they have
not participated in any document.
a. Estafa b. falsification of document c. Forgery d. All of the foregoing
31. A person who alters by any means, letters, figures, words or sign contained in any bank or treasury notes is
liable for:
a. Estafa b. falsification of document c. Forgery d. All of the foregoing
32. It refers to the assessment or altered forged or suspected papers to determine if they are genuine or
otherwise.
a. Estafa b. falsification of document c. Forgery d. Questioned document examination
34. Which among the foregoing may be utilized as a means to carry out mechanical erasures?
a. Rubber eraser b. Sharp knife c. Blade d. All of the above
36. Instrument whose origin are known and proven; which are used in comparison with a questioned document.
a. Simulated documents c. Standard documents
b. Falsified documents d. Forged documents
37. A document executed without the intervention of a notary public or any competent public official by which
some agreement or disposition is proved.
a. Public document c. Private document
b. Official document d. Commercial document
38. To obtain conviction for the charge of possession of false bank or treasury notes this is an essential requisite
a. Intention to use it c. Intention to surrender it to authorities
b. Intention to keep it d. Intention to display
39. A city mayor executed a document in his legal capacity as a local executive, that document is classified as:
a. Public document b. Official document c. Private document d. Commercial document
40. A document notarized by a notary public or any competent authority is legally classified as:
a. Public document b. Official document c. Private document d. Commercial document
41. A man who is unable to write may use this legally signify a signature.
a. Crude x b. Cross mark c. Thumb mark d. Both A and B
42. Refers to the design of letters which are fundamental to a writing system.
a. Copy book form b. System of writing c. Line quality d. Writing movement
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43. It refers to any abnormality or maladjustment in the typewriter which is reflected in its product.
a. Defect b. Mal alignment c. Misalignment d. Alteration
44. Enlarged photographic court exhibit, usually referred to as bromide enlargement of a document.
a. Standard document c. Collected documents
b. Questioned documents d. Display documents
45. The appearance of paper when viewed by transmitted light, which discloses the formation and texture of the
sheet.
a. Lock-through of paper b. Watermarks c. cross marks d. Sidelight marks
47. Any characteristic of handwriting which is sufficiently well fixed and unique to serve as a fundamental
point in the identification of the writer.
a. Copy book form b. Line quality c. System of writing d. Significant writing habits
48. Refers to any specimen of writing executed normally without any attempt to change or control its
identifying habits and its usual quality of execution.
a. Natural writing b. Disguised writing c. Cursive writing d. System of writing
49. Jose Pidal in trying to fake his own signature to hide his identity is using:
a. Natural writing b. Disguised writing c. Cursive writing d. System of writing
51. Usual deviations found between repeated specimen of any individual handwriting or in the product of any
typewriter
a. Normal variation b. natural variation c. tremor d. wrong hand writing
52. A person executing a signature while his arm is steadied and assisted produces a:
a. Guided signature b. Normal signature c. Scribble d. Handwriting signature
56. The introductory backward stroke added to then start of many capital letters and which can also be seen
occasionally in introductory strokes of small letters.
a. Embellishment b. Beard c. Buckle knot d. Hitch
58. Visible record in the writing stroke of the bais movement and manner of holding the writing instrument.
a. Line quality b. Rhythm c. Baseline d. writing pressure
59. Additional unnecessary stroke for ornamental purposes.
a. Embellishment b. Hump c. Diacritic d. Knot
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61. Refers to the periodic increase in pressure or intermittently forcing the pen against the paper surface with
increase pressure.
a. Writing pressure b. Shading c. Pen emphasis d. Natural variation
63. A signature written by the forger in his own style of handwriting without attempting to copy to form of the
genuine signature.
a. Traced forgery b. Disguised forgery c. Simulated forgery d. Simple forgery
64. A freehand imitation and regarded as the most skillful type of forgery.
a. Traced forgery b. Disguised forgery c. Simulated forgery d. Simple forgery
66. Combination of the basic design of letters and writing movement as taught in school.
a. Letter form b. Line quality c. Copy book form d. System of writing
70. It refers to the smearing over a writing to make the original undecipherable.
a. Decipherment b. Restoration c. Obliteration d. Interlineations
73. A process by which a canal like outline is produced on a fraudulent document underneath the genuine and
tracing it with the use of pointed instrument.
a. Carbon process c. Projection process
b. Indention process d. Transmitted light process
74. A type face defects wherein one side is printed heavier than the rest of its outline.
a. Off its feet b. Twisted letter c. Clogged type face d. Rebound
75. It is the visible effect of bodily movement which is almost unconscious expression of fixed muscular habits
reacting from fixed mental impressions.
a. Handwriting b. Writing c. Typewriting d. Writing movement
76. A writing instrument that makes detection of hesitation and pen-lifts difficult.
a. Ball point pen b. Fountain pen c. Iron nutgall ink d. Markers
77. Disconnection between letters or letter combination due to lack of movement control.
a. Pen lift b. Retouching c. Patching d. Retracing
78. A distinctive design which is translucent impressed on the paper during manufacture.
a. Water marks b. Fiber marks c. Paper design d. Wire marks
81. It is a signature signed at a particular time and place, purpose and normal writing conditions.
a. Complete signature c. evidential signature
b. Standard signature d. Model signature
83. The most reliable criterion in judging the authenticity of paper money.
a. Quality or sharpness of the engraving c. Wet strength of the paper
b. Color of the seal d. Watermarks
84. A coin given the appearance of a legal tender but made inferior or superior intrinsic value to that of the genuine coin.
a. Priceless coin b. Mutilated coin c. False coin d. All of the above
85. It is a deviation showing free connecting and terminal strokes made by the momentum of the hand.
a. Tremors b. Tremors of fraud c. Genuine tremor d. Deterioration
88. Developed the system of handwriting classification utilized by most police departments.
a. Lee and Abbey b. Rolando Wilson c. Levine d. Landsteiner
89. A kind of document executed by a person in authority and by private parties but not notarized by competent officials.
a. Official document b. Public document c. Commercial document d. Private document
92. Widening of the ink stroke due to added pressure on a flexible pen point.
a. Shading b. Pen pressure c. Pen emphasis d. All of the above
94. It is the process of making out what is illegible or what has been effaced.
a. Decipherment b. Collation c. Obliteration d. Comparison
95. An act of setting two or more items to weigh their identifying characteristics.
a. Comparison b. Collation c. Conclusion d. Examination
96. An examination of documents wherein it is viewed with the source of illumination behind it and the light
passing through the paper.
a. Transmitted light examination c. Infrared examination
b. Oblique photography d. Ultraviolet examination
97. The art of attempting to interpret the personality of a person from his handwriting.
a. Questioned documents examination c. Graphology
b. Polygraphy d. Psychology
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98. An identifying typewriter characteristic which can be eliminated by cleaning the machine or replacing the ribbon.
a. Transitory defect b. Alignment defect c. Permanent defect d. Defect
99. A defect in typewriters due to the wear and tear of the type block in which some letters lean the left or right
of their correct slant.
a. Off its feet b. clogged type face c. Twisted letter d. Rebound
100. And angle or inclination of the axis of the letter relative to the baseline.
a. foot b. Slant c. Staff d. Hitch
101. A distinct and peculiar character used to identify handwriting to any identifying factor related to the
writing movement itself.
a. Quality b. Line quality c. Skill d. System writing
102. Going back over a defective portion of a writing stroke, it is a common defect in forgeries and is also
known as retouching.
a. Patching b. Smeared over writing c. Erasure d. Interlineations
103. The art of determining character, disposition and attitude from the study of handwriting extravagant
graphological claims have no scientific basis.
a. Graphology b. Handwriting c. Graphometry d. Signature
105. There are persons who lack the ability to differentiate forms, sizes, letter, configuration, design and angles
a. Form blindness b. Nearsightedness c. Astigmatism d. Farsightedness
106. It is a term usually applied to the partially visible depressions appearing on a sheet of paper underneath the
one on which the visible writing appears.
a. intended writing b. Angular writing c. Arcaded writing d. Drawing
107. Most reliable methods for determining whether or not the document is as it purports to be and its presence
also is one of the most important features in the comparison of paper.
a. water marks b. balance marks c. trade marks d. forged mark
109. A character soldered too high or too low on the type bar is
a. Vertical misalignment c. Vertical inequality
b. Horizontal misalignment d. None of the above
110. The beginning and ending strokes of letters, both small and capital, in which the pen touched the paper
without hesitation, beard, hitch or knob
a. Blunt b. Buckle knot c. Base line d. Hiatus
111. Specimen handwritings consisting of writing or printing executed from day to day in the course of
business, social or personal affairs
a. Collected standard b. Evidence signature c. Specimen signature d. None of them
112. Handwriting characteristics derived from the system of handwriting that a person learns in school
a. Class characteristics c. Personal signature
b. Strokes in handwriting d. Handwriting style
113. Specimen of handwriting secured by dictating the text of a questioned document or other writing materials
to a subject
a. dictated standard b. Forced signature c. Specimen handwriting d. None of them
114. Signatures actually produced by the cooperation of two hands and two minds. A seriously ill testator
sometimes asks someone for assistance in affixing his signatures. Generally the, abnormality, clumsiness,
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disconnections, uneven alignment, and illegibility are indications of genuiness and the opposite conditions
are evidence of lack of genuiness
a. Guided hand signatures c. Forged signature
b. Consented signature d. None of them
115. a special form of pen lift distinguishable in that a perceptible gap appears in the writing
a. hiatus b. base line c. hesitation d. blunt
116. The term applies to the irregular thickening which is found when the writing slows down or stops while
penman takes stock of the position
a. Hesitation b. Pen lift c. Hiatus d. Buckle knot
117. Those which have been introduced into the handwriting whether consciously or unconsciously by the
writer, in addition to class characteristics
a. individual characteristics c. class characteristics
b. simulated signature d. none of them
120. Characterized by smoothness of writing, regularity of curves and shading. Writer is unconscious of the
actual act of writing but concentrated instead on what is being written.
a. good line quality b. forged writing c. simulated writing d. poor line quality
121. Characterized by simulated forges or laboriously disguised handwriting as well as of the handwriting of
persons who write very little
a. poor line quality b. stimulated writing c. good line quality d. none of them
125. Created when a writer lifts the pen to consider what is being slowly and carefully written
a. Pen lift b. hesitation c. Hiatus d. None of them
127. A document which is being questioned because of its origin, its contents or the circumstances or stories
regarding its production
a. question document b. simulated document c. forged document d. none of them
128. Handwritten specimen written by the subject upon the request of investigating officer.
a. requested standard c. specimen standard
b. standard writing d. none of them
129. A partial overwriting of a signature. It should be treated with extreme suspicion for being forged.
a. retouching b. stimulated writing c. forged writing d. none of them
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131. A paper which has been treated in such a way as to minimize the chances of forgery by erasure whether
mechanical or chemical.
a. safety paper b. coupon bond c. special type of paper d. none of them
133. The flexible split rib of a fountain pen enable the width of a line to be controlled by variation in pressure.
a. shading b. penlift c. patching d. retouching
134. It is the involuntary divergence of the pen line from the natural direction in the formation of letters.
a. tremor of fraud b. stimulated writing c. sign of forgery d. none of them
135. In typewriting examination, a typewritten note cannot be proven to have been typed from a particular
typewriter true comparison of the class and individual characteristics of the typewriter. The most famous
case of handwriting identification in the U.S.A.
a. Hiss case b. Escobio case c. Miranda case d. none of them
136. The variation in transparency and is well known as the identifying features of a sheet paper
a. wire marks b. watermarks c. fiber mark d. None of them
137. A device which is intended to prevent either erasure or alteration of entries in cheques
a. cheque writing machine b. bank analysis c. cheque paper analyzer d. none of them
138. A simulation or imitation of a genuine writing. It is the most perfect forgery as it imitates not only the
form but also the manner of writing.
a. simulated forgery b. imitated forgery c. traced forgery d. all of them
139. It is the result of an attempt to transfer to a fraudulent document an exact facsimile of a genuine writing by
some tracing process. It is easiest to detect as it is NOT WRITING but SLOW DRAWING.
a. traced forgery b. stimulated forgery c. drawing d. all of them
140. In identification of handwriting, how much standard handwriting is needed for comparison?
a. 3 or more b. 4 or more c. 5 or more d. 6 or more
143. Erasure by means of some hard abrasive substance like rubber eraser
a. abrasive erasure b. electrical erasure c. chemical erasure d. none of them
145. Contemporary handwriting standards means that the age of the standards should be within
a. 5 years prior to the date of the questioned document
b. 8 years prior to the date of the questioned document
c. 10 years prior to the date of the questioned document
d. 12 years prior to the date of the questioned document
146. The science of obtaining photographic magnification of minute object by using a camera attached to a
compound microscope. The camera lens is removed because the microscope lenses form the image
a. photomicrography b. ultraviolet photography c. photomacrography d. none of them
147. Process of obtaining a magnified photograph of small object with the use of microscope by using short
focus lens and a long bellow extension.
a. photomacrography b. infrared photography c. photomicrography d. none of them
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148. The utilization of ultraviolet rays in document photography to restore the writings which have been erased
chemically or mechanically or in the detection of substitutions, overwriting and secret writing.
a. ultraviolet photography b. microphotography c. infrared photography d. none of them
149. Different substances which look alike to the naked eye but are of different chemical composition, and to
determine that they are not really alike can be done through
a. infrared photography c. ultraviolet photography
b. macrophotography d. none of them
155. A fully rounded oval and circular form in a letter complete in an “O” or modified in “BDPR” is a
a. plate b. Bowl c. Oval d. Round
156. The horizontal and looped strokes that are used to complete such letters “A”, “E”, “H”, “F”, “R”
a. buckle knot b. bended knot c. Typing knot d. circling knot
157. The portion of the letter which remains when the upper and lower projection, the initial strokes, terminal
strokes and disparities are omitted.
a. body b. form c. base d. ascend
158. The beginning and the ending stroke of letters both small and capital in which the pen touched the paper
without hesitation
a. cursive b. dactyl c. pen lift d. blunt
160. The small form of stroke that extends in divergent direction as in e,b,c,f, p,q,r,s,n,w
a. ending stroke b. eyelet or eye loop c. descending stroke d. none of them
162. A minute and involuntary talent like formation of ten found at commencement of an initial upstroke or at
end of a terminal stroke
a. hump b. cliff c. hook d. base
163. The rounded outer of the top of the bend creek or curved in small letters such as h, k, m, n
a. hump b. base c. cliff d. ascend
164. Extra deposit of ink in the initial and terminal strokes due to the slow withdrawal of the pen from the
paper
a. hiatus b. ending stroke c. knob d. patching
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166. Small letters are called
a. Minute letters b. amoebic letter c. microscopic d. minuscule
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