Republic of the Philippines

JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY

The Premier University in Zamboanga del Norte
DIPOLOG CAMPUS
Dipolog City Registration No. 62Q17082
INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL

QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION

Name: ______________________________________________________
Time: ________________________
Score: ________________________

Instruction: Write only the letter that correspond the correct

answer on the space provided before each number. Any
changes of the answer will not be validated.

1. A device for taking photographs by letting light from image fall briefly onto sensitized film, usually by means of a lens –and-
shutter mechanism.
a. Camera c. Attractive Lens
b. Optical microscope d. Telescopic Lens
2. The majority of document problems can be handled with two types of microscope.
a. The ocular, or eyepiece lens that one looks into and the objective lens, or the lens closest to the object
b. The stereoscopic microscopic and the comparison microscopes
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
3. The compound microscope has two systems of lenses for grater magnification:
a. The ocular , or eyepiece lens that one looks into and the objective lens, or the lens closest to the object
b. The stereoscopic microscopic and the comparison microscopes.
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
4. The instrument which makes it possible to see physical evidence directly evidence that otherwise might be invisible but its
application to the investigation of documents is not so well understood is called-
a. Micrometer
b. Microscope
c. Magnetic Lens
d. Magnifying Lens
5. It refers to the theory in document examination like many like other kinds of fraudulent creations, forged documents are
sometimes made look old in order to make them appear genuine and a questioned document should be promptly investigated
in every possible manner.
a. Time of documents
b. Age of documents
c. Period of Documents
d. Era of Documents
6. It emphasized the order of writing as shown by crosses strokes that there are many common of us never see with the mind is
called
a. Order of traversed strokes
b. Arrangements of spanned strokes
c. Sequence of crossed strokes
d. Classification of overlapped strokes
7. A signature that is produced by a cooperation of two hands and two minds will usually show evidence of unnaturalness in the
signature itself that is inconsistent with forgery is called-
a. Guided hand or assisted signatures
b. Directed hand signatures
c. Steered hand signatures
d. Showed hand signatures
8. It refers to a writer who has appropriately been called “an assassin of character” and these strange missives are often property
describes as poison pen letters.
a. Nameless Writing
b. Mysterious writing
c. Disparity of open writing
 d. Distinction in unpretentious writing
9. It true that genuine writing by the same writer does vary and in examination of questioned writing this phase of the subject
should always receive careful attention. This theory is-
a. Variation in genuine writing
b. Difference in honest writing
c. Disparity in open writing
d. Distinction in unpretentious writing.
10. There is principles in handwriting identification, which states that a man cannot forge his signature.
a. At best, he can only disguise it
b. No, man cannot forge his own signature
c. Yes, man can forge his own signature
d. None of the above
11. The art or process of photographing unseen objects by the use of ultraviolet light and filters called-
a. Infrared photography
b. Ultraviolet photography
c. Gamma ray photography
d. None of the above
12. The art or process of photographing unseen objects by means of infrared film and light is called-
a. Infrared photography
b. Commercial photography
c. Ultraviolet photography
d. Outdoor photography
13. The art or process of photographing minute objects when magnified by means of a microscope and enlarged from 10x up is
called_
a. Photomicrography
b. Ultraviolet photography
c. Commercial photography
d. Outdoor photography
14. Photographing of objects directly enlarges the negative and magnified is called –
a. Photomicrography
b. Ultraviolet photography
c. Photomacrography
d. Commercial photography
15. It is very necessary and useful in nearly every questioned document investigation and in many cases it is impossible without
them to present the facts to a court and jury in an effective convincing manner.
a. Documentation
b. Photographs
c. Criminalistics
d. Microscopic
16. What fraudulent alteration that is committed when the entire page has been remove from an instrument and has been
replaced by another piece containing matters different from those of the remove page?
a. Replacement
b. Exchanges
c. Substitutions
d. Swaps
17. It is the writing between the lines of an instrument for the purpose of adding a part to it or correcting what has been written is
called-
a. Rubric
b. Interlineation
c. Insertions
d. Appendages
18. In this type of case, new pages of writing, typewriting or printing may be inserted is called:
a. Embellishments
b. Additions
c. Flourishes
d. Trappings
19. Changes or interlineations in a will are especially reprehensible and it at the last moment before execution they must be made
they should described at the end of the will itself before execution is a product of.
a. Modification
b. Alteration
c. Variation
d. Revision
20. In the investigation suspect’s chemical erasures, you should submit the document to:
a. The laboratory has special chemical and apparatus
b. The document expert for examination
c. The Lawyer for examination
d. All of the above
21. What method of erasures when the forger is used rubber?
 a. Chemical erasure
b. Rubber erasure
c. Mechanical erasures
d. Automatic erasures
22. What examination technique is used for detecting erasures?
a. Transmitted light examination
b. Diffused light transmission
c. Transferred light examination
d. Reflected light examination
23. It refers to changing of documents by removing certain parts is known as-
a. Deletions
b. Obliterations
c. Erasures
d. Eradications
24. Characteristics of tremor age or extreme weakness usually shows unusual and erratic departures of line from intended
course , abrupt recovery , and a general indication of muscular weakness and movements beyond the control of writer ,
particularly in downward strokes called;
a. Shake of oldness
b. Tremble of phase
c. Tremor of age
d. Quake of period
25. It is characterized with inequality of movement at any place in any stroke or line, with strokes too strong and vigorous
combined with weak hesitating strokes also frequent interruption of movement , unequal distribution of ink on upward as well
as downward strokes, and especially the varying pen pressure, due to change in speed and interruptions in movement, which
may occur in the middle of direct curves, or even in what should be straight lines is called-
a. Tremor of fraud
b. Shake of deception
c. Tremble of scheme
d. Vibration of trickery
26. A fraudulent document is placed immediately above the genuine document signature and with strong light directed through the
two superimpose sheet of paper from under, with transparent glass used as writing surface , the outline which is seen thru the
upper sheet is then trace with any suitable writing instrument.
a. Transmission process
b. Shake of deception
c. Prediction process
d. Transmitting light process
27. Is that type canal like outlines of the genuine signature is produce on the fraudulent document bottom sheet be tracing the
outline of the genuine signature top sheet with considerable pressure with any sharp pointed instrument is called-
a. Dent process
b. Indentation process
c. Depression process
d. Notch process
28. The outline of modeled signature is traced with a dry pen or any sharp pointed instrument with considerable pressure to make
carbon outline signature by the forger is called-
a. Carbon process
b. Indentation process
c. Projection process
d. Transmitting light process
29. What techniques in tracing when a forger uses a carbon paper and place document on which he will trace the forged signature
under the document bearing the model signature with a carbon paper between the two?
a. Subsidiary tracing
b. Incidental tracing
c. Indirect tracing
d. Ancillary tracing
30. What techniques in tracing is made by a transmitted light
a. Direct tracing
b. Shortest tracing
c. Uninterrupted tracing
d. Conventional tracing
31. Instrument whose origin are known and proven; which are used in comparison with a questioned document.
a. Simulated documents
b. Falsified documents
c. Standard documents
d. Forged documents
32. A document executed without the intervention of notary public or nay competent public official by which some agreement od
disposition is proved.
a. Public document
b. Official document
 c. Private document
d. Commercial document
33. To obtain conviction for the changer of possession of false bank or Treasury note this is an essential requisite.
a. Intention to use it
b. Intention to keep it
c. Intention to surrender it into authorities
d. Intention to display it.
34. 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 these o
35. 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 these
36. Iodine fumes is useful in questioned document examination because :
a. It can be use in secret writing
b. It can be used to determine whether erasures have been made
c. It can be determined the kind of ink used in writing
d. Both A and B
37. Which among of the foregoing may be utilized as a means to carry out mechanical erasures?
a. Rubber eraser
b. Sharp knife
c. Blade
d. All of these
38. An erasures with ink eradicators.
a. Mechanical erasures
b. Chemical erasures
c. Electronic erasures
d. All of the foregoing
39. A city mayor executed a document in 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. 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
42. 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
43. Enlarged photographic court exhibit, usually referred to as bromide enlargements of a document.
a. Standard document
b. Questioned documents
c. Collected documents
d. Display exhibits
44. It consist of chemical solutions.
a. Non aqueous ink
b. Aqueous ink
c. Ink eradicators
d. All of these
45. Any characteristic of handwriting which is sufficiently well fixed and 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
46. 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
47. Boy Tindog is trying to alter his own his signature to hide his identity is using:
a. Natural Writing
b. Disguised Writing
c. Cursive Writing
d. System of Writing
48. Writing in which are for most part joined together.
a. Natural Writing
b. Disguised Writing
c. Cursive Writing
d. System of Writing
49. 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
50. A person executing a signature while his arm is steadied and assisted product a;
a. Guided Signature
b. Normal Signature
c. Scribble
d. Handwriting Signature
51. A preliminary embellished initial common to capital letters.
a. Embellishment
b. Beard
c. Buckle Knot
d. Diacritic
52. A minute curve which occurs at the end of terminal strokes.
a. Hook
b. Spur
c. Loop
d. Staff
53. An oblong curve found in small letter f, g, h, and l.
a. Hook
e. Spur
f. Loop
g. Staff
54. The introductory backward strokes added to the start of many capital letters and which can be seen occasionally in
introductory strokes of small letters.
a. Embellishment
b. Beard
c. Buckle knot
d. Hitch
55. A loop made as a flourish which added to a letter.
a. Embellishment
b. Beard
c. Buckle knot
d. Diacritic
56. A signature written by the forger in his own style of handwriting without attempting to copy to form the genuine signature.
a. Traced Forgery
b. Disguised Forgery
c. Simulated Forgery
d. Simple Forgery
57. A freehand imitation and regarded as the most skillful type of forgery.
a. Traced Forgery
b. Disguised Forgery
c. Simulated Forgery
d. Simple Forgery
58. Document which is completely written and signed by one person
a. Genuine document
b. Disputed document
c. Holographic document
d. Authentic document
59. A document which contains some changes either as an addition or deletion.
a. Altered documents
b. Disputed documents
c. Obliterated documents
d. Inserted documents
60. Signature used to acknowledge delivery, purchase of goods and mail.
a. Complete’
b. Formal
c. Cursory
d. Careless scribble
61. It refers to the smearing over a writing to make the original undecipherable.
a. Decipherment
b. Restoration
c. Obliteration
d. Interlineations
62. A class of signature for routine document or day to day correspondence.
a. Formal
b. Complete
c. Cursory
d. Careless scribble
63. Refers to a class of signature to acknowledge important documents.
a. Complete
b. Cursory
c. Informal
d. Careless scribble
64. A process by which a canal like outline is produced on a fraudulent document underneath the genuine and tracing it with the
use of a pointed instrument.
a. Carbon process
b. Indention process
c. Projection process
d. Transmitted light process
65. A distinctive design which is translucent impressed on the paper during manufacture.
a. Watermarks
b. Fiber marks
c. Paper design
d. Wire marks
66. An element which is added to complete another letter.
a. Spur
b. Slant
c. Diacritics
d. Arc
67. It is a signature signed at a particular time and place, purpose and normal writing conditions.
a. Shading
b. Pen emphasis
c. Pen lift
d. Pen pressure
68. Periodic increase in pressure, characterized by widening of the ink stroke.
a. Shading
b. Pen emphasis
c. Pen lift
d. Pen pressure
69. The most reliable criterion in judging the authenticity of paper money.
a. Quality or sharpness of the engraving
b. Color of the seal
c. Wet strength of the paper
d. Watermarks
70. 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 these
71. It is the deviation showing free connecting and terminal strokes made by the momentum of the hand.
a. Tremor
b. Tremor of fraud
c. Genuine tremor
d. Deterioration
72. Any arcade formed in the body of the letters.
a. Staff
 b. Slant
c. Diacritics
d. Humps
73. A type face ordinary spaced or 10 characters to the horizontal inch.
a. Pica
b. Elite
c. Proportional spacing machine
d. Adding machine
74. An act of diminishing the metal value of a genuine coin.
a. Pica
b. Elite
c. Proportional spacing machine
d. Additional machine
75. Widening of the in stroke due to added pressure on a flexible pen point.
a. Shading
b. Pen pressure
c. Pen lift
d. Foot
76. It represents the backbone or main stroke of letters.
a. Slant
b. Diacritics
c. Staff
d. Foot
77. It is the process of making out what is illegible or what has been effaced.
a. Decipherment
b. Collation
c. Obliteration
d. Comparison
78. An act of setting two or more items to weigh their identifying characteristics.
a. Comparison
b. Collation
c. Conclusion
d. Examination
79. An examination of document wherein it is viewed with the source of illumination behind it and light passing through the paper.
a. Transmitted light examination
b. Oblique light photography examination
c. Infrared examination
d. Ultraviolet examination
80. The art of attempting to interpret the personality of a person from his handwriting.
a. Questioned document examination
b. Polygraphy
c. Graphology
d. Psychology
81. 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
82. Refers to the written document in the ordinary course of business or in the regular course of man’s activity. Also known as
procured standards.
a. Requested standard
b. Collected standard
c. Standard document
d. Holographic documents
83. Also known as “Post litem motam” or dictated is a documents which are executed and prepared at one time upon request.
a. Requested standard
b. Collected standard
c. Standard document
d. Holographic documents
84. Specimen of handwriting secured by dictating the text of a questioned document or other writing materials to subjects.
a. Collected standard
b. Dictated standard
c. Requested standard
d. Standard of writing
85. Signatures actually produced by corporation of two hands and two minds.
a. Guided signature
b. Evidential signature
c. Guided hand signature
 d. All of the above
86. A canal look outline of the genuine signature is produced on the fraudulent document which is placed at the bottom of the
tracing with considerable pressure the outline of genuine signature with a sharp pointed instruments.
a. Indentation process
b. Carbon process
c. Projection process
d. Tracing process
87. What provision of the law defines forgery?
a. Art 169, RPC
b. Art 246, RPC
c. Art 916, RPC
d. Art 196,RPC
88. What signature is characterized with a legible letters?
a. Conventional form
b. Highly individualized form
c. Personalized form
d. Peculiar style
89. What signature is characterized by a series of inverting stroke, ornamentation an flourishes?
a. Literate style
b. Talented style
c. Artistic style
d. Personalized style
90. A type face defect where in one side is printed heavier that the rest of its outline.
a. Off it feet
b. Twisted letter
c. Clogged type face
d. Rebound
91. It is visible effect of bodily movement which is almost unconscious expression of fixed muscular habits reacting from fixed
mental impression.
a. Handwriting
b. Writing
c. Typewriting
d. Writing movement
92. A writing instrument that makes detection of hesitation and pen-lift difficult.
a. Ball point pen
b. Fountain pen
c. Iron nutgall ink
d. Markers
93. Disconnection between letters or letter combination due to lack of movement control
a. Pen lift
b. Retouching
c. Patching
d. Retracing
94. This refers to a signature of another person or a fictitious person written by another who has no authority to do so, with intent
to defraud is called-
a. Forged signature
b. Simple signature
c. Spurious signature
d. Copied signature
95. Sen. Juan Domingo was trying to vindicate himself on a ten billion scam. During the television interview, he said that his
signature in document was forged. Your services as document expert has been consulted wherein a signature was made
when a forger who is confronted with the absence of a model signature. How can you categorized that forgery?
a. Simulated forgery
b. Imitation forgery
c. Artificial forgery
d. Optical forgery
96. Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Corona was impeached, a year after conviction. He realized that the court committed
error in judgement after having learned that his signature in the documents was forged by copying in imitation of a genuine
signature or writing as to resemble the model. If you were consulted as document expert. What is your preliminary findings?
The signature is a product of-
a. Simulated forgery
b. Imitation forgery
c. Artificial forgery
d. Optical forgery
97. Atty. Pimentel files his election protest against Mr. Zubiri for the reason that an election ballot discovered in two provinces of
Cotabato was signed by one and same person . What is the techniques employed if a forger with pencil and afterwards covers
the pencil strokes with ink?
a. Direct technique
 b. Indirect technique
c. Unintended technique
d. Accidental technique
98. Commander Samurai a leader of BIFF operating in North Cotabato provinces suffered mutilation of his both hands in the
encounter against AFP causing his inability of executing his own signature in the withdrawal slip. He requested his assistant to
the bank to withdraw his money for his medical need. What is the technique for employed if a forger works directly with ink?
a. Direct technique
b. Ancillary technique
c. Inadvertent technique
d. Fortuitous technique
99. Coco Martin, a founding leader of syndicated group in Mindanao, his wife Rose is trying to withdraw the said money using her
forged signature. What type of forgery is used by forgers who have a certain skill in writing?
a. Replicated Hand Forgery
b. Virtual Free Hand Forgery
c. Simulated Free Hand Forgery
d. Imitation Forgery
100. Atty. Ann ran for president last election. He filed an election protest against his opponent questioning his citizenship for the
reason than the birth certificate submitted to the COMELEC was fabricated. The PNP Document examiner examined the
veracity of document showing that some entries were fictitious for having the result of an attempt to transfer to a fraudulent
document an exact facsimile of a genuine signature. Those document is a product of-
a. Traced forgery
b. Drawn forgery
c. Delineated forgery
d. Outlined forgery
ANSWER KEY:

1. A 21. C 41. C 61. B 81. C

2. B 22. A 42. C 62. A 82. D
3. A 23. C 43. A 63. C 83. A
4. B 24. C 44. C 64. D 84. D
5. B 25. A 45. B 65. C 85. B
6. C 26. D 46. B 66. D 86. C
7. A 27. B 47. D 67. C 87. A
8. D 28. A 48. B 68. C 88. A
9. A 29 C 49. B 69. A 89. A
10. A 30. A 50. A 70. D 90. C
11. B 31. A 51. A 71. D 91. A
12. A 32.C 52. A 72. C 92. B.
13. C 33. A 53. D 73. A 93. A
14. C 34. B 54. C 74. B 94. B
15. B 35. A 55. D 75. A 95. C
16. C 36. C 56. A 76. C 96. A
17. B 37. A 57. B 77. C 97. A
18. B 38. A 58. C 78. B 98. A
19. B 39. B 59. B 79. B 99. D
20. A 40. A 60. A 80. C 100. A