CRIMINALISTICS 4

LONG QUIZ MODULE 5 AND 6

QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS EXAMINATION
75 items

TEST I: Complete the definition below.(5 POINTS PER NUMBER)

1. Problems with letter shapes - it takes a lot of 1 Coordination to

form them and you may see different 2 Sized letters, as well as
some confusion between similarly 3Shaped letters, such as
4Lowercase a, e and o. Note that lowercase letters are generally
harder to write than capitals because they are smaller and they
contain more rounded 5Edges and curves.
2. Problems with spacing - English is written 1Left to 2_Right and
words are denoted by 3Spaces between them. However, there are
also spaces between letters! And some words are 4Combinations
of two words, like contractions for example, 5Seperated only by an
apostrophe. 
3. Thickness quality - If your words are looking 1Ligher or 2Darker
every 3Inconsistently, then it might be due to your 4Writing
pressure. This is what 5Decides the thickness of your words on
the page.
4. Misalignment - When your 1Writing has a 2Tendency to tilt up and
down the page, it is 3Apparent that you need to take steps to fix
this 4Misalignment. This issue might make your handwriting look
shabby even if the font is 5Neat.

TEST II: Define the following.5 POINTS EACH

1. SIGNATURE - a name of person signed by himself on a document as

a sign of acknowledgement.
2. MODEL SIGNATURE - A genuine signature which was used in
preparing simulated or traced forgery.
3. EVIDENTIAL SIGNATURE - specimen signature which was executed
in particular date, particular time and place, under a particular writer’s
condition and for a particular purpose.
4. DIGITAL SIGNATURE - refers to an electronic signature consisting
of a transformation of an electronic document or an electronic data
message using an asymmetric or public cryptosystem such as that a
 person having the initial untransformed electric document and the
signer’s public key can accurately determine.
5. ELECTRONIC SINATURE - refers to any distinctive mark,
characteristics and/or sound in electronic form, representing the
identity of a person attached to electronic document or data message
with intention of authenticating, signing or approving an it.

TEST III: ENUMERATION

1. Characteristics of Slow Writing(5points)

Laborious , T bars are carefully placed , I dots are rounded and
close to the stem , Vertical slant , pressure is often monotonous

2. Major Types Of Forgery(3points)

Simple forgery , , Simulated or copy Forgery and Traced forgery

3. Kinds of forgery in Signature(8points)

Traced Signature , Forgery by simulation/copying , practiced forgery

, Spurious forgery , Transplanted forgery , Computerized forgery ,
color copy forgery , and trickery forgery

4. Common clues that reveal forgery(7points)

Evidence of a previous drawing which can include an underlying

tracing of the words signature. Forger’s tremors which are yet
distuingishable marking that indicate shakiness in the writing and
happen when the forger attempts to copy a signature or writing
style. Uneven writing speed and pen pressure, hesitations , unusual
pen lifts where the forger continually check his handwork , patching
and retouching fixing or adding marks, blunt beginning and endings.
 5. Classification of tremors(5points)

Tremor is the awakening of the stroke characterized by a wavering or

shaky strokes. Tremor of age tremor of literacy tremor of illness tremor due
to drugs and medications tremor due to alcohol intoxications.