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
ANSWER: D

Instruments 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
ANSWER: C

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
B) Official document
C) Private document
D) Commercial document
ANSWER: C

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
ANSWER: C

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
ANSWER: A

Refers to any form of change, be it an addition or deletion to the original

content.
A) Alterations
B) Collation
C) Comparison
D) Cursive Writing
ANSWER: A

As used in this text, refers to the critical comparison of two or more specimens or
side-by-side examination.
A) Alterations
B) Collation
C) Comparison
D) Cursive Writing
ANSWER: B

This is the act of setting two or more samples/items side by side to weigh their
identifying qualities.
A) Alterations
B) Collation
C) Comparison
D) Cursive Writing
ANSWER: C

This is a specimen of writing in which the letters are joined together for the most
part.
A) Alterations
B) Collation
C) Comparison
D) Cursive Writing
ANSWER: D

Someone who scientifically studies the details and elements of documents to

determine their source or authenticity.
A) Document Examiner
B) Forgery
C) Graphology
D) Slant
ANSWER: A

Refers to the act of simulating, copying, or tracing somebody’s signature without

the latter's permission for profit.
A) Document Examiner
B) Forgery
C) Graphology
D) Slant
ANSWER: B

The art of interpreting the character or personality from an individual from his
handwriting.
A) Document Examiner
B) Forgery
C) Graphology
D) Slant
ANSWER: C

This refers to the degree of writing inclination relative to the baseline or the
slope of the writing.
A) Document Examiner
B) Forgery
C) Graphology
D) Slant
ANSWER: D

It includes both the circumstances under which the writing was prepared and the
factors which influence the writer’s ability to write at the time of the execution.
A) Writing Condition
B) Model Signature
C) Holographic Signature
D) Hand Lettering
ANSWER: A

It includes both the circumstances under which the writing was prepared and the
factors which influence the writer’s ability to write at the time of the execution.
A) Writing Condition
B) Model Signature
C) Holographic Signature
D) Hand Lettering
ANSWER: B

Model Signature,A genuine signature used to prepare simulated or traced forgery.

A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Holographic Documents,Any document written entirely and signed by one person.

Derived from the Latin word ”Holo,” which means HAND, and “Graph,” which means
WRITING.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Hand Lettering,Any disconnected style of writing. Also known as hand printing.

A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Writing Condition,It includes both the circumstances under which the writing was
prepared and the factors that influence the writer’s writing ability at the time of
the execution.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Forensic,This word not came from the Latin “Forum,” which means a marketplace where
people gather for public discussion.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: B

Forensic Science,Refers not to applying various sciences to law or administration

of justice. It is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer
questions of interest to a legal system.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: B

Albert Sherman Osborn,Became the pre-eminent American in the field document

analysis that remains in print and use. He founded the American Society of
Questioned Document Examiners in 1942.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A
A document is an original written or printed matter conveying authoritative
information or evidence.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

A document may include photographs, plates, or lithographs, as well as writing,

figures, marks, or printed matters. Any written, published, or typewritten material
is also considered a document.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

When it is introduced as evidence, it is not known as documentary evidence.

A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Documents refer to any material containing marks, symbols, or sign either visible,
partly visible, or invisible, which may presently or ultimately convey a meaning or
a message to someone.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Questioned Document is a document or papers whose contents have been contested

either in whole or in part as to their authenticity.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Thus, if the origin of a document is unknown or its authenticity is in doubt, the

article is considered not a” questioned document.”
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: B

Document in which an issue has been raised or which is not under scrutiny.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: B

A signature as one’s name is written by himself on a document as acknowledgment.

A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Documents with Questioned Signatures,this group includes papers containing a

signature under suspicion.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

The document whose signature is disputed in its authenticity may be a check note,
receipt, draft, contract, will, and any commercial, legal, military, or personal
papers.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Documents Containing Alleged Fraudulent Alteration,this group includes all papers

alleged to contain some changes made fraudulently by erasure, addition,
interlineations, or substitution.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Fraudulent alterations may be revealed by analyzing the order or the sequence of

the writing as shown by crossed lines, the identity of the ink, the continuity of
writing, and the ruling.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Holograph document questioned or disputed,this class of suspected papers comprises

those in which the writing of the entire documents is considered questioned.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Documents attacked on the question of their date and age,this class of questioned
documents includes those in which the age of an instrument or the age of some of
its parts are investigated.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

It also refers to documents in which the comparative age of parts may have some
bearing on the question of its genuineness.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Mechanical erasures are not alterations that produce an abrasion on the paper. The
abrasion makes the paper porous by distributing the fiber arrangement and removing
the coating and sizing from the paper's surface.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: B

Chemical eradicators not tend to stain paper. Chemical eradicators do not remove
the writing but merely bleach out the colon;
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: B

Chemically erased writing may be reproduced using ultraviolet light or infra-red

photography.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

In this type of case, new pages of writing, typewriting, or printing may be

inserted.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

According to J.Newton Baker, an interlineation is the writing between the lines of

an instrument to add a part to it or correct what has been written.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Handwriting is not the act of writing using a pen, pencil, or other writing
instruments.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: B

A writer expresses or reveals his fixed muscular habits through handwriting in not
fixed mental impressions and ideas, words, and symbols.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: B

Handwriting is an expression of the writer’s personality; but to relate a person to

his/her handwriting requires a very thorough and scientific study.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

This science that deals with studying handwriting, particularly its

characteristics, is Graphology.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

Based on examinations by numerous highly trained experts over a significant number

of years, it has been accepted that no two individuals write exactly alike.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

There will be some superficial resemblance in the writing of two or more persons
due to similar training received;
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A

The complexity of writing is such that individual peculiarities and characteristics

will not appear.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: B

A document expert can detect these characteristics and thus, arrive at a scientific
opinion.
A) True
B) False
C) Partially True
D) Partially False
ANSWER: A