CRIMTIC 4
Questioned Document
Work with your partner.. OPEN SOURCE. Answer the following
TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write only the letter that corresponds to your answer on the space provided
before each number.
____1. It is any material which contains marks, signs, or symbols, which are visible, partially visible or invisible
that may presently or ultimately conveys a meaning or message to someone.
a. Document c. Questioned Document
b. Forensic Document d. Forensic Document Exam
____2. It is any document about which some issue has been raised or placed under scrutiny. It is a document
that has been questioned in whole or in part with respect to its authenticity, identity, origin, or its relation among
its parts and to other things.
a. Document c. Questioned Document
b. Forensic Document d. Forensic Document Exam
____3. Which of the following is a scientific study, analysis and comparison of questioned or disputed
handwriting or documents for authentication or legal purpose.
a. Document c. Questioned Document
b. Forensic Document d. Forensic Document Exam
____4. Which of the following is for detection of forgeries, alterations and obliterations?
a. Handwriting Identification c. Criminalistics Examination
b. Penmanship d. Criminalistics
____5. It is an original piece of written or printed matter conveying authoritative information or evidences. It
may include photograph, plates or lithographs, as well as writing, figures, marks or printed matters. Any written,
printed or type material is also considered a document. When it is introduced as evidence, it is known as
documentary evidence.
a. Document c. Questioned Document
b. Forensic Document d. Forensic Document Exam
____6. These are alteration that produces an abrasion on the paper .
a. chemical erasure c. mechanical erasure
b. addition d. substitution
____7. It is also defined as any signature, handwriting, typewriting or other mark whose source or authenticity
is in dispute or doubtful.
a. Document c. Questioned Document
b. Forensic Document d. Forensic Document Exam
____8. It is writing between the lines of an instrument for the purpose of adding a part to it or
correcting what has been written.
a. chemical erasure c. mechanical erasure
b. cancellation d. interlineations
____9. In this type of case, a new pages of writing, typewriting or printing may be inserted. .
a. substitution c. mechanical erasure
b. addition d. chemical erasure
____10. It is a more difficult procedures and requires a long study and experience.
a. Handwriting Identification c. Criminalistics Examination
b. Penmanship d. Criminalistics
____11. It applies the principles of science and logic to all questioned document problems in order to
determine the origin, authenticity and genuineness. Answers are sought to questioned regarding handwriting,
typewriting, imprint documents, alteration, eradication, ink, paper, writing instrument, dating and other problem
that may challenge the integrity of a document.
a. Document b. Questioned Document
b. Forensic Document c. Forensic Document Exam
____12. It is also referred as disputed documents, which any document is under scrutiny or to which an issue
has been raised. It suggest that there is a controversy or an argument over the document.
a. Document c. Questioned Document
b. Forensic Document d. Forensic Document Exam
____13. These are public or private experts who analyze altered, obliterated, changed or doctored documents
and photos using infrared lighting, expensive spectrography equipment, or digital enhancement techniques.
a. Paper and ink specialist c. Historical Dating
b. Forgery Specialist d. Handwriting Analysts
____14. It refers to the purpose but by looking at semantics, spelling, word choice, syntax and phraseology.
a. Handwriting Analysts c. Forensic Stylitics
b. Forgery Apsecialist d. Typewritten analysts
____15. Which of the following below is to find out who is the author of the writing?
a. Handwriting Identification c. Criminalistics Examination
b. Penmanship d. Criminalistics
____16. This class of disputed paper is questioned regarding handwriting or penmanship, whether a certain
writing is genuine of forged.
a. Documents that Identity the Handwriting
b. Genuine Documents Erroneously or Fraudulently Attacked
c. Documents Attacked on the Questioned of their Date and age
d. Holograph Document Questioned or Disputed
____17. This class of suspected papers comprises those in which the writing of an entire written document is
questioned.
a. Documents that Identity the Handwriting
b. Genuine Documents Erroneously or Fraudulently Attacked
c. Documents Attacked on the Questioned of their Date and age
d. Holograph Document Questioned or Disputed
____18. 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. Documents that Identity the Handwriting
b. Genuine Documents Erroneously or Fraudulently Attacked
c. Documents Attacked on the Questioned of their Date and age
d. Holograph Document Questioned or Disputed
____19. These also include a variety of blackmails, black hand, and threatening letters which has frequently
become the object of legal inquiry.
a. Documents that Identity the Handwriting
b. Genuine Documents Erroneously or Fraudulently Attacked
c. Documents Attacked on the Questioned of their Date and age
d. Holograph Document Questioned or Disputed
____20. This group includes any papers is containing a signature that is under suspicion.
a. Documents with Questioned Signatures
b. Genuine Documents Erroneously or Fraudulently Attacked
c. Documents Attacked on the Questioned of their Date and age
d. Holograph Document Questioned or Disputed
____21. He has incorporated the legal and scientific features of the subject which have developed in the
evidence as related to trial procedure. He has combined the scientific and legal elements, which enter into this
field of evidence in a skillful manner.
a. Newton Baker b. Charles Chabot c. Albert Osborn
____22. He aimed to develop some of the considerations and thinking which are relevant to effective and
productive corporation among the investigator, the attorney, and the examiner of questioned documents, and
to administrative officials who must determine whether their organizations are efficiently exploiting the
evidentiary possibilities of documents.
a. James Conway b. Charles Chabot c. Albert Osborn
____23. Born in 1876 and died in 1944, he was a doctor of law and director of the identification Bureau of the
Police Department of Berlin until 1928.
a. Newton Baker b. Hans Skeneickert c. Albert Osborn
____24. He authored the book “Suspect Documents Their Scientific Examination”, first published in London in
1958.
a. Newton Baker b. Wilson Harrison c. Albert Osborn
____25. Instructor in Criminology at the University of Berlin from 1920 and he was a well-known handwriting
expert.
a. Newton Baker b. Hans Skeneickert c. Albert Osborn
____26. He authored “Evidential Documents”, which was publish in Springfield, Illinois, USA in 1959.
a. James Conway b. Charles Chabot c. Albert Osborn
____27. He was a consultant Expert in Disputed documents and in 1955 he authored the book, “Law of
Disputed and forged document.”
a. Newton Baker b. Charles Chabot c. Albert Osborn
_____28. The father and son of New York were the world famous handwriting experts who testified on the
Charles A. Lindberg Jr. kidnapping case.
a. B.J. Vreeland Haring and J. Howard Haring b. Charles Chabot c. Albert Osborn
____29. He was an examiner of Questioned in New York City from 1887 and author of “Questioned
Document”, “The Mind of the Juror”, and “Questioned Document Problem.”
a. Newton Baker b. Hans Skeneickert c. Albert Osborn
____30. Published the first book in English to assert that there was a science of handwriting identification, and
to illustrate its methodology, which entitled as “The Handwriting of Junius Professionally Investigated”.
a. James Conway b. Charles Chabot c. Albert Osborn
____31. Properties or characteristics are observed, measured and determined.
a. Analysis b. Comparison c. Evaluation
____32. Recognition of characteristics
a. Analysis b. Comparison c. Evaluation
____33. Similarities or dissimilarities in property or characteristics that have certain value for
identification are determined by their likelihood or occurrence.
a. Analysis b. Comparison c. Evaluation
____34. Correct interpretation of characteristics
a. Analysis b. Comparison c. Evaluation
____35. Properties or characteristics of the unknown items determined thru analysis are compared
with the familiar or recorded properties of known items.
a. Analysis b. Comparison c. Evaluation
____36. This feature of the legal tender is located at the lower left corner of the face of the note and
is recognizable when the note is held at eye level?
a. Concealed value b. optically variable ink c. Microprinting d. Serial Number
____37. How many standards are required in comparative examination of questioned document?
a. seven standards b. six standards c. five standards d. four standards
____38. Microprinting of 1000 peso is located at __________?
a. the back of the note near the jar
b. the face of the note near the seal
c. the face of the note on the right side of the OVI
d. none of the above
____39. Which of the following below is a wide glistening gold vertical stripe with the numerical value
printed in series?
a. Embedded security thread c. Windowed Security Thread
b. Iridescent Band d. Security Fibers
____40. Which is a narrow security thread vertically located like “stitches” at the face of the note with
clear text of the numerical value in repeated sequence and changes in color from magenta to green
or green to magenta depending on the angle of view?
a. Embedded security thread c. Windowed Security Thread
b. Iridescent Band d. Security Fibers
____41. These are fine, distinct and sharp; the varying color note tone gives a vivid look to the picture
that makes it “stand out” of the paper.
a. Lacework Design c. Vignette
b. Embedded Security Thread d. Security Fibers
______42. Which are given or made upon the request of an investigator for purposes of making a
comparative examination with the questioned writing?
a. Procured standard c. Collected standard
b. Requested standard d. none of these
______43. Which of the following standard serve as the best or most appropriate standards in the
determination of the genuineness of a questioned signature or writing?
a. Requested standard c. Known standard
b. Procured standard d. Unknown standard
______44. Article 168 of RPC refers to
a. Illegal possession and use of false treasury or bank notes and other instruments of credit.
b. Manufacturing and possession of instrument or implements for falsification.
c. Forging treasury or bank notes or other documents payable to bearer; importing and uttering
such false or forged notes and documents.
d. Making and importing and uttering false coins.
______45. Which of the following below is for the currency of 100 peso?
a. Security thread, red and blue visible fibers, fluorescent printing and concealed value.
b. Security thread, red and blue visible fibers, fluorescent printing and microprinting.
c. Security thread, red and blue visible fibers, fluorescent printing and microprinting of Dating
Gusali ng Batasan at the roof of the building at the back of note.
d. Security thread, red and blue visible fibers, fluorescent printing and
______46. Which of the following below is for the currency of 50 peso?
a. Security thread, red and blue visible fibers, fluorescent printing and concealed value.
b. Security thread, red and blue visible fibers, fluorescent printing and microprinting.
c. Security thread, red and blue visible fibers, fluorescent printing and microprinting of Dating
Gusali ng Batasan at the roof of the building at the back of note.
d. Security thread, red and blue visible fibers, fluorescent printing
______47. Republic Act No. 265 known as what?
a. Counterfeiting coins
b. Mutilation of coins
c. Crimes National Security
d. Central Bank Act
______48. Presidential Decree 247 defined as what?
a. prohibiting and penalizing defacement, mutilation, tearing, burning or destruction of central
bank notes and coins.
b. Notes and coins issued by the Central Bank shall be fully guaranteed by the Government of
the Republic of the Philippines and shall be legal tender in the Philippines for all debts, both public
and private.
c. Selling of false or mutilated coin, without connivance.
d. Mutilation of coins; Importation and utterance of mutilated coins.
______49. Counterfeiting coins is crime against what?
a. Crime against person b. Crime against national security
c. Crime against public interest d. all of these
______50. Selling of false or mutilated coin, without connivance.
a. PD 247 b. Art. 165, RPC c. Art. 163, RPC d. Art. 166, RPC
______51. Any person who shall mutilate coins of the legal currency of the United States or of the
Philippine Islands or import or utter mutilated current coins, or in connivance with mutilators or
importers.
a. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 5,000.00
b. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 2,000.00
c. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 10,000.00
d. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 1,000.00
______52. Counterfeiting, importing and uttering instruments not payable to bearer.
a. Art. 168, RPC b. Art. 166, RPC c. Art. 167, RPC d. none of these
______53. Any person who shall forge, import or utter, in connivance with the forgers or importers,
any instrument payable to order or other document of credit not payable to bearer s, shall suffer the
penalties of what?
a. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 5,000.00
b. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 6,000.00
c. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 10,000.00
d. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 1,000.00
______54. When the forged or altered document is a circulating note or bill issued by a foreign bank
duly authorized therefor.
a. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 5,000.00
b. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 2,000.00
c. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 10,000.00
d. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 1,000.00
______55. The following below are the security features of 1000 except one;
a. windowed security thread b. Serial Number
c. Security Fibers d. Iridescent band
______56. Forging treasury or bank notes on other documents payable to bearer; importing, and
uttering such false or forged notes and documents.
a. Art. 168, RPC b. Art. 166, RPC c. Art. 167, RPC d. none of these
______57. If the falsified or counterfeited document was issued by a foreign government the penalty
is ____
a. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 5,000.00
b. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 5,000.00
c. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 10,000.00
d. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 1,000.00
______58. It the falsified or altered document is a circulating note issued by any banking association
duly authorized by law to issue the same.
a. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 5,000.00
b. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 6,000.00
c. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 10,000.00
d. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 1,000.00
______59. If the counterfeited coin be currency of a foreign country.
a. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 10,000.00.
b. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 2,000.00
c. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 1,000.00
d. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 5,000.00
______60. Illegal possession and use of false treasury or bank notes and other instruments of credit.
a. Art. 168, RPC b. Art. 166, RPC c. Art. 167, RPC d. none of
these
______61. The following below are the security features of 100 except one,
a. concealed value b. embedded security thread
c. fluorescent printing d. Microprinting
______62. If the document which has been falsified, counterfeited, or altered, is an obligation or
security of the United States or of the Philippine Islands has a penalty of what?
a. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 5,000.00
b. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 6,000.00
c. Reclusion temporal and fine not exceeding 10,000.00
d. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 1,000.00
______63. If the counterfeited coins be any of the minor coinage of the Philippines or of the Central
Bank of the Philippines below ten-centavo denomination.
a. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 10,000.00.
b. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 2,000.00
c. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 1,000.00
d. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 5,000.00
______64. If the counterfeited coin silver coin of the Philippines or coin of the Central Bank of the
Philippines of ten centavo denomination or above.
a. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 10,000.00.
b. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 2,000.00
c. prision correctional and fine not exceeding 1,000.00
d. prision mayor and fine not exceeding 5,000.00
______65. Code for the blind can be found where on the notes?
a. upper left of the notes b. upper right of the notes
c. lower left of the notes d. lower right of the notes
______66. Watermark can be found on the _________
a. left side of the note b. right side of the note
c. center side of the note d. none of these
______67. Any person who shall violate this law, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more
than twenty thousand pesos and/or by imprisonment of not more than five years.
a. PD No. 72 b. PD no. 247 c. Art. 167, RPC d. Art. 168, RPC
_____68. Which of the following is the combination of basic design of letters and writing movements
as taught in school?
a. Writing c. Natural writing
b. System of writing d. Writing habit
_____69. It is a document which is completely written and signed by one person.
a. Hand lettering c. Signature
b. Holograph documents d. Writing
_____70. Which is a visible effect of bodily movement, which is an almost unconscious expression of
certain ideas associated with script form?
a. Writing c. Writing habit
b. Handwriting d. Disguised writing
_____71. It is the combination of peculiarities of writing which is most personal and individual thing
that a man does which leaves a record that can be seen and analyzed.
a. Mature writing c. Class characteristics
b. Individuality of writing d. All of these
_____72. Which of the following below are identifying details which are common to a group?
a. Mature writing c. Class characteristics
b. Individuality of writing d. none of these
_____73. Which decorative strokes are added to the plain letter form giving writing ample and rich or
too ornate character?
a. Simplification c. Linear pattern
b. Elaboration d. Circular pattern
_____74. It is also known as assisted writing.
a. Cursive writing c. Hand lettering
b. Guided d. Disguised writing
_____75. It refers to a specimen of writing characterized by a disconnected style.
a. Natural writing c. Cursive writing
b. Hand lettering d. Disguised writing
_____76. Writing shows no concern to form so that lines and angles predominate and loops and
angles are not pronounced.
a. Simplification c. Linear pattern
b. Elaboration d. Circular pattern
_____77. Which of the following is known as a disease where one losses the ability to write even
though he could still grasp a writing instrument?
a. Linear pattern c. Extensor
b. Agraphia d. Flexor
_____78. It reveals the lack of both legibility and symmetry or one of the features.
a. Poor skill c. good skill
b. Medium skill d. none of these
_____79. Which of the following below is term applied to any characteristics of handwriting which is
sufficiently unique and well-fixed to serve as a fundamental point in the identification of the writer?
a. Mature writing c. Characteristics
b. Significant writing habit d. Natural writing
_____80. Which is a specimen of writing executed normally without any attempt to control or alters its
identifying habits and its usual quality of execution?
a. Writing habit c. Mature writing
b. Natural Writing d. Handwriting
