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N12590/SFCKC41

NOVEMBER 2021

QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS Time : Three hours

Maximum : 75 marks

SECTION A — (10  1 = 10 marks) Answer ALL questions. Choose the correct answer : 1.

Questioned documents include: (a) petitions and lottery tickets (b) rare books (c) contracts and passports (d) all of the above

2.

Question document is sometimes also referred to as (a) contested document (b) authentic documentation (c) both (a) and (b) (d) examine document

3.

Initial comparisons of documents are done with: (a) the naked eye (b) microscopes (c) (a) and (b) (d) none of the above

4.

Documents are sometimes chemically treated to make them look: (a) more authentic (b) younger (c) older (d) foreign

5.

Literary forgery refers to the forgery of a: (a) piece of writing, such as an historic letter or a manuscript. (b) signature. (c) piece of art. (d) all the above

6.

What is fraudulence? (a) Fraudulence is forgery done for material gain (b) Fraudulence only applies to money and checks (c) Fraudulence only applies to documents and works of art (d) They are synonyms 2

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In handwriting, a short initial or terminal stroke is called (a) hook (b) haitus (c) spur (d) staff

8.

When dictating to a person in order to obtain samples of handwriting, one should not, (a) allow the suspect to view the questioned document before dictating it. (b) use a pen similar to that of the questioned document. (c) use similar or the same letter and word grouping as used in the questioned document (d) dictate the contents of the text at least three times

9.

Counterfeiting is a federal offense that primarily involves copying (a) money (b) court documents (c) passports (d) artwork

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10.

Which of the following is characteristic of genuine signatures? (a) Unnatural pen lifts. (b) Pen strokes with blunt ends. (c) Evidence of retouching. (d) Pen strokes with tapering ends. SECTION B — (5  7 = 35 marks) Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b).

11.

(a) What is a questioned document? Explain the applications

of

Questioned

document

examination. Or (b) Write a short note on the types of questioned documents. 12.

(a) How

to

develop

the

individuality

in

hardwriting? Explain it. Or (b) Describe typed documents in detail. 4

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13.

(a) Give an account on Forgery. Or (b) Review the forgeries in Overwriting and obliterations.

14.

(a) How to detect traced forgery? Explain it. Or (b) Compare handwriting samples.

15.

(a) How to examine the security features of passports? Or (b) How to study obliterations in handwriting samples. SECTION C — (3  10 = 30 marks) Answer any THREE questions.

16.

Explain the role of UV-Visible, Infrared, and fluorescence spectroscopy in forensic documents examination.

17.

Compare the merits and demerits of Exemplar and non-exemplar samples. 5

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18.

Comment on indented and invisible writings.

19.

How to identify handwriting characters? Explain in detail.

20.

Explain in detail about the study line quality defects in handwriting samples. ––———————

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