FORENSIC
Q.D.E.
Presented by
JEZREEL B. VICENTE, CSP, CCS, CST
Instructor, BFSci, BSCrim, MSCrim, PhDCrim
University of Baguio
1. This refers to a person who, by reason of his
special technical training or experience, can
be permitted to express his opinion about
scientific issues involved in the examination.
A. Document Expert
B. Document examiner
C. Expert witness
D. Witness
2. The art of determining the CHARACTER or
disposition of a person by analyzing his
handwriting?
A. Graphemics
B. Graphology
C. Grammatology
D. Grapho-analysis
Graphemics or graphematics - linguistic study of writing
systems.
Grammatology – scientific study of writing systems or scripts
(coined by the linguist Ignace Gelbin)
3. The study of handwriting based on 2
fundamental strokes - the curve and the
straight strokes?
A. Bibliomancy
B. Graphology
C. Graphometry
D. Grapho-analysis
Bibliomancy – fortune-telling by book (bible)
Graphology – to determine the character
4. The art of beautiful writing is _____.
A. Uppercase
B. Lowercase
C. Calligraphy
D. Cacography
5. Paleography came from the Greek word
‘palaios’ which means ____.
A. Art writing
B. Writing
C. To write
D. Old writing
6. Which of the following is considered
the earliest material as to paper?
A. Vellum
B. Vegetable fiber
C. Papyrus
D. Parchment
7. Paleographers study writings found on
ancient documents made of papyrus,
parchment, vellum, & wax-tablets.
From what material is papyrus made of?
A. Calf skin
B. Sheep skin
C. Reed grass/Sedge
D. Goatskin
8. What ancient writing material was made
of goatskin or sheep skin?
A. Papyrus
B. Parchment
C. Vellum
D. Venom
9. Which of these is the oldest ink that was
developed?
A. Gallotanic ink
B. Logwood ink
C. Indian ink
D. Nigrosine
10. Who is regarded as the Grandfather of
modern graphology?
A. Aristotle
B. Albert Osborn
C. Jean Michon
D. Camillo Baldi
11. He wrote a book entitled “Questioned
Documents.” He was the most influential
document examiner in America and
regarded as the Father of QDE?
A. Wilson Harrison
B. Alfred Dreyfus
C. Albert Osborn
D. Abe Michon
12. These are materials which contain marks,
signs or symbols, either visible or partially
visible, that may convey a meaning or
message to someone.
A. questioned documents
B. disputed document
C. documents
D. handwritings
13. The legal classification of documents are the
following, except –
A. Official document.
B. Questioned document.
C. Commercial and private document.
D. Public document.
Note:
Private and Public are the 2 general categories of
documents
14. Any instrument executed in accordance
with the mercantile law that contains
disposition of trade rights and obligations is
classified as –
A. Public document
B. Commercial document
C. Notarized document
D. Official document
15. If a document is disputed by one or
more persons because of the materials
used in their production, then such
document is considered -
A. questioned document
B. holographic documents
C. falsified document
D. all of the foregoing
16. “The document examiner must decide within the
limits of science” best means _____.
A. The examiner must conduct examination
immediately
B. The examiner must decide based from the findings
C. The examiner must examine all specimens
D. The examiner must do fair examination
17. Based on the Supreme Court rulings, which of
the following legally constitute document?
A. Pamphlet or book that do not establish any
disposition or agreement
B. Draft of a payroll for a particular government
agency
C. Blank forms of official documents
D. Neither A, B nor C
18. Which of these terms is used to describe a line,
sentence or paragraph that is inserted in between
lines or paragraphs written in a document?
A. Addition
B. Superimposition
C. Substitution
D. Interlineations
SUBSTITUTION – the act of putting some writings or entries in a document in
place of another, or take the place of another.
INTERLINEATION – the act of inserting words or group of words, figures
between lines in a text or document.
INTERCALATION – the act of inserting words or group of words and figures
in a line or along the line in a text of a document.
ADDITION – no erasure made, BUT characters/words/lines maybe added.
19. When investigating a QD, the examiner
must follow the scientific method of
examination. The first official stage is
_____.
A. Scientific comparison
B. Preliminary investigation
C. Evaluation
D. Analysis
A-C-E-V Method
20. When does official document becomes public document?
A. When a document was issued by an official and was
notarized for legal purposes.
B. When a notarized document was issued by an official of a
government office.
C. When a receipt was issued and was certified as true copy.
D. When a document is certified and notarized by a notary
public.
21. How charred or burned documents are
wrapped and packed?
A. in between leaves of notebook.
B. in rigid container between layers of cotton.
C. In a glass with water
D. None
On the outside of the container, indicate if fragile,
date obtained, investigator’s name and
initials.
22. What do you call the writings found on a
paper pad after the top sheet has been
removed?
A. Disguised writing
B. Questioned writing
C. Invisible writing
D. Indented writing
23. Used to make the examiner discover or see
minute physical details of the writings in a
document which would not be possible by merely
using his naked eye?
A. Transmitted light examination
B. Infra-red light examination
C. Microscopic examination
D. Ultra-violet light examination
24. What technique should be applied in recording
the original appearance of a charred document
that was discovered at the crime scene?
A. Microphotography
B. Infrared photography
C. Ultraviolet photography
D. The golden rule in crime scene investigation
25. Any document that has been
darkened and brittle through exposure
to fire or excessive heat.
A. Paper document
B. Charred document
C. Destroyed document
D. Burned document
26. The characteristics that show the uniqueness
of handwriting of a person that serve as
identifying detail is _____.
A. Class characteristics
B. Individual characteristics
C. Rare characteristics
D. Characteristics
27. As used in document examination, refers to
blotting out or smearing over of writing or
printing to make the original unreadable.
A. Erasure
B. Shading
C. Obliteration
D. Retouching/ Retracing
Obliterate is the same with erase and obscure.
28. When did the Americans introduced the ball
point pen in the Philippines?
A. 1929
B. 1930
C. 1945
D. 1959
Reynolds Pen (1945) - Milton Reynolds
29. The system of printing and writing for the
blind.
A. Brainwriting
B. Braille
C. Handwriting
D. Stenography
30. What feature of the document can be
used to indicate the source or origin of
paper?
A. Wire mark
B. Postmark
C. Watermark
D. Compression mark
31. A person who can write either with his
left or right hand is called –
A. Ambidextrous
B. Analogous
C. Bicephalous
D. Dextrous or dexterous
32. Is not simply a signature but it is a signature, signed at a
particular time and place, under particular conditions, while
the signer was at particular age, in a particular physical and
mental condition, using particular implements, and with a
particular reason and purpose for recording his name.
A. Guided Signature
B. Fraudulent signature
C. Evidential Signature
D. Assisted Signature
Signature is referring to the name of the person written by him/her
Stamped signature should be counter-signed inorder to be valid
Thumbprint can be a signature for illiterate and sick person
33. Which of these refers to the special way
how various hand muscles work together to
produce written form of the ideas conceived
by the mind of the writer?
A. Muscle coordination
B. Motor coordination
C. Rhythm
D. Handwriting movement
34. What group of muscles used in
pushing the pen upward strokes of our
handwriting?
A. Flexor muscles
B. Extensor muscles
C. Lumbricals
D. Biceps
35. What handwriting movement is usually
used by children and barely literate people?
The thumb, index and middle finger are the
ones in actual motion while the person is
writing.
A. Finger movement
B. Hand movement
C. Forearm movement
D. Whole arm movement
36. What handwriting is made by a person with
the intention of hiding his identity by
deliberate altering his normal habits of
writing?
A. Forgery
B. Normal writing
C. Disguised writing
D. Tremulous writing
37. The process of converting a printed text to
braille?
A. Some of these
B. Transforming
C. Interpretation
D. Transcribing
Transcribing and Translating
38. If ink needs to be confirmed as INK and
NOT any other stain, it must have to be
endorsed at the _____.
A. Forensic Chemistry Division
B. QD Division
C. Polygraphy Division
D. Physical Identification Division
39.This is the interruption in a stroke caused
by removing the writing instrument from the
paper.
A. Pen hold
B. Pen lift
C. Retouching
D. Pen jump
40.The ruled or imaginary line where the letters
in the handwriting rests is called _____.
A. Alignment
B. Baseline
C. Line quality
D. Pen position
41. The top portion of a letter forming an upper
loop
A. Ascender
B. Beaded
C. Bucklenot
D. Diacritic
42. In the MLQSAPS acronym, what do you mean by
the last “S”?
A. Spreading
B. Spacing
C. Slant
D. Stroke structure
Movement
LQ – line quality
Slant
Alignment
Proportion or ratio
Stroke structure
43. Preliminary embellished initial stroke which
usually occurs in capital letters
A. Ascender
B. Beaded
C. Bucklenot
D. Eyeloop
44. A gap occurring between a continuous
stroke without lifting the pen
A. Foot
B. Hiatus
C. Hump
D. Ligature
45. The bottom part of the letter which rests
on the base line
A. Foot
B. Hiatus
C. Ligature
D. Stem
46. Due to brain infection and neurological
damage caused by a head injury, Pedro lost
the ability to write in an orderly fashion
although he can still manage to manipulate
writing materials. Pedro is suffering from –
A. Agraphia
B. Aphasia
C. Alzheimer’s disease
D. Maysakitsia
47. A genuine signature which has been used
to prepare imitated or traced signature.
A. Exemplars
B. Standard signature
C. Model signature
D. Formal signature
48. A signature which is executed while the writer's
hand or arm is steadied by another person.
A. Model signature
B. Disguised signature
C. Fraudulent signature
D. Guided signature
49. Legally speaking, what is the description of the
act of passing, delivering, or giving a counterfeit
coin to another person?
A. Counterfeiting
B. Falsification
C. Reproduction
D. Uttering
50. In legal language, it refers to the document
Examiner's conclusion.
A. Opinion
B. Qualification
C. Result
D. Resolution
THE END
QDE
MR. JEZREEL VICENTE, CSP,
PHD
