FORENSIC 4 TO 6 Flashcards
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QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION
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2
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- Defined as a visible effect of bodily
movement which is an almost unconscious
expression of fixed muscular muscles.
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b. handwriting
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- Mere blank forms of official documents, the spaces of which are not filled up, are considered as documents.
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b. false
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- The requirements to become a questioned
document examiner are the following,
except:
a. a period of training
b. a period of experience
c. must be a police officer
d. all of the above
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c. must be a police officer
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- The removal of writings, typewriting or printing, maybe chemical eradication and or by an abrasive erasure is called:
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b. erasure
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- The addition of writing and other material between lines or paragraphs or the addition of whole page to a
document.
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a. insertion
7
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- The following are the general classifications of
Question Document, except:
a. documents with questioned signatures
b. questioned documents alleged to have been
containing fraudulent alterations
c. documents having been proven their origin
d. questioned documents on issues of their age or
date
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c. documents having been proven their origin
8
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- What is used in the detection of counterfeited bills but can actually be used to detect security features of qualified documents?
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a. ultra violet light
9
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- The following are the methods of examining
indented writing. which is not included?
a. physical methods maybe used by passing a strong
beam of nearly parallel light almost horizontally over
the surface of the paper
b. fuming the document maybe of values in some cases
c. powders of various kinds maybe used without
changing the document
d. placing the paper over the fire of a candle to
detect writings using urine
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d. placing the paper over the fire of a candle to
detect writings using urine
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- The following are the processes in caring,
handling and preservation of documents,
except:
a. take disputed papers to document examiner`s
laboratory at the first opportunity.
b. if storage is necessary, keep in dry place away from
excessive heat strong light.
c. maintain in consequential document, unfolded
and in transparent plastic envelope or evidence
preserver.
d. none of the above
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d. none of the above
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- In caring and handling disputed documents and documentary evidence, it is advisable to be kept unfolded and in a separate, proper size envelope or folder.
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a. true
12
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- It refers to the numeral found at the four corners of the front and back of the note.
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a. value panel
13
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- Also called standards, are legally admissible
authentic samples of handwriting used for
comparison with questioned writing. they are used by the document examiner to enable her to form an opinion concerning the authenticity of handwriting in dispute.
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c. exemplars
14
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- It is the deterioration in writing caused by excessive consumption of alcohol.
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a. intoxicated writing
15
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- In taking request handwriting standards in all types of questioned-document problems, permit the subject to see any writing on the questioned document. This statement is:
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b. false
16
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- This is known as the distance between the letters.
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d. letter space
17
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- A character printing above or below its proper
position has the quality of :
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b. vertical malalignment
18
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- The German word that means “complete” or
“whole”. it needs nothing added or taken away to make
it “look right”.
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c. gestalt
19
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- It is the movement of the baseline, it may slant- up, down or straight across the page.
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a. line direction
20
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- Authenticity of private documents is no longer necessary to be proven when:
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b. the document is more than 30 years old
21
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- It is an important element in handwriting which embraces all the factors which are related to the motion of the writing instrument skill, speed freedom,
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c. movement
22
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- It is the place where the writer grasps the barrel of the pen and the angle at which he holds it.
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d. pen hold
23
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- Is an irregularity in strokes characterized by
shaky or wavering stroke which is perfectly
apparent even without magnification?
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c. tremor
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- This is also known as writer’s proficiency or the degree, ability to write with proficiency.
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b. skill
25
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- This is the result of the pen touching down on the paper and moving across the page, until it is raised from the paper.
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d. writing impulse
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- Circumstances under which the writing was
prepared and the factors in influencing the writer’s ability to write at the time of execution. it includes the writer’s position (sitting, standing, abed, etc.), the paper support and backing, and the writing instrument.
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a. writing condition
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- The thumb, the first and second and slightly the third fingers are in actual motion. This is the technique most usually employed by children
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d. finger movement
28
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- This is a signature for the mail carrier,
delivery boy or the autograph collector.
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c. careless scribble
29
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- One in which the facts appearing therein
are not true, and are contested either in
whole or in part with respect to its
authenticity, identity, or origin. It may be a
deed, contract, will, election ballots,
marriage contract, checks, visas, application
form, certificates, etc.
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d. questioned document
30
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- A will entirely written in the handwriting
of the testator.
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b. holographic will
31
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- Those standards which are obtained
from files of document executed in the
persons day to day business, official, social
or personal activities.
a. procured
b. requested
c. collected
d. a and c
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d. a and c
32
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- Any writing executed normally without
any attempt to control or alter its identifying
habits and its usual quality of execution.
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c. natural handwriting
33
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- A curve formed inside the top curve of loop, as in
small letters “h”, ‘m”, “n”, “p”.
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b. arch
34
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- This is concerned with the examination of
forged, altered or suspected papers to see if they
are genuine or if they have been changed.
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d. QDE
35
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- Maybe actually on a ruled paper, it might be
imaginary alignment of writing. Is the ruled or
imaginary line upon which the writing rest.
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b. baseline
36
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- The term applied to the irregular thickening of ink
which is found when writing slows down or stop while
the pen take a stock of the position.
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a. hesitation
37
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- It is a minute curve or an ankle which often occurs at the end of the terminal strokes. It is also sometimes occur at the beginning of an initial stroke. The terminal
curves of the letters “a”, “d”, “n”, “m’, “p”, “u”
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d. hook
38
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- The extra deposit of ink in the initial and terminal stroke due to the slow withdrawal of the pen from the paper. (usually applicable to fountain pen)
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a. knob
39
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- This is the analysis of handwriting by comparisons and measurement.
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d. graphometry
40
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- In legal language, the Document Examiner’s
conclusion is called:
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c. opinion
41
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- Whether the movement has been rapid or slow and whether the space has been steady or variable is a part of:
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c. speed
42
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- Characterized by a succession of awkward,
independent, poorly directed and disconnected
motions.
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a. lack of rhythm
43
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- Any fraudulent signature which was executed by actually following the outline of a genuine signature with a writing instrument.
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a. traced forgery
44
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- A name or a mark that a person puts at the end of a document to attest that he is its author or that he ratifies its contents.
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d. signature
45
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- An alignment defect in which the character prints to the right or left of its proper position.
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a. horizontal malalignment
46
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- A technique of forging a signature in which forger work first with special pencil and afterwards covers
the pencil strokes with ink.
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b. indirect technique
47
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- A kind of erasure by using ink eradicator or blending agent.
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a. chemical erasure
48
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- Questioned documents are also called known
handwriting samples.
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b. false
49
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- The forger does not try to copy a model but writes with something resembling we ordinarily call a signature. For this he uses a false name and makes a rapid stroke, disturbing his usual writing by adopting a camouflage called disguise.
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d. simple forgery
50
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- A sheet of interlaced fibers usually cellulose fibers from plants, but sometimes from cloth rags or other fibrous materials. That is formed by pulping the fibers and causing to felt, or mat, to form a solid surface.
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c. paper
51
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- In connection with typewriting identification, it includes letters, symbols, numerals, or point of
punctuation.
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c. character
52
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- It is a hollow, horny part of large feather usually from goose and was used for writing on parchment.
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d. quill pens
53
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- A machine that can reproduce printed character son papers or that can produce printed letters and figures on paper.
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c. typewriter
54
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- The illumination of this is so controlled that it gazes or strikes the surface of the document from one side at a very low angle. This is used for decipherment of faded handwriting, determination of outline in traced forgery, embossed impression, etc.
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b. oblique light examination
55
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- It is a minute curve on an ankle which often
occurs at the end of the terminal strokes.
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b. hook
56
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- In relation to criminal jurisprudence under the best evidence rule: any physical embodiment of information of ideas; e.g. a letter, a contract, a receipt, a book of
account, a blue print, or an x- ray plate.
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c. document
57
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- Each letter and character is designed to print a certain fixed angle to the baseline. However, due to wear and damage to the type bars and the type block, some lean to the right or left of their correct slant.
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c. twisted letters
58
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- In a requested standard, dictate the material to be written at a speed which will produce the subject’s natural handwriting.
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a. True
59
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- The following are indications of common disguises,
except:
a. abnormally large
b. abnormally small writing
c. alteration of slant
d. rhythm
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d. rhythm
60
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- It involves the writing of a name as a signature by someone other than the person himself, without his permission, often with some degree of imitation.
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c. fraudulent signature
61
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- The exposure of a document to
____________is useful when it consists of several
pages and substitution is being suspected. The
color and intensity of fluorescence reaction is very apparent in case of substituted page. Mechanical and chemical erasures will certainly change the reflectivity and fluorescence of the area affected.
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a. ultra violet light
62
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- A document completely written and signed by one person is known as:
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a. holographic document
63
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- In writing, it functions as an extension of the hand.
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c. pen
64
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- Any typewriting which is placed on the paper
by action of the typefaces striking through carbon paper is classed as:
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b. carbon impression
65
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- A term described as: the typefaces become filled with lint, dirt, and ink particularly in enclosed letters such as the o, e, p, g, and others.
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a. clogged typeface
66
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- This term describes any abnormality or
maladjustment in a typewriter which is reflected in its work and which leads to its individualization or identification.
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d. defects
67
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- What was done when one retouches or goes
back over a defective portion of a writing stroke?
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b. patching
68
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- The condition of a typeface printing heavier on one side or corner than over the remainder of its outline.
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a. off-its feet
69
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- What type of forgery is made when the writer exerts no effort to effect resemblance or facsimile between the forged and the genuine signatures?
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a. simple
70
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- It is any written statement by which a right is
established or an obligation extinguished; it is a deed, instrument or other duly authorized paper by which something is proved or set forth?
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a. document
71
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- It refers to the silhouette of the portrait appearing on the face of the note.
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a. watermark
72
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- This refers to the slope of the handwriting in
relation to the base line.
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b. slant
73
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- A writing material made from skin of animals
primarily of sheep, calves or goats – was probably developed in the Middle East.
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a. parchment
73
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- The imitation of a genuine or legal coin is called:
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c. counterfeiting
74
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- Any major long downward stroke of a letter that is the long downward stroke of the letter “b”, “g”.
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a. staff
75
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- Any identifying characteristics of a typewriter
which cannot be corrected by simply cleaning the typeface or replacing the ribbon.
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d. permanent defects
76
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- The cylinder which serves as the backing of the paper and which absorbs the blow from the typeface
is known as:
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d. platen
77
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- Kind of writing characterized by disconnected style.
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c. script
78
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- What is that interruption in a stroke, caused
by sudden removal of the writing instrument from the paper surface?
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c. pen lifting
79
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- A kind of document which is executed by a private person without the intervention of a notary public, or of competent public official, by which some disposition or agreement is proved, evidence or set forth.
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a. private document
80
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- The path which is traced by the pen on the paper.
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c. strokes
81
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- Which of the following is the advantage of collected standards?
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b. attempt to disguise is excluded
82
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- What is that introductory up and down stroke found in almost all capital letters?
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b. beard
83
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- A kind of document which is executed by person in authority by private parties but not notarized by notaries public or by competent officials.
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b. official document
84
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- This is a stroke that is on another stroke.
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b. covering stroke
85
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- A defect in which a character prints a double
impression with the lighter one slightly offset to the right or left.
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a. rebound
86
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- It refers to the prefix letter and numbers in a paper money.
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b. serial number
87
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- A writer may deliberately try to alter his
usual writing habits in hope of hiding his
identity, writing skill is poorer, change in
slant, size, altered or capital letters.
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d. disguised handwriting
87
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- Philippine paper bills are printed in what process?
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a. intaglio process
88
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- It is an instrument that can be legally used
in comparisons with a questioned document; its
origin is known and can be proven.
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b. standard document
89
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- Those are symbols added to complete certain letters such as “i” and “t”.
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c. diacritical marks
90
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- Handwriting samples of the same writer may vary somewhat according to the conditions under which the wring was done. Which of the following classes of writers are such variations in genuine writing likely
to occur?
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c. practiced writer
91
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- This group of document includes those papers which the entire writing is in question as spurious, forged or counterfeit in its entirely fall into.
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b. questioned documents
92
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- A loop made as a flourished which is added to the letters, as in small letter “k’ and “a” or in capital letters “A”, “K”, “P”. The horizontal end loop stroke that are often used to complete a letter.
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a. buckle knot
93
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- A modern pen nib which contains a reservoir of ink in a specially designed back or chamber is
described as:
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b. fountain pen
94
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- It is the failure to complete the junction between two letters without lifting the pen.
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b. hiatus
95
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- It is the act of diminishing by ingenious means the metal in the coin; to take advantage if the metal abstracted; he appropriates a part of the metal of the coin, hence the coin diminishes in intrinsic value.
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a. mutilation of coins
96
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- This something wrong in time and in place. This means that the forger has trouble matching the paper ink, or writing materials to the exact date it was supposed to have been written.
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c. anachronism
97
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- The following are the scientific methods in QDE, except:
a. analysis
b. comparison
c. evaluation
d. conclusion
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d. conclusion
98
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- Refers to properties or marks, elements or
qualities which serve to distinguish known as the
basis of identification.
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b. individual characteristics
99
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- This is the opposite of ascender, the lower portion of a letter.
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c. descender
100
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LIE DETECTION TECHNIQUES
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101
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- Are short vertical lines placed normally about one- eight of an inch below a descending stroke of the cardio tracing at exactly the beginning and the end of a stimulus (asking a question) insertion.
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d. stimulus mark
102
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- This is a question deals with the matter under
investigation. It is designed to generate reactions
from deceptive subject.
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d. relevant question
103
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- It is a water-based ink intended for polygraph
instruments.
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b. capillary ink
104
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- In polygraph examination, the examiner must
wait for before asking the first question in order to
record the normal pattern of the subject.
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d. 15 to 20 seconds
105
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- What shall be done every after the taking of each
chart? The examiner shows the recorded result to the
subject with a brief explanation as to the significance
of the recorded reactions.
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d. chart probing
106
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- Generally used at the beginning of polygraph
technique to establish a ‘norm’ for examinee, or
throughout the examination as needed to reestablish norm pattern.
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b. irrelevant question
107
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- To the polygraph examiner, ___________generally means the type of cardio, pneumo and galvo tracings produced by the subject’s body on a moving chart prior to the insertions of relevant question or
stimulus.
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b. norm
108
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- The following are the cardiograph tracings Which may be considered indicative of deception, except:
a. increase or decrease in blood pressure
b. double saddle response
c. increase or decrease in pulse rate
d. increase or decrease in amplitude
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b. double saddle response
109
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- An unusually fast heart rate, accompanied by a large amplitude which uniformly rises and falls, normally is in conjunction with a labored respiratory tracing, known as:
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a. vagus roll
109
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- Post-test interview involves taking of the subject’s consent to undergo polygraph examination.
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d. false
110
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- The following are the effects of Stimulant Drugs on
the Cardiograph Tracings:
a. increase in blood pressure
b. increase in pulse rate
c. increase in heartbeat rate
d. none of the above
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d. none of the above
111
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- This is the pneumatic connection for upper
(thoracic) pneumograph.
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a. pneumo 1
112
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- It is the popular but misleading name of the
polygraph.
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c. lie detector
113
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- Under the general rules in formulating test
questions in polygraph examination, the questions formed must be simple and direct. They must involve legal terminologies.
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d. false
114
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- This is the hormonal stimulator of the
sympathetic nervous system. It acts to constrict
peripheral blood flow, raise blood pressure, increase cardiac activity, promote metabolic activity through the release of glucose, and inhibit digestive processes. It is called Adrenaline in British.
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c. Homeostasis
115
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- It is an emotional response to scientific danger that appears to beyond a person defensive power.
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c. fear
116
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- A ____________indicating that the subject
answers the stimulus with “no”.
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d. negative sign
117
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- It is an act of discovery existence, pressure or fact of something hidden or obscure/unknown.
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a. detection
118
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- This is a process that encompasses all activities that take place between a polygraph examiner and an examinee during a specific series of interactions.
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a. polygraph examination
