Questioned Document Examination

Questioned Document Examination Quiz Crafted By-

Amala K Saj

Team Member

Sherlock Institute of Forensic Science India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi

Introduction to Questioned Document Examination

Questioned document examination (QDE) is a forensic science discipline pertaining to documents that are potentially disputed in a court of law. The examination’s primary purpose is to provide evidence about suspicious or questioned documents using a variety of scientific principles and methods. Document examination might include alterations, obliterations, paper analysis, forgery, origin, determining authenticity, or any other questions.

Let's look at the questions and their answer. 

Ques 1. Who First Published Treatise on Systematic Document Examination?

a) Edmond Locard

b) Francis Demelle

c) Francis Leuton

d) Francis Galton

Answer - b)  Francis Demelle

Ques 2.First documental record of questioned document analysis occured in:

a) Japan, 1807

b) Japan, 1810

c) Germany, 1807

d) Germany, 1810

Answer - d) Germany, 1810

Ques 3. The age of an ink may be determined by utilizing an ink library based on analysis by:

a) Mass Spectrometry

b) Thin-Layer Chromatography

c) Gas Chromatography

d) Infrared Spectrophotometry

Answer - b) Thin-Layer Chromatography

Ques 4. A document examiner will typically generate how many samples to obtain a sufficient representation of a photocopier’s characters?

a) 4

b) 10

c) 12

d) 8

Answer -b) 10

Ques 5. Chemical erasures of words or numbers may be revealed by examination of handwriting under:

a) UV Light.

b) Infrared Luminescence.

c) Visible Light.

d) X-Ray Fluorescence.

Answer -a) UV Light.

Ques 6. Critical to the examination of questioned documents is:

a) The preservation of the questioned document in its original form.

b) The knowledge and understanding on the part of the document examiner of the current scientific formula to apply to the examination.

c) The gathering of documents of known authorship.

d) The recognition that only handwritten or typewritten documents are suitable for examination.

Answer -c) The gathering of documents of known authorship.

Ques 7. The writing characteristics of a person may be altered by whether:

a) Paper is ruled or unruled

b) Pencil, ballpoint, or fountain pen is used

c) The author sits or stands while writing

d) All of the above

Answer -d) All of the above

Ques 8.Which of the following is not an anti-counterfeiting measure that may be incorporated into printed documents?

a) A Dandy Roll.

b) An Iridescent Stripe.

c) A Hologram Patch.

d) A Watermark.

Answer -d) A Watermark.

Ques 9. Questioned Document is sometimes also referred to as:

a) Contested Document

b) Authentic Document

c) Both a) and (b)

d) None of the above

Answer -c)  Both a) and (b)

Ques 10. Copy prepared by superimposing the document is called:

a) Traced Forgery

b) Simulated Forgery

c) Freehand Forgery

d) Asymmetrical Forgery 

Answer -a) Traced Forgery