Signature Analysis
Signature Analysis Quiz Crafted By-
Deepshikha Singh
Senior Scientific Officer
Sherlock Institute of Forensic Science India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
Introduction to Signature Analysis
Signatures serve as means of identification and are typically used in the course of business to authorise financial transactions or even establish the legality of important documents. Sometimes, the addition of a signature can increase the value of an item, such is the case of celebrity memorabilia. As such, the high value items attached to such signatures make them likely targets of forgery as compared to handwriting.
Signature verification may be applied to cases involving alleged fraud, forgery and cheating, insurance claims, authentication of wills, etc. The authenticity of signatures on business documents such as contracts or agreements often forms the point of contention between two parties in a civil dispute. In such cases, a forensic handwriting expert will compare the signatures on the questioned documents with specimens to determine if the said person could have signed those documents.
Let's look at the questions and their answer.
Ques 1. Which of the following is characteristic of genuine signatures (as opposed to forged signatures)?
a) Unnatural pen lifts
b) Pen strokes with blunt ends.
c) Pen strokes with tapering ends.
d) Evidence of retouching.
Answer- c) Pen strokes with tapering ends.
Ques 2. Angular connection at the top and bottom of letters are seen in which handwriting movement?
a) Finger movement
b) Wrist movement
c) Shoulder movement
d) Forearm movement
Answer- b) Wrist movement
Ques 3. A type of forgery in which the forger selects a model signature or writing and tries to copy the features
a) Traced Forgery
b) Simulated forgery
c) Computerized forgery
d) Simple forgery
Answer- b) Simulated forgery
Ques 4. In ball pen during writing sometimes the ink does not pass through the rolling ball and thus the production of strokes lacks ink in the strokes and produces an un-inked stroke. This phenomenon is called as:
a) Skipping
b) Pen Pause
c) Hiatus
d) Termination
Answer- a) Skipping
Ques 5. Questioned writings/ signatures are marked with which colour pencil while examination?
a) Blue
b) Yellow
c) Black
d) Red
Answer- d) Red
Ques 6. Signature analysis performs:
a) Addition
b) Polynomial Division
c) Multiplication
d) Amplifies
Answer- b) Polynomial Division
Ques 7. Indicators of Forgery, except
a) Retouching
b) Patching
c) Speed and Pressure
d) Pen lifts and hesitation
Answer- a) Retouching
Ques 8. In Handwriting/Signature, a short initial or terminal stroke is called as:
a) Hook
b) Haitus
c) Spur
d) Staff
Answer- c) Haitus
Ques 9. Forger selects model signature of writing in:
a) Free hand forgery
b) Copied forgery
c) Simulated forgery
d) All of the above
Answer- d) All of the above
Ques 10. A biometric signature pad is used to determine the amount of pressure an individual uses when writing.
a) Statement is True
b) Statement is False
c) Pressure has no role
d) None of the above
Answer- a) Statement is True