Forensic Science: Questioned Documents

light which comes from a source

positioned at a low angle and shows

details on the surface of evidence

• Oblique Light

• Obliterations

• Watermark

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

act of producing an inauthentic copy

of a document, signature or artwork

as well as any unauthorized altering

of an original document

• Counterfeiting

• Forgery

• Erasures

samples of similar documents known

to have been produced by the same

specific technique, individual or

technology a questioned document

was alleged to be produced by

• Watermark

• Counterfeiting

• Known Specimens

attempts to make elements of a

document illegible

• Obliterations

• Erasures

• Counterfeiting

items which have been erased or

removed from a document

• Obliterations

• Erasures

• Oblique Light

any piece of written work without

confirmed authenticity

• Forgery

• Counterfeiting

• Questioned documents

image which is printed in light or thin ink

and only visible when the bill is held

up to the light

• Watermark

• Oblique Light

• Forgery

act of producing an original document

or artwork intended to pass as

something else

• Forgery

• Counterfeiting

• Known Specimens

Which of the following procedures would result in the resizing, warping and loss of

detail in original evidence?

• Copying

• Shredding

• Erasing

Document analysts can examine writing instruments.

• True

• False