Criminalistics: Forensic Science and Crime

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Title: Criminalistics: Forensic Science and Crime

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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: As a child grows and develops motor skills, his or her handwriting evolves from __________.
	A: script method
	B: freehand method
	C: class characteristics
	D: individual characteristics

2: The three basic styles of handwriting are __________.
	A: freehand, script, and cursive
	B: cursive, script, and block capital
	C: freehand, block capital, and trace-over
	D: cursive, freehand, and letter press

3: Document examiners should wear __________ to avoid compromising the evidence for further analysis.
	A: glasses
	B: gloves
	C: surgical masks
	D: protective goggles

4: __________ is a referential writing that is created intentionally to be similar to the questioned document.
	A: Exemplar
	B: Reticle
	C: Lithograph
	D: Watermark

5: Software is available in assisting examiners to distinguish forged signatures that are created using a __________ method.
	A: block capital
	B: script
	C: watermarked
	D: freehand

6: __________ can often detect whether a document has been erased or chemically treated to remove ink.
	A: Biometrics
	B: Microscopic analysis
	C: Intaglio method
	D: Thin-layer chromatography

7: Impressions that are left behind when the original document is missing can be examined by a technique that involves __________.
	A: infrared luminescence.
	B: electrostatic detection apparatus
	C: microscopic analysis
	D: radio frequency identification

8: __________ is a useful identifier of a document
	A: Letter press
	B: Lithograph
	C: Watermark
	D: electrostatic detection apparatus

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