NATIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCE UNIVERSITY ** QUESTION BANK ** M.Sc. FORENSIC SCIENCE FSMS SI-4: FINGERPRINTS AND QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS

 NFSU PUNE ACADEMY

NATIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

** QUESTION BANK **

M.Sc. FORENSIC SCIENCE

FSMS SI-4: FINGERPRINTS AND QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS

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 Unit- II: Introduction to Document Examination

I. Answer the following questions in short (2 Marks Questions).

1. Define Document.

2. Define questioned document.

3. Which section of Indian Evidence Act-1872 defines document?

4. Who is known as father of the questioned document?

5. The book ‘Questioned Document’ was written by whom and when?

6. Name the handwriting specimens which are collected while examining the 

questioned document.

7. Which handwriting movement is used while writing on the board?

8. Which terminology is used for the force applied on the writing instrument during 

the writing operation?

9. What is slant? Mention it types.

10.Write down any two principles of handwriting examination.

11.What do you mean by tremors? In which condition it is seen in handwriting?

12. Define pen pressure. Which type of pen pressure is seen mostly in the 

handwriting of child in its initial learning stage?

13. Which terminology is used to show the relation of words or letters to the actual 

or imaginary base line?

14. The variation in the width of the strokes of ink line is known as -----.

15. The presence of tremors, retouching and pen pause in handwriting shows which 

type of writing speed?

16. Define forgery and write down its legal section.

17.Which type of forgery is also known as simulated forgery? 

18.What do you mean by line quality with respect to handwriting examination?

19. What is mean by inter-se examination of document?

20.What is holographic document?

21. What do you mean by rhythm of writing?

22. What is addition and substitution with respect to document forgery?

23.What is obliterations and substitution with respect to document forgery?

24. Name any two chemical which can be used to delete the ink strokes.

25. What is obliteration? How you detect the obliterations done in documents?

II. Answer the following questions in brief. (4 Marks Questions).

1. Write a note on care, handling and packaging of document evidence.

2. Define pen pressure and explain its types in detail.

3. Add a note on movement in writing and explain its types..

4. Who is known as father of questioned document? Explain different principles 

of handwriting analysis.

5. Add a note on spacing and style of writing.

6. Define document.Explain in detail different writing standards collected for 

handwriting examination.

7. Define forgery and add a note on various types of tracing forgery.

8. What are deletion/ tampering done in document? Explain different types of 

mechanical erasures.

9. Write a note on chemical erasures used in document tampering and their 

detection.

10. Which point’s document expert should keep in mind while examining the 

addition, obliterated or erased document?

III. Answer the following questions in detail. (9 Marks Questions).

1. Explain handwriting characteristics in detail.

2. Define forgery and explain different types of the signature forgery.

3. Write a detailed note on addition, alteration, obliteration and deletion done in 

document and their forensic examination.

4. Define document and add a note on care, handling and packaging of document 

evidence.

-Deepak S. Kaldhone

Asst. Prof.

NFSU Academy, Pune.