This guide describes the general duties and scope of work of forensic document examiners, also referred to as questioned document examiners, examiners of questioned documents, document examiners, or document analysts. A forensic document examiner makes scientific examinations, comparisons, and analyses of documents for purposes that shall aid the users of the examiner's service in understanding the examiner's findings.

1.1 This guide describes, in general, the duties of forensic document examiners, also referred to as questioned document examiners, examiners of questioned documents, document examiners, or document analysts.