Fraudulent documents fall under which category?

Fraudulent documents fall under which category?

• A. Genuine (fraudulently obtained)
• B. Legitimate and verified
• C. Totally fraudulent
• D. Expired but valid

Answer: (A)

Authenticity matters more than the use. A document can be real and legitimately issued, yet the person presenting it obtained it through deception. So a real document that was acquired fraudulently is best described as genuine (fraudulently obtained): the document itself is authentic, but its procurement was dishonest. The other options don’t fit: legitimate and verified would imply proper verification and legitimacy without the fraud in obtaining it; totally fraudulent would mean the document is not genuine at all (a fake or counterfeit); expired but valid is a contradiction since expired means no longer valid.

Authenticity matters more than the use. A document can be real and legitimately issued, yet the person presenting it obtained it through deception. So a real document that was acquired fraudulently is best described as genuine (fraudulently obtained): the document itself is authentic, but its procurement was dishonest.

The other options don’t fit: legitimate and verified would imply proper verification and legitimacy without the fraud in obtaining it; totally fraudulent would mean the document is not genuine at all (a fake or counterfeit); expired but valid is a contradiction since expired means no longer valid.