Fingerprinting Quiz

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1 point

Prints deposited on a surface are known as _____ fingerprints.

patent

extensive

latent

plastic

1 point

Which of the following statements about fingerprint powders is false?

Commercially available in variety of colors.

It is most useful on wet or moist surfaces

Applied with camel hair or fiberglass brush

Fluorescent powders fluoresce under UV light and photograph can be taken.

1 point

____ suggested skin ridge patterns could be important.

Alphonse Bertillon

Henry Fauld

Chinese

Edmond Locard

1 point

Which agency has the worlds largest collection of fingerprints?

CIA

TSA

FBI

NASA

1 point

What is the name of the computer database that houses all the fingerprint information in the United States?

AFIS

NIBIN

CODIS

DNA

1 point

Individuality of a fingerprint is determined by the ____.

age

gender

ridge characteristics

size of the finger

1 point

Which fingerprint detection method locates prints on nonabsorbent surfaces without aid and detects the print in its natural state?

Iodine fuming

Ninhydrin

Cyanoacrylate fuming

Reflected Ultraviolet Imaging System (RUVIS)

1 point

Which of the following was not a topic in Francis Galton's book, Finger Prints?

methods of recording fingerprints

how identical twins have the same prints

Proposed 3 pattern types: loops, arches, and whirls

anatomy of fingers

1 point

Once a print has been detected, what is the next step taken by crime scene personnel?

test the print for DNA

clean the crime scene area

lift the print with tape

photograph the print

10.

1 point

Which fingerprint detection method can be used if ninhydrin fails to reveal a print?

silver nitrate

iodine

betadine

cyanoacrylate

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