Fingerprint Collection Techniques

What is a basic technique that uses a filament brush?

• Magnetic powder

• Amido black

• Polyvinylsiloxane

• Standard black powder

Which technique uses Super Glue vapors?

• Vacuum metal deposition

• Cyanoacrylate ester

• Polyvinylsiloxane (PVS)

• Small particle reagent (SPR)

Which technique describes a tidy but abrasive powder that uses a wand (not a brush).

• Standard black powder

• Magnetic powder

• Fluorescent powder

• Amido black

Which technique binds with amino acids to make a purple-colored print on paper or cardboard surfaces?

• Iodine fuming

• Gentian violet

• Ninhydrin

• Amido black

Which technique is helpful for producing gray-colored prints on raw wood surfaces?

• Amido black

• Iodine fuming

• Gentian violet

• Silver nitrate

Which technique is particularly helpful on multi-colored, busy or dark surfaces?

• Ninhydrin

• Standard black powder

• Fluorescent powder

• Magnetic powder

Which technique only develops (appears) when exposed to light?

• Iodine fuming

• Poly light

• Silver nitrate

• Ninhydrin

Which technique uses a mixture of a polymer and catalyst in order to lift prints from uneven textures or tricky surfaces?

• Small particle reagent (SPR)

• Polyvinylsiloxane (PVS)

• Standard black powder

• Vacuum metal deposition

Which technique allows investigators to lift fingerprints multiple times?

• Cyanoacrylate ester

• Small particle reagent (SPR)

• Polyvinylsiloxane (PVS)

• Vacuum metal deposition

Which technique evaporates small amounts of metals onto thin, flimsy pieces of plastic in order to develop fingerprints?

• Vacuum metal deposition

• Cyanoacrylate ester

• Polyvinylsiloxane

• Small particle reagent (SPR)