Forensics Ch. 15 Fingerprints Review

The least common fingerprint pattern is the __________.

• loop

• whorl

• arch

• ending ridge

The arch fingerprint pattern does not have this ridge characteristic.

• delta

• ending ridge

• bifurcation

• enclosure

What is Livescan?

• a body scanner used at airports at the TSA security checkpoints

• a device used by an emergency room physician to make sure a patient is alive

• an inkless device that captures images of fingerprints and transfers them to AFIS

• the original system of fingerprint classification developed by Sir Richard Henry

What was the Henry system of fingerprint classification?

• The original fingerprinting system adopted by Scotland Yard in 1901 which converted the ridge patterns on all ten fingers into a series of letters and numbers arranged in the form of a fraction

• A system of identification of individuals by measurement of parts of the body developed by Alphonse Bertillion

A loop must have at least one _________.

• ridge ending

• bifurcation

• delta

• arch

Whorls have...

• no deltas

• ridges that enter on one side of the print and exit on the other and no deltas are present

• one delta and one or more ridges that enter and leave on the same side

• ridge patterns that are generally circular and have at least two deltas

What fingerprint pattern is used to determine the primary classification?

• arch

• loop

• whorl

• latent fingerprint

What are latent prints?

• fingerprints made by the deposit of oils or perspiration that are invisible to the naked eye

• fingerprints made when the finger deposits a visible material such as ink, dirt or blood on a surface

• prints made by latex gloves

• none of these

Superglue fuming is a technique to develop latent prints off of objects.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Ninhydrin is a technique to develop latent prints off of surfaces like paper and cardboard

• true

• false