Fingerprints

This scientist classified fingerprints as loops, arches, and whorls.

• Henry Faulds

• Sir Edward Henry

• Francis Galton

• Alphonse Bertillon

When do fingerprints form?

• Fingerprints are genetic

• Fingerprints are formed during fetal development

• Fingerprints are an inherited trait

• Fingerprints are formed as we use our hands

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental principle of fingerprints?

• No two fingerprints are alike

• Fingerprints are an inherited trait

• Fingerprints can be classified

• Fingerprints do not change

What type of prints need to be developed to be seen?

• direct

• latent

• plastic

• gruesome

What type of fuming reacts with the amino acids in a fingerprint?

• dust

• cyanoacrylate

• ninhydrin

• iodine

What type of fuming turns the print white?

• powder

• cyanoacrylate

• ninhydrin

• iodine

What type of fuming should be used on a notecard?

• powder

• cyanoacrylate

• ninhydrin

• iodine

Why is iodine used to fume paper?

• it is smooth and non-porous

• it is rough and non-porous

• it is smooth and porous

• it is bumpy and non-porous

Which development method is considered physical development?

• powder

• cyanoacrylate

• ninhydrin

• iodine

What type of print is shown?

• loop

• arch

• whorl

• double loop