Fingerprints, Impressions, Tool Marks

 Fingerprints are a result of oil and secretions from skin mixing with dirt.

• True

• False

Fingerprints are considered to be a form of class evidence.

• True

• False

What type of tool mark is the result of the tool pressured into a soft surface?

• 
  Abrasion

• Indentation

• 
  Cut

• 
  Patent

 It is necessary to obtain a full print from a suspect in order to match his fingerprint to the one at the crime scene.

• True

• False

Which of these is considered impression evidence?

• 
  footprints, fibers, tire tracks, bite marks

• tool marks, tire tracks, bite marks, eyewitness

• 
  

  tire tracks, bite marks, bias, tool marks

• 
  

  tool marks, tire tracks, foot prints, bite marks

What gives a tool its special identity?

• 
  the manufacturer of the tool

• 
  damage like chips and scratches

• 
  its personality

• the special case that it is packaged in

What are "Patent" or visible impressions?

• 
  3-D imprints left in a soft substance

• 
  Impressions hidden to the eye but can be made visible using development techniques

• 
  2-D impressions that are visible to the unaided eye

• Impressions that are easily lost and must be documented right away with casting

A fingerprint will remain _________________________ for the _______________ of the individual.

• 
  unchanged, life

• 
  unchanged, childhood

• 
  changing, life

• different, adult years

What does AFIS stand for?

• 
  Automated Fingerprint Identification System

• 
  Automated Fingerprint Integration Sequence

• 
  American Fingerprint Identification System

• 
  American Fingerprint Integration Sequence

What 3-D method of collecting Impression evidence uses a dental stone or mixture to preserve the dimensional characteristics of the print?

• 
  Photography

• 
  Dusting

• 
  

  Inking

• 
  

  Casting