330 Week 6 Fingerprints

Why was anthropometry considered reliable?

• Measurements are highly accurate

• Many body measurements creates individuality

• Bone dimensions are fixed after age 20

• Photographs supplement measurements

Why is US v. Byron C. Mitchell significant for the field of fingerprint comparisons?

• It ruled that fingerprints are unique and permanent

• It ruled that fingerprints can be used as evidence in court

3 things make a fingerprint unique. Which is NOT one of these 3 things?

• Type of minutiae

• Location of minutiae

• Number of minutiae

• Lack of minutiae

The purpose of friction ridges are so we can grip things.

• True

• False

Which general class of fingerprints has only one delta?

• Whorl

• Loop

• Arch

• Accidental

If an AFIS reviewer suspects a match between 2 prints, what MUST happen next?

• The reviewer writes a report

• The reviewer prints copies of the prints for comparison

• The reviewer has an analyst confirm on the computer

• The reviewer orders the prints from storage for comparison

Latent prints on soft porous surfaces are developed using:

• any type of powder

• chemicals

• Superglue fuming

• Only regular powder

Before chemically-induced fluorescence we used _______ to make prints fluoresce through sweat residues.

• UV light

• VIS laser

• a laser

• an alternate light source

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

If an object is small enough and the print won’t be destroyed, it should be preserved by collecting it.

• True

• False

Digital enhancement will make a blurry fingerprint more clear.

• True

• False