Spring Final Exam

This process is used to make multiple identical copies of DNA:

• PCR

• Translation

• Electrophoresis

• Transcription

What is the name of the database for DNA profiles?

• DNA

• Combined DNA Index System

• Federal DNA Database Unit

Print indentations left in soft materials such as clay or wax are called:

• Patent fingerprints

• Plastic fingerprints

• Latent fingerprints

• None of the above

Visible prints transferred onto smooth surfaces by blood or other liquids are called:

• Patent fingerprints

• Plastic fingerprints

• Latent fingerprints

• None of the above

This is the chemical used purely to recover a fingerprint from paper:

• Ninhydrin

• Silver nitrate

• Iodine

• Cyanoacrylate (superglue)

This type of fingerprint pattern is found in 65% of the population:

• Loop

• Whorl

• Arch

• None of the above

The fingerprint pattern shown in this picture is a:

• Radial Loop

• Plain Whorl

• Tented Arch

• Ulnar Loop

The study of lip prints is called:

• odontology

• entomology

• cheiloscopy

• anthropology

Which of the following is not one of the 5 common lip patterns?

• Short horizontal lines

• Rectangular lines that may crisscross

• Long vertical lines

• Lines that form diamond patterns

is the path left in the soil by the wheels of a vehicle.

• Tire track
• Tire tread

• Tire track width

• Tread width