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WorksheetsFingerprint Collection Techniques
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a basic technique that uses a filament brush?
Magnetic powder
Amido black
Polyvinylsiloxane
Standard black powder
Which technique uses Super Glue vapors?
Vacuum metal deposition
Cyanoacrylate ester
Polyvinylsiloxane (PVS)
Small particle reagent (SPR)
Which technique describes a tidy but abrasive powder that uses a wand (not a brush).
Standard black powder
Magnetic powder
Fluorescent powder
Amido black
Which technique binds with amino acids to make a purple-colored print on paper or cardboard surfaces?
Iodine fuming
Gentian violet
Ninhydrin
Amido black
Which technique is helpful for producing gray-colored prints on raw wood surfaces?
Amido black
Iodine fuming
Gentian violet
Silver nitrate
Which technique is particularly helpful on multi-colored, busy or dark surfaces?
Ninhydrin
Standard black powder
Fluorescent powder
Magnetic powder
Which technique only develops (appears) when exposed to light?
Iodine fuming
Poly light
Silver nitrate
Ninhydrin
Which technique uses a mixture of a polymer and catalyst in order to lift prints from uneven textures or tricky surfaces?
Small particle reagent (SPR)
Polyvinylsiloxane (PVS)
Standard black powder
Vacuum metal deposition
Which technique allows investigators to lift fingerprints multiple times?
Cyanoacrylate ester
Small particle reagent (SPR)
Polyvinylsiloxane (PVS)
Vacuum metal deposition
Which technique evaporates small amounts of metals onto thin, flimsy pieces of plastic in order to develop fingerprints?
Vacuum metal deposition
Cyanoacrylate ester
Polyvinylsiloxane
Small particle reagent (SPR)
Which technique must be photographed as soon as possible because it fades quickly?
Silver nitrate
Iodine fuming
Small particle reagent (SPR)
Gentian violet
Which technique develops temporary yellow-brown prints on paper?
Silver nitrate
Amido black
Gentian violet
Iodine fuming
Which technique develops purple prints from adhesive surfaces?
Gentian violet
Silver nitrate
Amido black
Ninhydrin
Which is a wet processing technique that allows investigators to process evidence in rainy or snowy conditions?
Polyvinylsiloxane (PVS)
Cyanoacrylate fuming
Small particle reagent (SPR)
Vacuum metal deposition
Which technique is helpful for developing fingerprints made in blood?
Fluorescent powder
Standard black powder
Amino black
Ninhydrin
