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Forensics Ch. 15 Fingerprints Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The least common fingerprint pattern is the __________.

a)

loop

b)

whorl

c)

arch

d)

ending ridge

2.

The arch fingerprint pattern does not have this ridge characteristic.

a)

delta

b)

ending ridge

c)

bifurcation

d)

enclosure

3.

What is Livescan?

a)

a body scanner used at airports at the TSA security checkpoints

b)

a device used by an emergency room physician to make sure a patient is alive

c)

an inkless device that captures images of fingerprints and transfers them to AFIS

d)

the original system of fingerprint classification developed by Sir Richard Henry

4.

What was the Henry system of fingerprint classification?

a)

The original fingerprinting system adopted by Scotland Yard in 1901 which converted the ridge patterns on all ten fingers into a series of letters and numbers arranged in the form of a fraction

b)

A system of identification of individuals by measurement of parts of the body developed by Alphonse Bertillion

5.

A loop must have at least one _________.

a)

ridge ending

b)

bifurcation

c)

delta

d)

arch

6.

Whorls have...

a)

no deltas

b)

ridges that enter on one side of the print and exit on the other and no deltas are present

c)

one delta and one or more ridges that enter and leave on the same side

d)

ridge patterns that are generally circular and have at least two deltas

7.

What fingerprint pattern is used to determine the primary classification?

a)

arch

b)

loop

c)

whorl

d)

latent fingerprint

8.

What are latent prints?

a)

fingerprints made by the deposit of oils or perspiration that are invisible to the naked eye

b)

fingerprints made when the finger deposits a visible material such as ink, dirt or blood on a surface

c)

prints made by latex gloves

d)

none of these

9.

Superglue fuming is a technique to develop latent prints off of objects.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Ninhydrin is a technique to develop latent prints off of surfaces like paper and cardboard

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Choose all the methods of lifting latent prints with brushes or a wand:

a)

Black powder

b)

Fluorescent powder

c)

Magnetic powder

d)

Cyanoacrylate (super glue) fuming

12.

What evidence was critical in the identification of Richard Ramirez as the "Night Stalker"?

a)

eyewitness identification and shoeprint evidence from several crime scenes

b)

fingerprints recovered from a stolen car that were entered into LAPD's new AFIS

c)

DNA evidence left at the crime scene

d)

fingerprints found on jewelry belonging to the victim's at Ramirez's sisters home

13.

Choose the items of evidence that tied James Earl Ray to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

a)

antimony and silver content in the bullets

b)

fingerprints in a Mustang car

c)

fingerprints on a rifle

d)

fingerprints on the rail of the Lorraine Motel

e)

shoe prints outside the rooming house across the street from the Lorraine Motel

14.

For what crime was Brandon Mayfield arrested in 2004 based on fingerprint evidence?

a)

London bus bombings

b)

Commuter train bombings in Spain

c)

Attempting to destroy an American Airlines flight from Paris

d)

World Trade Center bombing in 1993

15.

Identify the fingerprint pattern shown in the image

a)

double loop whorl

b)

tented arch

c)

plain whorl

d)

plain arch

16.

Identify the fingerprint pattern shown in the image

a)

arch

b)

double loop whorl

c)

central pocket whorl

d)

loop

17.

Identify the fingerprint pattern shown in the image

a)

tented arch

b)

ulnar loop

c)

accidental whorl

d)

plain whorl