WorksheetsFingerprints
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 3hrs 45mins
What type of fingerprint? (right hand)
plain whorl
central pocket whorl
radial loop
ulnar loop
What type of print? (left hand)
double looper whirl
central pocket whorl
accidental whorl
radial loop
ulnar loop
What type of print? (left hand)
accidental whorl
central pocket whorl
radial loop
ulnar loop
double loop whorl
What type of print? (right hand)
plain arch
central pocket whorl
ulnar loop
radial loop
What type of print? (left hand)
ulnar loop
radial loop
central pocket whorl
plain whorl
What type of print? (left hand)
ulnar loop
radial loop
accidental whorl
double loop whorl
What type of print? (right hand)
tented arch
plain arch
accidental whorl
radial loop
ulnar loop
What type of print? (right hand)
plain arch
tented arch
radial loop
ulnar loop
What type of print? (left hand)
plain whorl
central pocket whorl
radial loop
accidental whorl
What does ninhydrin react with to produce a visual print?
amino acids
water
salt
oils and fats
What does silver nitrate react with to produce a visible print?
salt
water
amino acids
oils/fats
What does iodine react with to produce a visible print?
amino acids
oils/fats
water
salt
What does cyanoacrylate react with to produce a visible print?
oils/fats
salt
amino acids
water
Which visualizing technique would be best for a small piece of cardboard?
silver nitrate
iodine fuming
superglue fuming
dusting
What visualizing technique would we most likely use on clothing and tissue paper?
silver nitrate
dusting
iodine
ninhydrin
A fingerprint found on a glass cup is an example of a...
latent print
visible print
plastic print
impression print
What visualizing technique is best used on drywall?
dusting
ninhydrin
silver nitrate
iodine fuming
Which is an example of a visible print?
a fingerprint found on your notebook
a fingerprint formed from getting spaghetti sauce on your finger and you touching the kitchen counter
a fingerprint a young child creates at their house imprinted on dried cement
a fingerprint found in playdough
Silver nitrate turns what color...
black-brown
purple
brown-orange
white
Iodine reacts with fingerprints to produce what color?
blackish-brown
brown-orange
yellow-black
white
Ninhydrin reacts to produce what color?
purple
yellow
orange
blue
What percent of crime scenes have viable footprints to use as evidence?
55%
15%
40%
30%
Edward Richard Henry uses what type of fingerprint to numerically identify an individuals prints?
loop
arch
whorl
accidentals
The first recorded forensic use of footprints was in _____ during _____.
England; 1800s
England; 1900s
United States; 1800s
United States; 1900s
Used body measurements instead of fingerprints to identify and classify prisoners.
Bertillion
Galton
Lattes
Herschel
What is over pronation?
toes point out and the wear/tear on shoes is outer heel and inner toe
toes point out and the wear/tear on shoes is outer heel and outer toe
toes point in and the wear/tear on shoes is outer heel and outer toe
toes point in and the wear/tear on shoes it outer heel and inner toe
What is an individual characteristic of footprints?
style of shoe
treat pattern
cuts or scrapes
shoe size
Which is true?
Generally, female footprints turn slightly inward and male footprints stay neutral or turn outward.
Generally, female footprints turn slightly outwards and male footprints stay neutral or turn inward.
Generally, male footprints turn slightly inwards and female footprints stay neutral or turn outward
Generally, male footprints turn slightly outwards and female footprints stay neutral or turn inward.
Which is an example of a negative impression?
You tracked a muddy footprint through your kitchen
You stepped in blood and left footprints from your room to the exit.
You stepped into the dirt outside the window and left an indent.
You left an invisible footprint on the wood floor in the kitchen.
The top line is an example of a(n)...
island
bifurcation
ridge ending
dot
The fourth line down on this fingerprint is point to...
a ridge ending
a bridge
an eye
a bifurcation
a trifurcation
#17 is a...
trifurcation
bifurcation
island
ridge ending
spur
Number 15 is called
birfurcation
ridge ending
bridge
trifurcation
eye
How many matches do we want in the United States to say two prints come from the same sources?
10-12
8-10
16-20
20-30
Who is known as the “father of fingerprints” due to the fact he wrote books about what we know of fingerprints and came up with the loop, arch, and whorl classification system?
Edward Richard Henry
Francis Galton
Henry Faulds
William Herschel
A type of fingerprint made after coming in contact with colored material such as blood, paint, grease, or ink
plastic
visible
negative
latent
The type of print shown is...
visible
plastic
positive
latent
The layer of your fingerprint labeled as #1.
epidermis
dermis
papillae
sweat gland
The FBI's fingerprint database is known as...
IAFIS
CODIS
MODIS
NIMFIS
The depth of a shoe print can give us an indication of a suspects...
height
weight
stride
speed
Footprints of a person running look like...
front pressed deeper than back and longer stride
back pressed deeper than from and longer stride
bigger depth for entire foot print and shorter stride
lighter indent and shorter stride
The ankle turned out is called...
supination
overpronation
neutral pronation
arched pronation
Most loop patterns have how many deltas?
0
1
2
can be 1 or 2
Deep footprints with the front pressed deeper than the rest of the print and a long stride indicate what?
walking
running
carrying something
walking backwards
What are the two types of 2 dimensional prints?
latent and visible impressions
positive and negative impressions
right and wrong impressions
upper and lower impressions
To preserve 3 dimensional impressions.....
a casting must be made
electrostatic dusting can be used
you need just a photograph of the impression
remove the footprint with a piece of plastic
Dust prints can be lifted...
using ninhydrin
using a film of plastic
using dental stone
using a piece of paper
An example of an individual characteristic for a footprint would be.....
wear patterns on the footprint
the depth of the print
the size of the print
the style of the print
Which type of prints would have the most narrow window in which to recover them?
water footprints
footprints in blood
footprints in dirt
footprints in ink
Which type of evidence cannot be obtained by footprint recovery?
number of suspects
if a person was running
path taken through the scene
what particular crime was committed
A set of footprints that go into a building, then they exit out with one side of the prints deeper on the right side than the left side. Then the footprints return into the building again, then exit the building with long strides and deeper impressions in the front show that......
the suspect walked in, walked out with nothing, and stayed in the building
the suspect ran in the building, walked out carrying something, and then ran out the building
the suspect walked in the building, walked out carrying something, and then walked out of the building
the suspect walked in the building, walked out carrying something, and then ran out of the building
What must first be done with impression evidence?
make a cast using plaster or dental stone
photograph it with a ruler
ut out the area with the impressionc
place the item that made the impression over it to see if it's a match
A footprint is left in dust at a crime scene and was only found due to electrostatic lifting. What type of impression is this?
patent
plastic
visible
latent
Shoe and tire marks impressed into soft earth can be best preserved by:
photographing and casting with dental stone
it is not possible to accurately preserve such markings
photographing and then use of the electrostatic lifting technique.
dusting with powder
Class characteristics of shoe prints include:
manufacturer, tread, model, and size
depth of tread, position, quantity
color, material, scent, and scratches on the bottom
accidental scratches, embedded rocks or debris
