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Fingerprints

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 3hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of fingerprint? (right hand)

a)

plain whorl

b)

central pocket whorl

c)

radial loop

d)

ulnar loop

2.

What type of print? (left hand)

a)

double looper whirl

b)

central pocket whorl

c)

accidental whorl

d)

radial loop

e)

ulnar loop

3.

What type of print? (left hand)

a)

accidental whorl

b)

central pocket whorl

c)

radial loop

d)

ulnar loop

e)

double loop whorl

4.

What type of print? (right hand)

a)

plain arch

b)

central pocket whorl

c)

ulnar loop

d)

radial loop

5.

What type of print? (left hand)

a)

ulnar loop

b)

radial loop

c)

central pocket whorl

d)

plain whorl

6.

What type of print? (left hand)

a)

ulnar loop

b)

radial loop

c)

accidental whorl

d)

double loop whorl

7.

What type of print? (right hand)

a)

tented arch

b)

plain arch

c)

accidental whorl

d)

radial loop

e)

ulnar loop

8.

What type of print? (right hand)

a)

plain arch

b)

tented arch

c)

radial loop

d)

ulnar loop

9.

What type of print? (left hand)

a)

plain whorl

b)

central pocket whorl

c)

radial loop

d)

accidental whorl

10.

What does ninhydrin react with to produce a visual print?

a)

amino acids

b)

water

c)

salt

d)

oils and fats

11.

What does silver nitrate react with to produce a visible print?

a)

salt

b)

water

c)

amino acids

d)

oils/fats

12.

What does iodine react with to produce a visible print?

a)

amino acids

b)

oils/fats

c)

water

d)

salt

13.

What does cyanoacrylate react with to produce a visible print?

a)

oils/fats

b)

salt

c)

amino acids

d)

water

14.

Which visualizing technique would be best for a small piece of cardboard?

a)

silver nitrate

b)

iodine fuming

c)

superglue fuming

d)

dusting

15.

What visualizing technique would we most likely use on clothing and tissue paper?

a)

silver nitrate

b)

dusting

c)

iodine

d)

ninhydrin

16.

A fingerprint found on a glass cup is an example of a...

a)

latent print

b)

visible print

c)

plastic print

d)

impression print

17.

What visualizing technique is best used on drywall?

a)

dusting

b)

ninhydrin

c)

silver nitrate

d)

iodine fuming

18.

Which is an example of a visible print?

a)

a fingerprint found on your notebook

b)

a fingerprint formed from getting spaghetti sauce on your finger and you touching the kitchen counter

c)

a fingerprint a young child creates at their house imprinted on dried cement

d)

a fingerprint found in playdough

19.

Silver nitrate turns what color...

a)

black-brown

b)

purple

c)

brown-orange

d)

white

20.

Iodine reacts with fingerprints to produce what color?

a)

blackish-brown

b)

brown-orange

c)

yellow-black

d)

white

21.

Ninhydrin reacts to produce what color?

a)

purple

b)

yellow

c)

orange

d)

blue

22.

What percent of crime scenes have viable footprints to use as evidence?

a)

55%

b)

15%

c)

40%

d)

30%

23.

Edward Richard Henry uses what type of fingerprint to numerically identify an individuals prints?

a)

loop

b)

arch

c)

whorl

d)

accidentals

24.

The first recorded forensic use of footprints was in _____ during _____.

a)

England; 1800s

b)

England; 1900s

c)

United States; 1800s

d)

United States; 1900s

25.

Used body measurements instead of fingerprints to identify and classify prisoners.

a)

Bertillion

b)

Galton

c)

Lattes

d)

Herschel

26.

What is over pronation?

a)

toes point out and the wear/tear on shoes is outer heel and inner toe

b)

toes point out and the wear/tear on shoes is outer heel and outer toe

c)

toes point in and the wear/tear on shoes is outer heel and outer toe

d)

toes point in and the wear/tear on shoes it outer heel and inner toe

27.

What is an individual characteristic of footprints?

a)

style of shoe

b)

treat pattern

c)

cuts or scrapes

d)

shoe size

28.

Which is true?

a)

Generally, female footprints turn slightly inward and male footprints stay neutral or turn outward.

b)

Generally, female footprints turn slightly outwards and male footprints stay neutral or turn inward.

c)

Generally, male footprints turn slightly inwards and female footprints stay neutral or turn outward

d)

Generally, male footprints turn slightly outwards and female footprints stay neutral or turn inward.

29.

Which is an example of a negative impression?

a)

You tracked a muddy footprint through your kitchen

b)

You stepped in blood and left footprints from your room to the exit.

c)

You stepped into the dirt outside the window and left an indent.

d)

You left an invisible footprint on the wood floor in the kitchen.

30.

The top line is an example of a(n)...

a)

island

b)

bifurcation

c)

ridge ending

d)

dot

31.

The fourth line down on this fingerprint is point to...

a)

a ridge ending

b)

a bridge

c)

an eye

d)

a bifurcation

e)

a trifurcation

32.

#17 is a...

a)

trifurcation

b)

bifurcation

c)

island

d)

ridge ending

e)

spur

33.

Number 15 is called

a)

birfurcation

b)

ridge ending

c)

bridge

d)

trifurcation

e)

eye

34.

How many matches do we want in the United States to say two prints come from the same sources?

a)

10-12

b)

8-10

c)

16-20

d)

20-30

35.

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?

a)

Edward Richard Henry

b)

Francis Galton

c)

Henry Faulds

d)

William Herschel

36.

A type of fingerprint made after coming in contact with colored material such as blood, paint, grease, or ink

a)

plastic

b)

visible

c)

negative

d)

latent

37.

The type of print shown is...

a)

visible

b)

plastic

c)

positive

d)

latent

38.

The layer of your fingerprint labeled as #1.

a)

epidermis

b)

dermis

c)

papillae

d)

sweat gland

39.

The FBI's fingerprint database is known as...

a)

IAFIS

b)

CODIS

c)

MODIS

d)

NIMFIS

40.

The depth of a shoe print can give us an indication of a suspects...

a)

height

b)

weight

c)

stride

d)

speed

41.

Footprints of a person running look like...

a)

front pressed deeper than back and longer stride

b)

back pressed deeper than from and longer stride

c)

bigger depth for entire foot print and shorter stride

d)

lighter indent and shorter stride

42.

The ankle turned out is called...

a)

supination

b)

overpronation

c)

neutral pronation

d)

arched pronation

43.

Most loop patterns have how many deltas?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

can be 1 or 2

44.

Deep footprints with the front pressed deeper than the rest of the print and a long stride indicate what?

a)

walking

b)

running

c)

carrying something

d)

walking backwards

45.

What are the two types of 2 dimensional prints?

a)

latent and visible impressions

b)

positive and negative impressions

c)

right and wrong impressions

d)

upper and lower impressions

46.

To preserve 3 dimensional impressions.....

a)

a casting must be made

b)

electrostatic dusting can be used

c)

you need just a photograph of the impression

d)

remove the footprint with a piece of plastic

47.

Dust prints can be lifted...

a)

using ninhydrin

b)

using a film of plastic

c)

using dental stone

d)

using a piece of paper

48.

An example of an individual characteristic for a footprint would be.....

a)

wear patterns on the footprint

b)

the depth of the print

c)

the size of the print

d)

the style of the print

49.

Which type of prints would have the most narrow window in which to recover them?

a)

water footprints

b)

footprints in blood

c)

footprints in dirt

d)

footprints in ink

50.

Which type of evidence cannot be obtained by footprint recovery?

a)

number of suspects

b)

if a person was running

c)

path taken through the scene

d)

what particular crime was committed

51.

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......

a)

the suspect walked in, walked out with nothing, and stayed in the building

b)

the suspect ran in the building, walked out carrying something, and then ran out the building

c)

the suspect walked in the building, walked out carrying something, and then walked out of the building

d)

the suspect walked in the building, walked out carrying something, and then ran out of the building

52.

What must first be done with impression evidence?

a)

make a cast using plaster or dental stone

b)

photograph it with a ruler

c)

ut out the area with the impressionc

d)

place the item that made the impression over it to see if it's a match

53.

 

A footprint is left in dust at a crime scene and was only found due to electrostatic lifting.  What type of impression is this?

a)

patent

b)

plastic

c)

visible

d)

latent

54.

 

Shoe and tire marks impressed into soft earth can be best preserved by: 

a)

photographing and casting with dental stone

b)

it is not possible to accurately preserve such markings

c)

photographing and then use of the electrostatic lifting technique.

d)

dusting with powder

55.

Class characteristics of shoe prints include:

a)

manufacturer, tread, model, and size

b)

depth of tread, position, quantity

c)

color, material, scent, and scratches on the bottom

d)

accidental scratches, embedded rocks or debris