WorksheetsChapter 6- Betillon System and Fingerprinting
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
A crime scene investigator is trying to identify a suspect using an old system of personal identification. Who is credited with devising the first such system?
Mathieu Orfila
Carl W. Sheele
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alec Jeffreys
Alphonse Bertillion
A crime scene investigator is trying to identify a suspect based on fingerprints left at the scene. This technique was pioneered by which scientist?
Goddard
Jeffreys
Galton
McCrone
A forensic scientist is investigating a crime scene. He remembers the principle that "every contact leaves a trace". Who is this scientist likely to be?
Hoover
Landsteiner
Jeffreys
Locard
A forensic investigator is using anthropometry to distinguish physical characteristics based on measurements in a crime scene. He believes that no two people would have identical measurements, features, etc. Who is known for this method?
Galton
Bertillon
Henry
Locard
A forensic scientist is investigating a crime scene. He recognized the value of fingerprints as INDIVIDUAL EVIDENCE. He began to organize them based on characteristics and used them to identify patterns and eventually suspects. Who is this scientist likely to be?
Bertillon
Galton
Henry
Locard
A forensics team is investigating a crime scene. They have found a set of fingerprints and are trying to match them to possible suspects. Which sub-characteristics of the fingerprints would they primarily use for this purpose?
papillary imprints
patent prints
minutiae
ridge corrolary factors
In a forensics case involving two individuals named Will and William West, which identification technique was found to be ineffective?
fingerprinting
DNA
anthropometry
eyewitness testimony
A forensics team found a fingerprint at a crime scene. The fingerprint was from the right hand. What type of fingerprint could it be?
Radial Loop
Whorl
Arch
Ulnar Loop
A crime scene investigator found a fingerprint at a crime scene. Based on the pattern, they believe it is an example of what type of fingerprint?
tented arch
accidental whorl
radial loop
plain arch
A forensics team found a fingerprint at a crime scene. Can you identify the type of this print?
plain whorl
central pocket whorl
double loop whorl
accidental whorl
A crime scene investigator found a fingerprint at a crime scene. Based on his forensics training, he identified it as an example of what type of fingerprint?
central pocket whorl
arch
plain whorl
double loop whorl
A forensic scientist is examining a fingerprint found at a crime scene. Can you identify the pattern of this print?
plain whorl
central pocket whorl
double loop whorl
accidental whorl
A forensics expert is examining a fingerprint found at a crime scene. Which pattern does this fingerprint most closely resemble?
Tented Arch
Plain Arch
Loop
Whorl
A detective at a crime scene discovers an invisible fingerprint on a glass. To make it visible, he would need to use ___________.
plastic print techniques
patent print techniques
latent print techniques
arch techniques
whorl techniques
A detective at a crime scene finds a visible fingerprint on a glass surface that can be photographed. This type of fingerprint is classified as ___________.
a plastic print
a patent print
a latent print
an arch
a whorl
A detective at a crime scene finds a visible three dimensional fingerprint in a piece of clay. This type of fingerprint is classified as ___________.
a plastic print
a patent print
a latent print
an arch
a whorl
The fingerprint found at the crime scene has a(n)____ in the red marked area.
ridge square
delta
dimple
island
left loop
You are a forensic scientist and you find a fingerprint at a crime scene. What type of fingerprint evidence is this?
Latent
Patent
Plastic
Potent
Lateral
Match the following print evidence types.
latent
plastic
patent
A forensic scientist is trying to identify a suspect based on a fingerprint found at the crime scene. What is the most common fingerprint pattern they should expect to see?
loop
arch
whorl
tent
