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Chapter 6- Betillon System and Fingerprinting

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Mathieu Orfila

b)

Carl W. Sheele

c)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

d)

Alec Jeffreys

e)

Alphonse Bertillion

2.

A crime scene investigator is trying to identify a suspect based on fingerprints left at the scene. This technique was pioneered by which scientist?

a)

Goddard

b)

Jeffreys

c)

Galton

d)

McCrone

3.

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?

a)

Hoover

b)

Landsteiner

c)

Jeffreys

d)

Locard

4.

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?

a)

Galton

b)

Bertillon

c)

Henry

d)

Locard

5.

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?

a)

Bertillon

b)

Galton

c)

Henry

d)

Locard

6.

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?

a)

papillary imprints

b)

patent prints

c)

minutiae

d)

ridge corrolary factors

7.

In a forensics case involving two individuals named Will and William West, which identification technique was found to be ineffective?

a)

fingerprinting

b)

DNA

c)

anthropometry

d)

eyewitness testimony

8.

A forensics team found a fingerprint at a crime scene. The fingerprint was from the right hand. What type of fingerprint could it be?

a)

Radial Loop

b)

Whorl

c)

Arch

d)

Ulnar Loop

9.

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?

a)

tented arch

b)

accidental whorl

c)

radial loop

d)

plain arch

10.

A forensics team found a fingerprint at a crime scene. Can you identify the type of this print?

a)

plain whorl

b)

central pocket whorl

c)

double loop whorl

d)

accidental whorl

11.

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?

a)

central pocket whorl

b)

arch

c)

plain whorl

d)

double loop whorl

12.

A forensic scientist is examining a fingerprint found at a crime scene. Can you identify the pattern of this print?

a)

plain whorl

b)

central pocket whorl

c)

double loop whorl

d)

accidental whorl

13.

A forensics expert is examining a fingerprint found at a crime scene. Which pattern does this fingerprint most closely resemble?

a)

Tented Arch

b)

Plain Arch

c)

Loop

d)

Whorl

14.

A detective at a crime scene discovers an invisible fingerprint on a glass. To make it visible, he would need to use ___________.

a)

plastic print techniques

b)

patent print techniques

c)

latent print techniques

d)

arch techniques

e)

whorl techniques

15.

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)

a plastic print

b)

a patent print

c)

a latent print

d)

an arch

e)

a whorl

16.

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)

a plastic print

b)

a patent print

c)

a latent print

d)

an arch

e)

a whorl

17.

The fingerprint found at the crime scene has a(n)____ in the red marked area.

a)

ridge square

b)

delta

c)

dimple

d)

island

e)

left loop

18.

You are a forensic scientist and you find a fingerprint at a crime scene. What type of fingerprint evidence is this?

a)

Latent

b)

Patent

c)

Plastic

d)

Potent

e)

Lateral

19.

Match the following print evidence types.

a)
1.

latent

b)
2.

plastic

c)
3.

patent

20.

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?

a)

loop

b)

arch

c)

whorl

d)

tent