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Patent vs Latent Fingerprints

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A fingerprint not seen with the naked eye
a)
Powedered
b)
Whorl 
c)
Latent
d)
Minutaie print
2.
The most common form of developing latent prints
a)
Dusting
b)
Silver Nitrate
c)
photography
d)
Black light
3.
This technique is best used on paper. It reacts to amino acids in the print to create a pink print
a)
Ninhydrine
b)
Silver Nitrate
c)
Superglue Fuming
d)
Iodine
4.

You place an object in a chamber and heat up this substance

a)
Iodine
b)
Ninhydrine
c)
superglue
d)
Black powder
5.
Which term best desribes a latent print?
a)
Must be developed to be examined
b)
Not visible to the naked eye
c)
cannot be used in court
d)
Must be developed in order to be visible to naked eye
6.
Which location would NOT be a good place to look for a latent print?
a)
A window
b)
A door handle
c)
A murder weapon
d)
the air
7.

Which chemical method creates a permanent white fingerprint?

a)

cyanoacrylate fuming

b)

ninhydrin

c)

iodine fuming

8.

What is a basic technique that uses a filament brush?

a)

Magnetic powder

b)

Silver Nitrate

c)

Ninhydrin

d)

Standard black powder

9.

Which technique binds with amino acids to make a purple-colored print on paper or cardboard surfaces?

a)

Iodine fuming

b)

Crystal violet

c)

Ninhydrin

d)

Silver Nitrate

10.

IAFIS is the

a)

FBI fingerprint database

b)

CIA DNA database

c)

International union of forensic scientists

d)

national child database

11.

Who developed the fingerprint classification system in use today?

a)

Andreas Mayer

b)

Pharaohs

c)

William Herschel

d)

Francis Galton

12.

If a fingerprint is pressed into thick clotted blood, the pattern that will be created is called

a)

patent

b)

latent

c)

plastic

d)

hardened

13.

Ninhydrin spray is used on porous surfaces and changes fingerprints to purple when it reacts with

a)

fats/oils

b)

water

c)

DNA

d)

amino acids

14.

Super glue contains cyanoacrylate and it works on non-porous surfaces, like glass, to produce this appearance

a)

white

b)

purprle

c)

orange

d)

black

15.

The best way to preserve a fingerprint is to

a)

freeze it

b)

wax coat it

c)

photograph it

d)

wrap it in plastic

16.

a visible fingerprint that happens when fingers with blood, ink, or some other substance on them touch a surface and transfer the pattern of their fingerprint to that surface

a)

Patent

b)

Latent

c)

Plastic

17.

a three-dimensional fingerprint made in a soft material such as clay, soap, or putty

a)

Patent

b)

Plastic

c)

Latent

18.

A fingerprint left on a hard surface that can be seen with the naked eye

a)

Plastic

b)

Patent

c)

Latent

d)

Minutiae print

19.

Prints can be taken from

a)

fingers

b)

palms

c)

feet

d)

all of these

20.

Fingerprints left in gum would best be classified as?

a)

patent

b)

plastic

c)

latent

21.

What causes fingerprints to be left behind when we touch things

a)

oil

b)

sweat

c)

salts

d)

all of the above

22.

Left by a finger that has touched blood, paint, ink or similar.

a)

Plastic

b)

Patent

c)

Latent

23.

What chemical lifts fingerprints off glassware, plastic and other household items?

a)

Cyanoacrylate Fuming

b)

Ninhydrin

c)

Iodine Fuming

24.

This chemical will lift fingerprints off paper

a)

Olive Oil

b)

Water

c)

Silver Nitrate

d)

Ninhydrin

25.

What type of fingerprints are not seen, they are hidden prints left by transfer of oils or other body secretions?

a)

Latent

b)

Patent

c)

Plastic