Forensic chapter 4 | Amino Acids

Water

A fingerprint is composed mainly of

Minutia

Another term for a ridge characteristic is:

A) Dusting and lifting
B) Superglue

What would be the best way of visualizing a print found on a glass bottle?

The surface is it on

How a print is developed depends on

Minutiae

Which of the following are found in an arch pattern?

Dactyloscopy

They study of fingerprints is called

May last for years

A fingerprint left at the scene of a crime must be developed:

IAFIS

The FBI's database used for storing fingerprints is:

Ninhydrin

What would be the best way of visualizing a print found on a matchbook

Sublimation

When a solid is heated and transforms into vapor, the process is called:

Loop

The most common type of fingerprint pattern is the:

A) Fingerprints
B) Palm Print
C) Footprint
D) ALL OF THE CHOICES

Ridge characteristics can be found in:

Edward Henry

The person most responsible for the fingerprint system used in the US today is:

Latent

What type of fingerprint would be left on skin?

Ninhydrin

Protein (amino acid) residues are best developed into fingerprint impressions with

Papillae

The specific part of the skin that gives us our fingerprints is the:

Silver Nitrate

Which of these types of chemical methods should be used first?

1/1

Approximately 25% of the population falls into which primary identification?

A) Central Pocket
B) accidental
C) Double Loop
D) ALL OF THE CHOICES

Which of these is a whorl?

Lasers

Which method of fingerprinting that looks at perspiration contains components that fluoresce?

At least 8 to 12 characteristics

How large an area of a latent print is needed to make a positive comparison?

Plastic

What type of fingerprint would be left in putty

Juan Vucetich

The person responsible for the system that is currently used in Spanish-speaking countries.

radial

A loop that opens toward the thumb is called a (an)

Cyanoacrylate ester

What substance is found in superglue that reacts with and visualizes a fingerprint?

False

There are two basic types of whorls.

True

The most common method of visualizing latent prints is dusting.

False

All arches have at least two delta and a core

True

There are no minimum # of points that must match on a fingerprint to determent a match

False

The science of dactyloscopy began in the 16th Century

False

Superglue fuming has been occuring since the 1950's

False

Silver nitrate reacts with amino acids to visualize a print.

True

Mathematical probability only works if the outcomes are independent

True

Ridge characteristics provide individualization for fingerprints

True

All loop patterns have a delta and a core

Ridge Ending