fingerprint LEE questions
- 1. What are fingerprints? Why are they useful in criminal investigation?
- 2. What is an AFIS? Why is it valuable?
- 3. What are the main types of evidentiary prints that might be found at scenes?
- 4. What are some physical methods for enhancing latent fingerprints?
- 5. What are some chemical methods for enhancing latent fingerprints?
- 6. What are some special illumination methods for enhancing latent prints?
- 7. How might bloody fingerprints be enhanced?
- 8. What is the basis for fingerprint identification? What are the main principles?
- 9. What are some other patterns useful in person identification?
- 10. What are the major methods of identifying human remains in mass disasters?
- MCQ:
- 1. One important characteristic of friction ridge patterns is that they ______________ between birth and death.
- 2. The three basic fingerprint patterns are (
- 1) arch,
- (2) ______________, and
- (3) ______________.
- 3. Fingerprints found at crime scenes or on evidence can be divided into three broad categories (not classifications) based on their appearance and physical makeup:
- (1) ______________,
- (2) patent (visible) and
- (3) ______________.
- 4. When a latent fingerprint is compared with a known inked print, and according to the numerical rule, the number of points of comparison required to correspond before a positive identification can be declared is
- a. enough to satisfy the expert latent examiner
- b. at least eight
- c. at least twelve
- d. the pattern and the 10 minutiae
- 5. Computerized fingerprint search systems match fingerprints by comparing the relative positions of
- a. core and delta
- b. pattern center and all bifurcations
- c. all individualizable minutiae
- d. bifurcations and ridge endings
- DEFINE TERMS:
- ACE-V method
- alternate light source
- anthropometry (Bertillonage)
- authentication
- Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS)
- basic fingerprint patterns: loop, whorl, and arch
- biometrics
- dye stains
- fingerprint classification
- fingerprint development (enhancement, visualization)
- friction ridge
- skin laser
- latent print Level I, Level II, and Level III detail
- magnetic brush technique
- minutiae
- ninhydrin
- physical developer
- plastic (impression)
- print powder dusting
- small particle reagent (SPR)
- Super Glue (Cyanoacrylate)
- tape lifting
- visible (patent) print
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