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Question 1
1.

What are the natural oils and residues on a person's hand that make it possible to lift fingerprints?

Question 2
2.

What do the patterns arch, loop and whorl classify in forensic identification?

Question 3
3.

What is the process of collecting and preserving fingerprints using powder called?

Question 4
4.

What are the three categories of fingerprint evidence that can be discovered at a crime scene?

Question 5
5.

What are the three main types of fingerprint patterns used for classification?

Question 6
6.

Which does the acronym AFIS stand for in forensic science?

Question 7
7.

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary fingerprint patterns?

Question 8
8.

How are fingerprints analyzed and distinguished from one another?

Question 9
9.

Which of the following is NOT a recognized classification of fingerprint patterns?

Question 10
10.

What are the small, unique details within the ridge pattern of fingerprints called?

Question 11
11.

What type of print specialists analyze fingerprints, footprints, palmprints using forensic techniques?

Question 12
12.

what are the raised lines that form the patterns observe in latent fingerprints called?

Question 13
13.

What are the recessed areas between the ridges that form fingerprint patters called?

Question 14
14.

In which century were fingerprints first used as forensic evidence?

Question 15
15.

What are the specific points where fingerprint ridges change, such as forks, crossovers, bridges, islands, called?

Question 16
16.

What is the fingerprint pattern called where the ridges enter from one side and exit from the other without looping?

Question 17
17.

What fingerprint pattern is characterized by the presence of two deltas and a core?

Question 18
18.

What is the fingerprint pattern called where the ridges enter from one side, curve, and exit in the same direction?

Question 19
19.

What is the name of the database used to identify and match fingerprints found at a crime scene?

Question 20
20.

What type of evidence are fingerprints classified as since they can uniquely identify a person?

Question 21
21.

What aspect of fingerprints remains unchanged throughout a person's life but can be altered by permanent scars or skin diseases?

Question 22
22.

What is the scientific study of fingerprints, derived from the Greek "daktulos," meaning finger?

Question 23
23.

What is the ridge formation in a fingerprint that creates a triangular shape called?

Question 24
24.

What term describes the central area of a fingerprint pattern?

Question 25
25.

What is the opening through which sweat reaches the skin's surface, appearing as voids in fingerprint ridges?