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CFA-Fingerprints

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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?

print oil

arch

loop

latent prints

Question 2

2.

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

DNA

skin

saliva

fingerprints

Question 3

3.

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

print pulling

fingerprint dusting

fingerprinting

fingerprint investigation

Question 4

4.

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

impressed, latent and tangible

tangible, indented and fixed

impressed, latent and fixed

visual, impressed and latent

Question 5

5.

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

loops, whorls, arches

tented loops, whorls, arches

impression, latent, wax

loops, tented whorls, arches

Question 6

6.

Which does the acronym AFIS stand for in forensic science?

Automated Fingerprint Identification System

Automated Federal Information System

Automated Fingerprint Information System

Automated Fingerprint International System

Question 7

7.

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

whorl

arch

angle

loop

Question 8

8.

How are fingerprints analyzed and distinguished from one another?

Through the study of lines

Through the study of ridges

Through the study of DNA

Through the study of skin

Question 9

9.

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

Arches

Loops

Whorls

Swirls

Question 10

10.

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

Fingerprint Minutiae

Dactylogram

Whorl

Friction ridge

Question 11

11.

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

Latent

Visible

Invisible 

Fingerprint

Question 12

12.

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

Valleys

Ridges

Deltas

Loops

Question 13

13.

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

Lines

Ridges

Valleys

Core

Question 14

14.

In which century were fingerprints first used as forensic evidence?

20th Century

18th Century

17th Century

19th Century

Question 15

15.

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

Minutiae points

Core

Delta

Dactyloscopy

Question 16

16.

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

Whorl

Arch

Loop

Swirls

Question 17

17.

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

Arch

Loop

Whorl

Swirl

Question 18

18.

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

Whorl

Swirl

Arch

Loop

Question 19

19.

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

ACIS

NICS

AFIS

CSI

Question 20

20.

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

Groups

Individual

Suspect

Victim

Question 21

21.

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

Pattern

Ridges

Delta

Valleys

Question 22

22.

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

Dactyloscopy

Latent

Visible

Transparent

Question 23

23.

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

Valley

Ridge

Core

Delta

Question 24

24.

What term describes the central area of a fingerprint pattern?

Ridge

Delta

Core

Valley

Question 25

25.

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

Core

Pore

Skin

Delta