Fingerprint Identification
Fingerprint Vocab
Fingerprint Collection
Other Biometrics
Random
100
What pattern is this fingerprint?
Whorl
100
What is the triangular region near a Loop called?
Delta
100
What type of surfaces would a PLASTIC print be left on?
Soft material like clay or wax
100
This biometric involves the investigation of your Retina and Iris
Eye Scan
100
This famous serial killer left bite marks on his victim.
Ted Bundy
200
What pattern is this print?
Arch
200
What is the outer layer of skin called?
Epidermis
200
Dusting with powder, lifting with tape, and using chemicals are all methods used to collect __________ fingerprints.
Latent Prints
200
In a Voice Scan, this aspect of your voice is analyzed.
Frequency/Intensity
200
The movement of a person's jaw and tongue contributes to the type of mark that is left.
bite marks
300
What is the most common pattern of fingerprints?
Loop
300
What is the center of a Loop called?
Core
300
What COLOR does a print turn if the chemical Ninhydrin is applied?
Purple
300
True or False: Lip prints do not change throughout life
True
300
What are the three types of prints found by investigators at a crime scene?
patent, laten, and plastic prints
400
What is the Ridge Count of this Print?
11
400
What is the study of fingerprints called?
Dactyloscopy
400
What are the small details on fingerprints called that forensics investigators use to distinguish between indiviual FPs?
Minutiae
400
Bite Marks on deceased victims are cut out from the skin in the morgue and preserved in a compound called______.
Formalin
400
Fingerprints form in the womb at his many weeks of the gestation period.
10
500
What type of Loop is this fingerprint from the thumb of my righthand?
Radial Loop
500
What does IAFIS stand for?
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
500
This chemical is used to reveal latent fingerprints on paper, cardboard, or unpainted surfaces.
Iodine Fuming
500
This is the Forensic investigative technique that deals with identification of humans based on lips traces.
Cheiloscopy
500
Name five different types of Minutiae
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