Type of fingerprints
Technology
Vocab
Collecting Fingerprints
Cases/History
100

What are the 3 main types of fingerprints we examined in class?

What is loop, whorl, arch  


DAILY DOUBLE 

100
Experts claim that fingerprint identification is__________.
What is flawless
100
A center of a loop or whorl
What is CORE
100

a hidden fingerprint made visible through the use of powders or other techniques.

What is latent fingerprint.

DAILY DOUBLE 

100

What are the names of the 3 serial killers you studied this unit? 

Who is John Dillinger, Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez 


DAILY DOUBLE 

200
What is Loop Fingerprint
200

What does IAFIS stand for? 

What is Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System 

DAILY DOUBLE 

200
A triangular ridge pattern with ridges that go in different directions above and below a triangle.
What is DELTA
200

What are the 3 kinds of fingerprints that can be found at a crime scene?

What is patent, plastic, latent, fingerprints 

200

What is believed to be the most popular reason Ted Bundy got away with so many murders? 

what is his good looks and charm 

300
What is Arch Fingerprints
300

What color powders did you use in the fingerprint dusting lab? 

What is black, Magnetic (silver), Orange (Dual color) 

300

A combination of details in the shapes and position of ridges in fingerprints that make each unique; also called a ridge.

What is MINUTIAE


DAILY DOUBLE 

300

a visible fingerprint that happens when fingers with blood, ink, or some other substance on them touch a surface and transfer the pattern of their fingerprint to the surface.

What is patent fingerprint

DAILY DOUBLE 

300

Which serial killer liked to pray on couples - typically on warm summer nights? 

Who is Richard Ramirez 

400

     

What is whorl fingerprint 

400

What unit # is this?

What is Unit 4 

400
The recognizable pattern of the ridges found in the end joints of the fingers that form lines on the surface of objects in a fingerprint.
What is RIDGE PATTERN
400
a three-dimensional fingerprint made in soft material such as clay, soap, or putty.
What is plastic fingerprint.
400

What is the system that Alphonse Bertillon created to identify criminals? 

What is Bertillon Measuring System

500

What is the most common type of fingerprint? 

What is loop

500

What can IAFIS do that AFIS couldn't do? 

What is.... store files nation-wide whereas, AFIS stores state/local files


DAILY DOUBLE 

500

What are the 6 other forms of "prints" that can be used to identify someone? 

What is; shoes, lips, palms, footprints, teeth, voice

(DAILY DOUBLE) 

500

What are the two ways a latent finger print can be revealed?

What is... 1. Dusting with powders (carbon, magnetic, metallic) 2. Dripping with reactive chemicals (cyanoacrylate fuming) 

500

How many points of similarity must you need to use fingerprints as evidence in a crime? 

What is criminal courts will accept 8 to 12 points of similarity. (Trick question - no legal requirement) 

DAILY DOUBLE 

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