Hair
Fingerprint Facts
Fiber Facts
Fun Fingerprints
Print Patterns
Fibers Fibers
Everywhere
Everywhere
100
What are the two main parts of hair?
follicle and shaft
100
a person that examines and compares fingerprints
fingerprint examiner
100
The smallest indivisible unit of a textile
Fiber
100
The area of the fingerprint that creates a “print”
ridge
100
Which is the most common fingerprint pattern?
Loop
100
When a fiber is transferred from victim to suspect or suspect to victim. Is it a direct transfer or secondary transfer?
Direct Transfer
200
Would hair WITHOUT the follicle class or individual evidence? Explain
Class
200
an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger
fingerprint
200
Wool, cashmere, silk, and angora
animal fibers
200
A crime scene print in which the print is three dimensional
impression/plastic
200
The center of a whorl
Core
200
Fibers often fall off and are picked up during normal activities. What principle is this?
Locard's
300
Would hair WITH the follicle be considered class or individual evidence?
individual - dna present in follicle
300
An invisible print that must be made visible
latent
300
fiber that can absorb water, is insoluble in water, resistant to harsh chemicals, and are common at crime scenes because they become brittle over time.
Plant fiber
300
A method of detecting fingerprints
alternate lift source
300
Which fingerprint pattern is being displayed in the picture?
Whorl
300
Name one way fibers can be collected from a crime scene.
Tweezers; tape; vacuum
400
What part of the hair is letter C?
cuticle
400
What method of making prints visible is being used in the picture? 
Dusting
400
Fibers produced by joining many monomers together to form polymers.
Synthetic fibers
400
What percentage of the population has arch fingerprints?
5%
400
Which fingerprint pattern is shown here?
Arch
400
Are fibers individual or class evidence?
Class
500
Calculate the medullary index of a hair whose diameter is 115 microns wide and whose medulla measures 60 microns. Is this animal or human hair?
.52- means it’s animal hair
500
The digital database that houses millions of fingerprint patterns
AFIS
500
A naturally occurring mineral with crystalline structure
asbestos
500
What is the ridge count in the fingerprint below?
8
500
What minutiae pattern is shown below? 
Delta
500
What test can be performed on a fiber to determine the identity of the fiber?
- Chemical flame test
- Fiber Burn Analysis
- Fiber pH analysis
- Presumptive testing
B. Fiber Burn Analysis