Forgery
Which type of fingerprint is used by AFIS in their calculations?
What is the Whorl fingerprint
The study of friction ridge skin for ID purposes.
What is dactyology?
What is the formula for chromatography?
Solute over solvent or ink divided by water
An inked print is known as this type of print.
What is a patent print?
The FBI headquarters is located here.
Where is Washington DC
This person had a ransom note 3 pages long that was questioned by authorities as to its authenticity.
Who is Jon Benet Ramsey
A fingerprint generally has 150 of these on a fingerprint.
What are ridge details?
This chemical is used at a crime scene for fixed items.
What is carbon powder?
Another name for a fingerprint card.
What is a 10-print card?
This category is written in all CAPS (AFIS).
What is Automatic Fingerprint Identification System
A print found in the mud vs a bloody handprint
What is a plastic mold vs a patent print
This is a chance, invisible impression.
What is a latent print?
This chemical is used to fix a print on a non-porous item, turning white.
What is cyanoacrylate?
What Forensics calls it when the detective uncovers 1/2 a fingerprint.
What are partial prints?
List the presidents on all the bills.
What is the dermal layer of skin.
What are 3 ways can you detect an art forgery?
What is looking at the canvas, ink components, brush strokes
List the 5 main differences between child and adult handwriting.
What are spacing, capital vs lower case mixed letters, spelling errors, taking up more space, crooked writing/scribbles
These are 3 ways you can spot a forged letter:
What is frequent pen lifts; shaky lines; letters too perfectly aligned
List ALL the types of fingerprints?
radial loop, ulnar loop, plain whorl, arh, tented arch double loop. pocket whorl; accidental
AFIS classification points for a right thumb radial loop.
What is 0 we only count whorls!
List the minutiae that we reviewed.
what is Dot, Ridge ending; island; hook/spur; double Bi, lake, bridge, Bifurcation
List the presidents on all currency denominations.
Who are Washington $1; Jefferson $2; Lincoln $5; Jackson $20; Grant $50; Franklin $100
This chemical reacts with amino acids and what color it turns?
What is Ninhydrin? What is purple pink
This is the #1 Forensic Crime show on TV/NETFLIX with 12 seasons. It has a team of FBI agents that solve cases using DNA analysis, fingerprinting and cybersleuth.
What is Criminal Minds?
Write the chromatography result for pigment that travelled 29cm and solvent that travelled 60cm. Solve and show work:
What is 29cm/60 cm =0.433