Fingerprint Review

Question 1

1. In what year did the FBI begin the Fingerprint Identification Division?

Accepted Answer

1924

Question 2

1. Who was the first to identify that fingerprints are unique & don't change?

Accepted Answer

Sir Francis Galton

Question 3

Cuts and warts are changes to fingerprints that are ___________.

Accepted Answer

common and temporary

Question 4

1. What are two common fingerprint lifting devices ?

Accepted Answer

Hinge and cellophane lifters

Question 5

Which fingerprint pattern is most commonly found?

Accepted Answer

Loop

Question 6

Fingerprints consist of approximately _________% water?

Accepted Answer

99

Question 7

Which fingerprint pattern is the least common?

Accepted Answer

Arch

Question 8

Identify this fingerprint pattern

Accepted Answer

Loop

Question 9

1. Which is not a consideration when choosing which powder to choose?

Accepted Answer

Type of brush being used

Question 10

1. Which is not another type of “Body” print available to investigators?

Accepted Answer

All of the above are valid

Question 11

What country did Germany invade to start World War II?

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 12

1. The Greeks used fingerprints to identify the person’s identify on clay tablets.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Our feet also have ridge details and they can be used to identify a person.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

1. Who suggested that prisoners should be fingerprinted ?

Accepted Answer

Sir William Herschel

Question 15

1. What level of fingerprint analysis only identifies fingerprint patterns?

Accepted Answer

Level 1

Question 16

Identify this Print.

Accepted Answer

Whorl

Question 17

Who was the supreme commander of the Allied Forces on D-Day?

Accepted Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 18

1. Why does powder processing fail?

Accepted Answer

Too much pressure and powder

Question 19

1. Which of the following is NOT one common type of fingerprint brushes?

Accepted Answer

Rosin

Question 20

Which is NOT a Level 2 point of identification?

Accepted Answer

Pore

Question 21

Who shot and killed Alexander Hamilton?

Accepted Answer

Aaron Burr

Question 22

1. What is the most common method of processing fingerprints?

Accepted Answer

Black powder

Question 23

Identify this Fingerprint Pattern.

Accepted Answer

Arch

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