Fingerprinting

Question 1

What is a latent print

Answer 1

Unintentional impression of friction ridges

Hidden and must be enhanced to be seen

Question 2

What are latent prints used for

Answer 2

Establish presence at crime scene
Establish contact with item of evidence
Confirm or refute an incident or statement

Question 3

What is unique about fingerprints

Answer 3

No two people have the exact same print

Question 4

What is a patent fingerprint

Answer 4

Visible without enhancement

Question 5

What is a plastic fingerprint

Answer 5

3D

Seen when fingerprints are pressed into a soft substance

Question 6

What are the 3 fingerprint patterns

Answer 6

Loops
Whorls
Arches

Question 7

What is minutia

Answer 7

The ridge characteristics of the fingerprint

Question 8

What are 3 main reasons prints are not recovered from a surface/item

Answer 8

Environment
Surface
Person

Question 9

What are 3 categories of evidence surface types

Answer 9

Non-porous
Porous
Semi-porous

Question 10

What is the best practice when fingerprinting small items

Answer 10

Preserve and send to the lab

Question 11

Where are some places you may find prints

Answer 11

Path perpetrator may have traveled
Touched items
Destroyed or damaged items
Weapons or tools
Items left behind

Question 12

What is the most common fingerprint pattern

Answer 12

Loops

Question 13

Why would you roll fingers nailbed to nailbed

Answer 13

To get the full pattern type

Question 14

What are items you should have in your fingerprint processing kit

Answer 14

Standard and magnetic powders
Brushes
Lift tape
Lift cards
Scale

Question 15

True or false

You should lift a fingerprint before photographing it

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Where on the body are friction ridges located

Answer 16

Palm
Fingers
Feet
Toes

Question 17

When photographing what is the one thing you should have other then the print itself

Answer 17

Scale

Question 18

On the lift documentation card what are the required fields that need to be filled out

Answer 18

Date 
Case #
Location
Description of item
Officer initials/badge number

Question 19

What are elimination prints

Answer 19

Prints taken to eliminate a victim or subject and/or eliminate out any other legitimate prints at the scene

Question 20

What are major case prints

Answer 20

Murder
Homicides
Rapes