Fingerprints

Question 1

Chinese

Answer 1

Used fingerprints to sign legal documents as far as 3000 years ago

Question 2

William Herschel

Answer 2

English servant required natives to sign contacts with an imprint of their right hand

Question 3

Henry fails

Answer 3

Wrote that skin ridge patterns could be important in identification
System was rejected in favor of bertillion system

Question 4

Alphonse bertillion

Answer 4

First systemic attempt at personal identification was devised

Question 5

Portraita parle

Answer 5

Detailed description of the individual

Question 6

Anthropometric

Answer 6

System of predict body measurements
11 measurements taken to include height length of foot

Question 7

William west

Answer 7

Couldn’t be distinguished from inmate with same name by anthropemtry

Question 8

Facts

Answer 8

No 2 people age the same exact point
Unchanged for the life of the individual
Have ridges that allow them to be systematically identified

Question 9

Arch

Answer 9

Plain arch
Tented arch

Question 10

Loop

Answer 10

Radial
Ulnar

Question 11

Whorl

Answer 11

Plain
Central pocket
Double
Accidental

Question 12

Percent of loops

Answer 12

60

Question 13

Percent of whorls

Answer 13

35

Question 14

Percent of arch

Answer 14

5

Question 15

Plain arch

Answer 15

Ridges enter on side and exit on the other side

Question 16

Tented arch

Answer 16

Similar to plain arch but have a spike in the center

Question 17

Radial loops (right hand)

Answer 17

Loop opens toward the thumb (radius)

Question 18

Ulnar loop (right hand)

Answer 18

Loop opens toward the little finger (ulna)

Question 19

Loops

Answer 19

Must have one delta and one or more ridges that enter and leave on the same side

Question 20

Whorls

Answer 20

Have at least one ridge and have at least 2 deltas

Question 21

Accidental

Answer 21

More than 2 deltas

Question 22

Plain whorl

Answer 22

If curved ridges touch the line

Question 23

Central pocket

Answer 23

If none of the center core touches the line

Question 24

Double loop

Answer 24

Made up of any 2 loops combined into 1 print

Question 25

No deltas

Answer 25

Arch

Question 26

1 delta

Answer 26

Loop

Question 27

2 or more deltas

Answer 27

Whorl

Question 28

Latent

Answer 28

Can’t see invisbile

Question 29

Patent

Answer 29

Left behind ( blood)

Question 30

Plastic

Answer 30

Mold (wax)