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Basic fingerprint development is an expected skill for crime scene investigators. - ANS✔✔ True



Select the locations where friction ridges are found on humans: - ANS✔✔ -Soles of feet

-Toes

-Fingertips

-Palms



How would you describe the fingerprints present in the image below? (car door handle) -
ANS✔✔ Latent Fingerprints



Match the material with the proper classification for the purposes of fingerprint development: -
ANS✔✔ -Porous: paper envelope, plain cardboard box

-Semiporous: unsealed plywood

-Nonporous: plastic water bottle, glass beer bottle, smartphone screen



High quality photographs or scans of fingerprints are acceptable for forensic use if the original
fingerprints are damaged during lifting because fingerprints are not subject to the principle of
divisible matter. - ANS✔✔ True



The image below is the ransom note from the JonBenet Ramsay case. If you wanted to process
this note for fingerprints, what method or reagent would be appropriate? (one or two words) -
ANS✔✔ Ninhydrin

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