IAI LATENT PRINT EXAMINER
CERTIFICATION PREP
What sequence of latent print development techniques are used to develop prints from
porous materials? – answer DFO, Ninhydrin, Physical Developer
The final purple colored compound usually produced with the treatment of Ninydrin is
called: - answer Ruhemann's Purple
What latent print development technique is used to process nonporous materials that
are wet? - answer Small Particle Reagent
A dye which stains protein present in blood to give a blue-black product - answerAmido
Black
The following types of fingerprints will fluoresce under the appropriate illumination: -
answer- Natural latent prints
- Some types of contamination arising from the environment & subsequently deposited
in fingerprints
Gentian Violet is a dye which stains fatty constituents of sebaceous sweat, producing an
intense purple image. It is very effective for the development of latent fingerprints on: -
answerAdhesive surfaces
Alternate process name(s) for Gentian Violet - answer- Crystal Violet
- Methyl Violet
Alternative process name for Amido Black - answerNaphthalene Black
Iodine vapor is physically absorbed by latent fingerprint deposits & often fades unless
fixed. What color image is formed using iodine vapor? - answerBrown
Gentian Violet can interfere with the forensic examination of: - answer- Handwriting
- Body fluids
- Ink
Ninhydrin is a general purpose fingerprint reagent for paper & some other porous
surfaces. What component of a fingerprint deposit does it react with? - answerAmino
Acids
How long does it generally take for ninhydrin treated prints to fully develop naturally? -
answerSeveral weeks
,The development of Ninhydrin treated prints may be accelerated with the use of: -
answerHeating & Humidification
Ninhydrin, which uses a Freon solvent, virtually eliminates the following problem when
processing porous materials for latent prints? - answerInk running
Ninhydrin may be applied using the following methods: - answer- Dipping
- Brushing
- Spraying
Physical Developer (PD) is what kind of aqueous reagent? - answerSilver-based
Physical Developer reacts with components of sebaceous sweat to form what colored
deposit? - answerGrey-Silver
Physical Developer is a very effective reagent for developing latent fingerprints on paper
which has been: - answerwetted
These ___ flake powders have been shown to be more sensitive than most other types
of powders: - answerAluminum
Which latent print development technique was replaced by the Ninhydrin/ Physical
Developer combination for treating porous materials for latent prints? - answerSilver
Nitrate
Silver Nitrate reacts with what component present in fingerprint deposits? -
answerChlorides
Small Particle Reagents (SPR) is a latent print development technique that may be
used on all non-porous surfaces including those which are: - answerWet
What does Small Particle Reagent adhere to in the fingerprint deposit? - answerFats
Small Particle Reagent is comprised of what fine particles? - answerMolybdenum
Disulphide
Small Particle Reagent forms what color deposit? - answerGrey
The best latent print development technique for non-porous surfaces which are
contaminated with grease, food or dried deposits of soft drinks is? - answerSudan Black
An alternate process name for superglue is: - answerCyanoacrylate
Superglue polmerises on some latent fingerprints to produce what colored deposit? -
answerWhite
, Superglue is thought to react primarily with what component in the latent print deposit? -
answerWater
Superglue is most suitable for what kinds of surfaces? - answerNon-porous
Vacuum Metal Deposition utilizes vacuum-coating technology for the evaporation of
metals & the deposition of thin metal films. Thin layers of what metal is used for this
process? - answerGold & Zinc
Vacuum Metal Deposition is particularly suitable on what surfaces: - answerPolythene
Plastic
This fingerprint development technique reacts more intensely with older fingerprints
thereby making it possible to determine the relative age of a latent print: - answerIt is
impossible to determine the age of a fingerprint by observation of it's reaction with a
fingerprint detection process.
___ was employed at the Central Police Department at La Plata, Argentina & installed
the French Bertillon Anthropometric Identification System. - answerJuan Vucetich
In 1892 who contributed to the the first murder solved by fingerprints (Rojas Murder,
Argentina)? - answerJuan Vucetich
A fingerprint classification without whorls would be: - answer1/1
A fingerprint classification with all whorls would be: - answer32/32
The initial suggestion associating the identification of fingerprints found at crime scenes
with fingerprint impressions in a collection is credited to: - answerDr. Henry Faulds
___ was credited for his practical interest in fingerprints in India as a means of
identifying workers to ensure that payment of wages was not duplicated: - answerSir
Edward Henry
The first person to confirm ridge permanency was: - answerSir William Herschel
This person is known as the "Father of Canadian Fingerprinting" - answerEdward Foster
The first american fingerprint lecturer was: - answerMary Holland
The use of magnetic fingerprinting was first reported by: - answerH. MacDonald
In 1982, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory in Japan introduced which
novel procedure for processing evidence for latent prints? - answerSuperglue
CERTIFICATION PREP
What sequence of latent print development techniques are used to develop prints from
porous materials? – answer DFO, Ninhydrin, Physical Developer
The final purple colored compound usually produced with the treatment of Ninydrin is
called: - answer Ruhemann's Purple
What latent print development technique is used to process nonporous materials that
are wet? - answer Small Particle Reagent
A dye which stains protein present in blood to give a blue-black product - answerAmido
Black
The following types of fingerprints will fluoresce under the appropriate illumination: -
answer- Natural latent prints
- Some types of contamination arising from the environment & subsequently deposited
in fingerprints
Gentian Violet is a dye which stains fatty constituents of sebaceous sweat, producing an
intense purple image. It is very effective for the development of latent fingerprints on: -
answerAdhesive surfaces
Alternate process name(s) for Gentian Violet - answer- Crystal Violet
- Methyl Violet
Alternative process name for Amido Black - answerNaphthalene Black
Iodine vapor is physically absorbed by latent fingerprint deposits & often fades unless
fixed. What color image is formed using iodine vapor? - answerBrown
Gentian Violet can interfere with the forensic examination of: - answer- Handwriting
- Body fluids
- Ink
Ninhydrin is a general purpose fingerprint reagent for paper & some other porous
surfaces. What component of a fingerprint deposit does it react with? - answerAmino
Acids
How long does it generally take for ninhydrin treated prints to fully develop naturally? -
answerSeveral weeks
,The development of Ninhydrin treated prints may be accelerated with the use of: -
answerHeating & Humidification
Ninhydrin, which uses a Freon solvent, virtually eliminates the following problem when
processing porous materials for latent prints? - answerInk running
Ninhydrin may be applied using the following methods: - answer- Dipping
- Brushing
- Spraying
Physical Developer (PD) is what kind of aqueous reagent? - answerSilver-based
Physical Developer reacts with components of sebaceous sweat to form what colored
deposit? - answerGrey-Silver
Physical Developer is a very effective reagent for developing latent fingerprints on paper
which has been: - answerwetted
These ___ flake powders have been shown to be more sensitive than most other types
of powders: - answerAluminum
Which latent print development technique was replaced by the Ninhydrin/ Physical
Developer combination for treating porous materials for latent prints? - answerSilver
Nitrate
Silver Nitrate reacts with what component present in fingerprint deposits? -
answerChlorides
Small Particle Reagents (SPR) is a latent print development technique that may be
used on all non-porous surfaces including those which are: - answerWet
What does Small Particle Reagent adhere to in the fingerprint deposit? - answerFats
Small Particle Reagent is comprised of what fine particles? - answerMolybdenum
Disulphide
Small Particle Reagent forms what color deposit? - answerGrey
The best latent print development technique for non-porous surfaces which are
contaminated with grease, food or dried deposits of soft drinks is? - answerSudan Black
An alternate process name for superglue is: - answerCyanoacrylate
Superglue polmerises on some latent fingerprints to produce what colored deposit? -
answerWhite
, Superglue is thought to react primarily with what component in the latent print deposit? -
answerWater
Superglue is most suitable for what kinds of surfaces? - answerNon-porous
Vacuum Metal Deposition utilizes vacuum-coating technology for the evaporation of
metals & the deposition of thin metal films. Thin layers of what metal is used for this
process? - answerGold & Zinc
Vacuum Metal Deposition is particularly suitable on what surfaces: - answerPolythene
Plastic
This fingerprint development technique reacts more intensely with older fingerprints
thereby making it possible to determine the relative age of a latent print: - answerIt is
impossible to determine the age of a fingerprint by observation of it's reaction with a
fingerprint detection process.
___ was employed at the Central Police Department at La Plata, Argentina & installed
the French Bertillon Anthropometric Identification System. - answerJuan Vucetich
In 1892 who contributed to the the first murder solved by fingerprints (Rojas Murder,
Argentina)? - answerJuan Vucetich
A fingerprint classification without whorls would be: - answer1/1
A fingerprint classification with all whorls would be: - answer32/32
The initial suggestion associating the identification of fingerprints found at crime scenes
with fingerprint impressions in a collection is credited to: - answerDr. Henry Faulds
___ was credited for his practical interest in fingerprints in India as a means of
identifying workers to ensure that payment of wages was not duplicated: - answerSir
Edward Henry
The first person to confirm ridge permanency was: - answerSir William Herschel
This person is known as the "Father of Canadian Fingerprinting" - answerEdward Foster
The first american fingerprint lecturer was: - answerMary Holland
The use of magnetic fingerprinting was first reported by: - answerH. MacDonald
In 1982, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory in Japan introduced which
novel procedure for processing evidence for latent prints? - answerSuperglue
