IAI Practice Test - Sourcebook
China - answer Which culture was known to first used friction ridge impressions as a
means for identification?
Japan and the Domestic Law - answer What country and what law showed the
understanding of the value of friction ridge skin for individualization?
Dr. Nehemiah Grew - answer Who was the first (European) to detail friction ridge skin?
Govard Bidloo - answer Which Dutch anatomist published papers that detail the skin
and papillary ridges of the thumb?
Marcell Malpighi - answer Who was credited with being the first to use the newly
invented microscope for Medical Studies?
J. C. A. Mayer - answer Who was the first European to write of friction ridge skin
uniqueness?
In his signature - answerHow did Thomas Bewick use fingerprints?
9 - answerHow many patterns did Dr. Johannes E. Purkinje name?
Hermann Welcker - answerWho was the first person to start studying the permanence
of friction ridge skin?
Sir William Herschel - answerWho was credited with being the first to study the
permanence of friction skin?
Hooghly letter - answerWhat document did Sir William Herschel write that explained the
permanence and uniqueness of friction ridge skin?
Henry Faulds - answerWho studied and worked in Japan, collecting prints from both
monkeys and humans?
Henry Faulds - answerWho was the first person to publish about the value of friction
ridge skin for individualization and as evidence?
Anthropometry - answerAlphonse Bertillon is known for:
Embryological Development - answerDr. Arthur Kollmann was known for his studies
into:
, Mammals - answerWhat did Dr. Arthur Kollmann study to develop his theory on the
arrangement of sweat glands into rows was an evolutionary change?
Sir Francis Galton - answerWho was cousins to Charles Darwin and established that
friction ridge skin is unique and persistent?
Galton Details - answerWhat are minutiae also known as?
Juan Vucetich - answerWho was the head of the bureau of Anthropometric Identification
in Argentina?
Juan Vucetich - answerWho developed a classification system in Argentina and who's
training help solve was is considered to be the first homicide by fingerprint evidence?
Sir Edward Henry - answerWho developed (with the help of others) the classification
system that replaced Anthropometry?
William and Will West story - answerWhat fingerprint story marked the downfall of the
Bertillon method?
Inez Whipple - answerWho is considered a landmark in the fields of genetics and
Ridgeology because of their studies into mammalian palm and sole configurations?
Mary Holland - answerWho testified in the case People v. Jennings?
Dr. Harold Cummins - answerWho wrote Fingerprints, Palms, and Soles - An
Introduction to Dermatoglyphics, describing the formation and development of volar
pads on the human fetus?
Hypodermis, Dermis, Epidermis - answerWhat is the order the 3 anatomical layers of
the skin? (Inner to outer)
Prevents water loss, Receptor organ, Protective barrier for the underlying tissues -
answerWhat are some of the functions of the Epidermis?
Epidermis - answerWhat serves as a blood reserve and participates in sensory
reception and temperature regulation?
Under the Dermis - answerThe Hypodermis lays:
Epidermis - answerWhat is described as a "stratified, continually renewing epithelium
that exhibits progressive differentiation in the basal to superficial direction"?
Keratinocytes, Melanocytes, Langerhans cell and Merkel cells - answerThe Epidermis is
made up of:
China - answer Which culture was known to first used friction ridge impressions as a
means for identification?
Japan and the Domestic Law - answer What country and what law showed the
understanding of the value of friction ridge skin for individualization?
Dr. Nehemiah Grew - answer Who was the first (European) to detail friction ridge skin?
Govard Bidloo - answer Which Dutch anatomist published papers that detail the skin
and papillary ridges of the thumb?
Marcell Malpighi - answer Who was credited with being the first to use the newly
invented microscope for Medical Studies?
J. C. A. Mayer - answer Who was the first European to write of friction ridge skin
uniqueness?
In his signature - answerHow did Thomas Bewick use fingerprints?
9 - answerHow many patterns did Dr. Johannes E. Purkinje name?
Hermann Welcker - answerWho was the first person to start studying the permanence
of friction ridge skin?
Sir William Herschel - answerWho was credited with being the first to study the
permanence of friction skin?
Hooghly letter - answerWhat document did Sir William Herschel write that explained the
permanence and uniqueness of friction ridge skin?
Henry Faulds - answerWho studied and worked in Japan, collecting prints from both
monkeys and humans?
Henry Faulds - answerWho was the first person to publish about the value of friction
ridge skin for individualization and as evidence?
Anthropometry - answerAlphonse Bertillon is known for:
Embryological Development - answerDr. Arthur Kollmann was known for his studies
into:
, Mammals - answerWhat did Dr. Arthur Kollmann study to develop his theory on the
arrangement of sweat glands into rows was an evolutionary change?
Sir Francis Galton - answerWho was cousins to Charles Darwin and established that
friction ridge skin is unique and persistent?
Galton Details - answerWhat are minutiae also known as?
Juan Vucetich - answerWho was the head of the bureau of Anthropometric Identification
in Argentina?
Juan Vucetich - answerWho developed a classification system in Argentina and who's
training help solve was is considered to be the first homicide by fingerprint evidence?
Sir Edward Henry - answerWho developed (with the help of others) the classification
system that replaced Anthropometry?
William and Will West story - answerWhat fingerprint story marked the downfall of the
Bertillon method?
Inez Whipple - answerWho is considered a landmark in the fields of genetics and
Ridgeology because of their studies into mammalian palm and sole configurations?
Mary Holland - answerWho testified in the case People v. Jennings?
Dr. Harold Cummins - answerWho wrote Fingerprints, Palms, and Soles - An
Introduction to Dermatoglyphics, describing the formation and development of volar
pads on the human fetus?
Hypodermis, Dermis, Epidermis - answerWhat is the order the 3 anatomical layers of
the skin? (Inner to outer)
Prevents water loss, Receptor organ, Protective barrier for the underlying tissues -
answerWhat are some of the functions of the Epidermis?
Epidermis - answerWhat serves as a blood reserve and participates in sensory
reception and temperature regulation?
Under the Dermis - answerThe Hypodermis lays:
Epidermis - answerWhat is described as a "stratified, continually renewing epithelium
that exhibits progressive differentiation in the basal to superficial direction"?
Keratinocytes, Melanocytes, Langerhans cell and Merkel cells - answerThe Epidermis is
made up of:
