FIS 201 – Exam 3 Study Guide (Lecture Quizzes 16–23)
Basic fingerprint development is an expected skill for crime scene investigators. T/F - ANS✔✔
True
Select the locations where friction ridges are found on humans
Buttocks
Fingertips
Palms
Soles of feet
Outer ear
Toes
Inner forearm
Penis or vulva - ANS✔✔ Fingerprints, Soles of feet, palms, toes
Match the material with the proper classification for the purposes of fingerprint development
- A. B. C.
Paper envelope
- A. B. C.
Plastic water bottle
- A. B. C.
Unsealed plywood
- A. B. C.
Plain cardboard box
- A. B. C.
Glass beer bottle
- A. B. C.
,Smartphone screen
A.
Semiporous
B.
Nonporous
C.
Porous - ANS✔✔ C, B, A, C, B, B
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. T/F - 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
What would be the appropriate processing method for the object seen in this picture, if it were
found at a crime scene.
Collect the water bottle and treat it with ninhydrin at the crime lab
Dust the bottle for prints at the crime scene.
Cyanoacrylate fume the bottle at the crime scene
Collect the water bottle, and process with cyanoacrylate fuming in the crime lab. - ANS✔✔
Collect the water bottle, and process with cyanoacrylate fuming in the crime lab
Which of the following methods would be appropriate for developing fingerprints on a piece of
clear packing tape?
Gentian Violet
Sticky Side Powder
, Coomassie Blue
Cyanoacrylate Fuming
Small Particle Reagent
Diff-Lift - ANS✔✔ Gentian Violet, Sticky Side Powder
If you believe you have a bloody fingerprint on a Post-it, one appropriate development reagent
would be [reagent]. - ANS✔✔ Ninhydrin
This question is a little challenging. Think about the principle of persistence and contamination,
and the practical approach to using liquid or dusty reagents.
You believe there might be a bloody fingerprint on the grip area of the firearm show below.
What would be your first choice for development?
Leucocrystal violet
Dusting + Mikrosil
Cyanoacrylate Fuming + Dusting
Hungarian Red - ANS✔✔ Hungarian Red
Place the following events in the history of fingerprinting in the correct order: Answer #1 should
be the oldest event.
-1.2.3.4.5.
Henry Faulds publishes a paper on the uniqueness and permanency of fingerprints in Nature.
-1.2.3.4.5.
William Herschel publishes on the uniqueness of fingerprints
-1.2.3.4.5.
William Herschel begins fingerprinting Indian workers as a means of identification
-1.2.3.4.5.
Francis Galton publishes a comprehensive book on fingerprints classifying them into categories
an - ANS✔✔ 3, 4, 2, 5, 1
Basic fingerprint development is an expected skill for crime scene investigators. T/F - ANS✔✔
True
Select the locations where friction ridges are found on humans
Buttocks
Fingertips
Palms
Soles of feet
Outer ear
Toes
Inner forearm
Penis or vulva - ANS✔✔ Fingerprints, Soles of feet, palms, toes
Match the material with the proper classification for the purposes of fingerprint development
- A. B. C.
Paper envelope
- A. B. C.
Plastic water bottle
- A. B. C.
Unsealed plywood
- A. B. C.
Plain cardboard box
- A. B. C.
Glass beer bottle
- A. B. C.
,Smartphone screen
A.
Semiporous
B.
Nonporous
C.
Porous - ANS✔✔ C, B, A, C, B, B
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. T/F - 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
What would be the appropriate processing method for the object seen in this picture, if it were
found at a crime scene.
Collect the water bottle and treat it with ninhydrin at the crime lab
Dust the bottle for prints at the crime scene.
Cyanoacrylate fume the bottle at the crime scene
Collect the water bottle, and process with cyanoacrylate fuming in the crime lab. - ANS✔✔
Collect the water bottle, and process with cyanoacrylate fuming in the crime lab
Which of the following methods would be appropriate for developing fingerprints on a piece of
clear packing tape?
Gentian Violet
Sticky Side Powder
, Coomassie Blue
Cyanoacrylate Fuming
Small Particle Reagent
Diff-Lift - ANS✔✔ Gentian Violet, Sticky Side Powder
If you believe you have a bloody fingerprint on a Post-it, one appropriate development reagent
would be [reagent]. - ANS✔✔ Ninhydrin
This question is a little challenging. Think about the principle of persistence and contamination,
and the practical approach to using liquid or dusty reagents.
You believe there might be a bloody fingerprint on the grip area of the firearm show below.
What would be your first choice for development?
Leucocrystal violet
Dusting + Mikrosil
Cyanoacrylate Fuming + Dusting
Hungarian Red - ANS✔✔ Hungarian Red
Place the following events in the history of fingerprinting in the correct order: Answer #1 should
be the oldest event.
-1.2.3.4.5.
Henry Faulds publishes a paper on the uniqueness and permanency of fingerprints in Nature.
-1.2.3.4.5.
William Herschel publishes on the uniqueness of fingerprints
-1.2.3.4.5.
William Herschel begins fingerprinting Indian workers as a means of identification
-1.2.3.4.5.
Francis Galton publishes a comprehensive book on fingerprints classifying them into categories
an - ANS✔✔ 3, 4, 2, 5, 1
