ANTH 246 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
first systematic use of fingerprints - answer ✔✔-1902
when did the NY prison system start printing - answer ✔✔-1903
first fingerprinting conviction - answer ✔✔-1911; Thomas Jennings
when do friction ridges start/stop developing - answer ✔✔-week 10 and 24
develop in dermal layer of skin; where sweat glands form - answer ✔✔-primary friction ridges
appear after sweat gland; develop weeks 17-24 - answer ✔✔-secondary
appear because of a transferable material (blood, paint) - answer ✔✔-patent prints
type of patent print (occur with Play-Doh) - answer ✔✔-plastic prints
composed of sweat and oil the body produces; not visible to naked eye - answer ✔✔-latent prints
kind, number, and location of various friction ridge traits; used to compare prints - answer ✔✔-minutiae
most common type of print - answer ✔✔-loops
1 or more ridges entering and exiting from the same side of the print; contains delta and core - answer
✔✔-loop
, if entrance/exit of loop faces the pinky - answer ✔✔-ulnar loop
if entrance/exit of loop faces the thumb - answer ✔✔-radial loop
point of convergence - answer ✔✔-delta
central part of loop - answer ✔✔-core
least common fingerprint; don't have type lines, cores, or deltas - answer ✔✔-arches
arch with a rounded peak - answer ✔✔-plain arch
arch with a sharp peak - answer ✔✔-tented arch
fingerprints with at least two deltas and type lines - answer ✔✔-whorls
type of whorl with at least 1 ridge; doesn't line up with circular core of the delta - answer ✔✔-central
pocket
type of whorl with at least 1 ridge; lines up with circular core; located between the two deltas - answer
✔✔-plain whorl
type of whorl with 2 loops that swirl around each other - answer ✔✔-double loop whorl
databases of digitized prints; original systems weren't compatible with each other - answer ✔✔-AFIS
blood spatter in the form of clots, drops, flows, pooling - answer ✔✔-passive stains
blood spatter in the form of wipes, swipes, pattern transfers, general contact - answer ✔✔-transfer
stains
COMPLETE VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
first systematic use of fingerprints - answer ✔✔-1902
when did the NY prison system start printing - answer ✔✔-1903
first fingerprinting conviction - answer ✔✔-1911; Thomas Jennings
when do friction ridges start/stop developing - answer ✔✔-week 10 and 24
develop in dermal layer of skin; where sweat glands form - answer ✔✔-primary friction ridges
appear after sweat gland; develop weeks 17-24 - answer ✔✔-secondary
appear because of a transferable material (blood, paint) - answer ✔✔-patent prints
type of patent print (occur with Play-Doh) - answer ✔✔-plastic prints
composed of sweat and oil the body produces; not visible to naked eye - answer ✔✔-latent prints
kind, number, and location of various friction ridge traits; used to compare prints - answer ✔✔-minutiae
most common type of print - answer ✔✔-loops
1 or more ridges entering and exiting from the same side of the print; contains delta and core - answer
✔✔-loop
, if entrance/exit of loop faces the pinky - answer ✔✔-ulnar loop
if entrance/exit of loop faces the thumb - answer ✔✔-radial loop
point of convergence - answer ✔✔-delta
central part of loop - answer ✔✔-core
least common fingerprint; don't have type lines, cores, or deltas - answer ✔✔-arches
arch with a rounded peak - answer ✔✔-plain arch
arch with a sharp peak - answer ✔✔-tented arch
fingerprints with at least two deltas and type lines - answer ✔✔-whorls
type of whorl with at least 1 ridge; doesn't line up with circular core of the delta - answer ✔✔-central
type of whorl with at least 1 ridge; lines up with circular core; located between the two deltas - answer
✔✔-plain whorl
type of whorl with 2 loops that swirl around each other - answer ✔✔-double loop whorl
databases of digitized prints; original systems weren't compatible with each other - answer ✔✔-AFIS
blood spatter in the form of clots, drops, flows, pooling - answer ✔✔-passive stains
blood spatter in the form of wipes, swipes, pattern transfers, general contact - answer ✔✔-transfer
stains
