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#1. The most common type of fingerprint pattern is the:
#2. Which of the following is not one of the features that must be present in order for a fingerprint pattern to be classified as a loop pattern?
#3. Ninhydrin reagent reacts with ___in sweat.
#4. The following persons helped Sir E.R. Henry in ten digit fingerprint classification:
#5. Fingerprint patterns that can eliminate a suspect or link a suspect to the crime scene:
#6. Leuomalachite green reagent is used in developing:
#7. What was the original fingerprinting system adopted by Scotland Yard in 1901 which converted ridge patterns on all 10 fingers into a series of letters and numbers arranged in the form of a fraction?
#8. Type lines can be defined as the two innermost ridges which start parallel, diverge and surround or tend to surround ______.
#9. The full form of NFF is related to AFIS is:
#10. Who is credited for his practical interest in fingerprints as a means of identifying workers to detect duplicate payment of wages?
#11. Cyanoacrylate method can be best used to visualise latent fingerprints on the following type of surfaces:
#12. Attempts at changing one’s fingerprints by trying to obscure them has led to:
#13. Visible prints left on a smooth surface when blood, ink, paint, grease, or other liquids come in contact with the hands and is transferred to the surface:
#14. Outer Layer of Skin:
#15. The final purple coloured compound produced during the development oflatent fingerprints with ninhydrin is known as ________.
#16. Silver nitrate method to develop latent fingerprint is based on the reaction of silver ions with:
#17. The amino acid-ninhydrin reaction produces a purple compound called:
#18. Ninhydrin was first used as a fingerprint reagent in 1954 by:
#19. Development of a classification system based on single fingerprints is credited to
#20. _________ technique is used to decipher latent finger-prints on wet non-porous surfaces.
#21. Fingerprints on paper can be sprayed with this chemical that reacts with amino acids in sweat to make a purple print appear:
#22. The study of fingerprints is called:
#23. The latent fingerprint visualisation technique known as vacuum metal deposition involves the evaporation and subsequent deposition, under vacuum, of:
#24. Which of the following method is recommended to develop latent fingerprints on human skin?
#25. Latent finger marks present on the victim’s skin can be developed by:
#26. The layer of cells between the epidermis and dermis is called as:
#27. Ninhydrin reacts with amino acids present in fingerprints to form a coloured compound is called as:
#28. The dark portion of the fingerprint is called the ________:
#29. Fingerprints on moist and sticky items are developed by:
#30. In case of amputation of one finger, the following print is considered in classification:
#31. Whorls are divided into how many distinct groups?
#32. The essentials of a fingerprint with loop pattern are:
#33. To visualise the latent fingerprints, ninhydrin reacts with which of the following ?
#34. The outer terminus in a pattern formed by either bifurcation of ridge or by the widening of the two ridges running parallel up to the point is called:
#35. The concept of Poroscopy was given by:
#36. The three basic types of fingerprint pattern are:
#37. Least common fingerprint pattern:
#38. In a fetus the basal layer of cells grows _____ than the layers above and below so it collapses and folds to form intricate shapes:
#39. Which of the following statements is not true?
#40. Which of the following fingerprint visualisation techniques is particularly effective on paper that has been wet, materials soaked in petrol and chip wrappers?
#41. For most fingerprint examiners, the chemical method of choice for visualizing latent prints is:
#42. Triangular region of a loop:
#43. In primary fingerprint classification, following patterns are given numerical value:
#44. Sweat glands near the hair follicle:
#45. Following technique provides a unique fingerprint of a chemical structure:
#46. 1,8-diazafluoren-9-one or DFO is used for:
#47. The oldest chemical method used to visualize latent prints is:
#48. The following forms the finger ridges:
#49. The first textbook written on the subject of fingerprints, and which was called Finger Prints, was written by:
#50. Oil red O is also known as:
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