MCQs On Fingerprints

Enhance your Knowledge of Fingerprints by taking this test.

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#1. Ridge characteristics can be found in:

#2. The average fingerprint has approximately how many individual ridge characteristics?

#3. Silver nitrate method to develop latent fingerprint is based on the reaction of silver ions with:

#4. The latent fingerprint visualisation technique known as vacuum metal deposition involves the evaporation and subsequent deposition, under vacuum, of:

#5. In a fetus the basal layer of cells grows _____ than the layers above and below so it collapses and folds to form intricate shapes:

#6. Sweat glands near the hair follicle:

#7. Inner layer of skin:

#8. No two individuals have more than ___ minutia in common:

#9. All the ten fingers having loop pattern will have classification as_________.

#10. Oil red O is also known as:

#11. Type lines can be defined as the two innermost ridges which start parallel, diverge and surround or tend to surround ______.

#12. Which of the following compression standards were recommended by an NIST for fingerprint?

#13. The study of fingerprints is called:

#14. Fingerprints on paper can be sprayed with this chemical that reacts with amino acids in sweat to make a purple print appear:

#15. Assertion (A): A ‘plain’ impression made by ink are unsatisfactory for fingerprint analysis. Reason (R): In ‘plain’ impression, larger number of points or junctions does not appear.

#16. Triangular region of a loop:

#17. 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:

#18. The skin layer between the epidermis and dermis is the _________ layer:

#19. Latent finger marks present on the victim’s skin can be developed by:

#20. Which of the following is a physical method for developing latent finger mark?

#21. Which of the following is the most frequent type of fingerprint pattern?

#22. The concept of Poroscopy was given by:

#23. Fingerprints on moist and sticky items are developed by:

#24. Latent Finger print on electric bulb should be preserved by putting in:

#25. 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:

#26. The following persons helped Sir E.R. Henry in ten digit fingerprint classification:

#27. 1,8-diazafluoren-9-one or DFO is used for:

#28. For most fingerprint examiners, the chemical method of choice for visualizing latent prints is:

#29. 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?

#30. The final purple coloured compound produced during the development oflatent fingerprints with ninhydrin is known as ________.

#31. Which of the following techniques is considered effective to develop latent fingerprints on non-porous surfaces?

#32. Fingerprints on paper, cardboard, or unpainted surfaces can be developed in a jar with this chemical that recacts with carbohdrates to produce a brown print but it fades quickly and must be photographed:

#33. Which of the following fingerprint visualisation techniques is particularly effective on paper that has been wet, materials soaked in petrol and chip wrappers?

#34. The oldest chemical method used to visualize latent prints is:

#35. What is the basis for the determination of the primary classification of fingerprints?

#36. A technique for visualizing latent fingerprints on non-porous surfaces by exposing them to cyanoacrylate vapors is:

#37. The essentials of a fingerprint with loop pattern are:

#38. Which of the following component of fingerprint residue reacts with silver nitrate to make latent fingerprints visible?

#39. The ‘fingerprint’ region of IR spectrum can be subdivided into the following except:

#40. Ninhydrin reagent reacts with ___in sweat.

#41. Least common fingerprint pattern:

#42. The dark portion of the fingerprint is called the ________:

#43. The layer of cells between the epidermis and dermis is called as:

#44. Attempts at changing one's fingerprints by trying to obscure them has led to:

#45. Fingerprint patterns that can eliminate a suspect or link a suspect to the crime scene:

#46. The full form of NFF is related to AFIS is:

#47. In the comparison of a scene fingerprint with one held on the IDENT1 database, a full identification is made:

#48. Which of the following method is recommended to develop latent fingerprints on human skin?

#49. Fingerprints are a(n) _________ characteristic. No two people have the identical ridge patterns:

#50. The book entitled “Classification and uses of fingerprints” is authored by:

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