Forensic Science Part I: Fingerprints

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which group of ancient people were the first to use fingerprints for personal identification? the Sumerians the Chinese the Romans the Greeks

2. Who was the first person to devise a system of classifying fingerprints? Nehemiah Grew Johannes Purkinje G. Bildoo Charles Darwin

3. Gloves leave no prints. True False

4. Before fingerprints, what did people do for identification? took samples of blood and hair measured people's bodies kept signatures of every person took pictures of everybody and kept them on file

5. What system of fingerprint classification is most widely used today? the Henry system the Herschel system the Edward system the Darwin system

6. Arches are the most common type of fingerprints. True False

7. What is the main system used by the FBI and other organizations today to find a match to a latent fingerprint? FIS AFIS LPIS CATFISH

8. Which one of these is NOT a type of fingerprint found at the scene of the crime? plastic visible compound latent

9. UV rays can reveal invisible prints. True False

10. Getting fingerprints off of human skin is easy, if you have the right tools. True False