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 Chinese the Romans the Sumerians the Greeks

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

3. Gloves leave no prints. True False

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

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

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

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