Exam 5: Known Fingerprints
Why are known prints recorded?
a. To serve as an official record of a person's identity
b. To search for a match to a prior arrest record
c. To compare to unknown, or latent, fingerprints
d. To input into the automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) for subsequent searches
What are the five advantages to livescan fingerprinting?
a. Livescan prints are digital and can be stored on computers rather than in the large numbers of filing cabinets required by manual 10 print cards
b. Unlimited numbers of exact copies of the fingerprints can be reproduced on the computer printer
c. Livescan prints can be instantly transmitted between agencies using computer networks
d. Image quality is more uniform due to the quality control standards built into the livescan device
e. Livescan devices directly connect to automated fingerprint systems and the fingerprint records directly feed and populate those databases
What is a livescan device?
a. A digital fingerprint scanner
b. Does not require Inc., powder or any other medium to capture fingerprints
putrefaction occurs when the skin is submerged in water and the tissues become swollen.
How are powdered fingerprint records different from inked fingerprint records?
Why is rigor mortis a challenge for collecting fingerprint exemplars from deceased individuals?
How are fingerprints recorded when an individual is in full rigor?
powdered fingerprint records are official government formatted records that can be filed for entry into an AFIS system.
when the thumb is rolled, the subject's hand is rotated away from the body.
major case prints are records of fingers, finger joints, palms, the writers palm (side of the hand) and the joints, tips and sides of fingers.
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