Question 1

What recommendations did the NAS report make for strengthening the science of fingerprint analysis?

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a. Certification for fingerprint examiners
b. Regular proficiency testing
c. Professional development and training
d. Education - scientific undergraduate and higher degrees
e. Research into multiple scientific areas that pertain to fingerprint analysis including error rates and statistics
f. Blind verification of all fingerprint conclusions

Question 2

Fingerprints found on ancient pottery indicate that ancient peoples were knowledgeable about the uniqueness and permanence of friction ridge skin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Nehemiah Grew, the "Father of Plant Physiology", performed the first scientific analysis of friction ridges using what newly invented scientific tool?

Accepted Answer

Microscope

Question 4

Why did fingerprints replace Bertillonage as the preferred method of criminal identification and classification?

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The answer of Why did fingerprints replace Bertillonage as the...

Question 5

What is AFIS?

Accepted Answer

a. Automated Fingerp

Question 6

What significant paradigm shifts in the United States have changed the course of the fingerprint analysis field?

Accepted Answer

a. IAI resolution of

Question 7

What are Galton details?

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The answer of What are Galton details?...

Question 8

Where did the science of fingerprint analysis begin to take shape in the mid-eighteen hundreds?

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The answer of Where did the science of fingerprint analysis...

Question 9

What were the disadvantages of Bertillonage?

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The answer of What were the disadvantages of Bertillonage?...

Question 10

Who is responsible for developing the first classification system still in use today in mostly Spanish-speaking countries, and where was that classification system developed?

Accepted Answer

a. Juan Vu

Question 11

What is anthropometry?

Accepted Answer

The measur

Question 12

What premises of fingerprint analysis did Sir Francis Galton describe?

Accepted Answer

a. Uniquen

Question 13

Define "classification" as it pertains to criminal identification.

Accepted Answer

A method of organizing crimina

Question 14

Describe the classification system developed by Sir Edward Henry and his colleagues that became known as Henry Classification.

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The answer of Describe the classification system developed by Sir...

Question 15

Who wrote the first book on fingerprints (entitled Finger Prints) in 1892?

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The answer of Who wrote the first book on fingerprints...

Question 16

Describe Alphonse Bertillon's contributions to criminal identification and classification.

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The answer of Describe Alphonse Bertillon's contributions to criminal identification...

Question 17

Sir William Herschel became the first European to acknowledge the individualizing power of fingerprints.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Grew published a treatise on which features of friction ridge skin?

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The answer of Grew published a treatise on which features...

Question 19

What is the current name of the oldest active international forensic association, formed in Oakland, California in 1915?

Accepted Answer

The International As

Question 20

What were the justifications for using Bertillonage as a method of identification?

Accepted Answer

It was based on the

What recommendations did the NAS report make for strengthening the science of fingerprint analysis?

Fingerprints found on ancient pottery indicate that ancient peoples were knowledgeable about the uniqueness and permanence of friction ridge skin.

Nehemiah Grew, the "Father of Plant Physiology", performed the first scientific analysis of friction ridges using what newly invented scientific tool?

Why did fingerprints replace Bertillonage as the preferred method of criminal identification and classification?

What is AFIS?

What significant paradigm shifts in the United States have changed the course of the fingerprint analysis field?

What are Galton details?

Where did the science of fingerprint analysis begin to take shape in the mid-eighteen hundreds?

What were the disadvantages of Bertillonage?

Who is responsible for developing the first classification system still in use today in mostly Spanish-speaking countries, and where was that classification system developed?

What is anthropometry?

What premises of fingerprint analysis did Sir Francis Galton describe?

Define "classification" as it pertains to criminal identification.

Describe the classification system developed by Sir Edward Henry and his colleagues that became known as Henry Classification.

Who wrote the first book on fingerprints (entitled Finger Prints) in 1892?

Describe Alphonse Bertillon's contributions to criminal identification and classification.

Sir William Herschel became the first European to acknowledge the individualizing power of fingerprints.

Grew published a treatise on which features of friction ridge skin?

What is the current name of the oldest active international forensic association, formed in Oakland, California in 1915?

What were the justifications for using Bertillonage as a method of identification?

Introduction

Physiology and Embryology

Fingerprint Patterns and Classification

Known Fingerprints

The Nature of Latent Prints

Biometrics: Livescan and Afis

Introduction to Processing Methods

Forensic Light Sources

Physical Processing Methods

Chemical Processing Methods: Porous Substrates

Chemical Processing Methods: Nonporous Substrates

Chemical Processing Methods: Other Substrates and Matrices

Documentation

Crime Scene Processing

Fingerprint Comparisons: Ace-V Methodology

Fingerprint Comparisons: Point Counting, Error Rates and Statistics

Palm Print Comparisons

Courtroom Testimony

Filters

Exam 2: History

What recommendations did the NAS report make for strengthening the science of fingerprint analysis?

Fingerprints found on ancient pottery indicate that ancient peoples were knowledgeable about the uniqueness and permanence of friction ridge skin.

Nehemiah Grew, the "Father of Plant Physiology", performed the first scientific analysis of friction ridges using what newly invented scientific tool?

Why did fingerprints replace Bertillonage as the preferred method of criminal identification and classification?

What is AFIS?

What significant paradigm shifts in the United States have changed the course of the fingerprint analysis field?

What are Galton details?

Where did the science of fingerprint analysis begin to take shape in the mid-eighteen hundreds?

What were the disadvantages of Bertillonage?

Who is responsible for developing the first classification system still in use today in mostly Spanish-speaking countries, and where was that classification system developed?

What is anthropometry?

What premises of fingerprint analysis did Sir Francis Galton describe?

Define "classification" as it pertains to criminal identification.

Describe the classification system developed by Sir Edward Henry and his colleagues that became known as Henry Classification.

Who wrote the first book on fingerprints (entitled Finger Prints) in 1892?

Describe Alphonse Bertillon's contributions to criminal identification and classification.

Sir William Herschel became the first European to acknowledge the individualizing power of fingerprints.

Grew published a treatise on which features of friction ridge skin?

What is the current name of the oldest active international forensic association, formed in Oakland, California in 1915?

What were the justifications for using Bertillonage as a method of identification?

Introduction

Physiology and Embryology

Fingerprint Patterns and Classification

Known Fingerprints

The Nature of Latent Prints

Biometrics: Livescan and Afis

Introduction to Processing Methods

Forensic Light Sources

Physical Processing Methods

Chemical Processing Methods: Porous Substrates

Chemical Processing Methods: Nonporous Substrates

Chemical Processing Methods: Other Substrates and Matrices

Documentation

Crime Scene Processing

Fingerprint Comparisons: Ace-V Methodology

Fingerprint Comparisons: Point Counting, Error Rates and Statistics

Palm Print Comparisons

Courtroom Testimony

Filters