Fingerprint as Forensic Evidence Quiz Crafted by –
Akhil B. Parippallil
Introduction to Fingerprint as Forensic Evidence
Fingerprints have been the gold standard for personal identification in the forensic community for more than one hundred years. Fingerprints are commonly used tools to understand the individuality of a person so as to reveal his or her identity. Usually, no crime can be committed without the aid and assistance of the hands, the prime body part of the person. Fingerprints are of permanent nature and they remain the same throughout the life of an individual.
Fingerprints are of Universal Nature which means all individuals carry this medium of identification. A criminal uses his hands in committing any crime and hence leaves marks on the scene of occurrence or on any object, which comes in contact with his hands while committing the crime. Hence, there are chances of occurrence of fingerprints in all crimes, and these impressions work as evidence for the identification of the person involved in any crime.
Let's look at the questions and their answers
Ques 1. Ten digit classification system of fingerprint is credited to:
a) E.R Henry
b) Vucetich
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Francis Galton
Answer - a) E.R Henry
Ques 2. Which of the following method is recommended to develop latent fingerprints on human skin?
a) Ninhydrin Method
b) Amido Black Method
C) Silver-Iodine Plate Transfer Method
d) DFO Method
Answer- b) Amido Black Method
Ques 3. The concept of poroscopy was given by
a) Karl Landsteiner
b) Burrard
c) Edmond Locard
d) Hans Gross
Answer- c) Edmond Locard
Ques 4. ACE-V in fingerprints terminology stands for _______.
a) Association, comparison, evaluation, verification
b) Analysis, comparison, expertise, verification
c) Analysis, correlation evaluation, verification
d) Analysis, comparison, evaluation, verification
Answer-d) Analysis, comparison, evaluation, verification
Ques 5. Type lines can be defines as the two innermost ridges which start parallel, diverge, and surround or tend to surround_______.
a) Pattern area
b) Inner terminus
c) Outer terminus
d) Core
Answer- a) Pattern area
Ques 6. ______ technique is used to decipher latent finger-prints on wet non-porous surfaces.
a) Small Particle Reagent (SPR)
b) Ninhydrin
c) Crystal Violet
d) Amido Black
Answer- a) Small Particle Reagent
Ques 7. The book entitled “Classification and uses of fingerprints” is authored by:
a) Francis Galton
b) Henry Faulds
c) E.R. Henry
d) Juan Vucetich
Answer-c) E.R. Henry
Ques 8. Ridge characteristics can be found in:
a) Palm print
b) Foot print
c) Finger prints
d) All of the above
Answer- d) All of the above
Ques 9. Which of the following components of sweat residue reacts with Indanedione to develop latent fingermarks?
a) Urea
b) Sodium Chloride
c) Amino acids
d) Fatty acids
Answer- c) Amino acids
Ques 10. Which of the following compression standards were recommended by an NIST for fingerprint?
a) Run-length coding
b) Wavelet scalar quantization
c) JPEG compression
d) Huffman coding
Answer- c) JPEG compression