FIS – Exam 3 Study Guide and Practice Questions
When do basic patterns of friction ridge skin form? - correct answer ✔✔ Early embryonic
development
What is the general term for the set of particular features found in friction ridge patterns? -
correct answer ✔✔ Minutiae
Who was the first credited European to recognize the value of fingerprints as a means of
personal identification? - correct answer ✔✔ Herschel
How do fingerprint powders work? - correct answer ✔✔ adherence to fatty compounds in
fingerprint residue
What type of surface is ninhydrin extremely useful on? - correct answer ✔✔ Porous
Which fingerprint pattern lacks a definite core? - correct answer ✔✔ Arch
Small Particle Reagent should be used on prints that are: - correct answer ✔✔ are or have been
wet
What does physical developer react with in fingerprint residue? - correct answer ✔✔ Lipids and
water insoluble compounds
Fingerprints can change during a lifetime if there is damage to the dermal skin layer (T or F) -
correct answer ✔✔ True
, Due to scars and other damage to dermis
An individual's genetic make-up plays a role in pattern development because identical twins,
from the same fertilized egg, also have identical fingerprints. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔ False
The AFIS system only contains known prints. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔ False
Fingerprints developed in situ may be lifted prior to being photographed. (T or F) - correct
answer ✔✔ False
Every fingerprint MUST be photograph before any type of lift
Even though the computer systems have no cognitive biases, a human examiner makes the
actual identification when dealing with fingerprints. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔ True
AFIS can make errors in classifying types of minutiae and ridges on fingerprint
ridge ends abruptly - correct answer ✔✔ ending ridge
ridge splits into two ridges - correct answer ✔✔ Bifurcation
two bifurcations facing each other - correct answer ✔✔ island
print that needs no enhancement to be clearly recognizable as a fingerprint - correct answer
✔✔ Patent
print that requires additional processing to become visible and suitable for comparison - correct
answer ✔✔ Latent
When do basic patterns of friction ridge skin form? - correct answer ✔✔ Early embryonic
development
What is the general term for the set of particular features found in friction ridge patterns? -
correct answer ✔✔ Minutiae
Who was the first credited European to recognize the value of fingerprints as a means of
personal identification? - correct answer ✔✔ Herschel
How do fingerprint powders work? - correct answer ✔✔ adherence to fatty compounds in
fingerprint residue
What type of surface is ninhydrin extremely useful on? - correct answer ✔✔ Porous
Which fingerprint pattern lacks a definite core? - correct answer ✔✔ Arch
Small Particle Reagent should be used on prints that are: - correct answer ✔✔ are or have been
wet
What does physical developer react with in fingerprint residue? - correct answer ✔✔ Lipids and
water insoluble compounds
Fingerprints can change during a lifetime if there is damage to the dermal skin layer (T or F) -
correct answer ✔✔ True
, Due to scars and other damage to dermis
An individual's genetic make-up plays a role in pattern development because identical twins,
from the same fertilized egg, also have identical fingerprints. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔ False
The AFIS system only contains known prints. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔ False
Fingerprints developed in situ may be lifted prior to being photographed. (T or F) - correct
answer ✔✔ False
Every fingerprint MUST be photograph before any type of lift
Even though the computer systems have no cognitive biases, a human examiner makes the
actual identification when dealing with fingerprints. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔ True
AFIS can make errors in classifying types of minutiae and ridges on fingerprint
ridge ends abruptly - correct answer ✔✔ ending ridge
ridge splits into two ridges - correct answer ✔✔ Bifurcation
two bifurcations facing each other - correct answer ✔✔ island
print that needs no enhancement to be clearly recognizable as a fingerprint - correct answer
✔✔ Patent
print that requires additional processing to become visible and suitable for comparison - correct
answer ✔✔ Latent
