Set #3
T. Trimpe 2006
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8th Grade Forensic Science
1. What is the name given to the study of fingerprints?
A. Dactyloscopy
B. Palynology
C. Entomology D. Trichology
2. What causes fingerprints to be left behind when we touch things?
A. Salt produced by our sweat glands
C. Moisture in the atmosphere
B. Natural oils in the skin
D. Dust on the things we touch
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 basic types of fingerprint
patterns?
A. Loops
B. Whorls
C. Arches
D. Spirals
4. Which animal is said to have fingerprints virtually indistinguishable
from those of human beings?
A. Panda
B. raccoon
C. koala
D. lemur
5. Who is generally recognized as being the first person to use fingerprints
as a means of identification?
A. Alphonse Bertillon
C. Dr Henry Faulds
B. Sir William Herschel
D. Sir Edward Henry
1. What is the name given to the study of fingerprints?
A. Dactyloscopy
B. Palynology
C. Entomology D. Trichology
2. What causes fingerprints to be left behind when we touch things?
A. Salt produced by our sweat glands
C. Moisture in the atmosphere
B. Natural oils in the skin
D. Dust on the things we touch
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 basic types of fingerprint
patterns?
A. Loops
B. Whorls
C. Arches
D. Spirals
4. Which animal is said to have fingerprints virtually indistinguishable
from those of human beings?
A. panda
B. raccoon
C. koala
D. lemur
5. Who is generally recognized as being the first person to use fingerprints
as a means of identification?He was a government administrator in colonial India
A. Alphonse Bertillon
C. Drusing
Henry
Faulds in July 1858 to identify
and began
fingerprints
B. Sir William Herschel
D. prisoners
Sir Edward
illiterate
andHenry
workers in India.