Fingerprint Study Guide
Who was the first person to attempt a personal identification system?
What is anthropometry?
What organization currently has the largest collection of fingerprints in the world?
Which court case challenged the admissibility of fingerprints in court?
What are the three fundamental principles of fingerprints?
The layer of the skin closest to the surface is called the ___.
Which layer of skin determines the form and pattern of ridges on the skin responsible for leaving
prints?
What are the three general patterns of fingerprints?
What are the small parts of digital pictures called?
What is a latent print?
Describe the contribution to forensics made by Galton.
Which government agency was a pioneer in the digitally enhancing and restoring photographs?
List six kinds of minutiae found on fingerprints.
Sketch the three basic types of fingerprints. (Whorl, Arch, and Loop)