UC CHE 113 “INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE”

CHAPTER SEVEN: Assigned Homework Materials

Professor James T. Spencer

QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER PRACTICE AND MASTERY

7.1. The fingerprint pattern class-type shown at right displays a(n):
(a) arch
(b) whorl
(c) loop
(d) bifurcation
(e) double loop
7.2. Which of the following types of fingerprints require dusting
powder or a chemical like ninhydrin or iodine in order to see
them?
(a) visible
(b) plastic
(c) latent
(d) hidden
(e) None of the above.
7.3. The middle, often hollow, portion of a human hair is called the
(a) cuticle.
(b) cortex.
(c) root .
(d) follicle.
(e) medulla.
7.4. The minutae detail shown at right (black lines) is a:

(a) bifurcation
(b) trifurcation
(c) delta
(d) island
(e) crossover
7.5. The outermost portion of the hair that resembles scales is the
a) cortex
b) cuticle
c) medulla
d) root
e) folicle
7.6. The fingerprint pattern class type
shown at right displays a(n)
a) arch
b) whorl
c) loop
d) bifurcation
e) double loop

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7.7. Which of the following types of fingerprints will most likely be found impressed in soft wax?
a) visible
b) plastic
c) latent
d) hidden
e) molded
7.8. A polypeptide is:
(a) a polymer of composed of amine monomers
(b) a polymer of amino acid monomers
(c) a polymer of sugar monomers
(d) a part of nucleic acid monomers
(e) none of the above
7.9. Which feature in the following list does not directly effect the properties of polymers?
(a) length of chain
(b) 3D arrangement of chains
(c) branching of chain
(d) composition of monomer units
(e) formation temperature
7.10. Hair can most often be characterized as originating from an animal by examining:
(a) its thickness
(b) the cortex
(c) both medulla and cortex
(d) it’s color
(e) its scale (cuticle) structure
7.11. In the micrographs below, which picture shows an animal fiber?

7.12. Nylon is classified as a

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 (a) regenerated fiber
(b) animal fiber
(c) natural fiber
(d) synthetic fiber
(e) plant fiber
7.13. In what stage of a hair’s growth cycle is the hair actively growing?
(a) anagenic
(b) telogenic
(c) catagenic
(d) analgesic
(e) none of the above
7.14. Which part of the hair shaft is most resistant to chemical decomposition?
(a) medulla
(b) cortex
(c) follicle
(d) cuticle
(e) shaft
7.15. The central canal running through many, but not all, human hairs is known as the:
(a) medulla
(b) shaft
(c) cortex
(d) cuticle
(e) shaft
7.16. Hair, fibers and fingerprints are examples of what classification of evidence?
7.17. Who is considered the “father of fingerprinting?”
7.18. What is IAFIS?
7.19. Define the following terms used in fingerprint identification: core, delta, bifurcation, ridge
line and island.
7.20. What are some of the legal questions that have arisen in the use of latent prints in court cases?
7.21. What are the three layers in a hair?

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