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Biometrics, Fingerprints and Identification

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

what is biological data ?

Back (Answer)

fingerprints, eye scans, body measurements, facial patterns, voice patterns

#2
Front (Question)

who carried out and when the first biometrics ?

Back (Answer)

Bertilon 1882 - body measurements

#3
Front (Question)

when did fingerprints develop of ancestors ?

Back (Answer)

100million years ago

#4
Front (Question)

what are the 3 functions of fingerprint patterns ?

Back (Answer)

extrusion of perspiration tactile facility provision of gripping surface

#5
Front (Question)

what are the 3 core principles for the use of fingerprints in a forensic investigation ?

Back (Answer)

formed before birth persistent through life details are unique

#6
Front (Question)

what happened in 1880?

Back (Answer)

Henry Faulds stated fingermarks and impressions may lead to scientific identification of criminals

#7
Front (Question)

when did the first dinger print office open and by who?

Back (Answer)

1893 by Ivan Vucetich

#8
Front (Question)

where was the first finger print office?

Back (Answer)

Argentina

#9
Front (Question)

when did Scotland Yard introduced fingerprint identification?

Back (Answer)

1901

#10
Front (Question)

how many fingerprint cards where there in the FBI by 1924?

Back (Answer)

810,000

#11
Front (Question)

in 2005 how many fingerprints do the FBI have on record?

Back (Answer)

50,000,000

#12
Front (Question)

what are class characteristics of finger prints?

Back (Answer)

pattern by position of friction ridges

#13
Front (Question)

what are the 3 main 1st level details?

Back (Answer)

Arch Loop Whirl

#14
Front (Question)

what the most common patterns ?

Back (Answer)

Loops

#15
Front (Question)

what features does a loop have?

Back (Answer)

1 delta a core at least one recurving ridge between delta and core

#16
Front (Question)

what is a radial loop?

Back (Answer)

when the end points towards the thumb

#17
Front (Question)

what is it called then the end of a loop points towards the little finger?

Back (Answer)

Ulnar loop

#18
Front (Question)

Whats the percentage of Arch prints?

Back (Answer)

5%

#19
Front (Question)

what are the two types of arch prints?

Back (Answer)

plain and tented

#20
Front (Question)

what stew percentage of whorls?

Back (Answer)

35%

#21
Front (Question)

what are the 4 different types of whorls?

Back (Answer)

pain whorl, central pocket whorl, twin loop whorl accidental whorl.

#22
Front (Question)

what’s a 2nd level detail?

Back (Answer)

ridges

#23
Front (Question)

what are the types fo ridges?

Back (Answer)

ride endings, bifurcation, lakes, independent ridges , dot of island, spur and crossover

#24
Front (Question)

what’s 3rd level detail ?

Back (Answer)

sweat pores and the shape of the friction ridges