Question 1

Which two areas of the palm does the distal transverse crease separate?

Accepted Answer

a. The interdigital
b. The hypothenar

Question 2

What is a "vestige"?

Accepted Answer

An unusual pattern found in the thenar that appears to be too narrow, flat and loops, between which are ridges perpendicular to the flow of ridges in the thenar

Question 3

there is generally one crease between the first and second joints of the fingers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

How many deltas are found in the interdigital area of a palm print?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How many deltas are found in the...

Question 5

What is the term used to describe the crease that is formed when the webbing between the thumb and index finger does not come into contact with the surface?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the term used to describe...

Question 6

What area of the palm is characterized by a basket weave pattern of minor creases?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What area of the palm is characterized...

Question 7

What are the characteristics of minor creases in the hypothenar?

Accepted Answer

They are thin white lines that

Question 8

How do creases appear in a latent print?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How do creases appear in a latent...

Question 9

How does ridge flow in the thenar change between the radial longitudinal crease and the base of the thumb?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How does ridge flow in the thenar...

Question 10

Where are loops found in the palm?

Accepted Answer

a. In the interdigit

Question 11

Describe the edge creases in the thenar area.

Accepted Answer

They are a

Question 12

the radial longitudinal crease surrounds the thenar area of the palm

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Why do Latent Print Examiners often have difficulty with latent palm prints?

Accepted Answer

It is often difficul

Question 14

What are the three main areas of the palm?

Accepted Answer

a. Interdi

Question 15

How are loops and worlds in the hypothenar distinguished from loops and worlds in a fingerprint?

Accepted Answer

They are larger than

Question 16

How is the delta beneath the index finger different from the deltas beneath the middle, ring and little fingers?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How is the delta beneath the index...

Question 17

What three features correspond to the hypothenar area of the palm?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What three features correspond to the hypothenar...

Question 18

the ridges of the inner finger joints- the ring and middle fingers - have ridges that slant downwards, away from the inner fingers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is the area of the palm adjacent to the thumb called?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the area of the palm...

Question 20

What path do the ridges originating from the delta under the index finger take?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What path do the ridges originating from...

Which two areas of the palm does the distal transverse crease separate?

What is a "vestige"?

there is generally one crease between the first and second joints of the fingers.

How many deltas are found in the interdigital area of a palm print?

What is the term used to describe the crease that is formed when the webbing between the thumb and index finger does not come into contact with the surface?

What area of the palm is characterized by a basket weave pattern of minor creases?

What are the characteristics of minor creases in the hypothenar?

How do creases appear in a latent print?

How does ridge flow in the thenar change between the radial longitudinal crease and the base of the thumb?

Where are loops found in the palm?

Describe the edge creases in the thenar area.

the radial longitudinal crease surrounds the thenar area of the palm

Why do Latent Print Examiners often have difficulty with latent palm prints?

What are the three main areas of the palm?

How are loops and worlds in the hypothenar distinguished from loops and worlds in a fingerprint?

How is the delta beneath the index finger different from the deltas beneath the middle, ring and little fingers?

What three features correspond to the hypothenar area of the palm?

the ridges of the inner finger joints- the ring and middle fingers - have ridges that slant downwards, away from the inner fingers.

What is the area of the palm adjacent to the thumb called?

What path do the ridges originating from the delta under the index finger take?

Introduction

History

Physiology and Embryology

Fingerprint Patterns and Classification

Known Fingerprints

The Nature of Latent Prints

Biometrics: Livescan and Afis

Introduction to Processing Methods

Forensic Light Sources

Physical Processing Methods

Chemical Processing Methods: Porous Substrates

Chemical Processing Methods: Nonporous Substrates

Chemical Processing Methods: Other Substrates and Matrices

Documentation

Crime Scene Processing

Fingerprint Comparisons: Ace-V Methodology

Fingerprint Comparisons: Point Counting, Error Rates and Statistics

Courtroom Testimony

Filters

Exam 18: Palm Print Comparisons

Which two areas of the palm does the distal transverse crease separate?

What is a "vestige"?

there is generally one crease between the first and second joints of the fingers.

How many deltas are found in the interdigital area of a palm print?

What is the term used to describe the crease that is formed when the webbing between the thumb and index finger does not come into contact with the surface?

What area of the palm is characterized by a basket weave pattern of minor creases?

What are the characteristics of minor creases in the hypothenar?

How do creases appear in a latent print?

How does ridge flow in the thenar change between the radial longitudinal crease and the base of the thumb?

Where are loops found in the palm?

Describe the edge creases in the thenar area.

the radial longitudinal crease surrounds the thenar area of the palm

Why do Latent Print Examiners often have difficulty with latent palm prints?

What are the three main areas of the palm?

How are loops and worlds in the hypothenar distinguished from loops and worlds in a fingerprint?

How is the delta beneath the index finger different from the deltas beneath the middle, ring and little fingers?

What three features correspond to the hypothenar area of the palm?

the ridges of the inner finger joints- the ring and middle fingers - have ridges that slant downwards, away from the inner fingers.

What is the area of the palm adjacent to the thumb called?

What path do the ridges originating from the delta under the index finger take?

Introduction

History

Physiology and Embryology

Fingerprint Patterns and Classification

Known Fingerprints

The Nature of Latent Prints

Biometrics: Livescan and Afis

Introduction to Processing Methods

Forensic Light Sources

Physical Processing Methods

Chemical Processing Methods: Porous Substrates

Chemical Processing Methods: Nonporous Substrates

Chemical Processing Methods: Other Substrates and Matrices

Documentation

Crime Scene Processing

Fingerprint Comparisons: Ace-V Methodology

Fingerprint Comparisons: Point Counting, Error Rates and Statistics

Courtroom Testimony

Filters