Question

name: ____________ class: __________ date: ____________
final 25 do not write on test
true/false
indicate whether the statement is true or false.
____ 1. plastic fingerprints are actual indentations left in some soft material such as clay, putty or wax.
____ 2. latent fingerprints, or surface fingerprints, are caused by the transfer of skin onto a surface.
____ 3. as soon as fingerprints were discovered to be a reliable means of identification, criminals began to devise ways to alter them so they could avoid being identified. american public enemy number one in the 1930s, john dillinger, burned his fingertips with a torch to change their appearance.
____ 4. contrary to what we see on television, fingerprint matching is not carried out by a computer in a matter of seconds.
____ 5. there are more than 600 bones in the human body.
____ 6. it is always possible to determine the racial origin of an individual based on skeletal features.
____ 7. the tibia alone can be used to give an exact height if the gender of the individual is known.
____ 8. the os pubis bone of females has a wider angle in the pubic arch than males.
____ 9. broken bones or joint replacements are good ways to identify unknown remains if a comparison can be made with an x - ray or serial number.
____ 10. in general, males do not usually have square jaws.
____ 11. a forensic anthropologist usually gives the investigators an age range of a skeleton rather than an exact age.
____ 12. the use of davinci’s canons of proportions are accurate for determining height of an individual.
____ 13. the lamboidal suture crosses the top of the skull.
____ 14. in females, the cranial sutures are usually closed by the age of 25.
____ 15. mamie stuarts remains were found in a construction site.
____ 16. anna anderson was actually princess anastasia.
____ 17. there was more than one crime scene associated with the romanov bodies.
____ 18. the subpubic angle in females is less than 90 degrees.
____ 19. after they were killed, the bodies of the romanovs were disposed of respectfully.

Explanation:

To solve these True/False questions, we analyze each statement based on forensic science, anatomy, and related knowledge:

Question 1

Plastic fingerprints are indentations in soft materials (clay, putty, wax).

Answer:

** True

Question 2

Latent fingerprints require development (e.g., powder) to be visible; they are not caused by skin transfer (that’s patent/visible).