Fingerprint Principles and Identification

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What are the three Daubert principles that the judge ruled the fingerprint evidence in the Llera Plaza (2002) case failed?

Peer review, publication, measurability

Publication, testability, known potential error rates

Peer review, known potential error rates, testability (correct)

Publication, known potential error rates, measurability

Which method is more often used and results in more accurate personal identification than fingerprint evidence?

Ballistics analysis

DNA analysis (correct)

Hair analysis

Fiber analysis

What are the two main features used for firearm identification mentioned in the text?

Striations and Impressions (correct)

Caliber and Direction of Twist

Striations and Grooves

Grooves and Impressions

How are class characteristics defined in firearm identification?

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What is the outcome when there is significant disagreement of discernable class characteristics and/or individual characteristics in firearm analysis?

Elimination Signup and view all the answers

What is the main reason why no two fingerprints are identical?

Individuality due to minutiae points Signup and view all the answers

Which layer of the skin is the outermost and contains the epidermis?

Epidermis Signup and view all the answers

What are the three main classes into which fingerprints are divided?

Loops, Arches, Whorls Signup and view all the answers

Which type of fingerprint is invisible to the naked eye and requires enhancement for detection?

Latent Signup and view all the answers

Which level of the Integrated Automated Fingerprint ID System (IAFIS) involves individualization based on minutiae points?

Level 2: Minutiae & combinations Signup and view all the answers

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What are the three Daubert principles that the judge ruled the fingerprint evidence in the Llera Plaza (2002) case failed?

Which method is more often used and results in more accurate personal identification than fingerprint evidence?

What are the two main features used for firearm identification mentioned in the text?

How are class characteristics defined in firearm identification?

What is the outcome when there is significant disagreement of discernable class characteristics and/or individual characteristics in firearm analysis?

What is the main reason why no two fingerprints are identical?

Which layer of the skin is the outermost and contains the epidermis?

What are the three main classes into which fingerprints are divided?

Which type of fingerprint is invisible to the naked eye and requires enhancement for detection?

Which level of the Integrated Automated Fingerprint ID System (IAFIS) involves individualization based on minutiae points?

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