Mobile Device Forensics — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ are the most common fingerprint pattern encountered.

Answer: Loops

Flashcard 2: _____ ballistics is the application of ballistics for forensic purposes.

Answer: Forensic

Flashcard 3: _____ is a method of identification through the examination of the unique details and characteristics found along the edges of individual fingerprint ridges.

Answer: Edgeoscopy

Flashcard 4: An _____ is an inquiry or investigation into the cause of death. What kinds are followed in India?

Answer: Inquest Types followed in India: 1. Police Inquest (Section 174 CrPC) 2. Magistrate Inquest (Section 176 CrPC)

Flashcard 5: The word _____ denotes one of the portions of a Chapter of the Indian Penal Code.

Answer: section

Flashcard 6: Indian Evidence Act or IEA has been replaced by _____ (BSA).

Answer: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam

Flashcard 7: Which rule of thumb for estimating the time since death relates the decomposition rates in air, water, and soil in a 1:2:8 ratio?

Answer: Casper's dictum (ratio 1:2:8)

Extra: Casper's Dictum states that decomposition in Air : Water : Soil occurs in a ratio of 1:2:8 (i.e., a body decomposes as much in 1 week in air as it does in 2 weeks in water or 8 weeks buried in soil).

Flashcard 8: Physical methods such as _____ can be used to visualize latent fingerprints

Answer: powders