What is the primary classification? What is the basis for this classification?

What will be an ideal response?


The primary classification is the first step in classifying fingerprints under the FBI system. The presence or absence of the whorl pattern is the basis for determination of the primary classification.

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Which of the following has been true since the U.S. Supreme Court's Miranda decision?

a. More suspects have confessed willingly. b. Police have more latitude in seeking a confession. c. Police have had a more difficult time securing a confession. d. Police are no longer required to seek a confession.

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Is it possible to be guilty of arson against one's own property?

a. yes b. no c. only if it was "for profit" d. only if involved insurance fraud

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After 1947, a period of continuing and escalating bloody conflicts between which two groups finally led to the British partition of India?

a. Muslims and Christians b. Christian and Hindu c. Hindu and Muslims d. Muslims and Sikh

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A "variable view" is a window on an SPSS program showing variable values

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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