Forensic Skin

Under which circumstances have two people been found to have identical fingerprints? 

• identical twins
• fraternal twins
• members of the same immediate family
• none to date

Fingerprints are formed: 

• during fetal development
• by the time a child is two years old
• at birth
• during first 6 months after birth

Prints that are not readily visible are commonly referred to as: 

• rolled
• plastic
• latent
• closed

The picture is for the minutiae _______.

• ridge ending
• bifurcation
• delta
• island

The picture is for the minutiae _______.

• bridge

• bifurcation

• delta

• hook or spur

What is the FBI's database for storing fingerprints?

• AFIS
• USDA
• Henry system
• USFIS

The area indicated by "A" in the diagram is known as a 

• Core
• Delta
• Whorl
• Arch

What layer of the skin gives us our fingerprint patterns?

• Epidermis
• Dermis

• Sweat Glands
• Melanocytes

Computerized fingerprint data bases, such as AFIS, match fingerprints by comparing .......

• common patterns such as loops, whorls and arches
• scars and other deformities on the print
• positions and types of minutiae such as ridge endings and bifurcations
• none of these

Identical twins have the same fingerprints.

• True
• False