Forensics Fingerprinting Test Review

Identify the fingerprint type.

• arch

• whorl

• loop

Identify the fingerprint type.

• arch

• whorl

• loop

Identify the fingerprint type.

• arch

• whorl

• loop

What is identified by the green mark?

• core

• loop

• dot

• delta

What is identified by the red mark?

• core

• loop

• dot

• delta

In 1879, the assistant clerk in the records office at the police station in Paris created a way to identify criminals. The system was first used in 1883 to identify repeat offenders. The name of the clerk who invented the system was:

• Alphonse Herschel

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Sir William Herschel

• Sir William Herschey

In 1888, Sir Francis Galton, along with Sir E.R. Henry developed the classification system for fingerprints that is still in use today in:

• England and France.

• England and the United States.

• the United States and Europe.

• England and Germany.

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.

• True

• False

Latent fingerprints, or surface fingerprints, are caused by the transfer of skin onto a surface.

• True

• False

What is an invisible print that must be made visible?

• plastic

• latent

• patent