Fingerprinting

The least common ridge pattern is

• whorl

• arch

• loop

Identify the fingerprint pattern as shown.

• whorl
• loop
• arch

Identify the fingerprint

• Arch
• Loop 
• Whorl
• Swirl

Identify this fingerprint

• Arch
• Loop
• Whorl
• Swirl

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, ever

A minutiae pattern that looks like a 2 pronged fork is a bifurcation.

• True
• False

What type of print is not visible but made so by dusting with powders or the use of chemicals?

• Patent
• Latent
• Plastic

Identify feature at Location 1

• fork / bifurcation

• central core

• ending ridge

• island ridge

Identify feature at Location 2

• fork / bifurcation

• central core

• ridge ending

• short ridge

Identify feature at Location 4

• fork / bifurcation

• central core

• ending ridge

• short ridge