Forensic Fingerprints

IAFIS is the

• FBI fingerprint database

• CIA DNA database

• International union of forensic scientists

• national child database

Minutiae are

• the general fingerprint patterns

• small unique markings on fingerprints

• the types of whorls

• the lack of ridges

Latent fingerprint

• patent fingerprints

• plastic fingerprints

• latent fingerprints

• erratic fingerprints

Who developed the fingerprint classification system in use today?

• Andreas Mayer

• Pharaohs

• William Herschel

• Francis Galton

The most common fingerprint pattern

• Loop

• Arches

• Whorl

• Twirl

Select the 3 types of general fingerprint patterns

• Arches

• Whorls

• Loops

• Minutiae

Which of the following is not a type of whorl

• Plain

• Smooth

• Central pocket loop

• Accidental

• Double loop

Identify the two types of loop fingerprints

• Loopty loop

• Ulnar loop

• Hula loop

• Radial loop

The number of ridges between the core and the center of the delta is called the

• loop pattern

• print age

• ridge count

• delta location

The two types of arches are plain and

• tented

• accidental

• scrambled

• wavy