Fingerprint Closure Unit

AFIS is the

• FBI fingerprint database

• CIA DNA database

• International union of forensic scientists

• national child database

A three-dimensional fingerprint made in a soft material such as clay, soap, or putty

• Latent

• Patent

• Plastic

• Whorl

On what type of surface is latent prints usually found?

• Smooth surfaces such as glass

• Soft surfaces such as wax or clay

• Rough surfaces

A fingerprint pattern that resembles a bull's-eye

• Whorl

• Delta

• Arch

• Loop

The most common fingerprint pattern

• Loop

• Whorl

• Arches

• Twirls

Which fingerprint is the rarest with only 5% of the population having this pattern?

• Whorl

• Arch

• Loop

• Double loop

Within a fingerprint pattern there are ridges and patterns that are studied to match fingerprints, these are called

• Deltas

• Minutiae

• Cores

• Whorls

No two people have been found with exactly the same fingerprint pattern

• True

• False

How many times will your fingerprint pattern change throughout your life?

• Three times

• It will change as you grow from a baby to an adult.

• Your fingerprint pattern will change anytime you get a scar or due to skin disease.

• The pattern will never change

Identify the loop fingerprint pattern

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