Forensic Science

True or False: Fingerprints are a result of oil and secretions from skin mixing with dirt.

• True

• False

What country/culture first had evidence of fingerprint use?

• Assyria

• Egypt

• Babylon

• China

Creation of fingerprints happens in what layer of the skin?

• Basal Layer

• Epidermis

• Dermis

• Sub-Cutaneous Layer

A triangular ridge pattern with ridges going in different directions above and below a triangle

• Eye

• Bridge

• Delta

• Core

When are fingerprints formed during pregnancy?

• 10 Weeks

• 38 Weeks

• 2 Weeks

• 28 Weeks

The combination of details in the shapes & positions of ridges that make fingerprints unique

• Dermal Ridge

• Core

• Delta

• Minutiae

The center of a loop or whorl is called?

• Core

• Ridge

• Delta

• Eye

True or False: Fingerprints are considered to be a form of class evidence

• True

• False

Small ridges with raised portions of skin, arranged in units on fingers, toes, feet & palms:

• Minutiae

• Dermal/Friction Ridges

• Deltas

• Whorls

What type of fingerprint is shown?

• bifurcation

• loop

• whorl

• arch