Fingerprinting

Fingerprints form between 6 and 13 weeks during fetal development

• True

• False

Identical twins have identical fingerprints

• True

• False

The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) is run by the FBI and contains over 64 million prints on file.

• True

• False

What is the name of the pattern shown?

• Loop

• Whorl

• Arch

What is the name of the pattern shown here?

• Whorl

• Arch

• Loop

What is the fingerprint pattern shown here?

• Arch

• Loop

• Whorl

You have the same fingerprint patterns on your right and left hand

• True

• False

Your fingerprint pattern changes throughout your life.

• True

• False

Perfect fingerprints are called Exemplars and are rarely found at crime scenes.

• True

• False

Fingerprints analysis always finds the correct match

• True

• False