Fingerprint Quiz

True or False: Fingerprints are a result of oil and secretions that are transferred to a surface by the ridges of one’s finger.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: It is necessary to obtain a full print from a crime scene in order for it to be used as evidence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: Loops are the most common form of fingerprints.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: Plastic/Impression prints are dusted in order to identify ridge patterns.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: With the aid of CODIS, it is possible to obtain a “match” of a fingerprint.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: There is only one method that can be used to collect fingerprints from a crime scene.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: A fingerprint examiner looks for similar minutiae patterns between a suspect print and a crime scene print

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: Cyanoacrylate fuming (or glue fuming) is a fingerprint extracting method that uses chemical reactions to make prints visible.  

• TRUE

• FALSE

Fingerprints are formed _______.

• after birth

• approximately 2 years after birth

• during pregnancy

• during birth