Fingerprints - What do you know?

When are fingerprints formed?

• When you are a teenager

• During fetal development

• By the time you are two years old

• At birth

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

• The pattern will never change.

• Three times

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

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

Which of the following best describes the difference between circumstantial evidence and direct evidence?

• Direct evidence can lead to the conviction of a suspect, while circumstantial evidence cannot.

• Direct evidence proves an alleged fact, while circumstantial evidence is used to imply a fact.

• Direct evidence is not admissible in court; however, circumstantial evidence is admissible with the approval of a judge.

• Direct evidence is used to imply a fact, while circumstantial evidence proves an alleged fact.

When are fingerprints formed?

• When you are a teenager

• During fetal development

• By the time you are two years old

• At birth

Which of the following is completed during “seeing the scene?”

• Evidence is marked

• Evidence is collected

• Evidence is analyzed

• Evidence is photographed

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Which of the following evidence is considered to be direct evidence?

• A fingerprint left on a door knob

• A fiber from a suspect’s couch found on the victim’s shirt.

• A confession in a police report

• Blood from a victim found under the fingernails of a suspect.

Which fingerprint pattern is the most common?

• Loop

• Arch

• Whorl

• Ridge

The study of the uniqueness of the raised fingerprint structures is called

• Ridgeology

• Fingerprint analysis

• Minutiae

• Fingerprintology

How do you permanently erase fingerprints?

• You can use chemicals.

• You can use sandpaper.

• You can only erase them temporarily, they will grow back.

• If you have skin problems, they will be erased.

What are the lines on your fingers that leave impressions called?

• Ridges

• Follicle

• Print marks

• Roots