Forensic Science Fingerprinting Quiz 1

ID this print

• plain whorl

• central pocket whorl

• double loop whorl

• accidental whorl

What type of fingerprint is this? (Right hand)

• Radial Loop

• Whorl

• Arch

• Ulnar Loop

What pattern is this? (Left Hand)

• Radial Loop

• Ulnar Loop

• Plain Whorl

• Plain Arch

The most common fingerprint pattern

• Loop

• Arches

• Whorl

• Twirl

Check the 3 types of general fingerprint patterns

• Arches

• Whorls

• Loops

• Minutiae

Fingerprints are formed: 

• during fetal development

• by the time a child is two years old

• at birth

• during first 6 months after birth

Which of the following is NOT one of the three principles of fingerprints?

• A fingerprint is an individual characteristic

• A fingerprint pattern will remain unchanged for the life of an individual

• Fingerprints have general characteristic ridge patterns to identify them

• Identical twins have the exact same fingerprints

A fingerprint will remain unchanged during a person's lifetime unless...

• they scar their finger

• false, fingerprints change over time

• they become an alien

5% of the population has this type of pattern

• loops

• whorls

• arches

• ripples

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The study of fingerprints is known as...

• entomology

• dactyloscopy

• ophthalmology

• toxicology