Fingerprints Test Review

Which of the following properties makes a fingerprint useful for identification?

• it is unique, characteristic ridges

• its consistency over one's lifetime

• it can be systematically classified

• all of the above

Which of the following is NOT a basic fingerprint pattern?

• Arch

• Whorl

• Core

• Loop

This fingerprint pattern has one or more ridges entering from one side, curving then exiting from the same side it entered:

• Loop

• Core

• Arch

• Whorl

"Radial" and "Ulnar" describes types of:

• Loop

• Core

• Arch

• Whorl

This is the triangular area found in all loop and whorl patterns:

• Delta

• Ridges

• Core

• Minutiae

________ have no core or deltas.

• Loop

• Arch

• Whorl

• Minutiae

Which of the following prints is classified as a whorl?

• A

• B

• C

• D

These are the tiny characteristics of ridges on a fingerprint:

• Delta

• Core

• Dermis

• Minutiae

Which of the following is an example of a ridge ending?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is an example of a trifurcation (or triple fork)?

• A

• B

• C

• D