Fingerprints + Minutiae

What pattern is this?

• Tented Arch

• plain arch

• Loop

• Whorl

What type of whorl is shown?

• Plain
• Central Pocket
• Double Loop
• Accidental

• Central pocket whorl
• Double loop whorl
• Plain whorl
• Plain arch

Name this minutiae type

• Enclosure
• Island (pick me! pick me! you know you want to)
• Bifurcation (fork) 
• Ridge ending 

Name this minutiae type

• Enclosure

• Island

• Bifurcation (fork)

• Ridge ending

An invisible print that must be developed using powder or chemicals is called

• plastic
• latent
• patent
• underdeveloped

5% of the population has this type of pattern

• loops
• whorls
• arches
• ripples

What are the red triangles?

• deltas

• useless

• forks

• loops

What component of a fingerprint is highly specific to an individual?

• Class

• Minutiae

• Subclass

• Class and subclass

Name this minutiae type

• Sludge
• Island (dot) 
• Bifurcation (fork) 
• Pore