Fingerprint Analysis Quiz

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

• True

• False

Fingerprints are considered to be a form of class evidence.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

Plastic/Impression prints are dusted in order to identify ridge patterns.

• True

• False

Loops are the most common form of fingerprints.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

A fingerprint examiner looks for similar minutiae patterns between a suspect print and a crime scene print.

• True

• 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