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IAFIS is the

• FBI fingerprint database

• CIA DNA database

• International union of forensic scientists

• national child database

Minutiae are

• the general fingerprint patterns

• small unique markings on fingerprints

• the types of whorls

• the lack of ridges

Select the 3 types of general fingerprint patterns

• Arches

• Whorls

• Loops

• Minutiae

Which of the following is not a type of whorl

• Plain

• Smooth

• Central pocket loop

• Accidental

• Double loop

Identify the two types of loop fingerprints

• Loopty loop

• Ulnar loop

• Hula loop

• Radial loop

The two types of arches are plain and

• tented

• accidental

• scrambled

• wavy

How many deltas are found in whorls

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

If a fingerprint is pressed into thick clotted blood, the pattern that will be created is called

• patent

• latent

• plastic

• hardened

The minutia that looks like a sideways letter Y is a

• bridge

• spur

• bifurcation

• short ridge

The best way to preserve a fingerprint is to

• freeze it

• wax coat it

• photograph it

• wrap it in plastic