Fingerprint Quiz Review

Who created a system of classifying prints as loops, whorls, or arches and collected them on Ten Cards?

• Sir William Herschel

• Edmond Richard Hery

• Andreas Mayer

• Alphonse Bertillon

Fingerprints taken digitally are now stored where?

• The Ballistics Database

• Automated Digital System of Fingerprint Identification

• Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System

• Crime Scene Investigation System

Which of the 3 general finger print patterns make up 65% of all fingerprints?

• Loops

• Arches

• Whorls

Which of the 3 general finger print patterns has no deltas?

• Loops

• Arches

• Whorls

Which of the following is found on the surface of our fingers and helps us grip things?

• Bifurcation

• Ulnar Loops

• Deltas

• Ridges

Studying the ridges in the fingerprints that give each fingerprints its individuality is known as:

• radial loops

• minutiae

• dactyloscopy

• scarring

Visible, impressed prints that occur when a finger touches a soft, malleable surface

• Patent Fingerprints

• Plastic Fingerprints

• Latent Fingerprints

Visible print when fingers have a liquid (such as blood) on them.

• Patent Fingerprints

• Plastic Fingerprints

• Latent Fingerprints

Hidden prints that can be made visible with special techniques.

• Patent Fingerprints

• Plastic Fingerprints

• Latent Fingerprints

What is this?

• Bifurcation

• Trifurcation

• Fork