Quiz on Augustus Winkler

What is the fingerprint pattern called that originates from one side of the print and leaves from the other side?

• Loop

• Arch

• Whorl

• Delta

What is a hidden fingerprint made visible through powders or other techniques called?

• Patent fingerprint

• Plastic fingerprint

• Latent fingerprint

• Ten card

Which fingerprint pattern resembles a bull's-eye?

• Loop

• Arch

• Whorl

• Delta

What is the term for the combination of details in the shapes and positions of ridges in fingerprints?

• Core

• Minutiae

• Delta

• Ten card

What is the significance of fingerprints according to Pudd'nhead Wilson?

• They are a person's physiological autograph.

• They change over time.

• They can be easily counterfeited.

• They are identical in twins.

In which year did Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer describe the uniqueness of fingerprint patterns?

• 1788

• 1684

• 1823

• 1856

What did William Herschel begin collecting in 1856?

• Fingerprints

• Seals

• Contracts

• Autographs

Who created a system to identify criminals using fingerprints in 1879?

• Sir William Herschel

• Sir Francis Galton

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Iván Vucetich

What did Sir Francis Galton verify about fingerprints?

• They change with age

• They do not change with age

• They are unique to each family

• They are identical for everyone

Who developed the classification system for fingerprints still used today?

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Sir William Herschel

• Sir Francis Galton and Sir E. R. Henry

• Iván Vucetich