Fingerprint Analysis Quiz

There can be about 200 minutiae on a rolled fingerprint. Criminal Courts will generally accept 8 to 12 points of similarity between two prints as sufficient proof of a match.

• True

• False

What general fingerprint pattern has the majority of ridge lines entering one side and leaving the other?

• Arches

• Loops

• Whorls

• Spirals

Which general fingerprint pattern appears the most frequently according to FBI databases?

• Arches

• Loops

• Whorls

• Spirals

Which general fingerprint pattern is the least likely to be found according to FBI databases?

• Arches

• Loops

• Whorls

• Spirals

Which of the following chemicals is best used to take latent fingerprints off Styrofoam?

• Ninhydrin

• Cyanoacrylate Vapor (super glue)

• Silver Nitrate

• Iodine Fuming

This layer of the skin grows faster than surrounding tissue during fetal development causing it to fold and crease into various shapes.

• basal cell

• sub-cutaneous

• dermis

• epidermis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

A fingerprint is a(n) example of ____ evidence.

• group

• circumstantial

• class

• individual

Another name for the study of fingerprints is __.

• Anthropometry

• Fingerology

• Criminology

• Dactyloscopy

Which test produces light when blood is present?

• Kastle-Meyer

• Luminol

• ELISA

• Fluorescein

Which type of cell is most abundant in blood?

• RBC

• WBC

• NBC

• Platelet