Fingerprints

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

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 study of the uniqueness of the raised fingerprint structures is called

• ridgeology

• fingerprint analysis

• minutiae identification

• fingerprintology

In the USA, how many matching minutiae are sufficient to make a match?

• 22

• 8

• 19

• 12

Iodine fuming is ideal for obtaining fingerprints from porous surfaces such as

• glass

• plastic

• paper

• metal

Ninhydrin spray is used on porous surfaces and changes fingerprints to purple when it reacts with

• fats/oils

• water

• DNA

• amino acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

The best way to preserve a fingerprint is to

• freeze it

• wax coat it

• photograph it

• wrap it in plastic

What do you call the detailed ridge characteristics that are used to help identify fingerprints?

• ridge pattern

• minutiae pattern

• fingerprint class

• pattern