Fingerprints

type of pattern that is made up of any two loops combined into one print

• Double loop whorl

• Central Pocket Loop Whorl

• Accidental whorl

• Delta whorl

A type of loop fingerprint in which the ridges enter and exit from the thumb side of the forearm.

• Ulnar Loop

• Tented Arch

• Radial Loop

• Plain Arch

A type of loop fingerprint in which the ridges enter and exit from the direction of the little finger side of the forearm.

• Radial Loop

• Ulnar Loop

• Central Pocket Loop

• Delta Pocket Loop

On what type of surface is latent prints usually found?

• Rough surfaces

• Soft surfaces such as wax or clay

• Smooth surfaces such as glass

Minutiae are

• the general fingerprint patterns

• small unique markings on fingerprints

• the types of whorls

• the lack of ridges

What fingerprint pattern is this?

• radial loop

• plain whorl

• tented arch

• accidental whorl

The minutia that looks like a sideways letter Y is a

• bridge

• spur

• bifurcation

• short ridge

IAFIS is the

• FBI fingerprint database

• CIA DNA database

• International union of forensic scientists

• national child database

Latent fingerprint

• patent fingerprints

• plastic fingerprints

• latent fingerprints

• erratic fingerprints

Who developed the fingerprint classification system in use today?

• Andreas Mayer

• Pharaohs

• William Herschel

• Francis Galton