Forensic Fingerprint Patterns

A detective at a crime scene discovers an invisible fingerprint on a glass. To make it visible, he would need to use ___________.

• plastic print techniques

• patent print techniques

• latent print techniques

• arch techniques

• whorl techniques

A detective at a crime scene finds a visible fingerprint on a glass surface that can be photographed. This type of fingerprint is classified as ___________.

• a plastic print

• a patent print

• a latent print

• an arch

• a whorl

A detective at a crime scene finds a visible three dimensional fingerprint in a piece of clay. This type of fingerprint is classified as ___________.

• a plastic print

• a patent print

• a latent print

• an arch

• a whorl

A crime scene investigator is trying to identify a suspect based on fingerprints left at the scene. This technique was pioneered by which scientist?

• Goddard

• Jeffreys

• Galton

• McCrone

A forensics expert is examining a fingerprint found at a crime scene. Which pattern does this fingerprint most closely resemble?

• Tented Arch

• Plain Arch

• Loop

• Whorl

Which of the following type of fingerprint is shown?

• tented arch

• whorl

• loop

• plain arch

A fingerprint examiner looks for similar minutiae patterns between a suspect print and a crime scene print.

• True

• False

Fingerprints that are actual indentations left on a soft material such as putty or clay are referred to as _____________________ prints.

• plastic/impression

• latent

• visible

• patent

The use of fingerprint identification is not perfect because?

• AFIS shuts down from time to time making it hard for forensic examiners to use.

• The current technology depends on humans to input and analyze the information and humans make mistakes.

• Many people have the exact same fingerprints.

• People can easily change their fingerprints.

The lines on a fingerprint are known as?