Forensic Fingerprint Patterns

If the loop opens toward the pinky, it’s called a ____________________ _________________.

• double loop

• ulnar loop

• radial loop

• tarsal loop

Glue fuming is a fingerprint extracting method that uses chemical reactions to make prints visible.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Fingerprints are a result of oil and secretions that are transferred to a surface by the ridges of one's finger.

• True

• False

What is the most common form of fingerprint?

When are fingerprints formed?

• 3 months old

• in the womb

• 1 year

• 3 weeks old

The lines on a fingerprint are known as

• medullas

• ridges

• deltas

• cores

What pattern is this?

• Loop

• Arch

• Whorl

Minutiae type?

• Bifurcation

• Ridge ending

• Hook

• Eye

This is an example of what type of fingerprint

• wave

• whorl

• loop

• arch

Fingerprints are a result of oil and secretions that are transferred to a surface by the ridges of one's finger.

• true

• false