Finger Prints

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

• true

• false

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

• true

• false

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

Which of the following statements about fingerprints is NOT true?

• Fingerprints are unique for every human being.

• Fingerprint patterns do not change with growth or age.

• Even identical twins do not have the same fingerprints.

• Fingerprints are no more similar between two family members than between two strangers.

Fingerprints are considered to be a form of class evidence.

• true

• false

Loops are the most common form of fingerprints.

• true

• false

Cyanoacrylate fuming (or superglue fuming) is a fingerprint extracting method that makes prints visible.

• true

• false