Fingerprint Classification

What is the most common fingerprint pattern?

• Radial Loop

• Ulnar Loop

• Whorl

• Plain Arch

• Tented Arch

What is the least common fingerprint pattern out of the options below?

• Radial Loop

• Ulnar Loop

• Whorl

• Plain Arch

• Tented Arch

Which characteristic of fingerprints allows them to be individualized?

• Pattern Classification

• Primary Classification

• Ridge Classification

• Furrow Classification

About how many ridge classifications does each fingerprint have?

• 10

• 100

• 200

• 500

In most jurisdictions, how many ridge classifications need to match between two fingerprints in order to legally declare them a match?

• 1

• 8

• 30

• 100

What type of ridge classification is this?

• Bifurcation

• Bridge

• Short Ridge

• Island

Who proposed a modified classification system which is still the basis for taking fingerprints in most English speaking countries?

• Sir Edward Henry

• Sir Francis Galton

• Dr. Henry Faulds

• William Herschel

This is an example of what kind of print pattern? The lines enter the right side of the print make a "u-turn" and exit the same side of the print as it entered. Underneath that pattern, the lines enter the left side of the print, make a sharp upward slope, then exit the right side of the print.

• Left Loop

• Accidental Whorl

• Right Loop

• Tented Arch

The most common type of fingerprint is.

• Loops

• Whorls

• Arches

• Tworls

A set of prints has a loops on the left index, right thumb, both little finger, as arches on the right index and right ring finger, has whorls on left thumb, left ring finger, and both middle fingers. What is its Henry classification number?

• 1/1

• 6/21

• 7/10

• 25/1