Fingerprint Evidence Quiz

True or False: Fingerprints are a result of oil and secretions that are transferred to a surface by the ridges of one’s finger.

• True

• False

True or False: Fingerprints are considered to be a form of class evidence.

• True

• False

True or False: It is necessary to obtain a full print from a crime scene in order for it to be used as evidence.

• True

• False

True or False: Plastic/Impression prints are dusted in order to identify ridge patterns.

• True

• False

True or False: Loops are the most common form of fingerprints.

• True

• False

True or False: With the aid of CODIS, it is possible to obtain a “match” of a fingerprint.

• True

• False

True or False: There is only one method that can be used to collect fingerprints from a crime scene.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

True or False: Cyanoacrylate fuming (or glue fuming) is a fingerprint extracting method that uses chemical reactions to make prints visible.

• True

• False

Fingerprints are formed___.

• After birth

• Approximately 2 years after birth

• During pregnancy

• During birth