Fingerprints

Fingerprints offer an infallible means of personal identification.

• True

• False

According to the current theory, do any two people have the same fingerprint?

• Yes

• No

Fill in the blank: The current theory on fingerprints makes them extremely important to the _______ community.

• Forensics

• Medical

• Culinary

• Artistic

When we press these ridges against things, they leave a mark or _____________ called a fingerprint. (Fill in the blank)

• an impression

• a shadow

• a scratch

• a stain

The origin of fingerprint identification is unclear.

• True

• False

Archaeologists discovered fingerprints pressed into clay tablet contracts dating back to _____

• 1792 BC

• 1200 AD

• 500 BC

• 3000 AD

Fingerprints were used in clay tablets as a means to

• sign a contract.

• play with clay.

• write.

• draw a picture.

The imprint of a fingerprint consists of natural secretions of the _______ glands that are present in the friction ridge of the skin.

• sweat

• oil

• salivary

• sebaceous

When we touch objects, what do the secretions from our skin leave behind?

• Dirt from our hands

• Traces making a unique pattern of your dermal ridges

• Water markings

• Oil residue

Fingerprints are named for their patterns. Which of the following is NOT a type of fingerprint pattern?

• Loops

• Whorls

• Arches

• Spirals