Fingerprint Certification Quiz

Match the ACE-V steps with its description.

• A - analysis

• Analyst will conclude the prints in question are an identification, exclusion, or inconclusive result

• E - evaluation

• Analyst places prints side by side for assessing similarities in pattern, spacing, minutiae and other details

• V - verification

• Assessment of the unknown latent print to determine if it has enough quality and clarity for further investigation

• C - comparison

• Unknown and known prints are assessed by a second analyst before being sent to law enforcement and lawyers

Match the following term to definition. Types of prints found at a crime scene.

• invisible at a crime scene

• Plastic print

• visible at a crime scene (via blood)

• Patent print

• print in soft impressionable material

• Latent print

State how many deltas are present in each fingerprint class Arch, loop, or whorl.

• Whorl

• 2 deltas

• Arch

• 1 delta

• Loop

• 0 deltas

Match the letters to the correct minutiae term.

• D

• Eye

• B

• short ridge

• C

• Dot

• A

• Ridge Ending

• E

• Bifurcation/Fork

What chemical method should be used to lift potential latent prints from a coke can?

• Silver Nitrate

• Ninhydrin

• Iodine

• Cyanoacrylate fuming

Ninhydrin spray is used on porous surfaces to reveal latent prints by producing a​ (a)   color change.

• purple
• blackish brown
• white
• brown-yellow

Which type of fingerprint pattern is characterized by ridges entering from one side, rising in the center, and exiting the other side?

• Loop

• Whorl

• Arch

• Delta

Which chemical is commonly used to develop fingerprints on porous surfaces like paper or cardboard?

• Iodine fuming

• Dusting Powder

• Cyanoacrylate fuming

• Silver nitrate

Which of the following is a reason why fingerprint evidence is considered reliable in court?

• Fingerprints are unique to each individual

• Fingerprints change every year

• Fingerprints can be easily faked

• Fingerprints are the same for twins

A fingerprint analyst identifies a bifurcation and an island in a print. What are these features called?

• Ridge patterns

• Minutiae

• Deltas

• Loops