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Fingerprint Characteristics

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of fingerprint is this?

a)

Plain Arch

b)

Accidental Whorl

c)

Radial Loop

2.

What type of fingerprint is this?

a)

Central Pocket Whorl

b)

Plain Arch

c)

Double Loop Whorl

3.

What type of fingerprint is this?

a)

Central Pocket Whorl

b)

Plain Whorl

c)

Accidental Whorl

d)

Double Loop Whorl

4.

What pattern is this? (Right Hand)

a)

Tented Arch

b)

Plain Arch

c)

Ulnar Loop

d)

Plain Whorl

5.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Bifurcation

b)

Splitting Ridge

c)

Delta

d)

Y

6.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Enclosure/Eye

b)

Island

c)

Dot

d)

Bifurcation

7.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Ending Ridge

b)

Spur

c)

Half-Ridge

d)

Partial Ridge

8.

What is the most common type of fingerprint? (65%)

a)

Arch

b)

Loop

c)

Whorl

9.
What component of a fingerprint constitutes individual evidence?
a)
Class
b)
Minutiae
c)
Subclass
d)
Class and subclass
10.
5% of the population has this type of pattern
a)
loops
b)
whorls
c)
arches
d)
ripples
11.

What are the red triangles?

a)

deltas

b)

useless

c)

forks

d)

loops

12.

__________ fingerprints do not have deltas and do not have cores.

a)

Whorl

b)

Loop

c)

Arch

13.

A fingerprint with 2 deltas and a core would be classified as

a)

a ridge

b)

a loop

c)

a double delta con core

d)

a whorl

14.

These are the small characteristics observed in ridge patterns.

a)

Minutiae

b)

Characteristics

c)

Qualities

d)

Cores

15.

A ridge that looks like this is called a

a)

trifurcation

b)

double bifurcation

c)

bifurcation

d)

split

16.

The most common pattern found on fingerprints are

a)

arches

b)

loops

17.

The study of fingerprints is called

a)

fingerology

b)

dactyloscopy

18.

The three main types of fingerprints are classified as

a)

loops, whorls, deltas

b)

cores, deltas, loops

c)

loops, arches, whorls

d)

cores, deltas, bifurcations

19.
What pattern is shown?
a)
Plain Arch
b)
Tented Arch
c)
Whorl
d)
Accidental
20.
Name this minutiae type
a)
Enclosure
b)
Island (pick me! pick me! you know you want to)
c)
Bifurcation (fork) 
d)
Ridge ending 
21.

Name this minutiae type

a)

Enclosure

b)

Island

c)

Bifurcation (fork)

d)

Ridge ending

22.
5% of the population has this type of pattern
a)
loops
b)
whorls
c)
arches
d)
ripples
23.
Name this minutiae type
a)
Sludge
b)
Island (dot) 
c)
Bifurcation (fork) 
d)
Pore
24.
Minutiae type?
a)
Short ridge
b)
Bifurcation
c)
Hook
d)
Delta
25.
Name this minutiae type
a)
Delta
b)
Core
c)
Enclosure (eye) 
d)
Hook (spur)