WorksheetsFingerprint Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What type of fingerprint is shown?
Plain arch
Tented arch
Inverted arch
Pyramid arch
What type of fingerprint is shown?
Arch
Loop
Whorl
Impossible to identify
What type of fingerprint is shown?
Arch
Loop
Whorl
Impossible to identify
Forensic examiners look for the presence of a __________ and delta(s).
Short ridge
Bifurcation
Core
Crossover
Which of the following is NOT one of the three principles of fingerprints?
A fingerprint is an individual characteristic
A fingerprint pattern will remain unchanged for the life of an individual
Fingerprints have general characteristic ridge patterns to identify them
Identical twins have the exact same fingerprints
Covering fingers, toes, feet, & palms, fingerprints (i.e. prints) are essentially small what?
Ridges
Oils
Spikes
Gluons
For each fingerprint shown, the RED SQUARE identifies what fingerprint ridge characteristic?
Bifurcation
Core
Delta
Eye
Which of the following ridge characteristics can be defined as one ridge dividing into two?
Island or short ridge
Eye or enclosure
Bifurcation or fork
Double bifurcation
When minutiae on two different prints match, these are called points of similarity or points of identification. At this point, how many points of identification are required according to the international standard for a match between two fingerprints?
16
12
8
There is no international standard
____________ is the study of the uniqueness of friction ridge structures and their use for personal identification.
Ridgeology
Forensics
Fingerprintology
Cartography
