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Forensics Ch6

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fingerprints are fully formed by:

a)

shortly after birth

b)

at about two years of age

c)

24 weeks' gestation

d)

2 weeks' gestation

2.

Fingerprints contain many different patterns and detailed shapes known as ridge characteristics or ________.

a)

ridges

b)

arches

c)

minutiae

d)

whorls

3.

The quality (and accuracy) of fingerprints in identification is dependent on...

a)

the persons ridge patterns

b)

the fingerprint examiner

c)

the eyewitness

d)

the judge

4.

The most rare fingerprint pattern is the

a)

loop

b)

whorl

c)

arch

5.

What is this minutiae pattern called?

a)

eye

b)

double bifurcation

c)

fork in the road

d)

ridge ending

6.

A small triangular region found in a fingerprint is called what?

a)

delta

b)

arch

c)

core

d)

eye

7.

What type of fingerprint is shown here?

a)

this is not a fingerprint

b)

loop

c)

whorl

d)

arch

8.

What type of fingerprint is shown here?

a)

Loop

b)

Arch

c)

Whorl

9.

What type of fingerprints are not seen, they are hidden prints left by transfer of oils or other body secretions?

a)

Latent

b)

Patent

c)

Plastic

10.

What type of fingerprints are indentations left in some soft material such as clay, putty or wax?

a)

Plastic

b)

Patent

c)

Latent

11.

What type of minutiae is this?

a)

Dot

b)

Island

c)

core

d)

delta

12.

This chemical will lift fingerprints off paper

a)

Olive Oil

b)

Water

c)

Silver Nitrate

d)

Ninhydrin

13.

What chemical lifts fingerprints off glassware, plastic and other household items?

a)

Cyanoacrylate Fuming

b)

Ninhydrin

c)

Iodine Fuming

14.

What is this minutiae pattern shown?

a)

Whorl

b)

Eye

c)

Island

d)

Ridge Ending

15.

This chemical will lift latent fingerprints off wood or styrofoam.

a)

Silver Nitrate

b)

Ninhydrin

c)

Olive Oil

16.

What type of minutiae mark is this?

a)

Lake (eye)

b)

hook

c)

bridge

d)

bifurcation

17.

What fingerprint minutiae pattern is this?

a)

bridge

b)

hook

c)

dot

d)

bifurcation

18.

imprint made by ridge patterns on the tip of a finger

a)

Fingerprint

b)

Dactyloscopy

c)

Microscopy

d)

Bifurcation

19.

What type of minutiae mark is this?

a)

island

b)

Ending ridge

c)

Bifurcation (fork)

d)

Delta

20.

What type of minutiae mark is this?

a)

island

b)

delta

c)

ending ridge

d)

dot

21.

What type of minutiae mark is this?

a)

delta

b)

dot

c)

Eye (or lake)

d)

bifurcation

22.

Study of fingerprints:

a)

Botany

b)

Dactyloscopy

c)

Pteridactyl

23.

Which of the following went wrong in the JonBenet Ramsey case?

a)

FBI or Forensics not called in

b)

Mom moved the body

c)

Brother admitted to it

24.

Left by a finger that has touched blood, paint, ink or similar.

a)

Plastic

b)

Patent

c)

Latent