WorksheetsForensics Ch6
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 20mins
Fingerprints are fully formed by:
shortly after birth
at about two years of age
24 weeks' gestation
2 weeks' gestation
Fingerprints contain many different patterns and detailed shapes known as ridge characteristics or ________.
ridges
arches
minutiae
whorls
The quality (and accuracy) of fingerprints in identification is dependent on...
the persons ridge patterns
the fingerprint examiner
the eyewitness
the judge
The most rare fingerprint pattern is the
loop
whorl
arch
What is this minutiae pattern called?
eye
double bifurcation
fork in the road
ridge ending
A small triangular region found in a fingerprint is called what?
delta
arch
core
eye
What type of fingerprint is shown here?
this is not a fingerprint
loop
whorl
arch
What type of fingerprint is shown here?
Loop
Arch
Whorl
What type of fingerprints are not seen, they are hidden prints left by transfer of oils or other body secretions?
Latent
Patent
Plastic
What type of fingerprints are indentations left in some soft material such as clay, putty or wax?
Plastic
Patent
Latent
What type of minutiae is this?
Dot
Island
core
delta
This chemical will lift fingerprints off paper
Olive Oil
Water
Silver Nitrate
Ninhydrin
What chemical lifts fingerprints off glassware, plastic and other household items?
Cyanoacrylate Fuming
Ninhydrin
Iodine Fuming
What is this minutiae pattern shown?
Whorl
Eye
Island
Ridge Ending
This chemical will lift latent fingerprints off wood or styrofoam.
Silver Nitrate
Ninhydrin
Olive Oil
What type of minutiae mark is this?
Lake (eye)
hook
bridge
bifurcation
What fingerprint minutiae pattern is this?
bridge
hook
dot
bifurcation
imprint made by ridge patterns on the tip of a finger
Fingerprint
Dactyloscopy
Microscopy
Bifurcation
What type of minutiae mark is this?
island
Ending ridge
Bifurcation (fork)
Delta
What type of minutiae mark is this?
island
delta
ending ridge
dot
What type of minutiae mark is this?
delta
dot
Eye (or lake)
bifurcation
Study of fingerprints:
Botany
Dactyloscopy
Pteridactyl
Which of the following went wrong in the JonBenet Ramsey case?
FBI or Forensics not called in
Mom moved the body
Brother admitted to it
Left by a finger that has touched blood, paint, ink or similar.
Plastic
Patent
Latent
