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fingerprints

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the lines on your fingers that leave impressions called?

a)

follicle

b)

ridges

c)

print marks

d)

roots

2.

What do you call the number of ridges from the core to the delta?

a)

ridge count

b)

ridge index

c)

core to delta count

d)

index

3.

What do you call the detailed ridge characteristics that are used to help identify fingerprints?

a)

ridge pattern

b)

minutiae pattern

c)

fingerprint class

d)

pattern

4.

Which fingerprint pattern is the most common?

a)

whorl

b)

loop

c)

arch

d)

swirl

5.

Which fingerprint pattern is the least common?

a)

arch

b)

whorl

c)

loop

d)

swirl

6.

What kind of evidence are fingerprints?

a)

Circumstantial biological

b)

direct

c)

class

d)

individual

e)

circumstantial physical and individual

7.

Fingerprints are formed:

a)

after birth

b)

during birth

c)

during pregnancy

d)

approximately 2 years after birth

8.

What type of fingerprint is shown?

a)

arch

b)

loop

c)

whorl

d)

spiral

9.

What kind of fingerprint is shown?

a)

whorl

b)

loop

c)

arch

d)

spiral

10.

What type of fingerprint is being shown?

a)

arch

b)

loop

c)

whorl

d)

spiral

11.
The area indicated by "A" in the diagram is known as a(n)
a)
Core
b)
Delta
c)
Whorl
d)
Arch
12.

What pattern is this? (Right Hand)

a)

Tented Arch

b)

Plain Arch

c)

Ulnar Loop

d)

Plain Whorl

13.

What type of fingerprint is this?

a)

Central Pocket Whorl

b)

Plain Whorl

c)

Accidental Whorl

d)

Double Loop Whorl

14.

What type of fingerprint is this?

a)

Plain Arch

b)

Tented Arch

c)

Accidental Whorl

d)

Radial Loop

15.

What are the red triangles?

a)

deltas

b)

useless

c)

forks

d)

loops

16.
What is the function of the ridges on our fingers which create fingerprints?
a)
They provide insulation for the tissues under the skin.
b)
They enable us to grasp objects.
c)
They provide protection for our touch receptors.