WorksheetsForensics Ch. 6 Fingerprints Vocabulary (15)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A concealed fingerprint made visible through the use of poweder or forensic techniques.
a)
plastic fingerprint
b)
latent fingerprint
c)
patent fingerprint
d)
minutiae
2.
A fingerprint in which the pattern originates on one side and exits the other.
a)
whorl
b)
loop
c)
arch
d)
delta
3.
The number of ridges between the center of a delta and the core of a loop
a)
ten card
b)
minutiae
c)
delta
d)
ridge count
4.
a three dimensional fingerprint made in soft material
a)
latent fingerprint
b)
patent fingerprint
c)
plastic fingerprint
d)
minutiae
5.
a fingerprint pattern that resembles a bull's eye
a)
loop
b)
ten card
c)
whorl
d)
core
6.
the recognizable pattern of the ridges found on the pads of fingers
a)
ridge pattern
b)
ridge count
c)
ten card
d)
core
7.
a center of a loop
a)
delta
b)
whorl
c)
core
d)
minutao
8.
a fingerprint in which the pattern flows inward and returns in the direction of the origin
a)
minutiae
b)
loop
c)
whorl
d)
arch
9.
a form used to record and preserve a person's fingerprints
a)
ridge count
b)
IAFIS
c)
ten card
d)
delta
10.
a visible fingerprint produced when fingers coated with a substance touch a surface
a)
patent fingerprint
b)
latent fingerprint
c)
plastic fingerprint
d)
minutiae
11.
a triangular ridge pattern created when ridge patterns diverge
a)
whorl
b)
loop
c)
delta
d)
arch
12.
an impression left on any surface that consists of patterns made by the ridges on a finger
a)
minutiae
b)
fingerprint
c)
loop
d)
ridge count
13.
ridge characteristics
a)
ridge count
b)
minutiae
c)
IAFIS
d)
whorl
14.
FBI-developed national data-base of criminal fingerprints and criminal histories.
a)
MAVIS
b)
LARIO
c)
CODIS
d)
IAFIS
15.
uses measurements and statistical analyses of someone's physical characteristics to aid in their identification
a)
ten card
b)
ridge patterns
c)
minutiae
d)
biometrics
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