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Fingerprints

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

No two people have been found with exactly the same fingerprint pattern.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

How many times will your fingerprint pattern change throughout your life?

a)

Three times

b)

Your fingerprint pattern will change anytime you get a scar or due to skin disease.

c)

The pattern will never change.

d)

It will change as you grow from a baby to an adult.

3.

Identify the WHORL fingerprint pattern.

a)
b)
c)
4.

Identify the loop fingerprint pattern.

a)
b)
c)
5.

Identify the arch fingerprint pattern.

a)
b)
c)
6.

What percentage of the population have a whorl pattern?

a)

60% of the population

b)

5% of the population

c)

65% of the population

d)

About 30% of the population

7.

Which fingerprint pattern is the most common?

a)

Loop

b)

Arch

c)

Whorl

d)

Ridge

8.

Which fingerprint pattern is the most rare?

a)

Delta

b)

Loop

c)

Arch

d)

Whorl

9.

The core of a fingerprint can be found in:

a)

the centre of a whorl or loop

b)

the centre of a delta

c)

the centre of a ridge

10.

Label the diagram.

a)

A: Ridge count area

B: Delta

C: Core

b)

A: Delta

B: Ridge count area

C: Core

c)

A: Core

B: Ridge count area

C: Delta

d)

A: Core

B: Delta

C: Ridge count area

11.

What is a delta?

a)

A triangular region near a loop.

b)

The centre of a whorl or loop.

c)

It distinguishes one fingerprint from another.

d)

A circular region near a loop.

12.

What is the loop that opens towards the little finger called?

a)

Radial loop

b)

Ulnar loop

c)

Delta loop

d)

Recurring loop

13.

What type of whorl is this?

a)

Accidental

b)

Double loop

c)

Central pocket loop

d)

Tented

14.

What type of whorl is this?

a)

Double loop

b)

Central pocket loop

c)

Accidental

d)

Tented

15.

What are the two patterns found in arches?

a)

Circles and spirals

b)

Plain and tented

c)

Tented and looped

d)

Right loops and left loops

16.

What is a latent fingerprint?

a)

An impression left in soft material such as putty, wax or soap.

b)

A fingerprint made by paint.

c)

A fingerprint made by blood.

d)

A fingerprint that is invisible to the eye.

17.

what is a loops that opens to the thumb called?

a)

ulnar loop

b)

radial loop

c)

double whorl loop

d)

whorl loop