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Fingerprint Minutiae

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name this minutiae type

a)

Enclosure (or lake or eye)

b)

Island (or short ridge or point)

c)

Bifurcation ( or fork)

d)

Ridge ending

2.

What are the red triangles?

a)

deltas

b)

useless

c)

forks

d)

loops

3.

What component of a fingerprint is highly specific to an individual?

a)

Class

b)

Minutiae

c)

Subclass

d)

Class and subclass

4.
Name this minutiae type
a)
Delta
b)
Core
c)

Enclosure (or lake or eye) 

d)

Hook (or spur)

5.
Minutiae type?
a)

Short ridge (or island or point)

b)

Bifurcation (or fork)

c)

Hook (or spur)

d)
Delta
6.

Identify circle 4

a)

Hook (or spur)

b)

Short ridge (or island or point)

c)

Bridge

d)

Ridge ending

7.

Identify circle 4

a)

Short Ridge (or island or point)

b)

Bridge

c)

Ridge Ending

d)

Spur (or hook)

8.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Bifurcation (or fork)

b)

Splitting Ridge

c)

Delta

d)

Y

9.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Enclosure/Eye/Lake

b)

Island/Short Ridge/Point

c)

Dot

d)

Bifurcation/Fork

10.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Bridge

b)

Junction

c)

Connector

d)

Zigzag

11.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Island/Short Ridge/Point

b)

Speck

c)

Dash

d)

Hyphen

12.

•is located between two deltas of the whorl pattern and has a minimum of one ridge that is continuous around the pattern

a)

plain whorl

b)

central pocket loop whorl

c)

double loop whorl

d)

accidental whorl

13.

•is made up of two loops that swirl around each other

a)

plain whorl

b)

central pocket loop whorl

c)

double loop whorl

d)

accidental whorl

14.

What type of minutiae is this?

a)

Ridge ending

b)

bifurcation/fork

c)

dot

d)

island (short ridge or point)

15.

What type of minutiae is this?

a)

lake (enclosure or eye)

b)

hook (spur)

c)

bridge

d)

double bifurcation

16.

What type of minutiae is this?

a)

trifurcation (triple fork)

b)

opposed bifurcation

c)

ridge crossing

d)

opposed bifurcation/ridge ending

17.

What type of minutiae is this?

a)

trifurcation

b)

opposed bifurcation

c)

ridge crossing

d)

opposed bifurcation ridge ending

18.

What type of minutiae is this?

a)

trifurcation

b)

opposed bifurcation

c)

ridge crossing

d)

opposed bifurcation/ridge ending

19.

What type of minutiae is this?

a)

trifurcation

b)

opposed bifurcation

c)

ridge crossing

d)

opposed bifurcation ridge ending