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WorksheetsFingerprint Analysis and Patterns
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
What type of fingerprint is this?
Central Pocket Whorl
Plain Whorl
Accidental Whorl
Double Loop Whorl
What type of fingerprint is this?
Plain Arch
Tented Arch
Accidental Whorl
Radial Loop
What type of fingerprint is this?
Central Pocket Whorl
Ulnar Loop
Accidental Whorl
Double Loop Whorl
What is the name of this minutiae?
Bifurcation
Splitting Ridge
Delta
Y
What is the name of this minutiae?
Enclosure/Eye
Island
Dot
Bifurcation
What is the name of this minutiae?
Ending Ridge
Spur
Half-Ridge
Partial Ridge
The lines on your fingers that make a pattern are called...
cores.
deltas.
ridges.
arches.
What are the red triangles?
deltas
useless
forks
loops
What is the most common type of fingerprint? (65%)
Arch
Loop
Whorl
What is the name of this minutiae?
Spur
Hanging Ridge
Overhang
Mini-fork
On what type of surface is latent prints usually found?
Rough surfaces
Soft surfaces such as wax or clay
Smooth surfaces such as glass
a kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing
Direct evidence
Class evidence
Individual evidence
Circumstantial evidence
(indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly
Circumstantial evidence
Direct evidence
Individual evidence
Class evidence
material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group
Direct evidence
Individual evidence
Circumstantial evidence
Class evidence
a type of arch containing ridges that curve up sharply to form a distinct peak
Tented Arch
Plain Arch
Radial Arch
Ulnar Arch
type of pattern that is made up of any two loops combined into one print
Double loop whorl
Central Pocket Loop Whorl
Accidental whorl
Delta whorl
a three-dimensional fingerprint made in a soft material such as clay, soap, or putty
Patent
Plastic
Latent
a visible fingerprint that happens when fingers with blood, ink, or some other substance on them touch a surface and transfer the pattern of their fingerprint to that surface
Patent
Latent
Plastic
a fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern enters and exits on the same side
Arch
Whorl
Loop
Delta
a triangular ridge pattern on a fingerprint.
Loop
Arch
Delta
Whorl
a center of a loop on a fingerprint
Delta
Minutiae
Core
Loop
a fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern originates from one side of the print and leaves from the other side
Whorl
Arch
Loop
True or False: Loops can face either direction.
True
False
What is the name of the automated fingerprint identification system used to san and digitally encode fingerprints?
RUVIS
AFIS
Fingerprint Database
Fingerprints remain (a) during an individual's lifetime.
No two people have the same fingerprint
True
False
A person who compares common ridge patterns and minutiae patterns between the suspect prints and evidence prints is called a....
Detective
AVIS
Fingerprint Analyst
RUVIS
Fingerprints are a result of oil and secretions that are transferred to a surface by the ridges of one’s finger.
True
False
What type of fingerprint is this?
Loop
Arch
Whorl
What type of fingerprint is this?
Loop
Arch
Whorl
What are the 3 types of fingerprints?
Latent, whorl, and patent
Arch, loop, and patent
Arch, whorl, and loop
Visible and invisible
(a) prints are made by fingers touching a surface after the ridges have been in contact with a colored material, such as blood.
(a) prints are invisible prints left behind by clean oils on fingertips.
What can locate prints on most non-absorbant surfaces without the aid of a chemical or powder?
AFIS
Fingerprint powders
RUVIS
Chemical Reactions
True or false… Plastic/Impression prints are dusted in order to identify ridge patterns.
True
False
True or False: A fingerprint examiner looks for similar minutiae patterns between a suspect print and a crime scene print.
True
False
