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Fingerprint Analysis and Patterns

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The area indicated by "A" in the diagram is known as a(n)
a)
Core
b)
Delta
c)
Whorl
d)
Arch
2.
The area indicated by "B" in the diagram is known as a(n)
a)
Core
b)
Delta
c)
Whorl
d)
Arch
3.

What type of fingerprint is this?

a)

Central Pocket Whorl

b)

Plain Whorl

c)

Accidental Whorl

d)

Double Loop Whorl

4.

What type of fingerprint is this?

a)

Plain Arch

b)

Tented Arch

c)

Accidental Whorl

d)

Radial Loop

5.

What type of fingerprint is this?

a)

Central Pocket Whorl

b)

Ulnar Loop

c)

Accidental Whorl

d)

Double Loop Whorl

6.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Bifurcation

b)

Splitting Ridge

c)

Delta

d)

Y

7.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Enclosure/Eye

b)

Island

c)

Dot

d)

Bifurcation

8.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Ending Ridge

b)

Spur

c)

Half-Ridge

d)

Partial Ridge

9.

The lines on your fingers that make a pattern are called...

a)

cores.

b)

deltas.

c)

ridges.

d)

arches.

10.

What are the red triangles?

a)

deltas

b)

useless

c)

forks

d)

loops

11.
5% of the population has this type of pattern
a)
loops
b)
whorls
c)
arches
d)
ripples
12.
What component of a fingerprint constitutes individual evidence?
a)
Class
b)
Minutiae
c)
Subclass
d)
Class and subclass
13.

What is the most common type of fingerprint? (65%)

a)

Arch

b)

Loop

c)

Whorl

14.

What is the name of this minutiae?

a)

Spur

b)

Hanging Ridge

c)

Overhang

d)

Mini-fork

15.

On what type of surface is latent prints usually found?

a)

Rough surfaces

b)

Soft surfaces such as wax or clay

c)

Smooth surfaces such as glass

16.

a kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing

a)

Direct evidence

b)

Class evidence

c)

Individual evidence

d)

Circumstantial evidence

17.

(indirect evidence) evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly

a)

Circumstantial evidence

b)

Direct evidence

c)

Individual evidence

d)

Class evidence

18.

material that connects an individual or thing to a certain group

a)

Direct evidence

b)

Individual evidence

c)

Circumstantial evidence

d)

Class evidence

19.

a type of arch containing ridges that curve up sharply to form a distinct peak

a)

Tented Arch

b)

Plain Arch

c)

Radial Arch

d)

Ulnar Arch

20.

type of pattern that is made up of any two loops combined into one print

a)

Double loop whorl

b)

Central Pocket Loop Whorl

c)

Accidental whorl

d)

Delta whorl

21.

a three-dimensional fingerprint made in a soft material such as clay, soap, or putty

a)

Patent

b)

Plastic

c)

Latent

22.

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

a)

Patent

b)

Latent

c)

Plastic

23.

a fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern enters and exits on the same side

a)

Arch

b)

Whorl

c)

Loop

d)

Delta

24.

a triangular ridge pattern on a fingerprint.

a)

Loop

b)

Arch

c)

Delta

d)

Whorl

25.

a center of a loop on a fingerprint

a)

Delta

b)

Minutiae

c)

Core

d)

Loop

26.

a fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern originates from one side of the print and leaves from the other side

a)

Whorl

b)

Arch

c)

Loop

27.

True or False: Loops can face either direction.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

What is the name of the automated fingerprint identification system used to san and digitally encode fingerprints?

a)

RUVIS

b)

AFIS

c)

Fingerprint Database

29.

Fingerprints remain (a)   during an individual's lifetime.

30.

No two people have the same fingerprint

a)

True

b)

False

31.

A person who compares common ridge patterns and minutiae patterns between the suspect prints and evidence prints is called a....

a)

Detective

b)

AVIS

c)

Fingerprint Analyst

d)

RUVIS

32.

Fingerprints are a result of oil and secretions that are transferred to a surface by the ridges of one’s finger.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

What type of fingerprint is this?

a)

Loop

b)

Arch

c)

Whorl

34.

What type of fingerprint is this?

a)

Loop

b)

Arch

c)

Whorl

35.

What are the 3 types of fingerprints?

a)

Latent, whorl, and patent

b)

Arch, loop, and patent

c)

Arch, whorl, and loop

d)

Visible and invisible

36.

  (a)   prints are made by fingers touching a surface after the ridges have been in contact with a colored material, such as blood.  

37.

(a)   prints are invisible prints left behind by clean oils on fingertips. 

38.

What can locate prints on most non-absorbant surfaces without the aid of a chemical or powder?

a)

AFIS

b)

Fingerprint powders

c)

RUVIS

d)

Chemical Reactions

39.

True or false… Plastic/Impression prints are dusted in order to identify ridge patterns. 

a)

True

b)

False

40.

True or False: A fingerprint examiner looks for similar minutiae patterns between a suspect print and a crime scene print.

a)

True

b)

False