Quiz about Fingerprints

Question 1

What pattern is this? (Right Hand)

Accepted Answer

Tented Arch

Answer

Plain Arch

Answer

Ulnar Loop

Answer

Plain Whorl

Question 2

What type of fingerprint is this?

Accepted Answer

Plain Whorl

Answer

Central Pocket Whorl

Answer

Accidental Whorl

Answer

Double Loop Whorl

Question 3

What type of fingerprint is this?

Accepted Answer

Central Pocket Whorl

Answer

Plain Whorl

Answer

Accidental Whorl

Answer

Double Loop Whorl

Question 4

What type of fingerprint is this?

Accepted Answer

Plain Arch

Answer

Tented Arch

Answer

Accidental Whorl

Answer

Radial Loop

Question 5

What type of fingerprint is this?

Accepted Answer

Double Loop Whorl

Answer

Central Pocket Whorl

Answer

Ulnar Loop

Answer

Accidental Whorl

Question 6

What is the name of this minutiae?

Accepted Answer

Bifurcation

Answer

Splitting Ridge

Answer

Delta

Answer

Y

Question 7

What is the name of this minutiae?

Accepted Answer

Enclosure/Eye

Answer

Island

Answer

Dot

Answer

Bifurcation

Question 8

What is the name of this minutiae?

Accepted Answer

Bridge

Answer

Junction

Answer

Connector

Answer

Zigzag

Question 9

What component of a fingerprint constitutes individual evidence?

Accepted Answer

Minutiae

Answer

Class

Answer

Subclass

Answer

Class and subclass

Question 10

Prints that are not readily visible are called _____ prints.

Accepted Answer

latent

Answer

visbile

Answer

plastic

Question 11

Prints impressed into a bar of soap or other material (such as clay) are known as _________ prints.

Accepted Answer

plastic

Answer

latent

Answer

visible

Question 12

Which chemical method creates a permanent white fingerprint?

Accepted Answer

super glue fuming

Answer

ninhydrin

Answer

iodine fuming

Question 13

This chemical method creates a temporary brown/orange fingerprint.

Accepted Answer

iodine fuming

Answer

super glue fuming

Answer

ninhydrin

Question 14

The number of deltas found in an arch pattern is ______.

Accepted Answer

zero

Answer

one

Answer

two

Answer

three

Question 15

The number of deltas found in a loop pattern is ______.

Accepted Answer

one

Answer

zero

Answer

two

Answer

three

Question 16

Prints are called __________ prints when the ridges made contact with a colored substance, such as blood, paint or oil prior to being impressed on a surface.

Accepted Answer

visible

Answer

latent

Answer

plastic

Question 17

What pattern is this? (Right hand)

Accepted Answer

Ulnar Loop

Answer

Radial Loop

Answer

Plain Whorl

Answer

Tented Arch

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The pattern will never change.

Answer

Three times

Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 19

Which fingerprint pattern is the most common?

Accepted Answer

Loop

Answer

Arch

Answer

Whorl

Answer

Ridge

Question 20

What is a delta?

Accepted Answer

A triangular region near a loop.

Answer

The centre of a whorl or loop.

Answer

It distinguishes one fingerprint from another.

Answer

A circular region near a loop.

Question 21

In what layer of skin is the ridge patterns of fingerprints formed?

Accepted Answer

Dermal papillae

Answer

Epidermis

Answer

Dermis

Answer

Hypodermis

Question 22

The transfer of oils, sweat, amino acids, and carbohydrates are responsible for the formation of _________________ on surfaces

Accepted Answer

latent prints

Answer

patent prints

Answer

plastic prints

Answer

none of these

Question 23

What procedure has the development of livescan technology largely replaced?

Accepted Answer

rolling fingers on an inkpad and onto a print card

Answer

iodine fuming

Answer

the Henry classification system

Answer

carbon powder and tape

Question 24

The individuality of a fingerprint is determined by __________________

Accepted Answer

the minutiae or ridge patterns

Answer

its general shape

Answer

the amino acids found in the print

Answer

the general pattern

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