Fingerprint

Identify the two types of loop fingerprints

• Loopty loop

• Ulnar loop

• Hula loop

• Radial loop

How many deltas are found in whorls

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

If a fingerprint is pressed into thick clotted blood, the pattern that will be created is called

• patent

• latent

• plastic

• hardened

The study of the uniqueness of the raised fingerprint structures is called

• ridgeology

• fingerprint analysis

• minutiae identification

• fingerprintology

The minutia that looks like a sideways letter Y is a

• bridge

• spur

• bifurcation

• short ridge

In the USA, how many matching minutiae are sufficient to make a match?

• 22

• 8

• 19

• 12

Iodine fuming is ideal for obtaining fingerprints from porous surfaces such as

• glass

• plastic

• paper

• metal

Ninhydrin spray is used on porous surfaces and changes fingerprints to purple when it reacts with

• fats/oils

• water

• DNA

• amino acids

The best way to preserve a fingerprint is to

• freeze it

• wax coat it

• photograph it

• wrap it in plastic

the combination of details in the shapes and positions of ridges in fingerprints that make each unique; also called ridge characteristics

• Delta

• Minutiae

• Core

• Whorl