Fingerprint Quiz

What is another name for fingerprint?

• Dactylogram

• ridge-o-gram

• impression

• fingergram

The science of ridge analysis is known as?

• Ridgeology

• Dactology

• Dactyloscopy

• Ridgeoscopy

Fingerprints that are impressions left in soft wax or clay are called?

• Plastic

• Latent

• Patent

• accidental

What is this print?

• Plain arch

• tented arch

• loop

• whorl

What is this fingerprint characteristic?

• bridge

• dot

• ending ridge

• enclosure

Forensic examiners at first look for the presence of a __________ and delta(s) before looking for other characteristics.

• Short ridge

• Bifurcation

• Core

• Crossover

Covering fingers, toes, feet, & palms, fingerprints (i.e. prints) are essentially small what?

• Ridges

• Oils

• Spikes

• Gluons

For each fingerprint shown, the RED SQUARE identifies what fingerprint ridge characteristic?

• Bifurcation

• Core

• Delta

• Eye

Identify the fingerprint pattern as shown.

• whorl

• loop

• arch

Identify feature at Location 2

• fork / bifurcation

• central core

• ending ridge

• short ridge