Fingerprint Quiz

Forensic examiners look for the presence of a __________ and delta(s).

• Short ridge

• Bifurcation

• Core

• Crossover

Which of the following ridge characteristics can be defined as one ridge dividing into two?

• Island or short ridge

• Eye or enclosure

• Bifurcation or fork

• Double bifurcation

this is a _____ fingerprint

• whorl

• ulnar loop

• radial loop

• arch

The circled areas are called:

• Minutiae

• Ridges

• Details

• Marks

The area indicated by "A" in the diagram is known as a 

• Core

• Delta

• Whorl

• Arch

Which of the following is NOT one of the three principles of fingerprints?

• A fingerprint is an individual characteristic

• A fingerprint pattern will remain unchanged for the life of an individual

• Fingerprints have general characteristic ridge patterns to identify them

• Identical twins have the exact same fingerprints

What are the 3 base patterns of fingerprints?

• Latent, whorl, and patent

• Arch, loop, and patent

• Arch, whorl, and loop

• Visible and invisible

Other than powder, what is another method of developing latent fingerprints?

• tape

• cyanoacrylate (super glue) fuming

• take a photograph

• Elmer's glue fuming

What Pattern is this?

• radial loop

• double loop whorl

• plain loop

• tented arch

Fingerprints are formed: 

• during fetal development

• by the time a child is two years old

• at birth

• during first 6 months after birth