Fingerprints Test

True or False: Fingerprints are considered to be a form of CLASS evidence.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Since every person has unique fingerprints, they are INDIVIDUAL evidence.

True or False: Loops are the most common patterns of fingerprints.

• True

• False

The most rare fingerprint patterns are

• Whorls

• Loops

• Arches

Fingerprints that are actual indentations left on a soft material such as putty or clay are referred to as (a)   .

• Patent
• Plastic
• Latent
• Patterns

The database that houses over 50 million fingerprints that can be used to find matches between suspects and crime scene fingerprints is

• RUVIS

• CODIS

• AFIS

• SHS

The specific characteristics of the ridges that form our fingerprints that are studied closely to determine if 2 prints are a match from the same individual are called

• minutae patterns

• arches

• deltas

• bifurcations

If a fingerprint is recovered from a crime scene, is that enough evidence to make an arrest?

• Yes, because it proves the person was at the scene of the crime.

• No, because the prints could have been left at any given time, not just during the crime.

• Yes, because fingerprints are individual evidence.

• No, because multiple people have the same fingerprints.

What is the fingerprint characteristic being pointed out on this print?

• Core

• Whorl

• Delta

• Arch

What pattern is this fingerprint?

• Arch

• Loop

• Whorl

What is the name of the pattern shown?

• Arch

• Whorl

• Loop