Fingerprint Analysis Practice Game

While looking at the basic fingerprint patterns can quickly help eliminate a suspect, in order to positively match a print found at a crime scene to an individual, more is needed. Every individual has a unique fingerprint due to unique ridge patterns called:

• ridge details

• small details

• characteristic values

• minutiae

Fingerprints that are left behind and cannot be seen without aid are

• indented fingerprints

• patent fingerprints

• latent fingerprints

• plastic fingerprints

The three main types of fingerprints are classified as

• arches, core, and deltas

• loops, whorls, and deltas

• loops, whorls, and arches

• whorls, bifurcations, and arches

A small triangular region is one characteristic found in a fingerprint. This triangular region is known as a

• spur

• eye

• delta

• ridge

Of the three main types of fingerprints

• loops are the most common while deltas are the least common

• arches are the least common while whorls are the most common

• arches are the least common while loops are the most common

• whorls are the most common while arches are the least common

Deltas are not found in which of the following main classifications of fingerprints?

• whorls

• all contain deltas

• arches

• loops

A bloody handprint is found on the wall of a crime scene. This print would best be categorized as a

• latent print

• patent print

• biological print

• indented print

Which one of the following types of fingerprint is left by the finger's natural oils at the fingertip ridges being transferred to a surface?

• invisible

• visible

• latent

• biological

In order to dust for fingerprints on a dark-colored surface, a forensic investigator would most likely use:

• a translucent powder

• a thick powder

• a dark powder

• a white or light powder

Which of the following statements is not true?

• Latent fingerprints require development in order to make them visible

• Humans have unique fingerprint patterns

• Human fingerprints change throughout a person's life

• Latent fingerprints are invisible to the naked eye