Ch. 6: Fingerprints

Question 1

A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern originated from one side of the print and continues to the other side

Answer 1

Arch

Question 2

A center of a loop

Answer 2

Core

Question 3

A triangular ridge pattern

Answer 3

Delta

Question 4

An impression left on any surface that consists of patterns made by the ridges on a finger

Answer 4

Fingerprint

Question 5

FBI-developed national database of more than 76 million criminal fingerprints and criminal histories

Answer 5

IAFIS (Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identifiction System)

Question 6

A concealed fingerprint made visible through the use of powders or forensic techniques

Answer 6

Latent fingerprint

Question 7

A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern flows inward and returns in the direction of the origin

Answer 7

Loop

Question 8

The combination of details in the shapes and positions of ridges in fingerprints that makes each unique

Answer 8

Minutiae

Question 9

A visible fingerprint produced when fingers coated with blood, ink, or some other substance touch a surface and transfer their print to that surface

Answer 9

Patent fingerprint

Question 10

A three-dimensional fingerprint made in soft material such as clay, soap, or putty

Answer 10

Plastic fingerprint

Question 11

The number of ridges between the center of a delta and the core of a loop

Answer 11

Ridge count

Question 12

The recognizable pattern of the ridges found in the end pads of fingers that form lines on the surfaces of objects in a fingerprint: arches, loops, whorls

Answer 12

Ridge pattern

Question 13

A form used to record and preserve a person’s fingerprints

Answer 13

Ten card

Question 14

A fingerprint pattern that resembles a bull’s-eye

Answer 14

Whorl