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True or False: Identical twins have the same fingerprints.

False

What type of print is left behind when ink, blood, paint, etc. is transferred from a finger or thumb to a surface?

Visible

True or False: You have the same fingerprint patterns on your right and left hand

FALSE

What are RIDGE CHARACTERISTICS used for?

To individualize fingerprints / link the fingerprint to an individual

What type of print is an indentation left in soft materials such as clay or wax?

PLASTIC

Describe a LATENT fingerprint

Not visible to the naked eye. Most common print found at the crime scene.

What type of minutiae is number 1?

RIDGE ENDING

Match the following THIRD DEGREE minutiae to their correct description: Edge Contour

An interruption in type line, or the prevailing ridge shape

A shallower friction ridge

The edge of the fingerprint

An interruption caused by an injury.

Match the following THIRD DEGREE minutiae to their correct description: Scars

A shallower friction ridge.

An interruption in type line, or the prevailing ridge shape

An interruption caused by an injury.

The edge of the fingerprint.

What type of print is not visible but made so by dusting with powders or the use of chemicals?

LATENT

What is the least common type of print where the ridge lines come in on one side and exit the opposite side?

ARCH

What is the name of the pattern shown here?

LOOP (left)

What type of fingerprint is this? This print can be developed using chemical fuming or using a brush and powder. It's also detected using RUVIS.

Latent print

What type of minutiae is number 4?

DOT / ISLAND

What is the most common general type of fingerprint?

LOOP

What are the 3 key fingerprint patterns which are used to classify fingerprints?

Arch, loop, & whorl

Match the following THIRD DEGREE minutiae to their correct description: Breaks

The edge of the fingerprint.

An interruption in type line, or the prevailing ridge shape

An interruption caused by an injury.

A shallower friction ridge.

What is the name of the pattern shown?

WHORL (plain)

What fingerprint pattern is shown here?

ARCH (plain)

Why are fingerprints useful in classification?

They are unique to individuals

What type of minutiae is number 3?

BIFURCATION

Match the following THIRD DEGREE minutiae to their correct description: Incipient Ridge

The edge of the fingerprint

A shallower friction ridge

An interruption in type line, or the prevailing ridge shape

An interruption caused by an injury.

What type of minutiae is number 2?

ENCLOSURE

TRUE or FALSE: A minutiae pattern that looks like a 2 pronged fork is a bifurcation.

TRUE