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EVALUATIVE EXAMINATION
PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION/DACTYLOSCOPY
Criminologist Licensure Examination
NAME:

1. A part of the whorl or loop in which appear 7. This is a canal like impression or depression
the cores, deltas and ridges. found between the ridges.
A. type line A. Friction skin
B. bifurcation B. Ridge surface
C. pattern area C. Ridges
D. furrow D. Furrows
2. How many standard fingerprint patterns are 8. This refers to the study of fingerprints for
there? the purpose of identification.
A. Three A. Dactyloscopy
B. Eight B. Dactylography
C. Two C. Podoscopy
D. Nine D. Poroscopy
3. If the number of interesting lines had been 9. What is the science of palm print
three above the right delta then this would identification?
have been? A. Chiroscopy
A. Inner tracing B. Poroscopy
B. Outer tracing C. Podoscopy
C. Ring inner tracing D. Astrology
D. Meet tracing 10. A 32 over 32 would indicate all _________
4. In Dactyloscopy, if we say a person with patterns in primary classification.
polydactyl hand he has? A. whorl
A. Extra hand B. loop
B. Extra finger C. tented arch
C. Extra Nails D. radial
D. Extra Hair 11. A forensic chemist is tasked to examine the
5. The core and delta are also termed as chemical nature and composition of the
_____? following except one:
A. Inner Terminus A. fingerprint
B. Outer Terminus B. explosives
C. Focal Point C. blood
D. Pattern Area D. body fluids
6. The forking or dividing of one line to two or 12. A Dogmatic Principle which postulates that
more branches. the fingerprint cannot be forged.
A. ridge A. Principle of individuality
B. island B. Principle of constancy/permanency
C. delta C. Principle of infallibility
D. bifurcation D. All of these
13. A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges A. type lines
form a sequence of spirals around core axes. B. criss-crossing ridges
A. whorl C. long ridges
B. double loop D. ridgeology
C. central pocket loop 21. These are depressions or canals between
D. accidental the ridges of a fingerprint which maybe
14. A kind of fingerprint which is found on soft compared with the low area in a tire tread.
and sticky objects such as wax and tape? A. None of these
A. Visible print B. Envelope
B. Semi-visible print C. Furrows
C. Invisible print D. Bifurcation
D. All of these 22. What are the depressed portions or canal
15. Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the structure of the friction skin found between
crime scene which are not clearly visible. ridges?
A. Plane impressions A. Pores
B. Visible fingerprints B. Indentions
C. Rolled impressions C. Furrows
D. Latent fingerprints D. Duct
16. In an accidental whorl type of pattern, 23. What are those that are sometimes
what pattern is not included in the referred to as papillary or epidermal ridges?
combination? A. Latent ridges
A. Ulnar Loop B. Dermal ridges
B. Plain Whorl C. Friction ridges
C. Tented Arch D. Fingerprints
D. Plain Arch 24. What fingers are rolled towards the body in
17. In the distribution of percentage in the taking a rolled impression?
fingerprint pattern, 35% is being represented A. both little finger
by what group? B. both thumb finger
A. Loop C. all finger except thumb
B. Whorl D. both index finger
C. Arch 25. What is the type of a pattern in which the
D. Radial Loop looping or slanting ridges flows towards the
18. Is that appears as tiny black line with white little finger?
dots (called pores) in an inked finger A. Loop
impression? B. Radial Loop
A. sweat pores C. Ulnar Loop
B. furrows D. Tented Arch
C. ridges 26. What type of a pattern possesses an angle,
D. sweat duct an upthrust, or two of the three basic
19. It refers to all fingerprints left at the crime characteristics of the loop?
scene including those left accidentally or A. Plain Arch
unconsciously. B. Tented Arch
A. Chance Impressions C. Accidental Whorl
B. Latent Prints D. Ulnar Loop
C. Smudge Prints 27. When a ridge bifurcates, sending two
D. Fragmentary Prints ridges across the imaginary line, how is it
20. The innermost ridges run parallel and counted?
surrounded to the pattern area are known as A. One
_____? B. Two
 C. Three 34. The first conviction in the Philippine Case
D. Six which gives recognition to the science of
28. Located along the undersides of the fingerprint?
fingers, palms, toes, and soles appear A. People Vs. Medina
corrugated skin structure known to the B. People Vs. Jennings
biologist as C. Miranda Vs. Arizona
A. friction skin D. West Case
B. handprints 35. He is known as the Father of Fingerprint
C. fingerprints Examination.
D. volar skin A. Johannes Evangelist Purkinje
29. Located along the undersides of the B. Alphonse Bertillion
fingers, palms, toes, and soles appear C. Calvin Goddard
corrugated skin structure known to the D. Hans Gross
fingerprint examiner as 36. Ridge forms in the person’s fingers and
A. friction skin feet during its infants stage which usually
B. handprints starts:
C. fingerprints A. 3rd to 4th months of the fetus life
D. volar skin B. 4th to 5th months of the fetus life
30. In 1905, the Stratton brothers was C. 5th to 6th months of the fetus life
convicted after they were charged of D. 5th to 6th months after birth
murdering Farrow couple. This accomplishment 37. The following are considerations used for
was a work of? the identification of a loop except one:
A. Henry A. a delta
B. Vecetich B. a core
C. Faulds C. a sufficient recurve
D. Herschel D. a ridge count across a looping bridge
31. He first used fingerprints on native 38. What is the rule when there is a choice
contracts in Hooghly district in Jungipoor, between a bifurcation and other type of delta
India. found in the fingerprint?
A. John Evangelist Purkinje A. Bifurcation is selected
B. Dr. Henry Faulds B. the other type of delta is selected
C. Marcello Malpighi C. Bifurcation is disregarded
D. Sir William Herschel D. the one towards the core is selected
32. It is said that the fingerprints of a person 39. Which of the following is not true about the
will be carried from womb to tomb. What value or the importance of fingerprinting?
principle greatly described the phrase? A. Serve to provide evidence
A. the principle of individuality B. B. prevent criminal substitution
B. principle of permanency C. help identify victims of calamities like
C. principle of infallibility crime
D. all of these D. speedily identifying the perpetrator
33. Who used surgery to destroy his friction 40. It is placed just to the left of the primary in
ridges and was known as the Man without the classification formula. Where whorls appear
fingerprint. in the thumbs following the whorl tracings sub
A. Robert James Pitts secondary classification.
B. Roscoe Pitts A. sub secondary
C. John Dillenger B. major division
D. John Augustus C. key
D. final
41. What type of pattern in which it could be
found on the lower box of the fingerprint card
having a delta and core with a recurving ridge
flowing towards the no. 6 finger?
A. Ulnar loop
B. Radial loop
C. Loop
D. arches
42. Which of the following best describes a
loop pattern?
A. presence of 1 sufficient recurving ridge
B. has a bifurcation as the delta
C. 1 core at the point of divergence
D. all of these
43. All but one, are the elements of a whorl
pattern?
A. Usually possessing a circular formation
at the center
B. Several patterns may be present
C. It may bear 2 or more deltas
D. none of these
44. These kind of ridge characteristic is
sometimes being misinterpreted as a
bifurcation because of its close resemblance to
it. This ridge is known as:
A. trifurcation
B. enclosure
C. island
D. converging ridge
45. What is that portion of the fingerprint
bounded by the type lines where the
characteristics needed for
interpretation/classification is found?
A. Loops
B. Ridges
C. Double lines
D. Pattern area
46. The right and left little fingers are used
exclusively for the Final Classification.
However, they are also considered in what
classification?
A. Primary
B. Sub-secondary
C. Secondary
D. Final
47. These are tiny portions or is a hill-like
structure found on the epidermis of friction
skin containing sweat, with pores appearing as
black likes in a fingerprint impression.
A. Imaginary lines
B. Black lines
C. Furrows
D. Ridges
48. The principle in fingerprint study that
states that fingerprint cannot be forged.
Fingerprint is a reliable and a positive means of
identification.
A. principle of infallibility
B. principle of permanency
C. principle of individuality
D. principle of constancy
49. The following are the requisites of a loop
except one,
A. It must have a core
B. It must have a complete circuit
C. It must have a delta
D. It must have a ridge count of at least
one
50. In fingerprinting, it refers to the process of
counting the intervening ridges that touch or
cross an imaginary line drawn between the
core and the delta.
A. Ridge counting
B. Ridge tracing
C. Delta tracing
D. All of these
51. A Geologist in New Mexico who adopted
the first individual use of fingerprint on August
8, 1882 by using his own thumb prints as
protection to prevent tampering with the pay
order he issued.
A. Alberto Reyes
B. Samuel Clemens
C. Gilbert Thompson
D. Henry De Forest
52. Argentine Police official began the first
fingerprint files based on Galton patterns. He
developed his own system of classifying prints
which was officially adopted in Argentina.
A. Gilbert Thompson
B. Sir Francis Galton
C. Juan Vucetich
D. Sir Edward Richard Henry
53. In ridge counting a plain whorl or central
pocket loop whorl in the little finger it is
derived by:
A. Treating it as ulnar loop
 B. Getting the ridge count of the top loop
C. Getting the least ridge count
D. Getting the delta opposite each hand
54. He was the Chief Magistrate of the Hooghly
District in India, first used fingerprints on
contracts with the natives. He is also known as
father of Chiroscopy.
A. JCA Mayer
B. John Evangelist Purkinje
C. Herman Welcker
D. Sir William James Herschel
55. Is the person who discover the two main
layer of the friction skin (Epidermis and
Dermis) and to whom one of the thin layer of
the friction skin was named.
A. Herman Welcker
B. Marcelo Malpighe
C. Nehemiah Grews
D. Dr. Henry Faulds
56. If the same digits of both hands are
missing the impressions are held to be
A. Plain whorl on meeting
B. Dependents on ridges tracing
C. Loops
D. dependents on the classification of the
print of the finger
57. Under the management of Lt. Darby during
the American occupation in the Philippines, a
modern and complete fingerprint file has
been established for the Philippine
commonwealth. In 1937, the first Filipino
fingerprint technician employed by the Phil.
Constabulary was
A. Mr. Generoso Reyes
B. Mr. Amado Delos Santos
C. Mr. Calixto Solis
D. None of these
58. A person who commits a crime would
always leave something behind and may be
considered as an integral part in the
identification of the suspect especially if it is a
“Latent Prints”. This prints are made through
the;
A. Ridge of the skin
B. Furrows of the skin
C. Ridge formation
D. Perspiration on top of the finger
59. Fingerprints help to positively identify
people because of the principle that:
A. its pattern reveals racial origin
B. they are available in most places
C. no two persons have identical
fingerprints
D. it can be lifted at the crime scene
60. What type of a pattern consisting of two or
more deltas, one or more ridge forming a
complete circuitry and when an imaginary line
is drawn from left delta to right delta it touches
or cross the circuiting ridge/s considered as the
most common type of whorl.
A. Plain Whorl
B. Central Pocket Loop Whorl
C. Double Loop Whorl
D. Accidental Whorl
61. A system of identification which was used
earlier than the fingerprint system, made by
measuring various bony structure of human
body developed by Alphonse Bertillion.
A. Portrait Parle
B. Tattoo
C. Anthropometry
D. Photography
62. A type of fingerprint pattern in which the
slope or downward flow of the innermost
sufficient recurve is towards the thumb of
radius bone of the hand of origin.
A. ulnar loop
B. tented arch
C. accidental whorl
D. radial loop
63. The notorious gangster and a police
character, who attempted to erase his
fingerprints by burning them with acid but as
time went by the ridges were again restored to
their “natural” feature.
A. Al Capone
B. OJ Simpson
C. John Dellinger
D. Billy the Kid
64. He is a fingerprint pioneer who introduced
the fingerprint classifications which dominates
almost all English speaking countries of the
world.
A. Sir Francis Galton
B. Professor Johannese E. Purkinje
C. Sir Edward Richard Henry
 D. Dr. Henry Faulds
65. Is the basic principle involve in personal
Identification which states that the greater the
number of similarity or difference the greater
the probability for the identity or non identity
to be conclusive.
A. Law of individuality
B. Law of multiplicity of evidence
C. Law of infallibility
D. Law of constancy
66. Symbolized by letter W in the fingerprint
classification. It is a fingerprint pattern which
there are two deltas and in which at least one
ridge makes a turn through one complete
circuit.
A. Plain whorl
B. Central pocket loop whorl
C. Accidental loop
D. Ulnar loop
67. The bifurcation which does not remain
open but which legs after along side by side for
short distance, come together to form a single
ridge once more is referred to as…
A. Enclosure
B. Converging ridges
C. Island ridge
D. Closed ridges
68. The greater the number of points of
similarities and dissimilarities of two persons
compared, the greater the probability for the
conclusion to be correct is found in the
A. Law of Multiplicity of Evidence in
Identification
B. Identification by Comparison and
Exclusion
C. Law of Super Imposition
D. All of these
69. Knowledge of fingerprint’s unique nature
doesn’t appear to have surfaced the European
countries until a lecture given by a British
doctor who was a fellow of the royal society.
Who is that person that published the treatise
entitled “De Externo Tactus Organo”?
A. Nehemia Grew
B. Johannes Purkinje
C. Francis Galton
D. Marcelo Malphigi
70. You are an anthropologist who published a
study of fingerprint science that included the
system of classification to facilitate the
collected fingerprints.
A. Nehemia Grew
B. Johannes Purkinje
C. Francis Galton
D. Marcelo Malphigi
71. The illegitimate mother of the two
murdered children whom she was accused
because of the latent prints that has been
found on the scene of the crime. Who is that
person, in which without his participation the
case will not be solve?
A. Francisca Rojas
B. Francis Galton
C. Juan Vucetich
D. Edward Henry
72. Fingerprint Identification is now one of the
most indispensable tools of investigation
because of its use in identifying the
perpetrators. Classifying the person’s
fingerprints is a work of the art of:
A. Edward
B. Galton
C. Richard
D. Henry
73. The ridges of the skin is part of the dermal
surface that is why sometimes it is called as
the dermal ridges and it will not be forged. The
statement best describes:
A. the principle of individuality
B. principle of permanency
C. principle of infallibility
D. none of these
74. There are number of criminals who tried to
deface their fingerprint just to evade in their
crimes. Some burn it with the use of acid
hoping their prints will be erased. Who is that
person famously known as Philips?
A. Dellinger
B. Roscoe
C. Scarface
D. Pitt
75. Which of the following is true about
fingerprinting?
A. method of identification
B. can be found on the terminal part of the
hand
C. cannot be disguised
D. carried from birth to grave
76. This is the most remarkable event
happened on 1964 according to the history of
the study of fingerprinting.
A. computerization of Scotland yard
B. creation of the FBI identification division
C. the Belper Committee in England was
established
D. The International association for
Criminal Identification was established
77. Which of the following is not true about
Accidental whorl?
A. Two deltas are present
B. Two loop patterns are present having
separate shoulders
C. combination of two whorls and a loop
D. may posses two or more cores
78. Patterns posses all the characteristics
needed on the investigation that may be bring
light on a certain case. What kind of sweat
gland that can be found underneath these
patterns?
A. Sebaceous gland
B. Eccrine gland
C. Epecrine gland
D. Apocrine gland
79. Which of the following ridge characteristics
will be highly prioritized as delta?
A. A short ridge over an island at its
divergence point.
B. A bifurcation leading towards the
outside direction of the pattern farther
with the core
C. A ridge ending that have reached the
very shoulder of the ridges
D. None of these
80. It is the very center point of the pattern
area and one of the very important focal points
of a certain pattern especially for loops. What
is that core of the pattern having a terminal
point?
A. core
B. ridge end
C. delta
D. short ridge
81. A delta may be any of the following,
EXCEPT
A. bifurcation opening towards the delta
B. dot or fragment as thick as the other
ridges
C. a point on the first recurving ridge
located nearest to the center and in front of
the divergence of the type lines
D. a meeting of two ridges
82. A British anthropologist and a cousin of
Charles Darwin, who began his observations of
fingerprints as a means of identification in the
1880's. According to his calculations, the odds
of two individual fingerprints being the same
were 1 in 64 billion. He identified the
characteristics by which fingerprints can be
identified. These same characteristics (minutia)
are basically still in use today, and are often
referred to as ________ Details, after his
name.
A. Bertillon
B. Twain
C. Galton
D. Thompson
83. An Argentine Police Official, began the first
fingerprint files based on Galton pattern types.
At first, He included the Bertillon System with
the files. He made the first criminal fingerprint
identification in 1892. He was able to identify
Francis Rojas, a woman who murdered her two
sons and cut her own throat in an attempt to
place blame on another. Her bloody print was
left on a door post, proving her identity as the
murderer.
A. Sir Edward Richard Henry
B. Dr. Henry P. DeForrest
C. Juan Vucetich
D. Hem Chandra Bose
84. Condition before fragments and dots are
counted.
A. they must be touched or cut by the
imaginary line
B. they must be as thick and heavy as
other ridges
C. they must be in the line of flow
D. they must be found inside the pattern
area
85. If an appendage is present between the
shoulders of a loop (innermost recurve), the
one being considered for purposes of locating
the core is
A. next loop outside with no appendage at
right angle
B. next loop inside
 C. the same loop even with an appendage
D. next loop outside with appendage at
right angle
86. In locating the delta, which of the following
statements will you consider first.
A. Dots and fragments may only be
considered as bifurcation if they are as
thick as the other ridges.
B. The delta may not be located in the
middle of a ridge running between the
type lines toward the core, but at the
nearer end only.
C. Delta must be located midway between
two diverging type lines at or just in
front of where they diverge.
D. Bifurcation takes precedence over any
possible deltas.
87. In ridge tracing, the reference is on
A. upper side or point of the extreme right
delta
B. lower side or point of the extreme left
delta
C. upper side or point of the moderate left
delta
D. upper side or point of the moderate
right delta
88. In the classification line, the order should
be
A. primary, secondary, subsecondary, final,
key, major
B. major, key, primary, secondary,
subsecondary final
C. key, major, primary, secondary,
subsecondary, final
D. primary, secondary, subsecondary,
major, key, final
89. A pattern possessing most of the elemental
characteristics of a whorl but became so
special because of its unique combination of
two distinct loops. The statement is referring
to what type of pattern?
A. W
B. X
C. C
D. D
90. On the night of August 2, 2010, a certain
burglary happened on the store of a Japanese
Merchant. On the scene of the crime, laying
the dead body of the victim stained by his own
blood and the presence of several evidences
found including the fingerprints of the three
unidentified persons. If you are one of those
three persons whose fingerprints were found
on the scene of the crime. What will be basis
of the investigators in case they will hold you
as one of the responsible regarding the
commission of the crime?
A. the principle of individuality
B. principle of permanency
C. principle of infallibility
D. all of these
91. It is obtained by counting the ridges of the
first loop appearing on the fingerprint card
(beginning with the right thumb), exclusive of
the little fingers which are never considered for
the key as they are reserved for the final.
A. primary
B. key
C. final
D. major
92. On one occasion, a certain burglary
happened on the store of a Korean
Entrepreneur. On the scene of the crime,
laying the dead body of the owner stained by
his own blood and the presence of several
evidences found including the fingerprints of
the three unidentified persons. If you are one
of those three persons whose fingerprints are
found on the scene of the crime. What will be
your relation to the crime?
A. you are the burglar
B. you are the killer
C. you came from the scene of the crime
D. you are the suspect
93. All areas of friction skin are totally
individual. When sufficient detail is present, it
can be individualized. In other words, when
someone is identified as the donor of a print, it
establishes that person as the only person in
the world who could have that print.
A. Infallible
B. Unique
C. Permanent
D. Classifiable
94. It is the lower or the inner layer of the skin
that must not be destructed for it could
possibly create a permanent injury that may
result to the lost of the ridges. What is that the world in positively identifying person
canal like structure found between the ridges? especially if the subject is beyond recognition.
A. Dermis The reason behind this lies on the principle
B. Epidermis that:
C. furrows A. Its pattern reveals racial origin
D. Delta B. They are available in most places
95. An examiner is classifying a kind of pattern C. It can be lifted at the crime scene
having a set of ridges flowing from the left side D. No two persons have identical
towards the right side of the pattern area. If fingerprints
you are the examiner, which of the following 100. What finger appear. Three (3) blocks after
ridges be chosen as the delta. finger number seven (7)?
A. A bifurcation A. Right Thumb
B. A short ridge B. Left Little finger
C. An island C. Right Index finger
D. none of these D. Left Ring finger
96. PINS Hear T Rob is examining a fingerprint
pattern having a 2 delta and a core with few
spiral formations at the center but no recurving
ridge is cut. What type of pattern INS Rob is
examining?
A. W
B. X
C. C
D. D
97. On the inside part of a pattern, there are
so many ridges present that would help the
investigators in identifying a certain pattern
especially in dealing with a loop pattern. One
of these characteristic is sometimes known as
the railway tie.
A. ridge hook
B. ridge ending
C. appendage
D. bridge
98. Mr. A applies for a job, and as a
requirement he was advised to present his NBI
Clearance. On the way to the office of the NBI,
he was apprehensive that he will not be
accommodated by the personnel because of
his two excess fingers in his right hand. The
appearance of his extra fingers is anatomically
known as…
A. Polydactylism
B. Extra ordinary fingers
C. Excess Finger
D. Deformities
99. Before the arrival of the DNA test, personal
identification through fingerprints is most
widely used around the country and around