PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION

EASY

1. A part of the whorl or loop where the cores, deltas and ridges appear.
A. type line B. bifurcation
C. pattern area D. furrow

2. How many standard fingerprint patterns are there?

A. Three B. Eight
C. Two D. Nine

3. If the number of intervening lines is below three then this would have been?
A. Inner tracing B. Outer tracing
C. Ring inner tracing D. Meet tracing

4. In Dactyloscopy, if we say a person with polydactyl hand. he has______ ?

A. Extra hand B. Extra finger
C. Extra Nails D. Extra Hair

5. The core and delta are also termed as _____?

A. Inner Terminus B. Outer Terminus
C. Focal Point D. Pattern Area

6. The forking or dividing of one line to two or more branches is called_____.

A. ridge B. island
C. delta D. bifurcation

7. This is a canal-like impression or depression found between the ridges.

A. Friction skin B. Ridge surface
C. Ridges D. Furrows

8. This refers to the study of fingerprints for the purpose of identification.

A. Dactyloscopy B. Dactylography
C. Podoscopy D. Poroscopy

9. What is the science of palm print identification?

A. Chiroscopy B. Poroscopy
C. Podoscopy D. Astrology

10. A 32 over 32 would indicate all ___ patterns in primary classification.

A. whorl B. loop
C. tented arch D. radial

11. A forensic chemist is tasked to examine the chemical nature and composition of the following
EXCEPT:
A. fingerprint B. explosives
C. blood D. body fluids

12. A Dogmatic Principle which postulates that the fingerprint cannot be forged.
A. Principle of individuality B. Principle of constancy/permanency
C. Principle of infallibility D. All of these

13. A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges form a sequence of spirals around core axes.
A. whorl B. double loop
C. central pocket loop D. accidental

14. A kind of fingerprint which is found on soft and sticky objects such as wax and tape?
A. Visible print B. Semi-visible print
C. Invisible print D. All of these
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15. Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime scene which are not clearly visible.
A. Plane impressions B. Visible fingerprints
C. Rolled impressions D. Latent fingerprints

16. In an accidental whorl type of pattern, what pattern is not included in the combination?
A. Ulnar Loop B. Plain Whorl
C. Tented Arch D. Plain Arch

17. In the distribution of percentage in the fingerprint pattern, 35% is being represented by what
group?
A. Loop B. Whorl
C. Arch D. Radial Loop

18. Is that appears as tiny black line with white dots (called pores) in an inked finger impression?
A. sweat pores B. furrows
C. ridges D. sweat duct

19. It refers to all fingerprints left at the crime scene including those left accidentally or unconsciously.
A. Chance Impressions B. Latent Prints
C. Smudge Prints D. Fragmentary Prints

20. The innermost ridges run parallel and surrounded to the pattern area are known as _______.
A. type lines B. criss-crossing ridges
C. long ridges D. ridgeology

21. These are depressions or canals between the ridges of a fingerprint which maybe compared with
the low area in a tire tread.
A. None of these B. Envelope
C. Furrows D. Bifurcation

22. What are the depressed portions or canal structure of the friction skin found between ridges?
A. Pores B. Indentions
C. Furrows D. Duct

23. What are those that are sometimes referred to as papillary or epidermal ridges?
A. Latent ridges B. Dermal ridges
C. Friction ridges D. Fingerprints

24. What fingers are rolled towards the body in taking a rolled impression?
A. both little finger B. both thumb finger
C. all finger except thumb D. both index finger

25. What is the type of a pattern in which the looping or slanting ridges flows towards the little finger?
A. Loop B. Radial Loop
C. Ulnar Loop D. Tented Arch

26. What type of a pattern possesses an angle, an upthrust, or two of the three basic characteristics
of the loop?
A. Plain Arch B. Tented Arch
C. Accidental Whorl D. Ulnar Loop

27. When a ridge bifurcates, sending two ridges across the imaginary line, how is it counted?
A. One B. Two
C. Three D. Six

28. Located along the undersides of the fingers, palms, toes, and soles appear corrugated skin
structure known to the biologist as
A. friction skin B. handprints
C. fingerprints D. volar skin
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29. Located along the undersides of the fingers, palms, toes, and soles appear corrugated skin
structure known to the fingerprint examiner as
A. friction skin B. handprints
C. fingerprints D. volar skin

30. In 1905, the Stratton brothers was convicted after they were charged of murdering Farrow couple.
This accomplishment was a work of?
A. Henry B. Vecetich
C. Faulds D. Herschel

31. He first used fingerprints on native contracts in Hooghly district in Jungipoor, India.
A. John Evangelist Purkinje B. Dr. Henry Faulds
C. Marcello Malpighi D. Sir William Herschel

32. It is said that the fingerprints of a person will be carried from womb to tomb. What principle greatly
described the phrase?
A. the principle of individuality B. principle of permanency
C. principle of infallibility D. all of these

33. Who used surgery to destroy his friction ridges and was known as the Man without fingerprint.
A. Robert James Pitts B. Roscoe Pitts
C. John Dillenger D. John Augustus

34. The first conviction in the Philippine Case which gives recognition to the science of fingerprint?
A. People Vs. Medina B. People Vs. Jennings
C. Miranda Vs. Arizona D. West Case

35. He is known as the Father of Fingerprint Examination.

A. Johannes Evangelist Purkinje B. Alphonse Bertillion
C. Calvin Goddard D. Hans Gross

36. Ridge forms in the person’s fingers and feet during its infants stage which usually starts:
A. 3rd to 4th months of the fetus life
B. 4th to 5th months of the fetus life
C. 5th to 6th months of the fetus life
D. 5th to 6th months after birth

37. The following are considerations used for the identification of a loop except one:
A. a delta B. a core
C. a sufficient recurve D. a ridge count across a looping bridge

38. What is the rule when there is a choice between a bifurcation and other type of delta found in the
fingerprint?
A. Bifurcation is selected
B. the other type of delta is selected
C. Bifurcation is disregarded
D. the one towards the core is selected

39. Which of the following is not true about the value or the importance of fingerprinting?
A. Serve to provide evidence
B. prevent criminal substitution
C. help identify victims of calamities like crime
D. speedily identifying the perpetrator

40. It is placed just to the left of the primary in the classification formula where whorls appear in the
thumbs following the whorl tracings sub-secondary classification.
A. sub-secondary B. major division
C. key D. final
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41. What type of pattern is that which 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. 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
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MODERATE

1. Who is that 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

2. Argentine Police officials 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Who discovered 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. A person committing 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 Print”. 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

9. 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

10. What type of a pattern consists 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
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11. What system of identification used earlier than the fingerprint system, and is made by measuring
various bony structure of human body developed by Alphonse Bertillion?
A. Portrait Parle B. Tattoo
C. Anthropometry D. Photography

12. What fingerprint pattern have slope or downward flow of the innermost sufficient recurve towards
the thumb of the radius bone of the hand of origin.
A. ulnar loop B. tented arch
C. accidental whorl D. radial loop

13. Who was that 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

14. Who is that fingerprint pioneer who introduced the fingerprint classifications that dominated in
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

15. What basic principle is involved 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

16. Symbolized by letter W in the fingerprint classification, this fingerprint pattern have two deltas 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

17. The bifurcation which does not remain open but whose legs after a long 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

18. The greater the number of points of similarities and dissimilarities of two persons compared, the
greater the probability for the conclusion to be correct. What is this Law called?
A. Law of Multiplicity of Evidence in Identification
B. Identification by Comparison and Exclusion
C. Law of Super Imposition
D. All of these

19. Knowledge of fingerprint’s unique nature did not surface in the European countries until a lecture
was given by a British doctor, who was a fellow of the royal society. Who is that person that
published the treatise entitled “De Extremo Tactos Organo”?
A. Nehemia Grew B. Johannes Purkinje
C. Francis Galton D. Marcelo Malphigi

20. Who is that 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

21. 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 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
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22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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
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32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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.

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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
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DIFFICULT

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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 canal like structure found
between the ridges?
A. Dermis B. Epidermis
C. furrows D. Delta

6. An examiner is classifying a kind of pattern having a set of ridges flowing from the left side towards
the right side of the pattern area. If you are the examiner, which of the following ridges be chosen as
the delta.
A. A bifurcation B. A short ridge
C. An island D. none of these

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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…
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A. Polydactylism B. Extra ordinary fingers
C. Excess Finger D. Deformities

10. Before the arrival of the DNA test, personal identification through fingerprints is most widely used
around the country and around the world in positively identifying person especially if the subject is
beyond recognition. The reason behind this lies on the principle that:
A. Its pattern reveals racial origin
B. They are available in most places
C. It can be lifted at the crime scene
D. No two persons have identical fingerprints