FORENSIC DACTYLOSCOPY

Q and A

Presented by
DR. JEZREEL VICENTE, CCS, CSP, CST
Faculty, BS Forensics, BSCrim, MSCrim, PhDCrim
University of Baguio
 50 Q & A on the ff:
Dacty, Poly, Bal, QDE, Photo, ForChem

Presented by
DR. JEZREEL B. VICENTE, CCS, CSP, CST
Faculty, BSCrim, MSCrim, PhDCrim
Program Chair, Forensic Science
University of Baguio
Criminalistics Specialist: Dacty, Ballistics, QDE, POly & Photo
1. What do you call that impression, designed by
the ridges on the inside of the end joint of the
fingers and thumb on any smooth surface
through the media of an ink, sweat or any
reagents capable of producing visibility?
A. Fingerprint
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Personal Identification
D. Fingerprint Identification
2. These are the tiny elevations on the skin and
hill like structures found on the epidermis
layer of the skin containing sweat pores.
A. Fingerprint
B. Minutiae
C. Ridges
D. Pores
3. What do you call the endpoint of each of the
fingers that contains the tiny elevated skin
that forms the ridges?
A. Bulb
B. End joint phalange
C. Tip of the finger
D. All of the above
4. What statement below is true about
fingerprints?
A. Fingerprints of twins can be identical
B. Fingerprints of couple can be identical
C. Fingerprints of persons can be similar
D. Siamese twins’ fingerprints are always
similar

Remember: Fingerprints can only be SIMILAR

but never IDENTICAL in all points.
5. The principle of fingerprints that states “fingerprints
of a person are unchanging or constant from birth
until the decomposition of the body of the person” is
_____.
A. Principle of Permanency
B. Principle of Individuality
C. Principle of Infallibility
D. Principle of Multiplicity

Principle of Individuality – we have different fingerprints

Principle of Infallibility – fingerprints are reliable means
of personal identification.
6. This is the result of the summation of all
numerical values assigned to whorls appearing
in a fingerprint card.
A. PC
B. SC
C. SSC
D. MC
Remember: 32/32 = highest PC
1/1 = lowest PC
Plus 1 = arbitrary count
7. This is derived from the process of ridge
counting the loops or ridge tracing the whorls
appearing on the thumbs of both right and
left hands.
A. PC
B. SC
C. SSC
D. MC
 Proper Placement of the 6 Divisions:

KC MC PC SC SSC FC

Thumbs, Thumbs All fingers All fingers Index, Little

Index, Index Middle and Fingers
Middle & fingers are Ring
Ring the main
fingers
Classification Steps:
1. Filling out and Recording
2. Blocking out or Preliminary
Classification
3. Interpretation of patterns
4. Classification proper
8. If the right thumb is radial loop and the left
thumb is amputated, in order for you to
classify each thumb, what is the pattern of
the left thumb?
A. Radial Loop
B. Ulnar Loop
C. Whorl
D. Loop
9. Is a long-host like structure that serves
as the passage way for the perspiration?
A. Sweat pore
B. Sweat duct
C. Sweat glands
D. Ridge surface
10. In recording, the subject must be advised to
_____.
A. Relax his fingers
B. Normalize his fingers
C. Extend his fingers
D. Submit his fingers
11. It refers to the innermost layer of skin that
contains blood vessels, connective tissue,
nerves and fat lobules.
A. Dermis Layer
B. Epidermis
C. Stratum mucosum
D. Subcutaneous layer
12. How about the outer covering of skin?
A. Dermis
B. Epidermis
C. Stratum corneum
D. Stratum mucosum
SUMMARY:
Outer layer = epidermis
Inner layer = Dermis
Innermost layer = Hypodermis
13. He was an American criminal who
attempted to erase his fingerprints with the
use of acid in the Midwestern United States
over a period of 13 months in 1933 and 1934
is _____.
A. Roberts James Pitts
B. Edmond Locard
C. John Dillinger
D. Witkowsji
14. He was known as the “Man without
Fingerprints” as a result of operation
conducted by a physician.
A. Roberts James Pitts
B. Edmond Locard
C. John Dillinger
D. Witkowsji
15. It refers to the practical application of
fingerprints through manual comparison and
classification.
A. Fingerprints
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Dactylography
D. Dactylomancy
16. What is the study of fingerprints for the
purpose of interpreting one’s personality?
A. Fingerprints
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Dactylography
D. Dactylomancy
17. It also refers to the scientific study and
analysis of fingerprints concerning the ridges
and its characteristics as a means of
identification.
A. Fingerprints
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Dactylography
D. Dactylomancy
18. The science of palm print identification is called
_____.
A. Poroscopy
B. Chiroscopy
C. Podoscopy
D. Dermatyglyphics

Poroscopy – pores identification

Podoscopy – footprints and footwear
Dermatyglyphics – epidermal skin designs,
formations and structure.
Edgeoscopy – edges and shapes of ridges
19. The following are early means of identifying
people, except _____.
A. Tattooing
B. Branding
C. Mutilating
D. Fingerprinting
20. Fingerprints is for “Hua Chi” as to “Lo and
Ki” is for _____.
A. Whorls and loops
B. Arches and whorls
C. Loops and arches
D. Fingerprint Patterns
21. In the primitive time in Mexico, part of
tradition is to put the palm print of the
corpse on a formed mud or clay on their
tombs. This is a practice of what tribe?
A. Mexicanos
B. Christians
C. Chinese
D. Aztecs
22. The Grandfather of fingerprints is _____.
A. Johannes Evangelist Purkinje
B. Edward Richard Henry
C. Alphonse Bertillon
D. Marcello Malpighi
23. The father of personal identification is
_____.
A. Johannes Evangelist Purkinje
B. Edward Richard Henry
C. Alphonse Bertillon
D. Marcello Malpighi
24. How about the father of dactyloscopy?
A. Johannes Evangelist Purkinje
B. Edward Richard Henry
C. Alphonse Bertillon
D. Marcello Malpighi
25. He is considered the “father of modern
fingerprint science.”
A. Johannes Evangelist Purkinje
B. Edward Richard Henry
C. Alphonse Bertillon
D. Marcello Malpighi
26. The Origin of Fingerprints is to William James
Herschel as to Edward Richard Henry is to _____.
A. Classification and Uses of Fingerprint
B. Anatomia Humanis Corporis
C. Philosophical Transaction
D. Fingerprints

Nehemiah Grew - Philosophical Transaction

Govard Bidloo - Anatomia Humanis Corporis
Francis Galton - Fingerprints
27. He installed a fingerprint system at Jewish
Maternity Hospital (JMH).
A. James Parke
B. Harry J. Myers
C. Juan Vucetich
D. Henry P. De Forest
28. He was the person who strongly stated that
there are no two fingerprints which are
exactly the same.
A. JCA Mayer
B. Edmond Locard
C. Juan E. Vuccetich
D. Edward Richard Henry
29. What law created the Division of
Investigation (now the NBI) dated Nov 13,
1936.
A. Commonwealth Act No. 181
B. Executive Order No. 94
C. Republic Act No. 409
D. Republic Act No. 157
29. What law that established the Criminal
Records and Identification Division (CRID) of
the Manila Police Department?
A. Commonwealth Act No. 181
B. Executive Order No. 94
C. Republic Act No. 409
D. Republic Act No. 157
30. What was the legal basis of renaming B.I. to NBI
Oct 4, 1947?
A. Commonwealth Act No. 181
B. Executive Order No. 94
C. Republic Act No. 409
D. Republic Act No. 157
CA 181 - DI
RA 409 - CRID
RA 157 – abolished DI & created BI
31. According to history, who is the first woman
fingerprint technician?
A. Flaviano C. Guererro
B. Isabela Bernales
C. Thomas Dugan
D. Garry Jones
32. How about the first male fingerprint
technician?
A. Flaviano C. Guererro
B. Isabela Bernales
C. Geneso Reyes
D. Garry Jones
33. The original name of the pioneer school
recognized by the government that taught
the Science of Fingerprint and other Police
Sciences in the Philippines is _____.
A. Plaridel Educational Institution
B. Philippine College of Criminology
C. Manila Law College
D. PCCr-MLC
34. Are the two outermost ridges which start
parallel, diverge, and surround or tend to
surround the pattern area.
A. Delta
B. Typelines
C. Recurving ridge
D. Diverging ridge
35. The point on the first ridge formation found
at or directly in front of and nearest the
center of the divergence of the type lines
A. Delta
B. Core
C. Focal points
D. Bifurcation
36. Generally, how many deltas a central
pocket loop have?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. It depends
37. If one of the four requisites of loop is
absent, the pattern is considered _____.
A. Tented arch
B. Plain arch
C. Radial Loop
D. Ulnar Loop
38. Are two ridges flowing side by side and
suddenly separating, one ridge going one
way and the other ridge going another way.
A. Recurving ridges
B. Diverging ridges
C. Traversing ridges
D. Bifurcating ridges
39. A single ridge which splits into two ridges,
forming a Y shape structure is called _____.
A. Recurving ridge
B. Diverging ridge
C. Traversing ridge
D. Bifurcating ridge
40. A ridge formation whose closed end is
angular and serves as a point of
convergence, usually pointed and abrupt.
A. Diverging ridge
B. Converging ridge
C. Bifurcating ridge
D. Recurving ridge
41. A short ridge that spoils the sufficiency of a
recurve located on top or summit of a
recurve usually at right angle
A. Appendage
B. Abutment
C. Staple
D. Some of the above
42. A single recurving ridge in the center of the
pattern area and located along the looping
ridges.
A. Bridge
B. Short ridge
C. Staple
D. crossover
43. These are caused mainly by minor surface
damage such as injuries, work and tear or
advanced of age.
A. Creases
B. Incipient Ridges
C. Puckering Ridge
D. Dissociated Ridges
44. This is a bifurcation which does not remain
open but in the legs of the bifurcation, after
running along side by side for a short distance,
come together and forms a single ridge once
more.
A. Recurving ridge
B. Enclosure
C. Island/Lake/eyelet
D. envelop
45. Refers to a ridge that is insufficient in length
other than the fragment.
A. Dot ridge
B. Short ridge
C. Fragment Ridge
D. Dissociated Ridge
46. As to the percentage distribution of the
different fingerprint patterns, how many
percent is the whorl family?
A. 65%
B. 45%
C. 35%
D. 25 %
47. What do you call the fingerprint pattern
where most of the ridges enter on one side of
the pattern and flow to the other side with a
rise at the center?
A. Plain Arch
B. Tented Arch
C. Ulnar Loop
D. Radial Loop
48. If you are the technician and you have
observed that the pattern forms angles inside
it, it is interpreted as _____.
A. Double Loop Whorl
B. Central Pocket Loop Whorl
C. Tented Arch
D. Plain Arch
49. This is the pattern which is nearly a loop
since it only lacks some of the requisites of a
loop pattern.
A. Radial Loop
B. Ulnar Loop
C. Tented Arch
D. Plain Arch
50. If there are three (3) rods or bars inside the
innermost sufficient recurve, where will the
core be placed?
A. At the center rod.
B. At the end of the rod.
C. At the end of the center rod.
D. At the end of the further one of the two
center rod.
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DACTYLOSCOPY

Dr. jezreel vicente, csp

Presentor