Fingerprint Experts Are Convinced That

GEMINI CRIMINOLOGY ONLINE REVIEW AND TRAINING CENTER
P E N E T E E A P
Dr. MANUEL V JAUDIAN, LLB. PhD
ETEEAP DIRECTOR
PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
1. Fingerprint experts are convinced that “no two person shall have the same fingerprint
characteristics”. But according to some mathematicians, there might be possibility of two
persons having the same fingerprint to the ration of_____
a. 1:6 billion c. 1:64 million
b. 1:6 billion d. 1:64 billion
2. The basis of fingerprint identification.

a. Comparative examination of the ridge characteristics found on the fingers
b. Comparative examination of the ridge found on the sole of the foot
c. Comparative examination of the pores found on the fingers
d. Comparative examination of the furrows found on the fingers
3. The first leading judicial decision in the Philippines jurisprudence on the science of
fingerprint.
a. PP vs Medina, 59 Phil. 330
b. PP vsJenning
c. US vsAsensi, 34, Phil 750
d. PP vsPonferada, et al. Phil. 68
4 .Principle of constancy in fingerprint science means that fingerprint is ________

a. unchanging b. not possible of forgery
c. not conclusive d. fallible
5. This refers to a permanent scar

a. ankylosis b. macrodactyl
c. nacrodactyl d. sicratiz
6. Means to enter on a fingerprint record card of all known essential data about a subject,
except the fingerprint itself.
a. recording c. filing
b. filling out d. blocking out
7. An area about the center of the palm down near the wrist.
a. distal c. hypothenar zone
b.carpal delta zone d. thenar zone
8. Large cushion below the base of the big toe.

a. carcar zone c. ball zone
b. fibular zone d. proximal
9. These conditions consist of congenital absence of epidermal ridges.

a. ridge hypoplasia c. ridge aplasia
b. ridge dissociation d. none of these
10. The congenital absence of one or more digits

a. nacrodactyl c. macrodactyl
b. ectrodactyl d. brachdactyl
11. The fingers or toes be flexed.

a. syndactyl c. orthodactyl
b. macrodactyl d. ankylosis
12. This is the large cushion below the base of the thumb.
a. thenar zone c. proximal
b. distal d. carcar zone
13. Introduced the new stsyem of palmistry.

a. Thomas Bewick c. Adolphe Quetelet
b. Thomas taylor d. Herman Welcker
14. The burglar in the name of Harry Jackson left his thumbprint on the paintwork of the house
he entered in 1902. This case was considered as the first conviction in what country?
a. Argentina c. U.K.
b.U.S. d. Canada
15. In this year the reliability of fingerprint was tested when Adolf Beck was jailed for several
years after he was falsely identified by witness as the perpetrator of the crime, but later,
fingerprint have shown that he was a wrong man.
a. 1896 c. 1892
b. 1902 d. 1911
16. The following are the early method of identification employed by the prison administration
except one.
a. branding
b. descriptive clothing
c. anthropological measurement
d. Teeth bite marks
17. “Principle of womb to tomb” is referred to

a. principle of individuality
b. principle of permanency
c. principle of infallibility
d. principle of unforgebility
18. How did Henry Faulds discover that Fingerprint are unchangeable.
a. he took fingerprint twice with a lapse of 41 years
b. he made a careful experiment and observation of fingerprint pattern in the hospital
c. he use fingerprint as substitute for signature in India
d. none of these
19. . A policeman in Argentina who was the first person to put Galton System of classification
into practice.
a. Henry Faulds c. Juan Vucetich
b. Edward R. Henry d. William Herschel
20. A Scottish missionary doctor that concluded that fingerprint patterns are unchangeable.
a. HenryFaulds c. Juan Vucetich
b. Edward Henry d. William Herschel
21. The first person who was convicted in US court through the use of fingerprint as evidence
A. Harry Jackson c. Marciano Medina
b. Thomas Jennings d. Ann Farrow
22. A known criminal who try to efface his fingerprint by burning them with acid.
a. Roscoe James Pitts c. Herman Welker
b. John Dellinger d. Thomas Bewick
23. This man has been considered as “a man without fingerprint” who surgically remove his
fingerprint and covered it with another skin.
a. Roscoe James Pitts c. Herman Welker
b. John Dellinger d. Thomas Bewick
24. What is the rule where there are two or more possible bifurcation which conform to the
definition of delta?
a. the one nearest the core should be chosen
b. the one away from the core should be counted
c. the one which does not open towards the core is counted
d. the one towards the core should be counted
25. . Ridge forms in he 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 before birth
26. The use of too much ink obliteration and obscuring the ridges.
a. poor inking
b. over inking
c. incomplete inking
d. improper rolling
27. One of the cardinal rules in taking fingerprints is that the fingers must be
completely __________.
a. healthy
b. moist
c. healed from previous injury
d. dry
28.Subject being fingerprinted must be advised by the operator to

a. cooperate
b. keep still
c. relax
d. look at his hand
29. The pressure on the fingers. while rolling should be __________.

a. too much pressure and even pressure
b. too much pressure and uneven pressure
c. light and even
d, light and uneven pressure
30..When taking rolled impression too much pressure and uneven pressure causes ______.
a. smeared impression
b. distortion of the prints
c. pale impression
d. possible omission of delta and core
31.As each finger is completely rolled, it must be lifted with a ______ upward movement from
the card.
a. slow
b. quick
c. lightly slow
d. lightly quick
32. When removing finger from card a slow dragging movement may cause ________.
a. distortion of the print
b. pale print
c. smeared impression
d. possible omission of delta and core
33.The use of _______ often result in smeared and pale prints.

a. poor ink
b. improper rolling
c. over inking
d, improper cleaning
34. Failure to clean thoroughly the inking equipment or the fingers, may cause the following
except.
a. false marking
b, distorted ridges
c. disappearance of characteristic
d. smeared impression
35._____must intervene between the delta and the first ridge count if no such interval exist,
the first ridge count must be disregarded .
a. black space c. white space
b ridge space d .any of the above
36.In the case titled “ People vs. Medina” the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the lower
court on the identification of the suspect by the developed latent print at the crime scene. That
the number of the ridge characteristics or points of identity to establish the identity of a person
by fingerprint be at least.
a. 6homologous points b. 10 homologous points
c.8 homologous points d. 12 homologous points
37.ridge that are not continuous in finger print pattern.

a. fragmentary ridge b. incipient ridge
c. long or short ridge d. dot ridge
38._______may not be located at bifurcation which does not open towards the core.
a. core b. ridge
c. delta d. pattern area
39. Fingerprint ink can be spread evenly on the glass by means of ______.
a. fingerprint card holder
b. fingerprint brush
c. spatula
d. fingerprint roller
40. When the innermost sufficient recurve contains no ending ridge or rod rising as high as the
shoulder of the loop the core is located at the___
a. innermost sufficient recurve
b. center rod
c. shoulder of the loop farther from the delta
d. center rod farther from the delta

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2. The basis of fingerprint identification.

4 .Principle of constancy in fingerprint science means that fingerprint is ________

5. This refers to a permanent scar

8. Large cushion below the base of the big toe.

9. These conditions consist of congenital absence of epidermal ridges.

10. The congenital absence of one or more digits

11. The fingers or toes be flexed.

13. Introduced the new stsyem of palmistry.

17. “Principle of womb to tomb” is referred to

28.Subject being fingerprinted must be advised by the operator to

29. The pressure on the fingers. while rolling should be __________.

33.The use of _______ often result in smeared and pale prints.

37.ridge that are not continuous in finger print pattern.

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