MCQs on Fingerprint This Test consists 25 MCQs on Fingerprint. Take the test and get your result after submitting your Test. Brush and increase your knowledge of Fingerprint. Best of luck. Click/Touch Next to start the Quiz. 1. Who first explained the Friction Ridge Skin Pattern with drawings: Sir Francis Galton J.C.A. Mayer Henry Faulds William Herschel None 2. "Life on the Mississippi" is wrote by: Mark Twain Thompson Henry Faulds J.C.A. Mayer None 3. First case of identical twins with no resemblance in their Fingerprints: William & Will West William & Windy Wells Mark & Monty Wells William & William Wells None 4. Ridge ending, Bifurcation, Eye, Triangle, etc. are the terminologies used for: Class Characteristics of Fingerprint Individual Characteristics of Fingerprint Fingerprint Galton Classification None 5. The average fingerprint has approximately how many individual ridge characteristics? 100 150 200 250 None 6. The skin layer between the epidermis and dermis is the _________ layer. Cuticle Subcutaneous Top Basal None 7. Sweat glands near the hair follicle: Apocrine Friction ridges Touch receptor Eccrine None 8. How many Biological Principle followed by Fingerprints: 5 3 1 2 None 9. Fingerprint Left by the offender at the SoC is known as: Patent Prints Chance Prints Plastic Prints Latent Prints None 10. Fingerprints used since centuries as ________ for protection if documents and Identification of Individual: Signature Tradition Fingerprints Symbol None 11. Study of Fingerprints is known as: Anthropology Dactyloscopy Trichology Fingerprint examination None 12. What causes fingerprints to be left behind when we touch things? Dust on things Natural oils in the skin Moisture Water None 13. At what age do human beings acquire fingerprints? At three weeks of age At 8 months gestation After Birth At 3 months' gestation None 14. Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic types of fingerprint patterns? whorls loops arches Circle None 15. Which animal is said to have fingerprints virtually indistinguishable from those of human beings? Monkey gorilla Koala Panda None 16. Fabric and Clothes are impossible to obtain fingerprints because: Most of the fibres are treated with fluorocarbons to repel moisture Textiles are very absorbent Textiles almost always contain synthetic materials Textile fibres are resistant to the powders used to dust for prints None 17. What is the minimum number of matching points required to identify an unknown latent print In the USA? 10 16 32 No Minimum None 18. The most common type of fingerprint pattern is the: Arch Whorl Loop Double Whorl None 19. Fingerprints on plastic metal, glass and skin can be placed in a developing jar with this chemical that reacts with amino acids to make the print appear white Ninhydrin Cyanoacrylate Silver Nitrate Iodine Fuming None 20. Fingerprints dissolved in _____ only grow back with scars on them making them more individual and unique. Acid Base Water All of the above None 21. Triangular region of a loop Bifurcation Delta Eye Hook None 22. Least common fingerprint pattern Loop Whorl Arch Double Whorl None 23. Fingerprint patterns that can eliminate a suspect or link a suspect to the crime scene is: Minutia Lines Whorl Individual Characteristics None 24. No two individuals have more than ___ minutia in common 3 4 6 8 None 25. Fingerprints on paper can be sprayed with this chemical that reacts with amino acids in sweat to make a purple print appear. Ninhydrin Iodine fuming Silver Nitrate Cyanoacrylate None 1 out of 3 Related Discover more from Forensic's blog Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe
