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NAME & SECTION: LLANZA, LYRA LOU P BSCR 2-A SUBJECT: Forensic 2
INSTRUCTOR: Ms. APRIL C. CASASIS DATE: May 08, 2020

ACTIVITY NO.3 IN FORENSIC – 2

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Choose the correct answer on each question by writing the letter of your
choice along with the term, phrases or sentences below the question and
choices provided.
2. After choosing your answer, explain why you think that the other choices is not
the correct answer on the given question.

EXAMPLE:
QUESTION: Who among the following is considered as the father of chiroscopy?
a. John Evangelist Purkinje c. William James Herschel
b. Marcello Malpighi d. Edmond Loccard

ANSWER: A. WILLIAM JAMES HERSCHEL

BECAUSE:
 John Evangelist Purkinje is the Father of Dactyloscopy
 Marcello Malpighi is the Grandfather of Dactyloscopy, and;
 Edmond Loccard is the Father of Poroscopy

1. Which of these is a name given to the examination of the fingerprints?

a. entomology c. dactyloscopy
b. palynology d. trichology
ANSWER: C. DACTYLOSCOPY
BECAUSE:
 Entymology is the study of insects a branch of zoology
 Trichology is the study and practice concerned with the hair scalp
 Palynology is the study of pollen grains and other spores

2. What is the function of the ridges on our fingers which create fingerprints?
a. they help us to identify individual human beings
b. They provide protection for our touch receptors
c. They provide insulation for the tissues under the skin
d. They enable as to grasp objects
ANSWER: A. THEY HELP US TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEINGS.
BECAUSE:
 Every fingerprint has its own characteristics made by different ridges
formation that makes it unique from the other.

3. What causes fingerprints to be left behind when we touch things?

a. The natural oils in the skin
b. The moisture in the atmosphere
c. the smoothness of the surface we touch
d. the dust on the things we touch
ANSWER: A. THE NATURAL OILS OF THE SKIN
BECAUSE:
 Because our body produces its natural oil from the sweat glands and
helps to make fingerprint left on the things we touches.
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 It is the heat in atmosphere that causes our body to produce sweat

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the three basics types of patterns?
a. whorls c. loops
b. spirals d. arches
ANSWER: B. SPIRALS
BECAUSE:
 Whorls is characterized by a circular pattern having one or more
ridges revolve around the core making a complete circle.
 Loop pattern in which one or more of the ridges enter on either side
of the impression, recurve, touch or pass an imaginary line drawn
from the delta to core, and terminate or tend to terminate on or
toward the same side of the impression.
 Arches are the ridges of the finger run continuous from one side of
the finger to the other with no recurving

5. At what age do human beings acquire fingerprints?

a. at six month’s gestation c. at birth
b. at three month’s gestation d. at two weeks age
ANSWER: B. AT THREE MONTH’S GESTATION
BECAUSE:
 It was been said in the Principle of constancy or permaning that an
individual form its fingerprint in the 3rd month of the embrionic whole when
the child is still at mother’s womb and it will never be change until the
decomposition sets in after death.

6. Which of the following statements about fingerprints is NOT true?

a. Fingerprints are unique for every human being.
b. Fingerprint patterns do not change with growth or age
c. Even identical twins do not have identical fingerprints
d. Fingerprints are no more similar between two family members than between
two strangers
ANSWER: D. FINGERPRINTS ARE NO MORE SIMILAR BETWEEN TWO FAMILY
MEMBERS THAN BETWEEN TWO STRANGERS
BECAUSE:
 According to the Principle of individuality, no two fingerprint of different
persons or the neighboring fingers of the same person have ever been
found to be indentical or exactly alike in all aspects that the ridge
appearing in fingerprint patterns.

7. Which animal is said to have fingerprints virtually indistinguishable from those of

human beings?
a. raccoon c. koala
b. lemur d. panda
ANSWER: C. KOALA
BECAUSE:
 Not only do koala bears have fingerprints (a relatively recent and totally
independent-from-primates evolutionary adaptation), but those
fingerprints are shockingly human-like.

8. Why is it usually impossible to obtain fingerprints from textiles such as fabric, clothing
and carpet?
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a. Because textiles are very absorbent

b. Because textile fibres are resistant to the powder used to dust for prints
c. Because textiles almost always contain synthetic materials
d. Because most modern fibres are treated with fluorocarbons to repel moisture
ANSWER: A. BECAUSE TEXTILES ARE VERY ABSORBENT
BECAUSE:
 Most of the textiles fabric are having the capacity to absorb another
substance because of its softness.

9. Who is generally recognized as being the first person to use fingerprints as a means
of identification?
a. Sir William Herschel c. Dr. Henry Faulds
b. Alphonse Bertillon d. Sir Edward Henry
ANSWER: A. SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL
BECAUSE:
 Alphonse Bertillon known as the father of the Anthropometric
Bureau
 Dr. Henry Faulds published an article the Skin Furrows of the Hand
 Sir Edward Richard Henry known as the Father of Fingerprint, and
established his own Classification system
10. In the USA, what is the minimum number of matching points required to identify an
unknown latent print?
a. there is no minimum c. 16
b. 8 d. 32
ANSWER: A. THERE IS NO MINIMUM
BECAUSE:


11. In which country was the first case of a criminal conviction based on fingerprint
evidence?
a. Germany c. Argentina
b. China d. Australia
ANSWER: C. ARGENTINA
BECAUSE:
 In year 1891, Juan Vucetich, Argentine police official used fingerprint as
the very first in evidence in filling system adopted by the Argintina and
other English speaking countries in America.

12. In 1902, Henry (Harry) Jackson became the first person in the United Kingdom to be
convicted on fingerprint evidence. What was his crime?
a. embezzlement c. burglary
b. blackmail d. kidnapping
ANSWER: C. BURGLARY
BECAUSE:
 Harry Jackson was the first man to be convicted in the United
Kingdom via fingerprint evidence. On 27 June 1902 a burglary
occurred in a house in Denmark Hill, London, and some billiard balls
were stolen.

13. In 1910, Thomas Jennings became the first person in the United States of America
to be convicted on fingerprint evidence. What was his crime?
a. kidnapping c. murder
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b. bootlegging d. forgery
ANSWER: C. MURDER
BECAUSE:
 Thomas Jennings found guilty of the murder of Clarence Hiller and
sentenced Jennings to hang.

14. Who was responsible for starting the first national fingerprint register in America in
the 1920’s?
a. Calvin Coolidge c. J. Edgar Hoover
b. August Vollmer d. Herbert Hoover
ANSWER: C. J. EDGAR HOOVER
BECAUSE:
 Calvin Coolidge was an American politician and a lawyer
 August Vollmer is the first police chief in California, and developed in his
field of criminal justice in united states
 Herbert Hoover served as the 31st president of the United States, a member
of the Republican Party.

15. Which famous author was the first to utilize fingerprint evidence to solve a fictional
crime?
a. Rudyard Kipling c. Agatha Christie
b. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle d. Mark Twain
ANSWER: D. MARK TWAIN
BECAUSE:
 Samuel Langhorne Clemens was known by his pen name MARK TWAIN.
An American writer and publisher who adopted and utilize fingerprint as an
evidence to solve a fictional crime.

16. The dark portion of the fingerprint is called?

a. valley c. Core
b. Ridge d. Delta
ANSWER: B. RIDGE
BECAUSE:
 Valley are the Light areas
 Core point refers to the center area of a fingerprint
 Delta is the outer terminus found in front of the type line

17. The most common type of fingerprint pattern is the?

a. Arch c. Accidental Whorl
b. Loop d. Whorl
ANSWER: B. LOOP
BECAUSE:
 Arch has 5%, while the accidental whorl belongs to the whorl family
composing 35% in analization.

18. Fingerprint 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 in white.
a. Ninhydrin c. Silver Nitrate
b. Iodine Fuming d. Cyanoacrylate
ANSWER: D. CYANOACRYLATE
BECAUSE:
 Iodine is the oldest and most proven method of developing latent
prints both porous and nonporous
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 ninhydrin reagent, 2% solution, is an effective reagent for thin layer

chromatography
 Silver nitrate is a colorless or white crystalline solid becoming back
on exposure to light or organic material

19. In a fetus the basal layer of cells _____ than the layers above and below so it
collapses and folds to form intricate shapes.
a. no growth c. slower
b. faster d. the same rate
ANSWER: B. FASTER
BECAUSE:


20. Fingerprints dissolved in this only grow back with scars on them making them more
unique.
a. acid c. neutral
b. base d. water
ANSWER: A. ACID
BECAUSE:
 Base a chemical compound that combines with an acid to form a salt and
water. A solution of a base in water turns in paper blue.
 Neutral not helping or supporting either side in a conflict disagreement
 Water a substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and
oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states.yt
21. Most common fingerprint pattern. It has ridges that enter from the right and exit the
same side they enter.
a. wheel c. loop
b. whorl d. arch
ANSWER: C. LOOP
BECAUSE:
 Whorl is compose 35%
 Arch is compose of 5%
 And loop is compose of 60% which has the highest percentage.

22. The skin layer between the epidermis and dermis is the _____ layer.
a. basal c. cuticle
b. subcutaneous d. top
ANSWER: A. BASAL
BECAUSE:
 Subcutaneous tissue, which is also known as the hypodermis, is the
innermost layer of skin

23. Outer layer of the skin.

a. dermis c. basal
b. epidermis d. subcutaneous
ANSWER: B. EPIDERMIS
BECAUSE:
 Dermis is the inner layer of the skin
 Subcutaneous known as the hypodermis layer
 Single layer of cells in contact with the basement membrane

24. Triangular region of a loop.

a. loop c. Eye
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b. delta d. Bifurcation
ANSWER: B. DELTA
BECAUSE:
 Loop is a fingerprint pattern where the ridge flow inward and
return out the same side
 Eye is an ridge characteristic
 Bifurcation is where the ridge path divides forming a Y shape with
legs having the same length

25. Least common fingerprint pattern.

a. arch c. whorl
b. loop d. double whorl
ANSWER: A. ARCH
BECAUSE:
 Loops has (65%)
 Whorl has (20%)
 Double whorl has (4%)

26. Sweat glands near the hair follicle.

a. touch receptor c. eccrine
b. friction ridges d. apocrine
ANSWER: C. ECCRINE
BECAUSE:
 Eccrine glands occur over most of your body and open directly onto the
surface of your skin.

27. Sweat glands near the hair follicle.

a. grows c. remains unchanged
b. stretches d. shrinks
ANSWER: C. REMAIN UNCHANGED
BECAUSE:
 Sweat glands near the hair follicle grows unchanged as the measurement
of the body responded, it will never remains as it when we are born either
shrinks or streches. It grows accordingly in response to the growth of our
body as too.

28. Fingerprint patterns that can eliminate a suspect or link a suspect to the crime
scene.
a. Minutia c. Retinal Scanner
b. Palm Prints d. Hand Prints
ANSWER: A. MINUTIA
BECAUSE:
 Minutia are the details of ridge structure formation and elements which
differentiate from one fingerprint to another which is the very important in
individual to each point.

29. Fingerprints are a(n) _____ characteristic. No two people have the identical ridge
patterns.
a. collusion c. individual
b. direct evidence d. class
ANSWER: C. INDIVIDUAL
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BECAUSE:
 According to the Principle of Individuality, no two fingerprint will never
been found the same from the others.

30. Visible prints left on a smooth surface when blood, ink, paint, grease, or other liquids
come in contact with the hands and is transferred to the surface.
a. invisible c. plastic
b. patent d. latent
ANSWER: B. PATENT
BECAUSE:
 Latent fingerprints are those that are not visible to the naked eye.
 Plastic is the actual indentations left in some soft materials like clay
or wax
 Invisible most common type of chance impressions, not be seen by
naked eye

31. The study of fingerprint is called?

a. dactylography c. anthropometry
b. printology d. none of the above
ANSWER: A. DACTYLOGRAPHY
BECAUSE:
 Printology is the process of printing objects
 Anthropometry is the scientific study of the measurement of our
body

32. No two individuals have more than ____ minutia in common.

a. 8 c. 5
b. 3 d. 10
ANSWER: A.8
BECAUSE:
 According to the study, there are no two individual have more than 8
minutia in common.

33. Inner layer of skin.

a. none of the above c. epidermis
b. dermis d. basal
ANSWER: B. DERMIS
BECAUSE:
 Epidermis is the outer layer of skin
 Basal is the single layer of cells contact with the basement
membrane

34. Fingerprints on paper can be sprayed with this chemical that reacts with amino
acids in sweat to make a purple print appear.
a. ninhydrin c. cyanoacrylate
b. iodine d. silver nitrate
ANSWER: A. NINHYDRIN
BECAUSE:
 Iodine is the oldest and most proven method of developing latent
prints both porous and nonporous
 Cyanoacrylate is a substance that is applicable to all metals
 Silver nitrate is a colorless or white crystalline solid becoming back
on exposure to light or organic material
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35. Fingerprints on paper, cardboard, or unpainted surfaces can be developed in a jar

with this chemical that reacts with card boards to produce a brown print but it fades
quickly and must be photographed.
a. silver nitrate c. ninhydrin
b. iodine d. cyanoacrylate
ANSWER: B. IODINE
BECAUSE:
 Cyanoacrylate is a substance that is applicable to all metals
 Silver nitrate is a colorless or white crystalline solid becoming back
on exposure to light or organic material

36. It refers to a point on the ridge formation location at the center as heart of the
pattern.
a. delter c. radial loop
b. core d. ulinar loop
ANSWER: B. CORE
BECAUSE:
 A loop in which the downward slope or the slanting ridges runs towards the
direction of the thumb
 A loop in which the downward or the slanting ridges runs toward the
direction of the little finger
 Delta is the outer terminus of the pattern

37. What is the symbol of center pocket loop whorl?

a. c c. d
b. x d. w
ANSWER: A. C
BECAUSE:
 X is the symbol for accidental loop whorl
 D is the symbol for double loop whorl
 W is the symbol for plain whorl

38. Can latent footprints be seen by naked eye?

a. no c. yes, at all times
b. yes, but not at all times d. once in a while
ANSWER: A. NO
BECAUSE:
 We can only seen latent prints by means of powders or substances
intended for lifting or producing latent prints.

39. Can there be an accidental whorl even if there is only one delta?
a. no c. sometimes
b. yes d. it depends
ANSWER: A. NO
BECAUSE:
 Because accidental whorl have its requisites that it must always contains
two deltas, complete circuit and at least one recurving ridge.

40. Can a strong acid burn completely and never to recur fingerprints?
a. always c. it depends
b. none of these d. no
ANSWER: D. NO
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BECAUSE:
 According to Herman Welcker, one of the important Personalities in
discovering of fingerprint, he took his own fingerprint in his palm, it
causes scratches but after 40 years his fingerprint come back. Same as
before.

41. _______ are the tiny portions or is hill – like structure found on the epidermis of
friction skin containing sweat, with pores appearing as black lines in a fingerprint
impression.
a. imaginary lines c. black lines
b. furrows d. ridges
ANSWER: D. RIDGES
BECAUSE:
 imaginary lines is drawn from delta to core in order to count the
ridge
 furrows are like canal impression found between the ridges which
may be compare with the low areas in the thread

42. What prints are plain finger impressions left in the stomach surfaces unconsciously
by a person committing an offense?
a. accidental c. strange
b. visible d. standard
ANSWER: A. ACCIDENTAL
BECAUSE:
 though it is a prints, the impression left in the stomach cannot be consider
as visible, strange or standard, we can only prove that it is, when we do
the test in lifting the latent prints in the body.

43. What do you do with fingerprinting in case of temporary disabilities?

a. delayed until wounded finger is cleaned up
b. done with care so that pressure shall not be left
c. held back until injury is healed
d. taken three days after
ANSWER: C. HELD BACK UNTIL INJURY IS HEALED
BECAUSE:
 we cannot take the fingerprint in the case of temporary disabilities within 3
days; done with care so that pressure shall not be left; or even delayed
until finger is cleaned up, it is only when fingerprint held back until injury
was healed because one of the characteristic of fingerprint is that it heal
itself and back again to its original formation and structure after a long
years.

44. What do you call the inner terminus or focal point located at the center or the
approximate?
a. center c. delta
b. delta d. open delta
ANSWER: A. CENTER
BECAUSE:
 delta is the outer terminus layer of the skin
 delta is the triangular shaped pattern where different fingerprint
ridges.
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45. What fingerprint pattern does not have ridge count?

a. whorls c. radial loops
b. arches d. ulnar loops
ANSWER: B. ARCHES
BECAUSE:
 whorls, radial loops, ulnar loops has ridge counting and ridge
characteristic for having its delta and core.

46. Which of the following is also called “delta” in fingerprint identification?

a. lower ridge c. outer terminus
b. inner terminus d. enclosures
ANSWER: C. OUTER TERMINUS
BECAUSE:
 Enclosure is the dividing two branches and meets to form which is
started
 Inner terminus is called the core

47. What are the little openings on the skin from where sweat is excreted?
a. ridges c. pore
b. whorl d. loop
ANSWER: C. PORE
BECAUSE:
 Ridges is the tiny elevation hill like structures found on the epidermis layer
of the skin
 Whorl is a pattern consisting of two deltas and core
 Loop is a loop in which the downward slope or the slanting ridges

48. What kind of ridge resembles a dot, fragment or period?

a. ending ridge c. ridge of tranquillity
b. lake ridge d. island ridge
ANSWER: D. ISLAND RIDGE
BECAUSE:
 Ending ridge is a ridge which have an abrupt ending
 Lake ridge is a bifurcation which does not remain open but which the
legs of bifurcation after running alongside for a short distance come
together to form a single ridge once more.

49. What kind of pattern has two deltas in which at least one ridge makes a turn through
one complete circuit?
a. loop c. arch
b. accidental whorl d. plain whorl
ANSWER: D. PLAIN WHORL
BECAUSE:
 Loop has direction of the thumb side either left or right hand
 Arch has no delta and core
 Accidental whorl pattern consisting of a combination of two different types
of pattern such as a loop and a whorl, or any combination of two different
loop and whorl type pattern but it cannot be a combination of a plain arch
with any other pattern it can have two or more deltas.

50. What is the scientific examination of the prints of the soles of the feet?
a. podoscopy c. chiroscopy
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b. poroscopy d. fluoroscopy
ANSWER: A. PODOSCOPY
BECAUSE:
 Poroscopy is the scientific study of sweat pores or glands
 Chiroscopy is the scientific study of palm and hand
 Fluoroscopy is the study of moving body structures.

51. The abrupt termination point of a fingerprint ridges.

a. bifurcation c. dot
c. island d. ending ridge
ANSWER: D. ENDING RIDGE
BECAUSE:
 Bifurcation is a single ridge divides itself into two branches
 Island is a line type that stand alone
 Dot is a ridge form like dot

52. Tiny elevation or hill-like structures found on the fingers, palm and soles bearing a
raw of sweat pores.
a. furrows c. ridges
b. island d. type lines
ANSWER: C. RIDGES
BECAUSE
 Island is line type that stand alone
 Furrows are canal like impressions hill like structures that found
between the ridge which may be compare with low area in the thread
 Type Lines is one of the innermost ridges that circumscribe the
pattern area of a fingerprint

53. Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime scene which are not clearly visible.
a. plane impressions c. rolled impressions
b. visible impressions d. latent impressions
ANSWER: D. LATENT IMPRESSIONS
BECAUSE:
 Visible prints left by a finger that has touches colored materials such
as blood, paint, ink, grease, chalk, mud or dust.
 Rolled impression are made or place in the fingerprint card which is
taken individually by rolling the ten fingers of the subject 180
degrees from tip to the second joints.
 Plain impression are made simultaneously that serves as a reference
impression.

54. The minimum identical characteristics to justify the identity between two points.
a. 18 c. 12
b. 15 d. 9
ANSWER: C. 12
BECAUSE:
 Because according to the study there are 8-12 points of similarity

55. 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 c. accidental whorl
b. tented arch d. radial loop
ANSWER: D. RADIALOOP
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BECAUSE:
 Accidental whorl pattern consisting of a combination of two different
types of pattern such as a loop and a whorl, or any combination of
two different loop and whorl type pattern but it cannot be a
combination of a plain arch with any other pattern it can have two or
more deltas.
 Ulnar loop in which the downward or the slanting ridges runs toward
the direction of the little finger.
 Tented Arch A pattern where one or more ridges at the center forms
an up trust or make a sufficient rise giving the pattern of attest “tent”
giving an angle of 90 degrees or less.
56. The forking or dividing of one line to two or more branches.
a. ridge c. delta
b. island d. bifurcation
ANSWER: D. BIFURCATION
BECAUSE:
 Ridge is a tiny elevation or hill like structure found on the epidermis
layer of the skin
 Island is the type line ridge that stands alone
 Delta is the outer terminus of fingerprint pattern

57. The point on a ridge at or in front of and nearest the center of divergence of the type
lines.
a. divergence c. delta
b. island d. bifurcation
ANSWER: C. DELTA
BECAUSE:
 Island is the type line ridge that stand alone
 Delta the outer terminus of fingerprint pattern
 Bifurcation is forking or dividing of one line to two or more branches.

58. The following are the considerations used for the identification of a loop, EXCEPT
ONE.
a. delta c. a sufficient recurve
b. core d. a ridge count across a looping ridge
ANSWER: C. A SUFFICIENT RECURVE
BECAUSE:
 In the requisites of loop pattern it must have the following
1. It must have delta
2. It must have a core
3.it must have a recurving ridge that passes b/w the delta and the
core
4. it must have a ridge count at least one

59. The process of recording fingerprint through the use of fingerprint ink.
a. pathology c. dactyloscopy
b. fingerprinting d. printing press
ANSWER: B. FINGERPRINTING
BECAUSE:
 pathology is a medical health care provider who examines bodies
and body tissue
 dactyloscopy is the method of identification
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 Printing press is the establishment who provides printed materials

60. The fingerprint method of identification.

a. pathology c. dactyloscopy
b. fingerprinting d. printing press.

ANSWER: C. DACTYLOSCOPY
BECAUSE:
 Pathology is a medical provider who examines body and body
tissues
 Fingerprinting is the composition of different ridge patterns
 Printing press is the establishment who provides printed materials