ABRA VALLEY COLLEGES

BANGUED, ABRA

COLLEGE OF CRIMINOLOGY

PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
(SEMI- FINAL EXAMINATION)

Directions: write the letter of your answer before the number; no erasures allowed.

1) A point on the first ridge formation at or C. Bridge

directly in front of divergence of the type D. None of the above
lines.
A. Delta 8) Ridges that are running side by side
B. Core suddenly separating, one going one way
C. Spur and the other going another way.
D. Both A and B A. Recurving ridge
B. Diverging ridge
2) What is the center or heart of fingerprint C. Bifurcation ridge
pattern? D. Converging ridge
A. Delta
B. Core 9) If an odd number of rods appear within
C. Bifurcation the center most recurving ridge, the top
D. Loops of the center one is the core
A. True
3) ___________ is a ridge that CURVES B. False
back in the direction from which it
started
A. Recurving ridge 10)One ridge which forks or splits into two
B. Diverging ridge ridges.
C. Bifurcation ridge
D. Converging ridge A. Recurving ridge
B. Diverging ridge
4) When we say that the core is the center C. Bifurcation ridge
or heart of a pattern, we mean that it is D. Converging ridge
the exact central point of a fingerprint.
A. True 11) What do you call the two positions on a
B. False recurving ridge?
A. Shoulder
5) When a type line bifurcates, the ______ B. Legs
branch of the bifurcation is considered C. Head
as the continuation of the type line. D. Elbow
A. Inner
B. Outer
C. Left side 12)To locate a delta, we must first find the
D. Right side ____________.
A. Pattern area
6) A point on the first ridge formation at or B. Type lines
directly in front of divergence of the type C. Core
lines. D. Fingerprint
E. Delta
F. Core 13)_________ is that part which lies within
G. Spur the area surrounded by the type lines.
H. Both A and B
A. Pattern area
7) A loop pattern may have one single B. Type lines
recurving ridge in the center, called C. Core
a_____ D. Fingerprint
A. Appendage
B. Staple
 14)________ are angular, pointed and
abrupt. 20)In the pure Henry system of finger print
A. Recurving ridge classification and filing we are
B. Diverging ridge concerned with core formations only in
C. Bifurcation ridge __________ type patterns.
D. Converging ridge A. Loop
B. Whorl
15)What is the basic boundaries of most C. Arch
finger prints? D. Loop and whorl
A. Pattern area
B. Type lines 21)an old Greek word, and is the fourth
C. Core letter of the Greek alphabet.
D. Fingerprint A. Alpha
B. Omega
16)____________ is that part of a finger C. Delta
print in which are found the cores, D. Bravo
deltas, and other ridges pertaining to a
particular pattern type. 22)In patterns in which there is only a single
recurving ridge, the core is at the
A. Pattern area shoulder on the ______________
B. Type lines A. nearer side of the loop from the
C. Core delta
D. Fingerprint B. farther side of the loop from the
delta.
17)Within the pattern area of loop and whorl C. Both are correct depending of the
type finger prints, are fixed or focal finger
points known__________. D. Both are wrong
A. Delta
B. Core 23) In determining the core of a loop pattern
C. Spur which shows one or more rods within
D. Both A and B the central loop, only those rods which
rise up to or above the shoulders of the
loop are taken as core
18)Whenever there is a choice between a A. True
bifurcation and some other ridge B. False
formation as the location of the delta,
the bifurcation is always taken as the 24)The exact position of delta in finger print
delta. patterns are dependent upon the ridge
A. True formation between or in front of what are
B. False known as type lines.
A. True
19)The heart of the fingerprint pattern B. False

A. Delta 25)Three major groups of patterns, except:

B. Core A. Loop
C. Spur B. Arch
D. Both A and B C. Whorl
D. Delta

Prepared by: Noted By: Noted By:

Clarito G. Lopez Jr. Eustaquio Bueno MACrim Dr. Norma V. Viernes
Instructor Dean VPAA