FORENSIC 1: PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES

1. A part of the whorl or loop in which appear the cores, deltas and ridges.
a. A. type line B. bifurcation
b. C. pattern area D. furrow
2. How many standard fingerprint patterns are there?
a. A. Three B. Eight
b. C. Two D. Nine
3. If the number of interesting lines had been three then this would have been?
a. A. Inner tracing B. Outer tracing
b. C. Ring inner tracing D. Meet tracing
4. In Dactyloscopy, if we say a person with polydactyl hand he has?
a. A. Extra hand B. Extra finger
b. C. Extra Nails D. Extra Hair
5. The core and delta are also termed as _____?
a. A. Inner Terminus B. Outer Terminus
b. C. Focal Point D. Pattern Area
6. The forking or dividing of one line to two or more branches.
a. A. ridge B. island
b. C. delta D. bifurcation
7. This is a canal like impression or depression found between the ridges.
a. A. Friction skin B. Ridge surface
b. C. Ridges D. Furrows
8. This refers to the study of fingerprints for the purpose of identification.
a. A. Dactyloscopy B. Dactylography
b. C. Podoscopy D. Poroscopy
9. What is the science of palm print identification?
a. A. Chiroscopy B. Poroscopy
 b. C. Podoscopy D. Astrology
10. A 32 over 32 would indicate all _________ patterns in primary classification.
a. A. whorl B. loop
b. C. tented arch D. radial
11. A forensic chemist is tasked to examine the chemical nature and composition of the
following except one:
a. A. fingerprint B. explosives
b. C. blood D. body fluids
12. A Dogmatic Principle which postulates that the fingerprint cannot be forged.
a. A. Principle of individuality B. Principle of constancy/permanency
b. C. Principle of infallibility D. All of these
13. A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges form a sequence of spirals around core axes.
a. A. whorl B. double loop
b. C. central pocket loop D. accidental
14. A kind of fingerprint which is found on soft and sticky objects such as wax and tape?
a. A. Visible print B. Semi-visible print
b. C. Invisible print D. All of these
15. Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime scene which are not clearly visible.
a. A. Plane impressions B. Visible fingerprints
b. C. Rolled impressions D. Latent fingerprints

16. In an accidental whorl type of pattern, what pattern is not included in the
combination?
a. A. Ulnar Loop B. Plain Whorl
b. C. Tented Arch D. Plain Arch
17. In the distribution of percentage in the fingerprint pattern, 35% is being represented
by what group?
a. A. Loop B. Whorl
b. C. Arch D. Radial Loop
18. Is that appears as tiny black line with white dots (called pores) in an inked finger
impression?
a. A. sweat pores B. furrows
b. C. ridges D. sweat duct
19. It refers to all fingerprints left at the crime scene including those left accidentally or
unconsciously.
a. A. Chance Impressions B. Latent Prints
b. C. Smudge Prints D. Fragmentary Prints
20. The innermost ridges run parallel and surrounded to the pattern area are known as
_______.
a. A. type lines B. criss-crossing ridges
b. C. long ridges D. ridgeology
21. These are depressions or canals between the ridges of a fingerprint which maybe
compared with the low area in a tire tread.
a. A. None of these B. Envelope
b. C. Furrows D. Bifurcation
22. What are the depressed portions or canal structure of the friction skin found between
ridges?
a. A. Pores B. Indentions
b. C. Furrows D. Duct
23. What are those that are sometimes referred to as papillary or epidermal ridges?
a. A. Latent ridges B. Dermal ridges
b. C. Friction ridges D. Fingerprints
24. What fingers are rolled towards the body in taking a rolled impression?
a. A. both little finger B. both thumb finger
b. C. all finger except thumb D. both index finger
25. What is the type of a pattern in which the looping or slanting ridges flows towards the
little finger?
a. A. Loop B. Radial Loop
b. C. Ulnar Loop D. Tented Arch
26. What type of a pattern possesses an angle, an upthrust, or two of the three basic
characteristics of the loop?
a. A. Plain Arch B. Tented Arch
b. C. Accidental Whorl D. Ulnar Loop
27. When a ridge bifurcates, sending two ridges across the imaginary line, how is it
counted?
a. A. One B. Two
b. C. Three D. Six
28. Located along the undersides of the fingers, palms, toes, and soles appear corrugated
skin structure known to the biologist as
a. A. friction skin B. handprints
b. C. fingerprints D. volar skin
29. Located along the undersides of the fingers, palms, toes, and soles appear corrugated
skin structure known to the fingerprint examiner as
a. A. friction skin B. handprints
b. C. fingerprints D. volar skin
30. In 1905, the Stratton brothers was convicted after they were charged of murdering
Farrow couple. This accomplishment was a work of?
a. A. Henry B. Vecetich
b. C. Faulds D. Herschel
31. He first used fingerprints on native contracts in Hooghly district in Jungipoor, India.
a. A. John Evangelist Purkinje B. Dr. Henry Faulds
b. C. Marcello Malpighi D. Sir William Herschel
32. It is said that the fingerprints of a person will be carried from womb to tomb. What
principle greatly described the phrase?
a. A. the principle of individuality B. principle of permanency
b. C. principle of infallibility D. all of these
33. Who used surgery to destroy his friction ridges and was known as the Man without
fingerprint.
a. A. Robert James Pitts B. Roscoe Pitts
b. C. John Dillenger D. John Augustus
34. The first conviction in the Philippine Case which gives recognition to the science of
fingerprint?
a. A. People Vs. Medina B. People Vs. Jennings
b. C. Miranda Vs. Arizona D. West Case
35. He is known as the Father of Fingerprint Examination.
a. A. Johannes Evangelist Purkinje B. Alphonse Bertillion
b. C. Calvin Goddard D. Hans Gross
36. Ridge forms in the 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 after birth
37. The following are considerations used for the identification of a loop except one:
a. A. a delta B. a core
b. C. a sufficient recurve D. a ridge count across a looping bridge
38. What is the rule when there is a choice between a bifurcation and other type of delta
found in the fingerprint?
a. Bifurcation is selected
b. the other type of delta is selected
c. Bifurcation is disregarded
d. the one towards the core is selected
39. Which of the following is not true about the value or the importance of fingerprinting?
a. Serve to provide evidence
b. prevent criminal substitution
c. help identify victims of calamities like crime
d. speedily identifying the perpetrator
40. It is placed just to the left of the primary in the classification formula. Where whorls
appear in the thumbs following the whorl tracings subsecondary classification.
a. A. subsecondary B. major division
b. C. key D. final
41. What type of pattern in which it could be found on the lower box of the fingerprint
card having a delta and core with a recurving ridge flowing towards the no. 6 finger?
a. A. Ulnar loop B. Radial loop
b. C. Loop D. arches
42. Which of the following best describes a loop pattern?
a. presence of 1 sufficient recurving ridge
b. has a bifurcation as the delta
c. 1 core at the point of divergence
d. all of these
43. All but one, are the elements of a whorl pattern?
a. A. Usually possessing a circular formation at the center
b. B. Several patterns may be present
c. C. It may bear 2 or more deltas
 d. D. none of these
44. These kind of ridge characteristic is sometimes being misinterpreted as a bifurcation
because of its close resemblance to it. This ridge is known as:
a. A. trifurcation B. enclosure
b. C. island D. converging ridge
45. What is that portion of the fingerprint bounded by the type lines where the
characteristics needed for interpretation/classification is found?
a. A. Loops B. Ridges
b. C. Double lines D. Pattern area
46. The right and left little fingers are used exclusively for the Final Classification.
However, they are also considered in what classification?
a. A. Primary B. Sub-secondary
b. C. Secondary D. Final
47. These are tiny portions or is a hill-like structure found on the epidermis of friction
skin containing sweat, with pores appearing as black likes in a fingerprint impression.
a. A. Imaginary lines B. Black lines
b. C. Furrows D. Ridges
48. The principle in fingerprint study that states that fingerprint cannot be forged.
Fingerprint is a reliable and a positive means of identification.
a. A. principle of infallibility B. principle of permanency
b. C. principle of individuality D. principle of constancy
49. The following are the requisites of a loop except one,
a. It must have a core
b. It must have a complete circuit
c. It must have a delta
d. It must have a ridge count of at least one
50. In fingerprinting, it refers to the process of counting the intervening ridges that touch
or cross an imaginary line drawn between the core and the delta.
a. A. Ridge counting B. Ridge tracing
b. C. Delta tracing D. All of these
51. Which among the following scientific aiders in crime detection can inform the
investigator as to the death of a person?
i. A. fingerprint expert C. medical examiner
ii. B. ballistician D. cardiologist

52. There are two types of standards to be obtained in the investigation of questioned
documents; one is collected and the other is ________.
i. A. photographed C. none of these
ii. B. dictated D. replicated

53. Galton, one of the fingerprint pioneers, scientifically estimated that the possibility of
the prints of just two fingers being identical to each other is_______.
i. A. 70 billion to 1 C. 64 billion to 1
ii. B. 50 billion to 1 D. 100 billion to 1

54. What is the most popular and traditional mode of removing powder residue?
a. swabbing cotton moistened with 5% nitric acid
b. washing hands with vinegar
c. washing both hands with hot water
d. spraying hands with sodium rhodizonate

55. Occurs when a cartridge fails to explode on time or there is a delayed in explosion due
to faulty functioning of the primer or faulty ignition of the propellant.
A. misfire C. recoil
B. hang fire D. key hole shot

56. What was the first court which held upon the admissibility of fingerprint as evidence?
A. New Jersey court C. California court
B. Illinois court D. Seattle court

57. In collecting semen on an object, use a tube and transfer it to:

A. cotton cloth C. paper pocket
B. container D. glass kit
58. In forgery by simulating method, the best equipment to use in detecting is the:
A. graphic camera C. computing magnifying glass
B. high powered microscope D. low powered microscope

59. Photographs are valuable in crime investigations for it provides law enforcers an
easier works in court:
A. duties C. testimony
B. function D. appearance

60. Can a strong acid burn completely and never to recur fingerprints?
A. always C. none of these
B. it depends D. no

61. Microscopic examination is a:

A. conformity test C. physiological test
B. physical test D. scientific test

62. Proof of poisoning maybe obtained from the post mortem examination and by:
a. toxicologic
b. pathologic analysis of the tissue
c. necropsy
d. chemical analysis of the organs

63. To determine whether a loop is radial, it is important that the examiner should know
first what?
a. hand where the fingerprint came
b. finger nail of the subject
c. pattern of the ridge
d. person where the impression came

64. Which of the following distinguish plain arch from other fingerprint pattern?
a. has a core but no delta
b. presence of delta only
c. none of these
d. absence of delta and core
65. Which of the following is an essential requisite of a loop?
a. there must be a delta
b. all of these
c. there must be a rucurving ridge that passes between the core and the delta
d. there must be a core

66. What was the first judicial case which upheld upon the admissibility of fingerprint as
evidence?
a. People vs Miranda
b. People vs Escobedo
c. People vs Jennings
d. None of these
67. The art of identification by comparison of fingerprint is called:
A. Dactylography
B. All of the these
C. Dactyloscopy
D. Palmistry Answer: C
68. Some scientific methods of identification are the following, except:
A. Fingerprinting
B. Handwriting
C. Dental identification
D. Identification by close friends and relatives Answer: D
69. Determination of individuality of a person or thing:
A. Description 
B. Perception
C. Identification
D. All of these Answer: C
70. Types of fingerprint patters, except:
A. Arches
B. Ordinary
C. Loop
D. Whorl Answer: B
71. Under the management of Lt. Darby during the American occupation 
in the Philippines, a modern and complete fingerprint file has been 
established for the Philippine commonwealth. In 1937, the first 
Filipino fingerprint technician employed by the Phil. Constabulary was 
A. Mr. Generoso Reyes
B. Mr. Amado Delos Santos
C. Mr. Calixto Solis
D. None of these Answer: A
72. The first leading judicial decision in the Philippine jurisprudence on the
science of fingerprinting was the case of
A. People vs Medina
B. People vs Pineda
C. People vs Amador
D. People vs. Rosas Answer: A
73. What is the intermediate and the thickest layer of the hair and is 
composed of elongated, spindle-shaped fibrils which cohere? They 
contain pigment granules in varying proportion depending on the 
type of hair.
A. Medulla
B. Cortex
C. Core
D. Cuticle Answer: B
74. In fingerprinting, the space between shoulders of a loop, free of any 
appendage, and a butting at right angle.
A. Complete curve
B. Sufficient Recurve
C. Straight arrow
D. Core Answer: B
75. The term use to refer to a single recurving ridge enclosing one or 
more rods or bars of a fingerprint.
A. None of these
B. Envelope
C. Furrows
D. Bifurcation Answer: B
76. These are depressions or canals between the ridges of a fingerprint 
which maybe compared with the low area in a tire tread.
A. None of these
B. Envelope
C. Furrows
D. Bifurcation Answer: C
77. In ballistics, what is the pressure generated within the chamber 
erroneously called breeched pressure?
A. Chamber Pressure
B. Barrel Pressure
C. Gunpowder
D. None of these Answer: A
78. The ratio of the weight of the powder charge to the weight of the 
projectile is called 
A. Power to speed ratio
B. Charge weight to bullet weight ratio
C. Firing pin stroke ratio
D. All of these Answer: B
79. Chemical rearrangement of molecules into gas instead of solids to 
cause the high explosives to exert full power of shock. The speed 
varies in different explosive but in some it is as high as 7000 yards in 
a second. This refers to
A. Energy
B. Gas
C. Detonation
D. Gun powder Answer: C
80. What occurs when a cartridge fails to explode on time or delayed in 
firing?
A. Knocking Power 
B. Hang fire
C. Recoil
D. None of these Answer: B
81. In China, fingerprint is called ___. It was valued for purposes of 
identification since time immemorial as found on a Chinese clay seal 
made not later than the 3rd Century B.C.
A. Hua Chi
B. Mah Whang
C. Wong Cho
D. Tiang Hin Answer: A
82. Who has given the fame title as “Father of Dactyloscopy”?
A. Johannes Purkinje
B. Leonard Keeler
C. Charles Darwin
D. Sir Francis Galton Answer: A
83. In Hoogly, district of Bengal, India, he used fingerprints to prevent 
fraudulent collection of army pay account and for identification of 
other documents. He was known as the Father of Chiroscopy.
A. William Herschel
B. Francis Galton
C. Gilbert Thompson
D. Alphonse Bertillon Answer: A
84. A noted British anthropologist who began observation which led to 
the publication in 1882 of his book “Fingerprints.” That established 
the individuality of classifying fingerprint patterns.
A. Francis Galton
B. Gilbert Thompson
C. Wayne Kate
D. Alphonse Bertillon Answer: A
85. The notorious gangster and a police character, who attempted to 
erase his fingerprints by burning them with acid but as time went by 
the ridges were again restored to their “natural” feature. 
A. John Fielding
B. Johanes Curie
C. John Dellinger
D. Billy the Kid Answer: C
86. What is the science of palm print identification?
A. Chiroscopy
B. Poroscopy
C. Podoscopy
D. Astrology Answer: B
87. A single ridge which splits into two ridges forming a “Y” shape 
formation or structure is commonly known as
A. Diverging ridges
B. Bifurcating ridges
C. Loop
D. Delta Answer: B
87. Symbolized by letter W in the fingerprint classification. It is a 
fingerprint pattern which there are two deltas and in which at least 
one ridge makes a turn through one complete circuit.
A. Plain whorl
B. Central pocket loop whorl
C. Accidental loop
D. Ulnar loop Answer: A
88. Father of Criminalistics.
A. Dr. Hans Gross
B. Dr. Cesare Lombroso
C. Dr. John Reid
D. Dr. John Larson Answer: A
89. In fingerprinting, it refers to the process of counting the intervening 
ridges that touch or cross an imaginary line drawn between the core 
and the delta.
A. Ridge counting
B. Ridge tracing
C. Delta tracing
D. All of these Answer: A
90.For many years the most commonly used preliminary test for blood is 
A. Plasma count
B. Serum test
C. Benzidine test 
D. Barberio’s test Answer: C
91. 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 b. tented arch
c. accidental whorl d. radial loop
92. The forking or dividing of one line to two or more branches.
a. ridge b. island
c. delta d. bifurcation
93. The point on a ridge at or in front of and nearest the center of the divergence of the
type lines.
a. divergence b. island
c. delta d. bifurcation
94. The following are considerations used for the identification of a loop except one:
a. a delta b. a core
 c. a sufficient recurve d. a ridge count across a looping bridge
95. The process of recording fingerprint through the use of fingerprint ink.
a. pathology b. fingerprinting
c. dactyloscopy d. printing press
96. The fingerprint method of identification.
a. pathology b. fingerprinting
c. dactyloscopy d. printing press
97. Two lines that run parallel or nearly parallel, diverge and surround the pattern area.
a. ridges b. delta
c. type line d. bifurcation
98. A part of the whorl or loop in which appear the cores, deltas and ridges.
a. type line b. bifurcation
c. pattern area d. forrow
99. Fingerprints left on various surfaces at the crime scene which are not clearly
visible.
a. plane impressions b. visible fingerprints
c. rolled impressions d. latent fingerprints

100. The impressions left by the patterns of ridges and depressions on various
surfaces.
a. kiss marks b. finger rolls
c. thumb marks d. fingerprints