YLLANA BAY VIEW COLLEGE, INC.

Balangasan, Pagadian City

Dactyloscopy
1st Prelim

Name: ________________________________ Year & Section: _________________ Date:

Permit No. _______________

Directions: Read the statement or question in detail. Encircle the letter of your answer. (1 pt. each only)

1. He is the first person to write that friction ridge skin is unique.

a. J.C.A. Mayer c. Juan Vucetich’s
b. Henry Faulds d. Marcello Malpighi
2. The impressions from the last finger joints are known as ______________
a. Fingerprints c. Foot prints
b. Palm prints d. All of the aforesaid
3. They are the first culture known to have been used friction ridge impressions as a means of
identification.
a. Japanese c. Americans
b. Indian People d. Chinese
4. This refers to the raised portion of the epidermis on the palmar or plantar skin, consisting of one
or more connected ridge units.
a. Fingerprint c. Epidermis
b. Friction ridge d. Papilla
5. This refers to the valleys or depressions between friction ridges.
a. Furrows c. Papilla
b. Dermis d. Ridges
6. This term is being used referring to the transferred impression of friction ridge detail not readily
visible.
a. Latent print c. Papilla
b. Known print d. Fingerprint
7. This pertains to the single friction ridge beginning, traveling a short distance, and then ending.
a. Ridge flow c. Island
b. Short ridge d. Ending ridge
8. This refers to the direction of one or more friction ridges.
a. Ridge flow c. Ulnar and radial loop
b. Ridge unit d. Ending ridge
9. A study of the size, shape, and arrangement of pores.
a. Ridge flow c. Poroscopy
b. Short ridge d. Podoscopy
10. It is defined as the study of fingerprint as a means of personal identification.
a. Podoscopy c. Dactylography
b. Chiroscopy d. Dactyloscopy
11. The layer of the skin beneath the epidermis.
a. Dermal papillae c. Furrows
b. Dermis d. Duct
12. This refers to the outer layer of the skin.
a. Dermal papillae c. Furrows
b. Dermis d. Epidermis
13. This is the study of the morphological characteristics of friction ridges; contour or shape
of the edges of friction ridges.
a. Edgeoscopy c. Ridgeology
b. Podoscopy d. Dactylography
14. Fingerprints were used on clay tablets for business transaction.
a. Ancient Babylon c. 14th Century Persia
b. Ancient China d. Nova Scotia
15. The largest organ of human body.
a. Tongue c. Muscle
b. Liver d. Skin
16. The following are the three basic requirements of a loop except:
a. Core c. Ridge Count
b. Sufficient recurve d. Delta
17. Who is the first person taught the science of fingerprinting in the Philippine
Constabulary?
a. Mr. Jones c. Flaviano C. Guerrero
b. Capt. Thomas Dugan d. Agustin Patricio
18. The credit for being the first person to study the persistence of friction ridge skin goes to
a. Sir William James Hershel c. Alphonse Bertillon
b. Henry Faulds d. Sir Francis Galton
19. The first American appellate case regarding the admissability of fingerprint expert
testimony.
a. People vs Jennings c. People vs Crispi
b. State vs Johnson d. People of the Philippines vs
Marciano D. Medina
20. Considered as the first homicide solved by fingerprint evidence in Argentina and became
the first country to rely solely on the fingerprints as a method of individualization.
a. Rojas murder case c. People vs Jennings
b. Miranda vs State of Arizona d. State vs Johnson
Directions: Write your answer on the space before each number. (2 pts. each only)