1. A fingerprint is the arrangement of skin ridges and furrows on the tips of the fingers.

Thisridged skin
develops fully during _________________ as the skin cells grow in the mother’swomb.

A. Fetal development

B. A & B

C. After birth

D. Adolescence

2. Fingerprinting offers an accurate and infallible means of __________________. The ability to identify
a person from a mere fingerprint is a powerful tool in the light against crime.

A. Personal identification

B. Apprehension of criminals

C. Negative identification

D. Detection of criminals

3. No matter which way you collect fingerprint evidence, every single person’s print is ________. So,
what makes our fingerprints different from our neighbors?

A. Unique

B. Non-permanent

C. Changeable

D. B & C

4. The ridges’ structures changes at points known as minutiae and can be either bifurcated or of short
length or two ridges can end on a single point.

A. Furrows

B. Friction skin

C. Minutiae

D. A & B
5. Is a point on the first ridge formation found at or directly infront of and nearest the center of the
divergence of the type lines.

A. Core

B. Pattern area

C. Delta

D. None of these

6. As the name implies, is the approximate center of the finger impression.

A. Delta

B. Typelines

C. Core

D. Sufficient recurve

7. Is one flows in one side of the print and then does a recurve of U-turn and flows back out the same
side of the print.

A. Converging ridges

B. Divergence

C. Recurving ridge

D. None of these

8. The study of the uniqueness of friction ridge structures and their use for peidentification.

A. Dactyloscopy

B. Ridgeology

C. Dacty

D. Podoscopy
9. In 1882, at Paris, France, Alphonse Bertillon became head of the identification service in the office of
the Prefect of Police and he spread a new system of identification called;

A. Portrait parle

B. Anthropometry

C. Mugs

D. None of these

10. A geologist in new mexico who adopted the first individual use of fingerprint on august 8, 1882
byusing his own thumb prints as protection to prevent tampering with the pay order he issued.

A. Gilbert thomson

B. Henri de forest

C. Gilbert thompson

D. Henry de forest

11. There are no two fingerprints in the world that are exactly alike. What it means is, of course,that no
two fingers, out of all the millions that have been examined through their prints;

A. Fingerprints are not unique

B. Have ever been found to be alike

C. Fingerprints can change throughout life

D. None of these

12. Nature never duplicates anything in all its details. Nature does provide SIMILAR things, butnot
_________ things.

A. The same things

B. Disputable things
 C. Repeated things

D. Identical things

13. The first use of fingerprints for forensic purposes in police investigations dates to 1892, when
_______________, an Argentine police official, used fingerprints to identify a criminal for the first time.

A. Johannes E. Purkinje

B. Herman Welker

C. Sir William Herschel

D. Juan Vucetich

14. Forensic use of fingerprints spread rapidly during the 20th century, and by 1971 the FBI had
_____________ fingerprint cards on file. These became the data base for the Automated Fingerprint
Identification System.

A. 100 million

B. 180 million

C. 150 million

D. 200 million

15. The earliest known use of fingerprints for identification was in China. Prints were placed on contracts
to provide a positive means of identification.

A. Persia,

B. Egypt

C. Greece Egypt

D. China

16. A professor at the University of Bologna, Italy used a microscope for the first time to examine friction
skin and made observations as to its culture.
 A. Sir Edward Henry

B. Marcello Malphighi

C. Francis Galton

D. None of these

17. A German anthropologist at the University of Halle conducted the first study into thepermanence of
the details of friction ridges. The study took 34 years.

A. Dr. Harris Welder

B. Bret Wentworth

C. Herman Welker

D. B & C

18. A medical doctor and scientific researcher of Scottish descent, stated that fingerprints foundat crime
scenes, such as prints in blood, could be used to identify criminals. He also made observations of the
uniqueness and permanence of fingerprints.

A. Dr. Henry Faulds

B. Dr. Michio Okajima

C. Edmond Locard

D. None of these

19. In 1890’s _____________, a noted scientist and anthropologist, who specialized ingenetics, human
heredity, and biological variation, wrote the first book on fingerprints, entitledFinger Prints.

A. Herman Welker

B. Alphonse Bertillon

B. Sir Francis Galton

D. A & B
20. Sir Edward Henry developed a fingerprint classification system for the storage and retrieval of
complete sets of fingerprints in;

A. 1890

B. 1897

C. 1892

D. 1900

21. In ______ , the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) established the FBI Identification Bureau with
810,000 inked fingerprint cards.

A. 1904

B. 1918

C. 1911

D. 1924

22. In 1943 _______________________, both a professors of Anatomy at Tulane University,authored

the text, Fingerprints, Palms and Soles.Their text details that all areas of friction skin are unique and
permanent.

A. Dr. Harold Cummings and Charles Midlo

B. Edmond Locard and Alfred Hale

C. Dr. Harris welder and Bret Wentworth

D. Sir Edward Henry and Juan Vucetich

23. In _______, the first automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) were developed.By the mid
1980’s, AFIS were well established in law enforcement agencies throughout theworld.

A. 1940’s

B. 1960’s

C. 1950’s
 D. 1970’s

24. In 1980 to present __________________ of Marquette University has studied the formationof
friction skin and he testified that all areas of friction skin, including individual ridge units, are unique.

A. Sir Alec Jeffreys

B. Dr. Michio Okajima

C. Dr. William Babler

D. None of these

25. Is one made by pressing an inked finger directly down upon a fingerprint card without anyrolling
motion whatsoever. It will record only the center portion of the friction ridge pattern.

A. Plain impression

B. Latent impression

C. Rolled impression

D. Patent impression

26. On ___________, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation launched the Integrated Automated
Fingerprint Identification System, or IAFIS. It is a national fingerprint and criminalhistory system that
contains data on 70 million subjects in the criminal master file.

A. July 28, 1998

B. July 28, 1999

C. August 28, 1999

D. March 28, 1999

27. Is a forensic process that involves extracting DNA from the nucleus of cells and comparingthe tiny
differences between DNA found on evidence and any suspects. The technique uses results to prove
whether people are guilty or innocent.

A. DNA fingerprinting
 B. Foot prints

C. Fingerprint

D. A & B

28. In 1984, _________________ at the University of Leicester in England was able to distinguish
differences among individuals based solely on their DNA composition.

A. Sir Edward Henry

B. Sir Alec Jeffreys

C. Francis Galton

d. J.C. Mayer

29. An advantage of fingerprint identification method is that the fingerprints pattern remains same for a
person through out his/her life, making it an _______________________ of human identification.

A. Fallible method

B. Positive method

C. Infallible method

D. None of these

30. Fingerprints on ___________________ (such as soap, wax, wet paint, fresh caulk, etc.) are likely to
be three-dimensional plastic prints.

A. Soft surfaces

B. Plain surfaces

C. Hard surfaces

D. Rough surfaces

31. A print that can be found on a wide variety of surfaces: smooth or rough, porous (such aspaper,
cloth or wood) or nonporous (such as metal, glass or plastic).
 A. Latent prints

B. Patent prints

C. Visible prints

D. None of these

32. Are collected using a fairly straightforward method: photography. These prints are photographed in
high resolution with a forensic measurement scale in the image for reference.

A. Latent prints

B. Visible prints

B. Patent prints

D. Semi-visible prints

33. The _______________ is that part of a loop or whorl in which appear the cores, deltas,and ridges
with which we are concerned in classifying.

A. Pattern area

B. Divergence

C. Typelines

D. Bifurcation

34. It may be defined as the two innermost ridges which start parallel, diverge, and surroundor tend to
surround the pattern area.

A. Converging ridge

B. Typelines

D. Diverging ridge

D. None of these
35. A _______________ is the spreading apart of two lines which have been running parallel or nearly
parallel.

A. Divergence

B. Abrupt ending ridge

C. Bifurcation

D. Meeting of two ridges

36. Is that type of fingerprint 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 the core, and terminate or
tend to terminate on or toward the same side of the impression from whence such ridge or ridges
entered.

A. Arch

B. Whorl

C. Loop

D. Composite

37. In this pattern a consistency of flow can be observed. It starts on one side of the finger andthe ridge
then slightly cascades upward. This almost resembles a wave out on the ocean andthen the arch
continues its journey along the finger to the other side.

A. Ulnar loops

B. Tented arch

C. Radial loops

D. Plain arch

38. These are named after a bone in the forearm called ulna. This bone is on the same side asthe little
finger and the flow of this pattern runs from the thumb towards the little finger of the hand.

A. Radial loops

B. Plain whorl
 C. Ulnar loops

D. Accidental whorl

39. It has two distinct and separate shoulders for each core, two deltas and one or more ridges that
make a complete circuit.

A. Composite whorl

B. Double loop whorl

C. Accidental whorl

D. None of these

40. These whorls consist of at least one re-curving ridge or an obstruction at right angles to theline of
flow with two deltas and if an imaginary line is drawn in between then no re-curving ridge within the
pattern area will be touched or cut.

A. Central pocket loop whorl

B. Accidental whorl

C. Plain whorl

D. Double loop whorl

41. The abrupt end of a ridge.

A. Ridge ending

B. Independent ridge

C. Ridge bifurcation

D. Island

42. A single ridge that divide into two ridges.

A. Ridge ending

B. Bridge
 C. Spur

D. Ridge bifurcation

43. A Ridge that commences, travels a short distance and then ends.

A. Ridge ending

B. Spur

C. Short ridge

D. Delta

44. A single small ridge inside a short ridge or ridge ending that is

not connected to all other ridges.

A. Delta

B. Spur

C. Short ridge

D. Island

45. A single ridge that bifurcates and reunites shortly afterwards

to continue as a single ridge.

A. Cross-over

B. Ridge enclosure

C. Independent ridge

D. Island

46. A bifurcation with short ridge branching off a longer ridge.

A. Core

B. Independent ridge
 C. Spur

D. Delta

47. A short ridge that runs between two parallel ridges.

A. Bridge

B. Short ridge

C. Ridge enclosure

D. Ridge bifurcation

48. A Y shaped ridge meeting.

A. Delta

B. Cross-over

C. Core

D. Spur

49. A U turn in the ridge pattern.

A. Delta

B. Cross-over

C. Core

D. Spur

50. Major features of a fingerprint.

A. Minutiae

B. Bridge

C. Divergence ridge

D. Cross-over

51. Four blocks after finger number 3 is ___.

A. Right little finger

 B. Left middle finger

C. Left thumb

D. Left index Finger

52. If all fingers are amputated or missing since birth, the classification will be___.

A. W 32 M WWW/ W 32 M WWW

B. M 32 M WWW/ M 32 M WWW

C. M 32 W WWW/ M 32 W WWW

D. M 32 W MMM/ M 32 W MMM

53. The word “forensic” came from the Latin word “forum” which literally means?

A. Market place

B. place of discussion

C. Public

D. Legal

54. What system of identification used earlier than the fingerprint system, and is made by measuring
various bonystructure of human body developed by Alphonse Bertillion?

A. Portrait Parle

B. Tattoo

C. Anthropometry

D.Photography

55. Who was that notorious gangster and a police character, who attempted to erase his fingerprints by
burningthem with acid but as time went by the ridges were again restored to their “natural” feature.

A. Al Capone
 B. OJ Simpson

C. John Dillinger

D. Robert James Pitts

56. The greater the number of points of similarities and dissimilarities of two persons compared, the
greater theprobability for the conclusion to be correct. What is this Law called?

A. Law of Multiplicity of Evidence in Identification

B. Identification by Comparison and Exclusion

C. Law of Super Imposition

D. All of these

57. On the night of August 2, 2010, a certain burglary happened on the store of a Japanese Merchant.
On the sceneof the crime, laying the dead body of the victim stained by his own blood and the presence
of several evidencesfound including the fingerprints of the three unidentified persons. If you are one of
those three persons whosefingerprints were found on the scene of the crime. What will be basis of the
investigators in case they will holdyou as one of the responsible regarding the commission of the crime?

A. Principle of individuality

B. Principle of permanency

C. Principle of infallibility

D. All of these

58. It is said that the fingerprints of a person will be carried from womb to tomb. What principle
greatlydescribed the phrase?

A. Principle of individuality

B. Principle of permanency

C. Principle of infallibility

D. All of these
59. It is said that the fingerprints of a person will be carried from womb to tomb. What principle
greatlydescribed the phrase?

A. Principle of individuality

B. Principle of permanency

C. Principle of infallibility

D. All of these

60. 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

61. It is a kind of gait or manner of walking of a person in which he/she walks in a swaying movement
due toknock-knee feet.

A. Ataxic Gait

B. Cow’s Gait

C. Spastic Gait

D. Paretic Gait

62. What is the rule when there is a choice between a bifurcation and other type of delta found in
thefingerprint?

A. Bifurcation is selected

B. the other type of delta is selected

C. Bifurcation is disregarded

D. the one towards the core is selected

63. Patterns possess all the characteristics needed on the investigation that may be bring light on a
certaincase. What kind of sweat gland that can be found underneath these patterns?

A. Sebaceous gland

B. Eccrine gland

C. Lacrimal gland

D. Apocrine gland

64. What fingers are rolled towards the body in taking a rolled impression?

A. Both little finger

B. Both thumb finger

C. All finger except thumb

D. Both index finger

65. PINS Cardo is examining a fingerprint pattern having a 2 delta and a core with few spiral formations
at thecenter but no complete circuiting ridge is cut. What type of pattern INS Cardo is examining?

A. W

B. X

C. C

D. D

66. Which is NOT true about accidental whorl?

A. It has a combination of two different patterns

B. It has two deltas

C. The plain arch is not included in the combination

D. It is subject of ridge tracing in the Key Division

67. What is the finger appearing five (5) blocks towards finger number seven (7)?

A. Finger No. 1

B. Finger No. 2

C. Finger No. 3

D. Finger No. 5

68. In the primary division, if the pattern appearing in finger number eight (8) is aloop,what is the
numericalvalue of that finger?

A. None

B. 8

C. 16

D. 2

Note: Only Whorl Patterns has a numerical value

69. In the Major Division, what table should be used for the right thumb when the left thumb reaches 17
ormore?

A. Table No. 1

B. Table No. 3

C. Table No. 2

D. Table No. 4

70. A person committing a crime would always leave something behind and may be considered as an
integralpart in the identification of the suspect especially if it is a “Latent Print”. This prints are made
through the;

A. Ridge of the skin

B. Furrows of the skin

C. Ridge formation
 D. Perspiration on top of the finger

71. What is recovered in a crime scene that is important for identification purposes?

A. Fingerprints

B. Impressions

C. Fingertips

D. Sweat pores

72. What do you call the ridge endings and bifurcations?

A. Ulnar loop

B. Island

C. Minutiae

D. Accidental

73. During the infant's stage, usually the ridges are formed in the fingers and feet on the_________

A. 5th to 6th month

B. 9th to 10th month

C. 1st and 2nd month

D. 3rd and 4th month

74. The very first thing to do in fingerprint classification is

A. To ink the ink slab

B. To be sure that the rolled impression are in proper place

C. Check if the hands of the subject are dry

D. To be sure that the subject is not hungry

75. The value of all whorls from pair number 2 in primary division is ______

A. Six

B. Eight

C. Sixteen

D. Ten

76. When a pattern shows a series of bifurcation opening towards the core at the point of divergence of
thetype line, the bifurcation _________ the core is chosen as the delta

A. Outside

B. Inside

C. Nearest

D. Farthest

77. A delta may be any of the following, except

A. Bifurcation opening towards the delta

B. Dot or fragment as thick as the other ridges

C. A point on the first recurving ridge located nearest to the center and in front of the divergence of
the typelines

D. A meeting of two ridges

78. 4. Which of the following conditions are observed before fragments and dots are counted in ridge
counting?

A. They must be touched or cut by the imaginary line

B. They must be as thick and heavy as other ridges

C. They must be as long as the other ridges

D. They must be found inside the pattern area

79. An additional formula which serves as reference in case of doubtful prints. Place at the bottom of
classification formula.

A. Classification line

B. Reference line

C. Classification formula

D. Reference classification formula

80. The space between shoulders of a loop, free of any appendage, and a butting at right angle.

A. Appendage

B. Sufficient recurve

C. Ridge hook

D. Galton's details

81. What type of pattern in which it could be found on the lower box of the fingerprint card having a
delta andcore with a recurving ridge flowing towards the no. 6 finger?

A. Ulnar loop

B. Radial loop

C. Loopd.

D. Arches

82. In the final division, ridge counting of loop is the usual process being done once it appears in the
littlefinger. If there is no loop pattern in the finger, a whorl pattern shall be ridge counter. How will you
treat aPlain or Central Pocket Loop for the purpose of getting its final classification?

A. It represents a dash

B. Treated as an Ulnar Loop

C. Getting the least ridge count

 D. By getting the ridge count of the loop

83. Which of the following should be prioritized as the core?

A. Shoulder of the innermost recurve closer to the delta

B. Shoulder of the innermost recurve farther from the delta

C. Rod rising as high as the shoulder

D. Rod which does not rise as high as the shoulder

84. If the left thumb has 17 ridge counts, what is the classification of the right thumb with 17 ridge
counts?

A. Small

B. Large

C. Medium

D. Outer

85. There are three (3) principles of Fingerprint science. Which among the following is not included?

A. Principle of Individuality

B. Principle of Permanency

C. Principle of Infallibility

D. Principle of Uniqueness

86. The first forensic professional organization is

A. DNA

B. IAI

C. FBI

D. NBI
87. There are ________ families of finger print pattern.

A. Two

B. Three

C. Eight

D. Four

88. It is a condition in the bone where the fingers cannot be bent.

A. Syndactyl

B. Webbed finger

C. Ankylosis

D. Supernumerary

89. To help identify a subject who is an alien, the most vital information to be obtained at the Bureau of
Immigration and Deportation is…

A. Educational attainment of the alien

B. Residence of the alien

C. Occupation of the alien

D. Port of entry of the alien

90. When the trace of the whorls is on the outside or core outside of right delta and there are three or
moreridges, the trace is determined to be;

A. (I) Inner --> INSIDE OR ABOVE

B. (O) Outer --> OUTSIDE OR

C. (M) Meet
 D. None of these

91. In his “Philosophical Transaction”, he presented his observation on the appearance of the ridges on
thefingers and palms

A. Dr. Marcelo Malpighi

B. Govard Bidloo

C. Sir Francis Galton

D. Dr. Nehemiah Grew

92. Govard Biloo presented the appearance and arrangement of the ridges on a thumb in his thesis
entitled:

A. De externo Tactus Organo

B. Philosophical Transaction

C. Anatomia Humanis Corporis

D. None of these

93. It is that part of a loop or whorl in which the core and delta appear which we are concerned in
theclassification process.

A. Type lines

B. Pattern Area

C. Bifurcation

D. Delta

94. It is a biometric Identification Methodology that uses digital imaging technology to obtain, store,
andanalyze fingerprint data.

A. AFIS

B. Automated Fingerprint Identification System

 C. Digital Imaging System

D. Both A & B

95. It refers to the insertion on a fingerprint card the results of the interpretation of all ten
patterns.Represented by letters, symbols or numbers on the card required for each of the rolled prints.

A. Blocking Out

B. Ridge counting

C. Ridge tracing

D. None of these

96. If the individual has a bandage or cast of a finger, thumb or hand, place the notation, “Cannot be
Printed” or CP in the appropriate finger block.

A. True

B. False

C. Partially True

D. Partially false

97. If the Ridge count of the Ring finger is 16, what is the symbol for purposes of the Sub-
SecondaryClassification?

A. I

B. O

C. M

D. L

98. Complete this adage, “The neighboring fingers of the same person have never been found
tobe________________.”

A. Similar in all respects

 B. Different in some respects

C. Different in every respects

D. Exactly identical in all respects

99. The inner layer of the skin is known as

A. Dermis

B. Epidermis

C. Scarf

D. Pores

100. He used his own thumb print on a document to prevent forgery. This is the first known use of
fingerprints inthe United States.

A. Bertillon

B. Francis Galton

C. Thompson

D.Bidloo

101. It is a composite of the ridges outlines which appears on the skin surface of thebulbs on the inside
of the end of joints of the fingers and thumbs.

A. Personal identification

B. Dactyl

C. Fingerprint

D. None of the above

102. In china, fingerprint is called?

A. Tai chi
 B. Hua chi

C. Thai chi

D. Chua chi

103. He published a report which was read before the royal society of London, England. He described
the ridges and pores of the hands and feet.

A. J.C A. Mayer

B. Nehemiah Grew

B. Marcelo Malpighi

D. Dr. Edmond Locard

104. He is the Grandfather of Dactyloscopy.

A. J.C. A Mayer

B. Nehemiah Grew

C. Marcelo Malpighi

D. Dr. Edmond Locard

105. The first Filipino Fingerprint technician employed by the Philippine constabulary.

A. Mr. Jones

B. Ramon Bagatsing

C. Mr. Generoso Reyesd

D. Lt. Asa N. Darby

106. That fingerprint is a reliable means of personal identification and all courts acceptand adopt
fingerprint as a means of personal identification.

A. Principle of Individuality
 B. Principle of permanency

C. Principle of infallibility

D. None of the foregoing

107. The science of sweat pores print identification

A. Poroscopy

B. Chiroscopy

C. Podoscopy

D. Dactyloscopy

108. Is a ridge that curves back in the direction in which it is started?

A. Recurving ridge

B. Converging Ridge

C. Bifurcating ridge

D. Fragmentary ridge

109. It is a point on a ridge formation usually located at the center or heart of apattern.

A. Delta

B. Core

C. Appendage

D. Ridge

110. Part of the fingerprint which lies within the area surrounded by the type lines.

A. Type lines

B. Pattern area
 C. Furrows

D. Ridges

111. It refers to the process of counting the intervening ridges that touch or cross animaginary line
drawn between the core and the delta.

A. Ridge tracing

B. Ridge counting

C. Classification of Ridges

D. None of the above

112. Bone of the typesof fingerprint pattern in which the ridges run its direction to theradius bone or to
the thumb.

A. Radial Loop

B. Ulnar loop

C. Loop

D. Whorl

113. What is the SYMBOL of Plain whorl?

A. P

B. w

C. C

D. X

114. These are impressions of the finger bulbs with the use of the printing ink on thesurface of the
paper.

A. Real impressions

B. Plainimpressions
 C. Visible impressions

D. Chanceimpressions

115. These are fingerprints which are imprinted by mere chance or without anyintention to produce the
print.

A. Real impressions

B. Plain impressions

C. Visible impressions

D. Chance impressions

116. Simply means the taking of fingerprint impressions, either rolled or plainimpressions

A. Recording

B. Interpretation

C. Blocking

D. Classification

117. It is the ridge count on the loop appearing in the right little finger.

A. Key

B. Final

C. Secondary

D. Major

118. Represents only the thumb of each hand. It is the ridge count of the loop and/orthe tracing of the
whorl appearing in the thumb of each hand.

A. Key

B. Final
 B. Secondary

D. Major

119. Represents the ridge count of the right first loop appearing in a set of prints, beginning with the
thumb of the right hand but excluding the little finger.

A. Key

B. Final

C. Secondary

D. Major

120. If all 10 fingers are amputated or missing at birth, the classification will be

A. M 23 W MMM / M 23 W MMM

B. M 32 W MMM M 23 W MMM / M 32 W MMM M 23 W MMM

C. M 23 W WWW / M 23 W WWW

D. M 32 W MMMM 23 W MMM / M 32 W WWW 23 W MMM

121. The first person who was convicted in US court through the use of fingerprintas evidence

A. Harry Jackson

B. Marciano Medina

C. Thomas Jennings

D. Ann Farrow

122. A known criminal who try to efface his fingerprint by burning them with acid.

A. Roscoe James Pitts

B. Herman Welker

C. John Dellinger
 D. Thomas Bewick

123. This man has been considered as “a man without fingerprint” who surgically removehis fingerprint
and covered it with another skin.

A. Roscoe James Pitts

B. Herman Welker

C. John Dellinger

D. Thomas Bewick

124. What is the rule where there are two or more possible bifurcation which conform tothe definition
of delta?

A. The one nearest the core should be chosen

B. The one away from the core should be counted

C. The one which does not open towards the core is counted

D. The one towards the core should be counted

125. Ridge forms in he person’s fingers and feet during its infants stage which usuallystarts:

A. 3rdto 4thmonths of the fetus life

B. 4th to 5thmonths of the fetus life

C. 5thto 6thmonths of the fetus life

D. 5thto 6thmonths before birth

126. The use of too much ink obliteration and obscuring the ridges.

A. Poor inking

B. Over inking

C. Incomplete inking
 D. Improper rolling

127. One of the cardinal rules in taking fingerprints is that the fingers must becompletely __________.

A. Healthy

B. Moist

C. Healed from previous injury

D. Dry

128. Subjectbeing fingerprinted must be advised by the operator to

A. Cooperate

B. Keep still

C. Relax

D. Look at his hand

129. The pressure on the fingers whilerolling should be __________.

A. Too much pressure and even pressure

B. Too much pressure and uneven pressure

C. Light and even

D. Light and uneven pressure

130. When taking rolled impression too much pressure and uneven pressure causes?

A. Smeared impression

B. Distortion of the prints

C. Pale impression

D. Possible omission of delta and core

131. As each finger is completely rolled, it must be lifted with a ______ upward movementfrom the card.

A. Slow

B. Quick

C. Lightly slow

D. Lightly quick

132. When removing finger from card a slow dragging movement may cause ________.

A. Distortion of the print

B. Pale print

C. Smeared impression

D. Possible omission of delta and core

133. The use of _______ often result in smeared and pale prints.

A. Poor ink

B. Improper rolling

C. Over inking

D. Improper cleaning

134. Failure to clean thoroughly the inking equipment or the fingers, may cause thefollowing except.

A. False marking

B. Distorted ridges

C. Disappearance of characteristic

D. Smeared impression
135._____must intervene between the delta and the first ridge count if no such intervalexist, the first
ridge count must be disregarded.

A. Black space

B. White space

B. Ridge space

D. Any of the above

33. In the case titled “ People vs. Medina” the Supreme Court upheld the decision of thelower court on
the identification of the suspect by the developed latent print at the crimescene. That the number of the
ridge characteristics or points of identity to establish theidentity of a person by fingerprint be at least?

A. 6 homologous points

B. 10 homologous points

C. 8 homologous points

D. 12 homologous points

136._______may not be located at bifurcation which does not open towards the core.

A. Core

B. Ridge

C. Delta

D. Pattern area

137. Fingerprint ink can be spread evenly on the glass by means of ______.

A. Fingerprint card holder

B. Fingerprint brush

C. Spatula

D. Fingerprint roller
138. When the innermost sufficient recurve contains no ending ridge or rod rising as highas the shoulder
of the loop the core is located at the___

A. Innermost sufficient recurve

B. Center rod

C. Shoulder of the loop farther from the delta

D. Center rod farther from the delta

139. When there istwo or more delta present at the point of divergence the delta islocated____.

A. Open bifurcation

B. Bifurcation nearest to the core

C. The one nearest to the core

D. Bifurcation is selected

140. The following are forms of delta except one-

A. A point on the first recurve

B. Meeting of two ridges

C. Short ridge

D. Enclosure

141. Are those found in pubic mammary and anal areas.

A. Sebaceous gland

B. Eccrine gland

C. Apocrine gland

D. Sweat gland
142. A fingerprint pattern which one or more ridges enter on either side of the impression flow out or
tend to flow out to the other side with a rise or wave at the center.

A. Tented arch

B. Radial loop

C. Plain whorl

D. Plain arch

143. Fingerprint experts are convinced that “no two person shall have the same
fingerprintcharacteristics”. But according to some mathematicians, there might be possibility of
twopersons having the same fingerprint to the ration of_____

A. 1:6 billion

B. 1:64 million

C. 1:6 billion

D. 1:64 billion

144. The basis of fingerprint identification.

A. Comparative examination of the ridge characteristics found on the fingers

B. Comparative examination of the ridge found on the sole of the foot

C. Comparative examination of the pores found on the fingers

D. Comparative examination of the furrows found on the fingers

145. The first leading judicial decision in the Philippines jurisprudence on the science offingerprint.

A. PP vs Medina, 59 Phil. 330

B. PP vsJenning

C. US vsAsensi, 34, Phil 750

D. PP vsPonferada, et al. Phil. 68

146. Principle of constancy in fingerprint science means that fingerprint is ________

A. Unchanging

B. Not possible of forgery

C. Not conclusive

D. Fallible

147. This refers to a permanent scar

A. Ankylosis

B. Macrodactyl

C. Nacrodactyl

D. Sicratiz

148. Means to enter on a fingerprint record card of all known essential data about asubject, except the
fingerprint itself.

A. Recording

B. Filing

C. Filling out

D. Blocking out

149. An area about the center of the palm down near the wrist.

A. Distal

B. Hypothenar zone

C. Carpal delta zone

D. Thenar zone

150. Large cushion below the base of the big toe.

 A. Carcar zone

B. Ball zone

C. Fibular zone

D. Proximal

151. What is the greek term for finger?

A. Daktylus

B. Daktylos

C. Dactylus

D. Dactylos

152. This refers to the scientific study of fingerprints as a means of identification. This includes
fpcomparison and case presentation in courts.

A. Dactylography

B. Dactylomancy

C. Dactyloscopy

D. None of these

153. As an evidence category, this is one of the oldest and most important in all forensic science.

A. DNA fingerprint

B. Photos

C. Anthropometric measurements

D. Fingerprinting

154. Microdactyl :small finger; polydactyl:______________.

A. Extra hand
 B. Extra finger

C. Extra nails

D. Extra hair

155. Is the scientific study of fingerprint for purposes of personality interpretation

A. Dactylography

B. Dactylomancy

C. Dactyloscopy

D. None of these

156. He is an english engraver, author, and naturalist engraved the paerns of his own fingers on
everywoodwork he had finished to serve as his mark so as to establish its genuineness.

A. Thomas bewick

B. Herman welcker

C. Henry faulds

D. Juan vucetich

157. He stated in his book (anatomische kupfertafein nebst dazu geharigen) that although the
arrangement of the skin ridges is never duplicated in two persons, nevertheless, the similarities are
closer among someindividuals. Hence, the birth of the principle of permanency of fingerprint patterns.

A. Marcello malpighi

B. Johannes purkinje

C. Francis galton

D. Jc mayer

158. Who took the prints of his own palm in 1856 then in 1897, (forty one years later) he printed the
samepalm to prove that the prints do not change.
 A. Thomas bewick

B. Herman welcker

C. Henry faulds

D. Juan vucetich

159. It is known the science of palm print identification.

A. Chiroscopy

B. Poroscopy

C. Podoscopy

D. Astrology

160. Who is considered as the father of chiroscopy who used fingerprints in india to prevent fraudulent
collection of army pay account and for identification of other documents.

A. William herschel

B. John herschel

C. Herman welcker

D. Henry faulds

161. Which of the following cannot be used as typeline?

A. Divergence

B. Angular formation

C. 2 innermost ridges

D. 2 forks of bifurcation run parallel, then diverge

162. A dogmatic principle which postulates that the fingerprint is unique in every individual.

A. Principle of individuality
 B. Principle of constancy/permanency

C. Principle of infallibility

D. All of these

163. He was credited for the discovery of the two main layers of the skin and a particular layer of the
skin was named after him.

A. Dr. Johannes purkinje

B. Marcelo malpighi

C. Dr. Johanes purkinje

D. Marcello malpighi

164. What will be the ending ridge of any length rising at a sufficient degree from the horizontal plane
atleast 45 or more?

A. Sufficient recurved

B. Upthrust

C. Shoulder of a loop

D. Recurving ridge

165. When there is a definite break in type line, what is considered as its continuation?

A. The ridge immediately outside

B. The ridge immediately inside

C. The ridge immediately follow

D. The ridge immediately succeeded

166. In 1911, the state of illinois made the first criminal conviction based solely upon fingerprint
evidence. It was known as the first judicial ruling on such evidence in the case of_______.
 A. People vs corral

B. Lamble vs state

C. People vs jennings

D. State vs conners

167. What is the first leading judicial decision in the philippine jurisprudence on the science of
fingerprinting?

A. People vs medina

B. People vs coral

C. Us vs conners

D. People vs jennings

168. What is the system of identification which was used earlier than the fingerprints system, made by
measuring various bone structure of human body?

A. Anthropometry

B. Anthropology

C. Portrait parle

D. Photography

169. He was a filipino member of the fbi who conducted the exam on dactyloscopy in the philippines.

A. Capt, thomas dugan

B. Flaviano guerrero

C. Mary holland

D. Isabela bernales

170. The innermost ridges run parallel and surrounded to the pattern area are known as _______.
 A. Type lines

B. Criss-crossing ridges

C. Long ridges

D. Ridgeology

171. The process of rendering latent prints to make them visible is called ______________.

A. Development

B. Enhancement

C. Visualization

D. All of the aforementioned

172. It is an impression designed by the first joint of the fingers and thumb on smooth surface through
themedia of an ink, sweat or any substance capable of producing visibility.

A. Ridge

B. Dermal papillae

C. Friction skin

D. Fingerprint

173. What are these structures on our palms that are sometimes referred to as papillary or
epidermalridges?

A. Latent ridges

B. Dermal ridges

C. Friction ridges

D. Fingerprints

174. What part of the body has the thickest skin?

 A. Volar pads

B. Volar skin

C. Palms

D. All of these

175. What is the type of a pattern in which the looping or slanting ridges flows towards the little finger?

A. Lttle finger loop

B. Radial loop

C. Ulnar loop

D. Ulnar whorl

176. In the case titled “ People vs. Medina” the Supreme Court upheld the decision of thelower court on
the identification of the suspect by the developed latent print at the crimescene. That the number of the
ridge characteristics or points of identity to establish theidentity of a person by fingerprint be at least?

A. 6 homologous points

B. 10 homologous points

C. 8 homologous points

D. 12 homologous points

177. Friction ridges appear on the life of an individual from the womb to tomb. Which among
theprinciples of fingerprint best describes this?

A. Constancy

B. Infallibility

C. Individuality

D. None of these
178. In 1905, the stration brothers were convicted after they were charged of murdering farrow
couple.This accomplishment was a work of?

A. Henry

B. Vucetich

C. Faulds

D. Herchel

179. Located along the undersides of the fingers, palms, toes, and soles appear corrugated skin
structureknown to the biologist. This term is related to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot
specifically.

A. Friction skin

B. Handprints

C. Fingerprints

D. Volar skin

180. Located along the undersides of the fingers, palms, toes, and soles appear corrugated skin
structureknown to the fingerprint examiner.this term is related to the palm of the hand or the sole of
the footspecifically.

A. Friction skin

B. Handprint

C. Fingerprints

D. Volar skin

181. He first used fingerprints on native contracts in hooghly district in jungipoor, india.

A. Sir william herchel

B. Sir william hershel

C. Sir wiliam hershel

 D. Sir william herschel

182. "a person's fingerprint on his birth until his burial shall remain." what principle greatly described
thephrase?

A. Principle of constancy

B. Principle of perpetuity

C. Principle of permanency

D. All of these

183. Who is this native of charlotte who used surgery to destroy his friction ridges and was known as
the"man without fingerprint"?

A. Robert james pitts

B. Robert james pits

C. John dillinger

D. John dilinger

184. What is the first case and first conviction in the philippines which gives recognition to the science of
fingerprint?

A. People vs. Medina

B. People vs. Vera

C. Medina vs. People of the Philippines

D. West case

185. Which of the following refers to the study of the soles of the feet?

A. Poroscopy

B. Podoscopy

C. Edgeoscopy
 D. Cheiloscopy

186. 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 after conception

C. 5th to 6th week of the fetus life

D. 5th to 6th months after birth

187. It refers the study of the individual pattern of lip marks.

A. Poroscopy

B. Podoscopy

C. Edgeoscopy

D. Cheiloscopy

188. A pahalange is a bone covered with friction skin. Which one is located above the basal phalange?

A. Terminal

B. Basal

C. Intermediate

D. Distal

189. 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

D. Speedily identifying the perpetrator

190. It is a single ridge which bifurcates where the bifurcating ridges converge at a certain point to
formagain into a single ridge.

A. Bifurcation

B. Eyelet

C. Diverging ridge

D. Converging ridge

191. 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 following towards the no. 6 finger?

A. Ulnar loop

B. Radial loop

C. Loop

D. Arches

192. Under the principle of permanency, the fingerprint will remain as it is until a person dies.
However,there are some instances where a scar is present in the fingerprint pattern that alters the
general pattern of the fingerprint. This usually occurs when an a person gets a scar that is _____ deep.

A. 1mm

B. 1 cm

C. 2mm

D. 2 cm

193. Refers to condition wherein person has an extra finger?

A. Ankylosis

B. Polydactyl

C. Sindactyl
 D. Webb finger

194. These kind of ridge characteristic is sometimes being misconstrued as a bifurcating ridge due to
itsclose resemblance to it. This ridge is known as:

A. Trifurcation

B. Enclosure

C. Forking ridge

D. Converging ridge

195. The bertillion system relied on a detailed description or ____________ of the subject, combined
withfull-length and profile photographs and system of precise body measurements known as
anthropometry.

A. Portrait parle

B. Portrait farle

C. Speaking portrait

D. Spoken portrait

196. Pedro was born with a congenital bone deformity which resulted in his middle and ring finger to be
attached to each other. This refers to?

A. Mutulation

B. Webbed finger

C. Ectodactyl

D. Supernumerary

197. These are tiny portions or is a hill-like structure found on the epidermis of friction skin
containingsweat, with pores appearing as black lines in a fingerprint impression.

A. Imaginary lines
 B. Black lines

C. Furrows

D. Ridges

198. What is this principle in fingerprint that states that fingerprint cannot be forged? This principle
alsodenotes that fingerprint is a reliable and a positive means of identification.

A. Principle of infallibility

B. Principle of impeccability

C. Principle of perfectness

D. All of the following

199. The following are not the requisites of a loop except one,

A. It must have 2 cores

B. It must have a complete circuit

C. It must have a delta

D. It must have a ridge trace of at least 1

200. In the field of fingerprinting, it refers to the process of determining the total number of intervening
ridges that touch an imaginary line drawn between the core and the delta.

A. Ridge counting

B. Ridge tracing

C. Delta tracing

D. All of these