FINAL
Name:_____________________________ Course and Year___________________
Date:_______________________________ Score:____________________________
Subject:_____________________________ Teacher:_________________________
PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
Instructions: Encircle the letter of your answer. No changing/erasure of answers.
1. A Clerk in the Prefecture of Police of at Paris, France, who devised a system of
classification, known as Anthropometry. System included measurements such as
head length, head width, length of the middle finger, length of the left foot; and
length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.
a. .Alphonse Bertillon
b. Mark Twain
c. Sir Francis Galton
d. Gilbert Thompson
2. A French anthropologist who devised a system to measure and record the
dimensions of certain bony parts of the body. He is considered as the Father of
Personal Identification.
a. Edmond Locard
b. Alphonse Bertillon
c. Sir Edward Richard Henry
d. Juan Vucetich
3. A professor of anatomy at the University of Bologna, noted in his treatise; ridges,
spirals and loops in fingerprints. A layer of skin was named after him, which is
approximately 1.8mm thick.
a. John Evangelist Purkinje
b. Sir William Herschel
c. Dr. Henry Faulds
d. Marcello Malpighi
4. Which of the following statement best describes Furrows?
a. Elevated areas of friction skin.
b. A depression between the ridges
c. A depressed portion of the skin
d. Elevated portion of the skin.
5. He appeared before the inquiry committee to explain the system published in his
recent book "The Classification and Use of Fingerprints." He is considered as the
Father of Fingerprint Identification.
a. Sir Edward Richard Henry
b. Hem Chandra Bose
c. Dr. Henry P. DeForrest
d. Juan Vucetich
6. He first used fingerprints on native contracts in Hooghly district in Jungipoor,
India.
a. John Evangelist Purkinje
b. Sir William Herschel
c. Dr. Henry Faulds
d. Marcello Malpighi
7. He published his thesis discussing 9 fingerprint patterns with a title “ A
commentary on a Physiological Examination of the Organs of the Vision and the
Cutaneous System”.
a. John Evangelist Purkinje
b. Sir William Herschel
c. Dr. Henry Faulds
d. Marcello Malpighi
8. Epidermis is the lower or inner layer of the skin.
a. True
b. Maybe
c. False
d. Partially True
9. May be defined as the two innermost ridges which start parallel, diverge, and
surround or tend to surround the pattern area.
a. Divergence
b. Pattern Area
c. Type Lines
d. Bifurcation
10. In fingerprints, what do call point on a ridge at or in front of and nearest the
center of the divergence of the type lines?
a. focal point
b. bifurcation
c. delta
11. Who is the British Surgeon-Superintendent of Tsukiji Hospital in Tokyo, Japan,
who took up the study of "skin-furrows" after noticing finger marks on specimens
of "prehistoric" pottery?
a. John Evangelist Purkinje
b. Sir William Herschel
c. Dr. Henry Faulds
d. Marcello Malpighi
12. In fingerprint identification what is a single ridge which divide into two or more
ridges?
a. Divergence
b. Pattern Area
c. Type Lines
d. Bifurcation
13. Will and William West are the identical twins that put a doubt to Bertillon System
of identification adopted in the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas in 1903,
their case also proved the principle of ___________ wherein no two fingerprint
alike?
a. Principle of constancy
b. Principle of individuality
c. Principle of permanency
d. Principle of identification
14. The outer layer of the skin.
a. epidermis
b. dermis
c. ridges
d. furrows
15. The principle of fingerprint study that states fingerprint cannot be forged. No two
persons have the same fingerprint patterns
a. Principle of constancy
b. Principle of infallibility
c. Principle of permanency
d. Principle of individuality
16. Fingerprint evidence is reliable , absolute and it cannot be forged. What principle
of fingerprint is this?
a. Infallibility
b. Consistency
c. Permanency
d. Individuality
17. Father of fingerprints.
a. Sir Edward Richard Henry
b. Alphonse Bertillon
c. Edmond Locard
d. Marcello Malpighi
18. In the principle of transfer, it states that “every contact leaves a trace”. Who is the
advocator of the said principle?
a. Edmond Locard
b. Edward Locard
c. Edwin Locard
d. Edgar Locard
19. What is the science of palm print identification?
a. Chiroscopy
b. Poroscopy
c. Podoscopy
d. Astrology
20. It is a branch of science of dactyloscopy which covers the study of the sweat
pores found in the friction skin.
a. Chiroscopy
b. Poroscopy
c. Podoscopy
d. Astrology
21. He was the chief magistrate of Hooghly, India. He is the first to use fingerprints
on the contracts with the natives. He is also known as the father of Chiroscopy.
a. John Evangelist Purkinje
b. Mark Twain
c. Sir Edward Richard Henry
d. Sir William James Herschel
22. Which of the following first used fingerprints as means of identification?
a. Chinese
b. Filipino
c. Greek
d. Indians
23. The first Filipino fingerprint technician employed by Philippine Constabulary was
a. Mr. Generoso Reyes
b. Mr. Amado Delos Santos
c. Mr. Calixto Solis
d. None of these
24. 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
25. Considered one of the most infallible means of personal identification which is
formed when still inside the mother’s womb and remain unchanged throughout
life until decomposition is what kind of ridges?
a. Auxillary
b. Papillary
c. Friction
d. poroscopic
26. If the dermis is completely destroyed, can it be restored?
a. It depends
b. Maybe
c. No
d. Yes
27. Who is the notorious gangster and a police character who attempted to
erase his fingerprints by burning them with acids?
a. Robert James Pitt
b. John Dillinger
c. Herman Welcker
d. Henry De Forest
28. The point along a ridge formation, which is found in front or near the center of the
diverging type lines.
a. Core
b. . Delta
c. Island ridge
d. Convergence
29. What do you call of the innermost ridges running parallel or nearly parallel to
each other which diverge and surround or tend to surround the pattern area?
a. Delta lines
b. Diverging lines
c. Type lines
d. Eyelet lines
30. Ridge forms in a person’s fingers and feet during infant’s stage which usually
starts
a. 5th to 6th month
b. 4th to 5th month
c. 3rd to 4th month
d. 6th to 7th month
31 In fingerprint study, the pattern that has two deltas and with at least one ridge that
make a turn through one complete circuit is called what?
a. Accidental
b. Loop
c. Whorl
d. Arch
32. Consists of at least one recurving ridge, or an obstruction at right angles to the line
of flow, with two deltas, between which, when an imaginary line is drawn, no recurving
ridge within the inner pattern area is cut or touched.
A. central pocket loop
B. Accidental
c. plain whorl
d. double loop
33. Consists of the simplest form of whorl construction and is the most common of the
whorl subdivisions. It is designated by the symbol "W" for both general classification and
extension purposes.
A. central pocket loop
B. Accidental
c. plain whorl
d. double loop
34. Following are the major types of fingerprint patterns, EXCEPT
A. Arch
B. twinned loop
C. loop
D. whorl
35. Has two deltas and at least one ridge making a complete circuit, which may be
spiral, oval, circular, or any variant of a circle. An imaginary line drawn between the two
deltas must touch or cross at least one of the recurving ridges within the inner pattern
area.
A. central pocket loop
B. accidental
c. double loop
d. plain whorl
36. One of the following is NOT a type of whorl.
A. central pocket loop
B. Loop
c. double loop
d. accidental
37. In fingerprint , which of the following is the pattern which refers to the rolled fingers
onto the rolling impression columns?
a. Rolled Impression
b. Indexing Impression
c. Palm Impression
d. Plain Impression
38. In dactyloscopy, does a plain whorl always have two (2) or more Deltas?
a. Never
b. No
c. Seldom
d. Yes
39. In fingerprint study, the pattern that has two deltas and with at least one ridge that
make a turn through one complete circuit is called what?
a. Accidental
b. Loop
c. Whorl
d. Arch
40. A type of tented arch in which an ending ridge of any length rising at a sufficient
degree from the horizontal plane; i.e., 45▫ or more
a. Recurve
b. Loop
c. Upthrust
d. angle
41. 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. twinned loop
D. loop
42. The ridge traced passes outside (below) the right delta, and three or more ridges
intervene between the tracing ridge and the right delta, the tracing is designated as an
A. meeting
B. converging
C. inner
D. outer
43. The ridges enter on one side of the impression and flow or tend to flow out the other
with a rise or wave in the center.
a. plain whorl
b. plain arch
c. tented arch
d. loop-type arch
44. The type approaching the loop type, possessing two of the basic or essential
characteristics of the loop, but lacking the third.
a. arch possessing an upthrust
b. loop-type arch
c. plain
d. arch possessing an angle
45. The type in which one or more ridges at the center form an upthrust.
a. arch possessing an upthrust
b. loop-type arch
c. plain
d. arch possessing an angle
46. 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. subsecondary
b. final
c. major division
d. key
47. Subsecondary classification: RIGHT HAND: 1 = \; ridge count: 26 , 2 = R; ridge count: 12,
3 = W; ridge traced: O, 4 = \; ridge count: 17, 5 = \; ridge count: 12; LEFT HAND: 6 = W; ridge
traced: I, 7 = W; ridge traced: M, 8 = /; ridge count: 18, 9 = W; ridge count: I, 10 = /; ridge count
15.
A.MOI/OOO
b. OOO/MOI
c. IMO/IOI
d. IOI/IMO
48. RIGHT HAND: 1 = R ; ridge count 14 , 2 = W; ridge traced: 0, 3 = R: ridge count 15 , 4 R=
ridge count 25 5 = W; ridge traced I;
LEFT HAND: 6 = R; ridge count: 9, 7 = R ridge count:14 , 8 = W; ridge traced O, 9 = W; ridge
traced O,, 10 = R; ridge count:10.
The Primary Classification is____________. (3 POINTS)
a. 18/5
b. 17/5
c. 18/6
49. . In assigning a number value to whorl pattern, what fingers should be given a value of 2
when a whorl pattern appears therein?
a. Left little finger and right thumb
b. Left index finger and right index fingers.
c. Left index and left ring fingers
d. Left index and left middle fingers
50. Key division is oherwise termed as the whorl division.
a. Correct
b. Incorrect
C. Maybe
d. It depends
50. A loop was found in the left middle finger, the direction of the downward slant of the ridges
flows toward the direction of the thumb or radius bone. What type of loop is this?
A. Ulna loop
B. Ulnar loop
C. Radial loop
D. Radius lopp
51. What fingers are rolled away from the body in taking a rolled impression?
a. Both little fingers
b. Both thumbs
c. All fingers except thumbs
d. All of these
52 What fingers are rolled toward the body in taking a rolled impression?
a. Both little fingers
b. Both thumbs
c. All fingers except thumbs
d. All of these
53. In the murder case of Javier Dela Cuesta, the investigator Cardo Dalisay found a suspected
fingerprint pattern in the bloody knife. When the latter examined the fingerprint it contain two
deltas and with at least one ridge that make a turn through one complete circuit . What
pattern is this?
A. Loop
B. Whorl
C. Arch.
D. Can’t determine
54.. A pattern that has no Delta and core.
A. Whorl
B. Loop
C. Arc
D. Double loop
55. Based on Pattern Frequency, this type of pattern consists of 65%.
A. Whorl
B. Loop
C. Arc
D. Double loop
56.. Based on Pattern Frequency, this type of pattern consists of 30%.
A.Whorl
B. Loop
C. Arc
D. Double loop
57. Which of the following pattern frequency of Arch is Correct.
A. Arch-10%
B. Arch-8%
C. Arch-5%
58.Considered one of the most infallible means of personal identification which is
formed when still inside the mother’s womb and remain unchanged throughout life until
decomposition is what kind of ridges?
a. Auxillary
b. Papillary
c. Friction
d. poroscopic
59. If the dermis is completely destroyed, can it be restored?
a. It depends
b. Maybe
c. No
d. Yes
60. Who is the notorious gangster and a police character who attempted to erase his
fingerprints by burning them with acids?
a. Robert James Pitt
b. John Dillinger
c. Herman Welcker
d. Henry De Forest
