GEMINI CRIMINOLOGY ONLINE REVIEW AND TRAINING CENTER

P E N E T E E A P
Dr. MANUEL V JAUDIAN, LLB. PhD
ETEEAP DIRECTOR
PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
ETEEAP SECOND SEMESTER: S.Y 2014-2015

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following question.

1. It is a composite of the ridges outlines which appears on the skin surface of the
bulbs on the inside of the end of joints of the fingers and thumbs.
a. Personal identification c. dactyl
b. Fingerprint d. none of the above
2. In china, fingerprint is called?
a. Tai chi c. Hua chi
b. Thai chi d. chua chi
3. 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 c. Nehemiah Grew
b. Marcelo Malpighi d. Dr. Edmond Locard
4. He is the Grandfather of Dactyloscopy.
a. J.C. A Mayer c. Nehemiah Grew
b. Marcelo Malpighi d. Dr. Edmond Locard
5. The first Filipino Fingerprint technician employed by the Philippine constabulary.
a. Mr. Jones c. Ramon Bagatsing
b. Mr. Generoso Reyes d. Lt. Asa N. Darby
6. That fingerprint is a reliable means of personal identification and all courts accept
and adopt fingerprint as a means of personal identification.
a. Principle of Individuality c. principle of permanency
b. Principle of infallibility d. None of the foregoing
7. The science of sweat pores print identification
a. Poroscopy c. Chiroscopy
b. Podoscopy d. Dactyloscopy
8. Is a ridge that curves back in the direction in which it is started?
a. Recurving ridge c. Converging Ridge
b. Bifurcating ridge d. Fragmentary ridge
9. It is a point on a ridge formation usually located at the center or heart of a
pattern.
a. Delta c. core
b. Appendage d. ridge
10. Part of the fingerprint which lies within the area surrounded by the type lines.
a. Type lines c. Pattern area
b. Furrows d. ridges
11. 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 tracing c. ridge counting
b. Classification of Ridges d. None of the above

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 12. One of the types of fingerprint pattern in which the ridges run its direction to the
radius bone or to the thumb.
a. Radial Loop c. ulnar loop
b. Loop d. whorl
13. What is the SYMBOL of Plain whorl?
a. P c. w
b. C d. x
14. These are impressions of the finger bulbs with the use of the printing ink on the
surface of the paper.
a. Real impressions c.Plain impressions
b. Visible impressions d. chance impressions
15. These are fingerprints which are imprinted by mere chance or without any
intention to produce the print.
a. Real impressions c. Plain impressions
b. Visible impressions d. chance impressions
16. Simply means the taking of fingerprint impressions, either rolled or plain
impressions
a. Recording c. interpretation
b. Blocking d. classification
17. It is the ridge count on the loop appearing in the right little finger.
a. Key c. Final
b. Secondary d. major
18. Represents only the thumb of each hand. It is the ridge count of the loop and/or
the tracing of the whorl appearing in the thumb of each hand.
a. Key c. final
b. Secondary d. major
19. 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 c. final
b. Secondary d. major
20. If all 10 fingers are amputated or missing at birth, the classification will be
a. M 23 W MMM C. M 32 W MMM
M 23 W MMM M 32 W MMM
b. M 23 W WWW D. M 32 W MMM
M 23 W MMM M 32 W WWW
21. The first person who was convicted in US court through the use of fingerprint
as evidence
A. Harry Jackson c. Marciano Medina
b. Thomas Jennings d. Ann Farrow
22. A known criminal who try to efface his fingerprint by burning them with acid.
a. Roscoe James Pitts c. Herman Welker
b. John Dellinger d. Thomas Bewick
23. This man has been considered as “a man without fingerprint” who surgically remove
his fingerprint and covered it with another skin.
a. Roscoe James Pitts c. Herman Welker
b. John Dellinger d. Thomas Bewick
24. What is the rule where there are two or more possible bifurcation which conform to
the 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
25. Ridge forms in he 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 before birth
26. The use of too much ink obliteration and obscuring the ridges.
a. poor inking b. over inking
c. incomplete inking d. improper rolling
27. One of the cardinal rules in taking fingerprints is that the fingers must be
completely __________.
a. Healthy b. moist
c. healed from previous injury D. dry
28. Subject being fingerprinted must be advised by the operator to
a. cooperate b. keep still
c. relax d. look at his hand
29. The pressure on the fingers while rolling 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
30.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
31.As each finger is completely rolled, it must be lifted with a ______ upward movement
from the card.
a. slow b. quick
c. lightly slow d. lightly quick
32. 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
33.The use of _______ often result in smeared and pale prints.
a. poor ink b. improper rolling
c. over inking d. improper cleaning
34. Failure to clean thoroughly the inking equipment or the fingers, may cause the
following except.
a. false marking b. distorted ridges
c. disappearance of characteristic d. smeared impression
34._____must intervene between the delta and the first ridge count if no such interval
exist, the first ridge count must be disregarded.
a. black space c. 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 the
lower court on the identification of the suspect by the developed latent print at the crime
scene. That the number of the ridge characteristics or points of identity to establish the
identity of a person by fingerprint be at least?
a. 6 homologous points b. 10 homologous points
c.8 homologous points d. 12 homologous points
35. Ridge that is not continuous in finger print pattern.
a. fragmentary ridge b. incipient ridge
c. long or short ridge d. dot ridge
36._______may not be located at bifurcation which does not open towards the core.
a. core b. ridge
c. delta d. pattern area
37. Fingerprint ink can be spread evenly on the glass by means of ______.
a. fingerprint card holder b. fingerprint brush
c. spatula d. fingerprint roller
38. When the innermost sufficient recurve contains no ending ridge or rod rising as high
as 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
39. When there is two or more delta present at the point of divergence the delta is
located____.
a. open bifurcation
b. bifurcation nearest to the core
c. the one nearest to the core
d. bifurcation is selected
40. 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
41. Are those found in pubic mammary and anal areas.
a. sebaceous gland b. eccrine gland
c. apocrine gland d. sweat gland.
42. 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
43. Fingerprint experts are convinced that “no two person shall have the same fingerprint
characteristics”. But according to some mathematicians, there might be possibility of two
persons having the same fingerprint to the ration of_____
a. 1:6 billion c. 1:64 million
b. 1:6 billion d. 1:64 billion
44. 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
45. The first leading judicial decision in the Philippines jurisprudence on the science of
fingerprint.
a. PP vs Medina, 59 Phil. 330 b. PP vsJenning
c. US vsAsensi, 34, Phil 750 d. PP vsPonferada, et al. Phil. 68
46 .Principle of constancy in fingerprint science means that fingerprint is ________
a. unchanging b. not possible of forgery
c. not conclusive d. fallible
47. This refers to a permanent scar
a. ankylosis b. macrodactyl
c. nacrodactyl d. sicratiz
48. Means to enter on a fingerprint record card of all known essential data about a
subject, except the fingerprint itself.
a. recording c. filing
b. filling out d. blocking out
49. An area about the center of the palm down near the wrist.
a. distal c. hypothenar zone
b.carpal delta zone d. thenar zone
50. Large cushion below the base of the big toe.
a. carcar zone c. ball zone
b. fibular zone d. proximal

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