DACTYLOSCOPY

Q and A
Presented by

DR. JEZREEL B. VICENTE, CCS, CSP

Faculty, BSCrim, MSCrim, PhDCrim
University of Baguio
Criminalistics Specialist on:
Dacty, Ballistics, QDE & Photo

Most
people
pass
examinations NOT just
because of ABILITY and
INTELLIGENCE
but
because
of
DESIRE,
DIRECTION, DEDICATION
and DISCIPLINE
- J.B. Vicente

1. What do you call that

impression, designed by the ridges
on the inside of the end joint of the
fingers and thumb on any smooth
surface through the media of an
ink, sweat or any reagents capable
of producing visibility?
A.Fingerprint
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Personal Identification
D.Fingerprint Identification

2. These are the tiny elevations on

the skin and hill like structures
found on the epidermis layer of
the skin containing sweat pores.
A.Fingerprint
B. Minutiae
C. Ridges
D.Pores

3. What do you call the tip of each

of the fingers that contains the
tiny elevated skin that forms the
ridges?
A.Bulb
B. End joint phalange
C. Tip of the finger
D.All of the above

4. What statement below is true about

fingerprints?
A.Fingerprints of twins can be identical
B. Fingerprints of couple can be identical
C. Fingerprints of persons can be similar
D.Siamese twins fingerprints are always
similar
Remember: Fingerprints can only be
SIMILAR but never IDENTICAL in all
points.

5. The principle of fingerprints

that states fingerprints of a
person are unchanging or
constant from birth until the
decomposition of the body of the
person is _____.
A.Principle of Permanency
B. Principle of Individuality
C. Principle of Infallibility
D.Principle of Multiplicity

6. The principle in the study of

fingerprints that explains there are no
two fingerprints that are exactly alike is
_____.
A.Principle of Permanency
B. Principle of Individuality
C. Principle of Multiplicity
D.Principle of Infallibility
Who said There are o two fingerprints
which are exactly alike?
J.C.A. MAYER

7. Is a long-host like structure

that serves as the passage
way for the sweat?
A.Sweat pore
B.Sweat duct
C.Sweat glands
D.Ridge surface

8. What do you call the outer layer

of the epidermis layer of skin?
A.Dermis
B. Epidermis
C. Stratum corneum
D.Stratum mucosum

9. It refers to the innermost layer

of skin that contains blood
vessels, connective tissue,
nerves and fat lobules.
A.Dermis Layer
B. Stratum corneum
C. Stratum mucosum
D.Subcutaneous layer

10. How about the outer covering

of skin?
A.Dermis
B. Epidermis
C. Stratum corneum
D.Stratum mucosum
SUMMARY:
Outer layer = epidermis
Inner layer = Dermis
Innermost layer = Hypodermis

11. He is an American criminal who

attempted to erase his fingerprints
and attracted national attention for
a series of crimes he committed in
the Midwestern United States over
a period of 13 months in 1933 and
1934 is _____.
A. Roberts James Pitts
B. Edmond Locard
C. John Dillinger
D. Witkowsji

12. He is known as the Man

without Fingerprints as a result
of operation conducted by a
physician.
A.Roberts James Pitts
B. Edmond Locard
C. John Dillinger
D.Witkowsji

13. It refers to the practical

application of fingerprints (the
making of identifications by
fingerprints comparison and
classification)
A.Fingerprints
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Dactylography
D.Dactylomancy

14. What is the study of

fingerprints for the purpose of
interpreting ones personality?
A.Fingerprints
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Dactylography
D.Dactylomancy

15. It also refers to the scientific

study and analysis of
fingerprints concerning the
ridges and its characteristics as
a means of identification.
A.Fingerprints
B. Dactyloscopy
C. Dactylography
D.Dactylomancy

16. The science of palm print

identification is called _____.
A.Poroscopy
B. Chiroscopy
C. Podoscopy
D.Dermatyglyphics

17. The science of footprints

identification is _____.
A.Poroscopy
B. Chiroscopy
C. Podoscopy
D.Dermatyglyphics

18. It is the science which deals

with the study of the pores
found on the papillary or friction
ridge of the skin for the purpose
of identification.
A.Poroscopy
B. Chiroscopy
C. Podoscopy
D.Dermatyglyphics

19. The following are early means

of identifying people, except
_____.
A.Tattooing
B. Branding
C. Mutilating
D.Fingerprinting

20. Fingerprints is for Hua Chi

as to Lo and Ki is for _____.
A.Whorls and loops
B. Arches and whorls
C. Loops and arches
D.Fingerprint Patterns

21. In the primitive time in

Mexico, part of tradition is to put
the palm print of the corpse on a
formed mud or clay on their
tombs. This is a practice of what
tribe?
A.Mexicanos
B. Christians
C. Chinese
D.Aztecs

22. The Grandfather of

fingerprints is _____.
A.Johannes Evangelist Purkinje
B. Edward Richard Henry
C. Alphonse Bertillon
D.Marcello Malpighi

23. The father of personal

identification is _____.
A.Johannes Evangelist Purkinje
B. Edward Richard Henry
C. Alphonse Bertillon
D.Marcello Malpighi

24. How about the father of

dactyloscopy?
A.Johannes Evangelist Purkinje
B. Edward Richard Henry
C. Alphonse Bertillon
D.Marcello Malpighi

25. He is considered the father of

modern fingerprint science.
A.Johannes Evangelist Purkinje
B. Edward Richard Henry
C. Alphonse Bertillon
D.Marcello Malpighi

26. The Origin of Fingerprints is to

William James Herschel as to
Edward Richard Henry is to _____.
A.Classification and Uses of
Fingerprint
B. Anatomia Humanis Corporis
C. The Fingerprint Instructor
D.The Fingerprints

27. He installed a fingerprint system

at Jewish Maternity Hospital (JMH) in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The said hospital identifies the
infants born through fingerprinting
them in order to avoid mix-up with
other infants.
A.James Parke
B. Harry J. Myers
C. Juan Vucetich
D.Henry P. De Forest

28. He was the person who

strongly stated that there are no
two fingerprints which are
exactly the same.
A.JCA Mayer
B. Edmond Locard
C. Juan E. Vuccetich
D.Edward Richard Henry

29. What law created the Division

of Investigation (now the NBI)?
A.Commonwealth Act No. 181
B. Executive Order No. 94
C. Republic Act No. 409
D.Republic Act No. 157

29. What law that established the

Criminal Records and
Identification Division (CRID) of
the Manila Police Department?
A.Commonwealth Act No. 181
B. Executive Order No. 94
C. Republic Act No. 409
D.Republic Act No. 157

31. According to history, who is

the first woman fingerprint
technician?
A.Flaviano C. Guererro
B. Isabela Bernales
C. Thomas Dugan
D.Garry Jones

32. How about the first male

fingerprint technician?
A.Flaviano C. Guererro
B. Isabela Bernales
C. Geneso Reyes
D.Garry Jones

33. The first government

recognized school to teach the
Science of Fingerprint and other
Police Sciences in the Philippines
is _____.
A.Plaridel Educational Institution
B. Philippine College of
Criminology
C. Manila Law College
D.PCCr-MLC

34. are the two outermost ridges

which start parallel, diverge, and
surround or tend to surround the
pattern area.
A.Delta
B. Typelines
C. Recurving ridge
D.Diverging ridge

35. The point on the first ridge

formation found at or directly in
front of and nearest the center
of the divergence of the type
lines
A.Delta
B. Core
C. Focal points
D.Bifurcation

36. Generally, how many deltas a

central pocket loop have?
A.1
B. 2
C. 3
D.It depends

37. If one of the four requisites of

loop is absent, the pattern is
considered _____.
A.Tented arch
B. Plain arch
C. Radial Loop
D.Ulnar Loop

38. Are two ridges flowing side by

side and suddenly separating,
one ridge going one way and the
other ridge going another way.
A.Recurving ridges
B. Diverging ridges
C. Traversing ridges
D.Bifurcating ridges

39. a single ridge which splits into

two ridges, forming a Y shape
structure is called _____.
A.Recurving ridge
B. Diverging ridge
C. Traversing ridge
D.Bifurcating ridge

40. A ridge formation whose

closed end is angular and
serves as a point of
convergence, usually pointed
and abrupt.
A.Diverging ridge
B. Converging ridge
C. Bifurcating ridge
D.Recurving ridge

41. A short ridge that spoils the

sufficiency of a recurve located
at the top or summit of a recurve
usually at right angle
A.Appendage
B. Abutment
C. Staple
D.Some of the above

42. a single recurving ridge in the

center of the pattern area and
can also be located along the
looping ridges.
A.Appendage
B. Abutment
C. Staple
D.Some of the above

43. These are thin, usually straight narrow

white lines running transversely, or
formed side to side, across the print,
causing the puckering of the ridges.
These are caused mainly by minor
surface damage, work and tear or
advance of age.
A. Creases
B. Incipient Ridges
C. Puckering Ridge
D. Dissociated Ridges

44. is a bifurcation which does not

remain open but in the legs of the
bifurcation, after running along side by
side for a short distance, come
together to form a single ridge once
more.
A.Appendage
B. Enclosure
C. Island/Lake
D.Staple

45. Refers to a ridge that is

insufficient in length other than
the fragment.
A.Dot ridge
B. Short ridge
C. Fragment Ridge
D.Dissociated Ridge

46. As to the percentage

distribution of the different
fingerprint patterns, how many
percent is the whorl family?
A.60%
B. 40%
C. 35%
D.5 %

47. What do you call the

fingerprint pattern where most
of the ridges enter on one side
of the pattern and flow to the
other side with a rise at the
center?
A.Plain Arch
B. Tented Arch
C. Ulnar Loop
D.Radial Loop

48. If you are the technician and

you have observed that the
pattern forms angles inside it, it
is interpreted as _____.
A.Double Loop Whorl
B. Central Pocket Loop Whorl
C. Tented Arch
D.Plain Arch

49. This is the pattern which is

nearly a loop since it only lacks
some of the requisites of a loop
pattern.
A.Radial Loop
B. Ulnar Loop
C. Tented Arch
D.Plain Arch

50. If there are three (3) rods or

bars inside the innermost
sufficient recurve, where will the
core be placed?
A.At the center rod.
B. At the end of the rod.
C. At the end of the center rod.
D.At the end of the further one of
the two center rod.

51. If there is a series of

bifurcations, the delta is placed
_____.
A.At the bifurcation.
B. At the bifurcation nearest to the
core.
C. At the ending ridge nearest to
the core.
D.At the center of bifurcation
nearest to the core.

52. When there is a choice

between a bifurcation and other
types of deltas, where is the
location of the delta?
A.Select the ending point of the
bifurcation.
B. Select the nearest delta
towards the core.
C. Select the point nearest to the
delta.

53. The following are deltas,

except:

A.Converging ridge
B.Ending ridge
C.Bifurcation
D.Rod

54. If the innermost sufficient

recurve contains even no. of
rods, the core is placed at the
_____.
A.End of the further one of the
two center rods
B. End of the center rod
C. End of the ridge
D.End of the rod

55. You are a technician, you have

noticed that the pattern you are
going to establish the count of
ridges is a Whorl Pattern, what
will you do?
A.Ridge count the pattern
B. Ridge trace the pattern
C. Draw an imaginary line and
ridge count
D.Draw a line between the core

56. The basic rule in ridge counting is

_____.
A.Do not count impressions of dirts and
other destructive ridges
B. Do not count ridges as a result of dirty
paraphernalia
C. Do not count creases, incipient and
other ridges.
D.Do not include delta and core in ridge
counting

57. A criss-crossing or meeting of

two ridges is counted as _____.
A.1
B. 2
C. 3
D.4

58. The arrow up is indicated

after ridge counting/tracing
when _____.
A.Ridges were counted above the
right delta
B. Ridges were counted below the
right delta
C. Ridges were counted between
the core and delta
D.Ridges were counted within the

59. Letter M that stands for

Meeting is used to indicate a
whorl pattern having _____.
A.Two or more ridges
B. Two or less count
C. Two ridge count
D.One ridge count

60. What is the third finger to be

inked and recorded using the
standard procedure?
A.Right Middle Finger
B. Left Middle Finger
C. Right Index Finger
D.Left Index Finger

61. What do you call the magnifier

which is otherwise known as
Horse Shoe?
A.Hand Lens
B. Linen Tester
C. Lomb Magnifier
D.Bausch Magnifier

62. When applying fingerprint ink on the

ink slab, the amount of ink is said to be
sufficient when _____.
A.It turns light brown after examining
against strong light
B. You tested to print, the ridges can be
counted
C. It depends on the amount of ink that
was used
D.The color is black

63. When a person recorded your

fingerprint by rolling from tip to
tip, what fingerprint impression
could me made?
A.Fingerprint
B. Latent Print
C. Plain Impression
D.Rolled Impression

64. Pedro is a suspect of the crime

of murder, what kind of
fingerprint card that should be
used?
A.Fingerprint card
B. Civilian fingerprint card
C. Criminal fingerprint card
D.Suspect fingerprint card

65. What is the very first step to do

when recording fingerprints?
A. Clean the materials
B. Fill out the needed data in the
fingerprint card
C. Start from the right fingers to the
left hand fingers.
D. Start recording from the right
thumb until to the left little finger

66. What particular material is

used to spread the ink to the ink
slab?
A.Fingerprint ink
B. Fingerprint roller
C. Fingerprint slab
D.Fingerprint device

67. If you record the thumb print

of a person, it must be _____.
A.Rolled away from the subjects
body
B. Rolled towards the subjects
body
C. Rolled using rolled impression
procedure
D.Rolled properly from tip to tip of
the thumb.

68. The following are common

errors in recording fingerprints,
except:
A.Lack of ink
B. Too much ink
C. Lack of materials
D.Lack of control over the subject

69. The following are civilian

importance of fingerprints,
except:
A.Wills and inheritance claims
B. Identification of suspects
C. Bank transactions
D.Insurance claims

70. Which of the following is to be

written in the box intended for
the right thumb if the said
thumb is amputated due to
accident?
A.Amp
B. FMB
C. Partially Amputated
D.Finger Missing at Birth

71. When recording the fingerprints with 6

normally formed fingers, what should be
done?
A. Record the fully formed fingers only, then
record the other finger at the back of the
fingerprint card and make a note.
B. Start recording from the right thumb,
then record the sixth finger at the back of
the fingerprint card and make a note.
C. Record the five fingers, and record also
the other finger at the back of the
fingerprint card and make a note.
D. Do the usual recording procedure.

72. You are a fingerprint technician, you

have encountered split thumb, how are
you going to record said situation?
A.Roll the split thumb into the box
intended for.
B. Record the split thumb in the usual
procedure in plain impression.
C. Record the split thumb in the usual
procedure in rolled impression.
D.Just record the fully formed thumb, and
record also the other thumb at the back
of the fingerprint card and make a note.

73. In what situation where application

of lotion and massaging is necessary?
A. Applied when the fingertip is very
dry and finger bones stiff and brittle.
B. Applied when fingers are suffering
from rheumatism.
C. Applied when the fingers are
webbed together.
D. Applied only to suspects with finger
abnormality.

74. The entering on a fingerprint

record card of all known
essential data about the subject,
except the fingerprints is called
_____.
A.Recording and Filling out
B. Recording
C. Filling out
D.Printing

75. What is the direction when

recording thumbs in a fingerprint
card is:
A.To be recorded away from the
subjects body.
B. To be recorded towards the
subjects body
C. To be recorded in plain
impression
D.To be recorded in rolled

76. When you are to record the

fingerprint of the subject,
generally, where are you going
to stay?
A.Left side
B. Right side
C. Left side of the subject
D.Right side of the subject

77. Which of the following describes the

procedure in recording fingerprints of a
dead person:
A.Fingerprint rollers are used to ink the
fingers of the corpse
B. Ink slab is used to ink the fingertips of
the dead person
C. The usual procedure of recording
fingerprints shall be used.
D.Some of the above

78. If the skin of the fingertips are

shredding, what should be done?
A.Prepare 10 small gum labels
B. A quantity of formalin
C. Prepare 10 bottles
D.All of the above

79. Mr. Montemayor committed a crime

with his fingerprints and footprints left
in the crime scene. The footprints and
fingerprints left by him in the crime
scene are best described as _____.
A.Latents
B. Latent prints
C. Latent Fingerprints
D.Impressions

80. Miss Mariano has bloody

fingers, while fleeing from the
crime scene, she holds on to the
door leaving prints. What are
those classes of latent prints.
A.Invisible prints
B. Visible prints
C. Semi-visible prints
D.Bloody fingerprints

81. Semi-visible prints are usually

located _____.
A.In the door knob or some parts
of the house/ building
B. In a molded or plastic items
forming the impressions
C. Blooded fingerprints at car
windows
D.In the crime scene

82. These are the prints which are

not seen by our naked eyes, but
when effort is applied to search
those prints, they may be
searched and become visible
using fingerprint powder.
A.Semi-visible prints
B. Invisible prints
C. Visible prints
D.Fingerprints

83. A latent print may remain in the

crime scene depending on situations in
the crime scene. The factors that affect
the stability of latent prints in the
crime scene are the following, except:
A.Subject factor
B. Climatic condition
C. Raining/ Sunny day
D.Nature of the surface

84. The more similarities of the

latent print and the fingerprint
of the suspect, the more that
identification of the suspect may
be established. This is the _____.
A.Law on evidence
B. Law on Galton and Locard
C. Law on fingerprint evidence
D.Law of Multiplicity of evidence

85. For the no. of ridge details for

a latent print to be accepted as
evidence, England is 16, USA is
10 and European countries is 15.
This whole paragraph is _____.
A.True
B. False
C. Partially true
D.Partially false

86. Mr. Bi Gote is a fingerprint expert,

he examined the latent prints but his
credibility was questioned. What are
the requirements that Mr. Bi Gote
should posses for him to be qualified?
A. Education, Background, and training
B. Education, Training, and experience
C. Education, experience and degree
D. Education, background and skills

87. How do you describe a

witness?
A.Can perceive and capable of
perceiving
B. Can known his perception to
others
C. Have organ of sense
D.Some of the above

88. USA: People Vs Jennings::

Philippines: ______.
A.People Vs Mariano
B. People Vs Medina
C. People Vs Medrano
D.People Vs Madina

89. Who is that officer of then PC

who discovered the latent print of
the person involved in the first case
where fingerprint was used as
evidence in the Philippines?
A. James C. Rockwell
B. Reel Jez Vincent
C. Agripine Ruis
D. Agripine Ruiz

90. The following are

characteristics which are easily
changed, except:
A.Grade or profession
B. Body ornamentation
C. Clothings
D.Beard

91. The following are

identification used for both living
and dead person, except:
A.Race
B. Deformities
C. Occupational mark
D.Left or right handedness

91. The following are

identification used for both living
and dead person, except:
A.Race
B. Deformities
C. Occupational mark
D.Left or right handedness

92. February 12, 1932 is related to

_____.
A.People Vs Medina
B. People Vs Jennings
C. Discovery of fingerprints in the
Philippines
D.None of the above.

93. This is the powder that is little

bit adhesive and most commonly
used by law enforcement
agencies in the Philippines.
A.Black and White powder
B. Lycopodium powder
C. Aluminum powder
D.SP Black powder

94. The powder is put on the suspected

area, make object/evidence-slanting
position like paper) and roll lightly, to
attach powder in the fingerprint, and of the
paper. Further flip being suspected
fingerprint to make it clearly appeared.
This is a method called _____.
A. Brush on Method
B. Spray Method
C. Rolling Method
D. Transplant Method

95. When stain fingerprint sampling

process are wiped with the fabric
absorbing thinning scientific cleansing
agent, then wipe with the water
absorbing fabric, then wipe finally with
a dried fabric.
A.Brush on Method
B. Restoration Method
C. Rolling Method
D.Transplant Method

96. Chemical Fuming is to

Yellowish brown as to Ninhydrin
is to _____
A.Red
B. Yellow
C. Purple
D.Violet

97. What is the specific method in

developing latent print when two
tracings of the inked and latent prints
are compared by superimposing one
over the other and viewing them with
backlighting?
A.Osborn Grid Method
B. Seymour Trace Method
C. Overlay Method
D.Polygon Method

98. This is also called the

pincushion method.
A.Overlay Method
B. Osborn Grid Method
C. Seymour Trace Method
D.Polygon Method

99. The oldest and surest method

of identifying latent and inked
prints in the process of
comparison is called _____.
A.Polygon Method
B. Osborn Grid Method
C. Conventional Method
D.Overlay Method

100. The second step in the

classification of fingerprint is
_____
A.Filling out and Recording
B. Blocking out or Preliminary
Classification
C. Interpretation of patterns
D.Classification proper

101. It is the most common type of

camera being used by the police
in recording the evidence found
in the crime scene due to the
absence of parallax.
A.SLR Camera
B. View Camera
C. Press Camera
D.Twin Lens Reflex Camera

102. This is the result of the summation

of all the numerical values assigned to
whorls (plain whorl, central pocket loop
whorl, double loop whorl and accidental
whorl), appearing in a fingerprint chart
(10 fingerprints) which are expressed as
numerators and denominators plus the
pre-established fraction of one over one
(1/1).
A.PC
B. SC
C. SSC
D.MC

103. This is derived from the

process of ridge counting the
loops or ridge tracing the whorls
appearing on the thumbs of both
right and left hands.
A.PC
B. SC
C. SSC
D.MC

104. What classification system

that treats whorls as loops?
A.FC
B. KC
C. SSC
D.MC

105. It is the exhibition in a

numerical figure of the ridge
count of loops and/or ridge trace
of whorls from the two little
fingers.
A.FC
B. KC
C. SSC
D.MC

106. What is the PC if all the

patterns are arches?
A.0/0
B. 1/1
C. 32/32
D.It depends

107. How about if all fingerprint

patterns are loops, what is the
PC?
A.0/0
B. 1/1
C. 32/32
D.It depends

108. If all the patterns in a set of

fingerprints are whorls, what is
the PC?
A.0/0
B. 1/1
C. 32/32
D.It depends

109. If the right thumb is radial

loop and the left thumb is
amputated, inorder for you to
classify each thumb, what is the
pattern of the left thumb?
A. Radial Loop
B. Ulnar Loop
C. Whorl
D. Loop

110. If both thumbs are

amputated, what pattern would
they be for the purpose of
classification?
A.Plain Whorl
B. Whorl
C. Amputated
D.Finger Missing at Birth

111. It is the actual placing on file

of a fingerprint record.
A.Filing
B. Searching
C. Referencing
D.Filling out

112. Is the methodological process

of finding the filed and classified
set of fingerprints?
A.Filing
B. Searching
C. Referencing
D.Filling out

113. The means of placing of a

group of classified sets into their
correct filing order before
beginning to file or search them.
A.Filing
B. Searching
C. Referencing
D.Filling out

114. The pattern must be the same type

of pattern, i.e., both be arches, both be
loops, both be whorls, etc.
A.Likeness of general pattern types
B. Qualitative likeness of the friction
ridge characteristics
C. Quantitative likeness of the friction
ridge characteristics
D.Likeness of location of the friction
ridge characteristics

115. This means, how many matching

ridge details are there in the two
impressions?
A.Likeness of general pattern types
B. Qualitative likeness of the friction
ridge characteristics
C. Quantitative likeness of the friction
ridge characteristics
D.Likeness of location of the friction
ridge characteristics

116. What is that element of comparison that

seeks: Are the ridge characteristics like
bifurcations, endings, islands and enclosures
the same in both prints? Do the ridge details
of one print match those of the other?
A.Likeness of general pattern types
B. Qualitative likeness of the friction ridge
characteristics
C. Quantitative likeness of the friction ridge
characteristics
D.Likeness of location of the friction ridge
characteristics

117. Are the ridge characteristics in the

same relative positions in both prints; are
they the same relative directions from
each other;
A. Likeness of general pattern types
B. Qualitative likeness of the friction ridge
characteristics
C. Quantitative likeness of the friction ridge
characteristics
D. Likeness of location of the friction ridge
characteristics

118. What is the accepted size of

photograph in court as evidence?
A.3R
B. 5R
C. 6R
D.8x10

119. What do you mean by the

acronym AFIS?
A.Automated Fingerprint
Identification System
B. Automatic Fingerprint
Identification System
C. A and B
D.All of the above

120. The word finger came from

the Latin word _____.
A.Dactyl
B. Dactyle
C. Fingus
D.Skopein

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OF
DACTYLOSCOPY