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DACTYLOSCOPYQ and A

Presented byDR. JEZREEL B. VICENTE, CCS, CSPFaculty, BSCrim, MSCrim, PhDCrimUniversity of BaguioCriminalistics 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. Vicente1. 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?FingerprintDactyloscopyPersonal IdentificationFingerprint 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. FingerprintMinutiaeRidgesPores

3. What do you call the tip of each of the fingers that contains the tiny elevated skin that forms the ridges?BulbEnd joint phalangeTip of the fingerAll of the above

4. What statement below is true about fingerprints?Fingerprints of twins can be identicalFingerprints of couple can be identicalFingerprints of persons can be similarSiamese 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 _____.Principle of PermanencyPrinciple of IndividualityPrinciple of InfallibilityPrinciple of Multiplicity

6. The principle in the study of fingerprints that explains there are no two fingerprints that are exactly alike is _____.Principle of PermanencyPrinciple of IndividualityPrinciple of MultiplicityPrinciple 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?Sweat poreSweat ductSweat glandsRidge surface

8. What do you call the outer layer of the epidermis layer of skin?DermisEpidermisStratum corneumStratum mucosum

9. It refers to the innermost layer of skin that contains blood vessels, connective tissue, nerves and fat lobules.Dermis LayerStratum corneumStratum mucosumSubcutaneous layer

10. How about the outer covering of skin?DermisEpidermisStratum corneumStratum mucosumSUMMARY:Outer layer = epidermisInner layer = DermisInnermost 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 _____.Roberts James PittsEdmond Locard John Dillinger Witkowsji

12. He is known as the Man without Fingerprints as a result of operation conducted by a physician.Roberts James PittsEdmond Locard John Dillinger Witkowsji

13. It refers to the practical application of fingerprints (the making of identifications by fingerprints comparison and classification)FingerprintsDactyloscopyDactylographyDactylomancy

14. What is the study of fingerprints for the purpose of interpreting ones personality?FingerprintsDactyloscopyDactylographyDactylomancy

15. It also refers to the scientific study and analysis of fingerprints concerning the ridges and its characteristics as a means of identification.FingerprintsDactyloscopyDactylographyDactylomancy

16. The science of palm print identification is called _____.PoroscopyChiroscopyPodoscopyDermatyglyphics

17. The science of footprints identification is _____.PoroscopyChiroscopyPodoscopyDermatyglyphics

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.PoroscopyChiroscopyPodoscopyDermatyglyphics

19. The following are early means of identifying people, except _____.TattooingBrandingMutilatingFingerprinting

20. Fingerprints is for Hua Chi as to Lo and Ki is for _____.Whorls and loopsArches and whorlsLoops and archesFingerprint 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?MexicanosChristiansChineseAztecs

22. The Grandfather of fingerprints is _____.Johannes Evangelist PurkinjeEdward Richard HenryAlphonse BertillonMarcello Malpighi

23. The father of personal identification is _____.Johannes Evangelist PurkinjeEdward Richard HenryAlphonse BertillonMarcello Malpighi

24. How about the father of dactyloscopy?Johannes Evangelist PurkinjeEdward Richard HenryAlphonse BertillonMarcello Malpighi

25. He is considered the father of modern fingerprint science.Johannes Evangelist PurkinjeEdward Richard HenryAlphonse BertillonMarcello Malpighi

26. The Origin of Fingerprints is to William James Herschel as to Edward Richard Henry is to _____.Classification and Uses of FingerprintAnatomia Humanis CorporisThe Fingerprint InstructorThe 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.James ParkeHarry J. MyersJuan VucetichHenry P. De Forest

28. He was the person who strongly stated that there are no two fingerprints which are exactly the same.JCA MayerEdmond LocardJuan E. VuccetichEdward Richard Henry

29. What law created the Division of Investigation (now the NBI)?Commonwealth Act No. 181Executive Order No. 94Republic Act No. 409Republic Act No. 157

29. What law that established the Criminal Records and Identification Division (CRID) of the Manila Police Department?Commonwealth Act No. 181Executive Order No. 94Republic Act No. 409Republic Act No. 157

30. What law that renamed Bureau of Investigation to National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) dated 04 October 1947?Commonwealth Act No. 181Executive Order No. 94Republic Act No. 409Republic Act No. 157

31. According to history, who is the first woman fingerprint technician?Flaviano C. GuererroIsabela BernalesThomas DuganGarry Jones

32. How about the first male fingerprint technician?Flaviano C. GuererroIsabela BernalesGeneso ReyesGarry Jones

33. The first government recognized school to teach the Science of Fingerprint and other Police Sciences in the Philippines is _____.Plaridel Educational InstitutionPhilippine College of CriminologyManila Law CollegePCCr-MLC

34. are the two outermost ridges which start parallel, diverge, and surround or tend to surround the pattern area. DeltaTypelinesRecurving ridgeDiverging 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 linesDeltaCoreFocal pointsBifurcation

36. Generally, how many deltas a central pocket loop have?123It depends

37. If one of the four requisites of loop is absent, the pattern is considered _____.Tented archPlain archRadial LoopUlnar Loop

38. Are two ridges flowing side by side and suddenly separating, one ridge going one way and the other ridge going another way.Recurving ridgesDiverging ridgesTraversing ridgesBifurcating ridges

39. a single ridge which splits into two ridges, forming a Y shape structure is called _____.Recurving ridgeDiverging ridgeTraversing ridgeBifurcating ridge

40. A ridge formation whose closed end is angular and serves as a point of convergence, usually pointed and abrupt.Diverging ridgeConverging ridgeBifurcating ridgeRecurving ridge

41. A short ridge that spoils the sufficiency of a recurve located at the top or summit of a recurve usually at right angleAppendageAbutmentStapleSome of the above

42. a single recurving ridge in the center of the pattern area and can also be located along the looping ridges.AppendageAbutmentStapleSome 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.CreasesIncipient RidgesPuckering RidgeDissociated 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.AppendageEnclosureIsland/LakeStaple

45. Refers to a ridge that is insufficient in length other than the fragment.Dot ridgeShort ridgeFragment RidgeDissociated Ridge

46. As to the percentage distribution of the different fingerprint patterns, how many percent is the whorl family?60%40%35%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?Plain ArchTented ArchUlnar LoopRadial Loop

48. If you are the technician and you have observed that the pattern forms angles inside it, it is interpreted as _____.Double Loop WhorlCentral Pocket Loop WhorlTented ArchPlain Arch

49. This is the pattern which is nearly a loop since it only lacks some of the requisites of a loop pattern.Radial LoopUlnar LoopTented ArchPlain Arch

50. If there are three (3) rods or bars inside the innermost sufficient recurve, where will the core be placed?At the center rod.At the end of the rod.At the end of the center rod.At the end of the further one of the two center rod.

51. If there is a series of bifurcations, the delta is placed _____.At the bifurcation.At the bifurcation nearest to the core.At the ending ridge nearest to the core.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?Select the ending point of the bifurcation.Select the nearest delta towards the core.Select the point nearest to the delta.Select the bifurcation as delta.

53. The following are deltas, except:Converging ridgeEnding ridgeBifurcationRod

54. If the innermost sufficient recurve contains even no. of rods, the core is placed at the _____.End of the further one of the two center rodsEnd of the center rodEnd of the ridgeEnd 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?Ridge count the patternRidge trace the patternDraw an imaginary line and ridge countDraw a line between the core and the delta

56. The basic rule in ridge counting is _____.Do not count impressions of dirts and other destructive ridgesDo not count ridges as a result of dirty paraphernaliaDo not count creases, incipient and other ridges.Do not include delta and core in ridge counting

57. A criss-crossing or meeting of two ridges is counted as _____.1234

58. The arrow up is indicated after ridge counting/tracing when _____.Ridges were counted above the right deltaRidges were counted below the right deltaRidges were counted between the core and deltaRidges were counted within the point of divergence.

59. Letter M that stands for Meeting is used to indicate a whorl pattern having _____.Two or more ridgesTwo or less count Two ridge countOne ridge count

60. What is the third finger to be inked and recorded using the standard procedure?Right Middle FingerLeft Middle FingerRight Index FingerLeft Index Finger

61. What do you call the magnifier which is otherwise known as Horse Shoe?Hand LensLinen TesterLomb MagnifierBausch Magnifier

62. When applying fingerprint ink on the ink slab, the amount of ink is said to be sufficient when _____.It turns light brown after examining against strong lightYou tested to print, the ridges can be countedIt depends on the amount of ink that was usedThe color is black

63. When a person recorded your fingerprint by rolling from tip to tip, what fingerprint impression could me made?FingerprintLatent PrintPlain ImpressionRolled Impression

64. Pedro is a suspect of the crime of murder, what kind of fingerprint card that should be used?Fingerprint cardCivilian fingerprint cardCriminal fingerprint cardSuspect fingerprint card

65. What is the very first step to do when recording fingerprints?Clean the materialsFill out the needed data in the fingerprint cardStart from the right fingers to the left hand fingers.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?Fingerprint inkFingerprint rollerFingerprint slabFingerprint device

67. If you record the thumb print of a person, it must be _____.Rolled away from the subjects bodyRolled towards the subjects bodyRolled using rolled impression procedureRolled properly from tip to tip of the thumb.

68. The following are common errors in recording fingerprints, except:Lack of inkToo much inkLack of materialsLack of control over the subject

69. The following are civilian importance of fingerprints, except:Wills and inheritance claimsIdentification of suspectsBank transactionsInsurance 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? AmpFMBPartially AmputatedFinger Missing at Birth

71. When recording the fingerprints with 6 normally formed fingers, what should be done?Record the fully formed fingers only, then record the other finger at the back of the fingerprint card and make a note.Start recording from the right thumb, then record the sixth finger at the back of the fingerprint card and make a note.Record the five fingers, and record also the other finger at the back of the fingerprint card and make a note.Do the usual recording procedure.

72. You are a fingerprint technician, you have encountered split thumb, how are you going to record said situation?Roll the split thumb into the box intended for.Record the split thumb in the usual procedure in plain impression.Record the split thumb in the usual procedure in rolled impression.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?Applied when the fingertip is very dry and finger bones stiff and brittle.Applied when fingers are suffering from rheumatism.Applied when the fingers are webbed together.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 _____.Recording and Filling outRecordingFilling outPrinting

75. What is the direction when recording thumbs in a fingerprint card is:To be recorded away from the subjects body.To be recorded towards the subjects bodyTo be recorded in plain impressionTo be recorded in rolled impression

76. When you are to record the fingerprint of the subject, generally, where are you going to stay?Left sideRight sideLeft side of the subjectRight side of the subject

77. Which of the following describes the procedure in recording fingerprints of a dead person:Fingerprint rollers are used to ink the fingers of the corpseInk slab is used to ink the fingertips of the dead personThe usual procedure of recording fingerprints shall be used.Some of the above

78. If the skin of the fingertips are shredding, what should be done?Prepare 10 small gum labelsA quantity of formalinPrepare 10 bottlesAll 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 _____.LatentsLatent printsLatent FingerprintsImpressions

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.Invisible printsVisible printsSemi-visible printsBloody fingerprints

81. Semi-visible prints are usually located _____.In the door knob or some parts of the house/ buildingIn a molded or plastic items forming the impressionsBlooded fingerprints at car windowsIn 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.Semi-visible printsInvisible printsVisible printsFingerprints

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:Subject factorClimatic conditionRaining/ Sunny dayNature 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 _____.Law on evidenceLaw on Galton and LocardLaw on fingerprint evidenceLaw 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 _____.TrueFalsePartially truePartially 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?Education, Background, and trainingEducation, Training, and experienceEducation, experience and degreeEducation, background and skills

87. How do you describe a witness?Can perceive and capable of perceivingCan known his perception to othersHave organ of senseSome of the above

88. USA: People Vs Jennings:: Philippines: ______.People Vs MarianoPeople Vs MedinaPeople Vs MedranoPeople 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?James C. RockwellReel Jez VincentAgripine RuisAgripine Ruiz

90. The following are characteristics which are easily changed, except:Grade or professionBody ornamentationClothingsBeard

91. The following are identification used for both living and dead person, except:RaceDeformitiesOccupational markLeft or right handedness

91. The following are identification used for both living and dead person, except:RaceDeformitiesOccupational markLeft or right handedness

92. February 12, 1932 is related to _____.People Vs MedinaPeople Vs JenningsDiscovery of fingerprints in the PhilippinesNone of the above.

93. This is the powder that is little bit adhesive and most commonly used by law enforcement agencies in the Philippines.Black and White powderLycopodium powderAluminum powderSP 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 _____.Brush on MethodSpray MethodRolling MethodTransplant 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.Brush on MethodRestoration MethodRolling MethodTransplant Method

96. Chemical Fuming is to Yellowish brown as to Ninhydrin is to _____RedYellowPurpleViolet

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?Osborn Grid MethodSeymour Trace MethodOverlay MethodPolygon Method

98. This is also called the pincushion method.Overlay MethodOsborn Grid MethodSeymour Trace MethodPolygon Method

99. The oldest and surest method of identifying latent and inked prints in the process of comparison is called _____.Polygon MethodOsborn Grid MethodConventional MethodOverlay Method

100. The second step in the classification of fingerprint is _____Filling out and RecordingBlocking out or Preliminary ClassificationInterpretation of patternsClassification 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.SLR CameraView CameraPress CameraTwin 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).PCSCSSCMC

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.PCSCSSCMC

104. What classification system that treats whorls as loops?FCKCSSCMC

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.FCKCSSCMC

106. What is the PC if all the patterns are arches?0/01/132/32It depends

107. How about if all fingerprint patterns are loops, what is the PC?0/01/132/32It depends

108. If all the patterns in a set of fingerprints are whorls, what is the PC?0/01/132/32It 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?Radial LoopUlnar LoopWhorlLoop

110. If both thumbs are amputated, what pattern would they be for the purpose of classification?Plain WhorlWhorlAmputatedFinger Missing at Birth

111. It is the actual placing on file of a fingerprint record.Filing SearchingReferencingFilling out

112. Is the methodological process of finding the filed and classified set of fingerprints?Filing SearchingReferencingFilling out

113. The means of placing of a group of classified sets into their correct filing order before beginning to file or search them.Filing SearchingReferencingFilling out

114. The pattern must be the same type of pattern, i.e., both be arches, both be loops, both be whorls, etc. Likeness of general pattern typesQualitative likeness of the friction ridge characteristicsQuantitative likeness of the friction ridge characteristicsLikeness of location of the friction ridge characteristics

115. This means, how many matching ridge details are there in the two impressions?Likeness of general pattern typesQualitative likeness of the friction ridge characteristicsQuantitative likeness of the friction ridge characteristicsLikeness 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?Likeness of general pattern typesQualitative likeness of the friction ridge characteristicsQuantitative likeness of the friction ridge characteristicsLikeness 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;Likeness of general pattern typesQualitative likeness of the friction ridge characteristicsQuantitative likeness of the friction ridge characteristicsLikeness of location of the friction ridge characteristics

118. What is the accepted size of photograph in court as evidence?3R5R6R8x10

119. What do you mean by the acronym AFIS?Automated Fingerprint Identification SystemAutomatic Fingerprint Identification SystemA and BAll of the above

120. The word finger came from the Latin word _____.DactylDactyleFingusSkopein

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