PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION

1. Four blocks after finger number 3 is ___.

a. Right little finger
b. Left middle finger
c. Left thumb
d. Left index Finger

2. 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

3. The word “forensic” came from the Latin word “forum” which literally means?
A. Market place
c. place of discussion
B. Public
d. legal

4. What system of identification used earlier than the fingerprint system, and is made by measuring various bony
structure of human body developed by Alphonse Bertillion?
A. Portrait Parle
B. Tattoo
C. Anthropometry
D.Photography

5. Who was that notorious gangster and a police character, who attempted to erase his fingerprints by burning
them 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

6. The greater the number of points of similarities and dissimilarities of two persons compared, the greater the
probability 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

7. . On the night of August 2, 2010, a certain burglary happened on the store of a Japanese Merchant. On the scene
of the crime, laying the dead body of the victim stained by his own blood and the presence of several evidences
found including the fingerprints of the three unidentified persons. If you are one of those three persons whose
fingerprints were found on the scene of the crime. What will be basis of the investigators in case they will hold
you 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

8. . It is said that the fingerprints of a person will be carried from womb to tomb. What principle greatly
described the phrase?
A. Principle of individuality
B. Principle of permanency
C. Principle of infallibility
D. All of these

9. . It is said that the fingerprints of a person will be carried from womb to tomb. What principle greatly
described the phrase?
A. Principle of individuality
B. Principle of permanency
C. Principle of infallibility
D. All of these

10. 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

11. It is a kind of gait or manner of walking of a person in which he/she walks in a swaying movement due to
knock-knee feet.
A. Ataxic Gait
B. Cow’s Gait
C. Spastic Gait
D. Paretic Gait

12. What is the rule when there is a choice between a bifurcation and other type of delta found in the
fingerprint?
A. Bifurcation is selected
B. the other type of delta is selected
C. Bifurcation is disregarded
D. the one towards the core is selected

13. Patterns possess all the characteristics needed on the investigation that may be bring light on a certain
case. What kind of sweat gland that can be found underneath these patterns?
A. Sebaceous gland
B. Eccrine gland
C. Lacrimal gland
D. Apocrine gland

14. 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

15. PINS Cardo is examining a fingerprint pattern having a 2 delta and a core with few spiral formations at the
center but no complete circuiting ridge is cut. What type of pattern INS Cardo is examining?
A. W
B. X
C. C
D. D

16. 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

17. 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

18. In the primary division, if the pattern appearing in finger number eight (8) is a loop, what is the numerical
value of that finger?
A. None
B. 8
C. 16
D. 2
Note: Only Whorl Patterns has a numerical value

19. . In the Major Division, what table should be used for the right thumb when the left thumb reaches 17 or
more?
A. Table No. 1
B. Table No. 3
C. Table No. 2
D. Table No. 4

20. A person committing a crime would always leave something behind and may be considered as an integral
part 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

21. what is recovered in a crime scene that is important for identification purposes?
a. fingerprints
b. impressions
c. fingertips
d. sweat pores

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

 a. ulnar loop
b. island
c. minutiae
d. accidental

23. 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

24. 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

25. The value of all whorls from pair number 2 in primary division is ______
a. six
b. eight
c. sixteen
d. ten

26. when a pattern shows a series of bifurcation opening towards the core at the point of divergence of the
type line, the bifurcation _________ the core is chosen as the delta
a. Outside
b. Inside
c. Nearest
d. Farthest

27. 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 type
lines
d. A meeting of two ridges

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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
31. 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 flowing towards the no. 6 finger?
a. Ulnar loop
b. . Radial loop.
c. c Loop
d. d. Arches

32. In the final division, ridge counting of loop is the usual process being done once it appears in the little
finger. If there is no loop pattern in the finger, a whorl pattern shall be ridge counter. How will you treat a
Plain 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. The first forensic professional organization is

a. DNA
b. IAI
c. FBI
d. NBI

37. There are ________ families of finger print pattern.

a. Two
b. Three
c. Eight
d. Four

38. 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

39. . 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

40. When the trace of the whorls is on the outside or core outside of right delta and there are three or more
ridges, the trace is determined to be;
a. (I) Inner  INSIDE OR ABOVE
b. (O) Outer OUTSIDE OR BELOW
c. (M) Meet
d. None of these

41. In his “Philosophical Transaction”, he presented his observation on the appearance of the ridges on the
fingers and palms.
a. Dr. Marcelo Malpighi
b. Govard Bidloo
c. Sir Francis Galton
d. Dr. Nehemiah Grew

42. . 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

43. . It is that part of a loop or whorl in which the core and delta appear which we are concerned in the
classification process.
a. Type lines
b. Pattern Area
c. Bifurcation
d. Delta

44. It is a biometric Identification Methodology that uses digital imaging technology to obtain, store, and
analyze fingerprint data.
a. AFIS
b. Automated Fingerprint Identification System
c. Digital Imaging System
 d. Both A & B

45. 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

46. . 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

47. If the Ridge count of the Ring finger is 16, what is the symbol for purposes of the Sub-Secondary
Classification?
a. I
b. O
c. M
d. L
48. Complete this adage, “The neighboring fingers of the same person have never been found to
be________________.”
a. Similar in all respects
b. Different in some respects
c. Different in every respects
d. Exactly identical in all respects

49. The inner layer of the skin is known as

a. Dermis
b. Epidermis
c. Scarf
d. Pores

50. He used his own thumb print on a document to prevent forgery. This is the first known use of fingerprints in
the United States.
a. Bertillon
b. Francis Galton
c. Thompson
d. Bidloo