FSC100 (UTM - KNAPP) PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Why are fingerprints considered an infallible means of identification?.
Answer: No two fingerprints have ever been found identical, even among
millions sampled.
◍ role of the forensic identification officer.
Answer: scene photographs, any information that could be useful to the
coroner or FSC pathologist, attend post mortem exam, fingerprint and
confirm the decesaded
◍ Post-mortem examination.
Answer: investigation officer and FIO brief pathologist on facts, ID the
body, warrant for post mortem
◍ When do friction ridge patterns form, and do they ever change?.
Answer: They form in the 3rd month of fetal development and never change
except to enlarge or be damaged by disease/mutilation.
◍ Do identical twins have identical fingerprints?.
Answer: No—same genetics, but different fingerprints.
◍ prior to closing the scene.
Answer: post-mortem been completed, final documentation, review of the
scene
◍ methods of identification after death.
Answer: visual, dental records, dna, fingerprint
◍ early development.
Answer: 1507, manner of death being the key point
,◍ What other body prints are unique to individuals besides fingerprints?.
Answer: Palmprints, footprints, lip prints, and ear prints.
◍ What is fingerprint identification called?.
Answer: Dactyloscopy.
◍ What are the three general fingerprint pattern classes?.
Answer: Loops, whorls, and arches.
◍ What percentage of the population has loops?.
Answer: 60-65%.
◍ What percentage of the population has arches?.
Answer: About 5%.
◍ What percentage of the population has whorls?.
Answer: 30-35%.
◍ What are the types of loop patterns?.
Answer: Ulnar (toward little finger) and radial (toward thumb).
◍ What are the four major whorl pattern types?.
Answer: Plain, central pocket loop, double loop, accidental.
◍ medical death investigation, fsc pathologist get involved.
Answer: when the coroner is unable to answer, involvement of the criminal
justice system
◍ pathologist performs autopsy for 2 reasons.
Answer: discovery and documentation
◍ what is a fsc pathologist.
Answer: doctor with special certification in anatomical pathology and
additional training, knows about disease and injury
◍ What key identifying features are found in loops and whorls?.
Answer: Core and delta.
◍ pathologist register type a.
, Answer: medico-legal cases including homicide, suspicious adult and
pediatric cases
◍ What are the types of arch patterns?.
Answer: Plain and tented.
◍ pathologist register type b.
Answer: autopies on non-homicide causes
◍ What are minutiae?.
Answer: Small ridge details like short ridges, bifurcations, dots, and ridge
endings.
◍ What feature ultimately confirms fingerprint identity?.
Answer: The unique arrangement of minutiae.
◍ What are fingerprints?.
Answer: Reproductions of friction skin ridges on the palm side of fingers
and thumbs.
◍ COD.
Answer: the actual trauma, event, disease or illness that triggers the
physiological processes resulting in death, ex asphyxia
◍ immediate death.
Answer: disease, injury or complication that directly proceeds to death and
which is the ultimate consequence of the underlying cause of death
◍ Where else is friction skin found?.
Answer: Palms and soles of the feet.
◍ What creates the ridge pattern in fingerprints?.
Answer: Ridges (hills) and grooves (valleys) in the epidermis + sweat gland
pores.
◍ What deposits fingerprint residue onto surfaces?.
Answer: Perspiration and oils from eccrine (sweat) glands.
◍ What is fingerprint residue composed of?.
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Why are fingerprints considered an infallible means of identification?.
Answer: No two fingerprints have ever been found identical, even among
millions sampled.
◍ role of the forensic identification officer.
Answer: scene photographs, any information that could be useful to the
coroner or FSC pathologist, attend post mortem exam, fingerprint and
confirm the decesaded
◍ Post-mortem examination.
Answer: investigation officer and FIO brief pathologist on facts, ID the
body, warrant for post mortem
◍ When do friction ridge patterns form, and do they ever change?.
Answer: They form in the 3rd month of fetal development and never change
except to enlarge or be damaged by disease/mutilation.
◍ Do identical twins have identical fingerprints?.
Answer: No—same genetics, but different fingerprints.
◍ prior to closing the scene.
Answer: post-mortem been completed, final documentation, review of the
scene
◍ methods of identification after death.
Answer: visual, dental records, dna, fingerprint
◍ early development.
Answer: 1507, manner of death being the key point
,◍ What other body prints are unique to individuals besides fingerprints?.
Answer: Palmprints, footprints, lip prints, and ear prints.
◍ What is fingerprint identification called?.
Answer: Dactyloscopy.
◍ What are the three general fingerprint pattern classes?.
Answer: Loops, whorls, and arches.
◍ What percentage of the population has loops?.
Answer: 60-65%.
◍ What percentage of the population has arches?.
Answer: About 5%.
◍ What percentage of the population has whorls?.
Answer: 30-35%.
◍ What are the types of loop patterns?.
Answer: Ulnar (toward little finger) and radial (toward thumb).
◍ What are the four major whorl pattern types?.
Answer: Plain, central pocket loop, double loop, accidental.
◍ medical death investigation, fsc pathologist get involved.
Answer: when the coroner is unable to answer, involvement of the criminal
justice system
◍ pathologist performs autopsy for 2 reasons.
Answer: discovery and documentation
◍ what is a fsc pathologist.
Answer: doctor with special certification in anatomical pathology and
additional training, knows about disease and injury
◍ What key identifying features are found in loops and whorls?.
Answer: Core and delta.
◍ pathologist register type a.
, Answer: medico-legal cases including homicide, suspicious adult and
pediatric cases
◍ What are the types of arch patterns?.
Answer: Plain and tented.
◍ pathologist register type b.
Answer: autopies on non-homicide causes
◍ What are minutiae?.
Answer: Small ridge details like short ridges, bifurcations, dots, and ridge
endings.
◍ What feature ultimately confirms fingerprint identity?.
Answer: The unique arrangement of minutiae.
◍ What are fingerprints?.
Answer: Reproductions of friction skin ridges on the palm side of fingers
and thumbs.
◍ COD.
Answer: the actual trauma, event, disease or illness that triggers the
physiological processes resulting in death, ex asphyxia
◍ immediate death.
Answer: disease, injury or complication that directly proceeds to death and
which is the ultimate consequence of the underlying cause of death
◍ Where else is friction skin found?.
Answer: Palms and soles of the feet.
◍ What creates the ridge pattern in fingerprints?.
Answer: Ridges (hills) and grooves (valleys) in the epidermis + sweat gland
pores.
◍ What deposits fingerprint residue onto surfaces?.
Answer: Perspiration and oils from eccrine (sweat) glands.
◍ What is fingerprint residue composed of?.
