IAI LATENT PRINT CERTIFICATION (ACTUAL 2025/2026) TEST
QUESTION AND VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Friction ridges flow in concert. When a ridge ends the two
adjacent ridges: - ---Answers----Flow together to fill the void
Third level ridge details: - ---Answers----Have tremendous
individualizing power
Poor quality prints that are not easy to compare fall into what
may be described as a gray area. The size of a gray area and the
number of prints that will fall into this area is dependent on
examiner: - ---Answers----1. Training and experience
2. Ability and skill
3. Knowledge
"Palmar flexion crease identification is established through the
agreement of flexion creases in sequence having sufficient
uniqueness to individualize" - ---Answers----This is a simple
phrase to describe the philosophy of palmar flexion crease
The method of palmar flexion crease identification: - ---
Answers----Follows the ACE-V formula
,Comparison tests involving palmar flexion creases and their
results have been performed and were reported in 1991 by: - ---
Answers----New Scotland Yard
In testifying to fingerprint identification, the expert often
prepares charts to visually aid the court and jury in
understanding the nature of his/her testimony. The preparation
of the chart: - ---Answers----Is often a collaborative effort by
the examiner and district attorney
Any chart presented must be technically correct: That is the
corresponding ridge characteristics in the two prints must be
similarly numbered and indicated: - ---Answers----Twelve ridge
characteristics are ample to illustrate an identification, but it is
neither claimed nor implied that this number is required
A chart will present a clearer, neater, and more pleasing
appearance if it is numbered: - ---Answers----Clockwise and
the numbered are evenly spaced
Has always been a part of friction ridge comparison, but its use
an independent identification science is not feasible - ---
Answers----Edgeoscopy
Was originally coined by Salil K. Chatterjee in a paper published
in "Finger Print and Identification Magazine" , September 1962
issue. - ---Answers----Edgeoscopy
,Involves the use of edge shapes during comparison and does not
require the shape to be classified. One shape is compared to
another and found to be consistent or not. - ---Answers----
Edgeoscopy
Ridgeology can be deined as the study of the uniqueness of
friction ridge structures and their use for personal identification.
The scientific knowledge supporting ridgeology has been
extracted from various related sciences such as: - ---Answers--
--1. Genetics
2. Anatomy
3. Embryology
Ridgeology was coined in 1983 by: - ---Answers----David
Ashbaugh
When do friction ridges form on the human fetus? - ---Answers-
---3rd and 4th months of fetal life
When the skin is damaged to the extent that both the epidermis
and the dermis are disturbed, a permanent scar may result with
attendant alteration of the ridges involved. Scars: - ---Answers-
---Provide additional and valuable means of identifcation
, About 60% of all fingerprint patterns are: - ---Answers----
Loops
About 35% of all fingerprint patterns are: - ---Answers----
Whorls
About 5% of all fingerprint patterns are: - ---Answers----Arches
John Dillinger, the notorious criminal of the Great Depression,
tried to remove his fingerprint with: - ---Answers----Acid
There are ten spaces for individual rolled impressions on a
fingerprint card, and if a whorl appears in either the right thumb
or right index finger space, the space is given a value of: - ---
Answers----16
The left ring and left little fingers have a space value of: - ---
Answers----1
The large cushion area at the base of the thumb is known as the:
- ---Answers----thenar
The area or finger joint located adjacent to the palm: - ---
Answers----Proximal phalangeal zone
QUESTION AND VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Friction ridges flow in concert. When a ridge ends the two
adjacent ridges: - ---Answers----Flow together to fill the void
Third level ridge details: - ---Answers----Have tremendous
individualizing power
Poor quality prints that are not easy to compare fall into what
may be described as a gray area. The size of a gray area and the
number of prints that will fall into this area is dependent on
examiner: - ---Answers----1. Training and experience
2. Ability and skill
3. Knowledge
"Palmar flexion crease identification is established through the
agreement of flexion creases in sequence having sufficient
uniqueness to individualize" - ---Answers----This is a simple
phrase to describe the philosophy of palmar flexion crease
The method of palmar flexion crease identification: - ---
Answers----Follows the ACE-V formula
,Comparison tests involving palmar flexion creases and their
results have been performed and were reported in 1991 by: - ---
Answers----New Scotland Yard
In testifying to fingerprint identification, the expert often
prepares charts to visually aid the court and jury in
understanding the nature of his/her testimony. The preparation
of the chart: - ---Answers----Is often a collaborative effort by
the examiner and district attorney
Any chart presented must be technically correct: That is the
corresponding ridge characteristics in the two prints must be
similarly numbered and indicated: - ---Answers----Twelve ridge
characteristics are ample to illustrate an identification, but it is
neither claimed nor implied that this number is required
A chart will present a clearer, neater, and more pleasing
appearance if it is numbered: - ---Answers----Clockwise and
the numbered are evenly spaced
Has always been a part of friction ridge comparison, but its use
an independent identification science is not feasible - ---
Answers----Edgeoscopy
Was originally coined by Salil K. Chatterjee in a paper published
in "Finger Print and Identification Magazine" , September 1962
issue. - ---Answers----Edgeoscopy
,Involves the use of edge shapes during comparison and does not
require the shape to be classified. One shape is compared to
another and found to be consistent or not. - ---Answers----
Edgeoscopy
Ridgeology can be deined as the study of the uniqueness of
friction ridge structures and their use for personal identification.
The scientific knowledge supporting ridgeology has been
extracted from various related sciences such as: - ---Answers--
--1. Genetics
2. Anatomy
3. Embryology
Ridgeology was coined in 1983 by: - ---Answers----David
Ashbaugh
When do friction ridges form on the human fetus? - ---Answers-
---3rd and 4th months of fetal life
When the skin is damaged to the extent that both the epidermis
and the dermis are disturbed, a permanent scar may result with
attendant alteration of the ridges involved. Scars: - ---Answers-
---Provide additional and valuable means of identifcation
, About 60% of all fingerprint patterns are: - ---Answers----
Loops
About 35% of all fingerprint patterns are: - ---Answers----
Whorls
About 5% of all fingerprint patterns are: - ---Answers----Arches
John Dillinger, the notorious criminal of the Great Depression,
tried to remove his fingerprint with: - ---Answers----Acid
There are ten spaces for individual rolled impressions on a
fingerprint card, and if a whorl appears in either the right thumb
or right index finger space, the space is given a value of: - ---
Answers----16
The left ring and left little fingers have a space value of: - ---
Answers----1
The large cushion area at the base of the thumb is known as the:
- ---Answers----thenar
The area or finger joint located adjacent to the palm: - ---
Answers----Proximal phalangeal zone
