7/22/25, 11:15 PM IFSTA Final
FIS ACTUAL EXAM 3 2025-2026 \NEWEST VERSION
\COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS \VERIFIED ANSWERS \ LATEST UPDATE
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A highly decomposed body 9mm Luger
is recovered wearing a knit .38 SPL
hoodie. While no bullets or .357 Mag
cartridge cases are .40 S&W
recovered, there is a
oblong hole with a
minimum width of 9 mm
and a maximum width of
10.5mm in the
upper chest area.
Assuming this hole was
made by a firearm, which
calibers of firearms could
reasonably have produced
it?
central pocket whorl
What basic pattern type is
the fingerprint shown
below?
The fingerprint below is from true
a right middle finger. The
delta is circled in red. It is
an
ulnar loop?
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,7/22/25, 11:29 PM FIS Exam 3 Reading Quizzes
In the fingerprint below, the [A]=[plain arch]
basic pattern is a [A]. The [B]=[ending
minutiae marked in red is a ridge]
[B] [C]=[bifurcati
and the minutiae marked in on]
blue is a [C].
Deltas may be present, but are
not marked.
In the fingerprint below, the [A]=[double loop whorl][B]=[short ridge][C]=[delta]
basic pattern is a [A]. The
minutiae marked in red is a
[B]
and the minutiae marked in
blue is a [C].
Deltas may be present, but are
not marked.
During this phase of ACE-V, comparison
fingerprints are placed side-
by-side and the location
and
orientation of the minutia are
established.
If you determine that your exclusion
exemplar print and your
evidentiary print do not
come
from the same finger, what
would your conclusion be?
-It compares the locations/positions of bifurcations
between the unknown and exemplars in the database
Which statements about the
-High match scores are likely to be identifications
AFIS system are true?
-It compares the locations/positions of ending ridges
between the unknown and exemplars in the database
Assuming this finely detailed [A]=[Mikrosil]
mark on a relatively small [B]=[crime
object on this pencil box lab]
(circled) was somehow
involved in a
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, 7/22/25, 11:29 PM FIS Exam 3 Reading Quizzes
criminal case, they should be
cast using [A] (material) at
the [B] (location).
This is the headstamp area Identification - there are at least 8 consecutive matching
of two cartridge cases under striations.
a comparison microscope.
Headstamps are flat
areas.Matching
striations are indicated with
a bright green mark on the
right; non-matching
striations on the left in red.
Which of the following items hairs
should be analyzed using
the comparison
microscope?
When analyzing shoe shank
prints, there may be a gap
between the front and
back of the
impression, due to a structure
called the
A picture of some evidence Evidence measured using the photo scale will turn out too small.
is collected. The scale is
closer to the camera than
the evidence. What is the
consequence for pattern
analysis?
ESLA
An after-hours robbery took
Gel Lifter
place at this chicken finger
restaurant. How should this
impression be collected?
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FIS ACTUAL EXAM 3 2025-2026 \NEWEST VERSION
\COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS \VERIFIED ANSWERS \ LATEST UPDATE
\BRAND NEW
A highly decomposed body 9mm Luger
is recovered wearing a knit .38 SPL
hoodie. While no bullets or .357 Mag
cartridge cases are .40 S&W
recovered, there is a
oblong hole with a
minimum width of 9 mm
and a maximum width of
10.5mm in the
upper chest area.
Assuming this hole was
made by a firearm, which
calibers of firearms could
reasonably have produced
it?
central pocket whorl
What basic pattern type is
the fingerprint shown
below?
The fingerprint below is from true
a right middle finger. The
delta is circled in red. It is
an
ulnar loop?
/ 1/22
,7/22/25, 11:29 PM FIS Exam 3 Reading Quizzes
In the fingerprint below, the [A]=[plain arch]
basic pattern is a [A]. The [B]=[ending
minutiae marked in red is a ridge]
[B] [C]=[bifurcati
and the minutiae marked in on]
blue is a [C].
Deltas may be present, but are
not marked.
In the fingerprint below, the [A]=[double loop whorl][B]=[short ridge][C]=[delta]
basic pattern is a [A]. The
minutiae marked in red is a
[B]
and the minutiae marked in
blue is a [C].
Deltas may be present, but are
not marked.
During this phase of ACE-V, comparison
fingerprints are placed side-
by-side and the location
and
orientation of the minutia are
established.
If you determine that your exclusion
exemplar print and your
evidentiary print do not
come
from the same finger, what
would your conclusion be?
-It compares the locations/positions of bifurcations
between the unknown and exemplars in the database
Which statements about the
-High match scores are likely to be identifications
AFIS system are true?
-It compares the locations/positions of ending ridges
between the unknown and exemplars in the database
Assuming this finely detailed [A]=[Mikrosil]
mark on a relatively small [B]=[crime
object on this pencil box lab]
(circled) was somehow
involved in a
/ 2/22
, 7/22/25, 11:29 PM FIS Exam 3 Reading Quizzes
criminal case, they should be
cast using [A] (material) at
the [B] (location).
This is the headstamp area Identification - there are at least 8 consecutive matching
of two cartridge cases under striations.
a comparison microscope.
Headstamps are flat
areas.Matching
striations are indicated with
a bright green mark on the
right; non-matching
striations on the left in red.
Which of the following items hairs
should be analyzed using
the comparison
microscope?
When analyzing shoe shank
prints, there may be a gap
between the front and
back of the
impression, due to a structure
called the
A picture of some evidence Evidence measured using the photo scale will turn out too small.
is collected. The scale is
closer to the camera than
the evidence. What is the
consequence for pattern
analysis?
ESLA
An after-hours robbery took
Gel Lifter
place at this chicken finger
restaurant. How should this
impression be collected?
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