Tenprint Fingerprint Certification Tenprint Fingerprint Certification Exam Preparation & Standards 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which professional organization offers the most widely recognized tenprint fingerprint examiner certification in the United States?
- FBI Fingerprint Division
- International Association for Identification (IAI) (Correct answer)
- NIST Biometrics Division
- American Board of Forensic Science (ABFS)
Correct answer: International Association for Identification (IAI)
The International Association for Identification (IAI) offers the Certified Latent Print Examiner (CLPE) and related certifications recognized across the fingerprint community.
Question 2: What is the primary examination standard that governs the practice of friction ridge analysis in the United States?
- SWGFAST Standards (now OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee) (Correct answer)
- FBI QAS Policy
- DOJ Uniform Standards
- NIST FIPS 140-2
Correct answer: SWGFAST Standards (now OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee)
SWGFAST (now the OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee) developed the scientific working group standards that govern friction ridge analysis practice and testimony.
Question 3: What is the ACE-V methodology used in fingerprint examination?
- Automated Comparison Engine — Verification
- Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation, and Verification (Correct answer)
- Acquisition, Classification, Encoding, and Validation
- Alignment, Coding, Examination, and Verification
Correct answer: Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation, and Verification
ACE-V stands for Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation, and Verification — the structured methodology used for scientific fingerprint examination.
Question 4: What does the 'Verification' step in ACE-V require?
- Checking the fingerprint against AFIS candidate list
- An independent examination of the print by a second qualified examiner who reaches their own conclusion (Correct answer)
- Confirming the classification with the supervisor
- Re-scanning the original tenprint card
Correct answer: An independent examination of the print by a second qualified examiner who reaches their own conclusion
Verification requires an independent examiner to perform their own ACE process without knowledge of the first examiner's conclusion, then compare results.
Question 5: What term describes the conclusion an examiner reaches when determining that two fingerprints originated from the same source?
- Exclusion
- Inconclusive
- Individualization (Identification) (Correct answer)
- Association
Correct answer: Individualization (Identification)
An individualization (or identification) conclusion means the examiner determined the prints originated from the same source to the exclusion of all others.
Question 6: What is the proper conclusion when an examiner determines two impressions did NOT come from the same source?
- Non-match
- Exclusion (Correct answer)
- Inconclusive
- Negative Individualization
Correct answer: Exclusion
An exclusion conclusion is reached when the examiner determines the prints were made by different fingers or different individuals.
Tenprint Fingerprint Certification Tenprint Fingerprint Certification Exam Preparation & Standards 1
Which professional organization offers the most widely recognized tenprint fingerprint examiner certification in the United States?