Border Patrol Practice Exam

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If fingerprints are not decipherable, what can be concluded about identifying the individual associated with them?

It is possible to identify the individual
Identification of the individual becomes impossible
The fingerprints can be identified by name
Other means of identification can be used

The correct answer is: Identification of the individual becomes impossible

When fingerprints are not decipherable, it indicates that the details required to match them with an individual—such as ridge patterns, core types, and minutiae points—are not visible or are too damaged to analyze effectively. This lack of clarity renders identification impossible through traditional fingerprint comparison methods, which rely on these unique characteristics to establish a match with a known individual in a database or a record. Other methods of identification, such as DNA analysis or facial recognition, may still be considered, but these entail different processes that do not rely on the fingerprint itself. Consequently, if the fingerprints cannot be properly analyzed, it cannot be determined who they belong to, making identification not feasible in that specific context.