AFIS stands for which system?

• A. Automated Facial Identification System
• B. Automated Forensic Imaging System
• C. Automated Fingerprint Identification System
• D. Analytical File Information System

Answer: (C)

AFIS is about fingerprint identification. It stands for Automated Fingerprint Identification System. The system digitizes and stores fingerprint impressions, then analyzes distinctive ridge patterns and minutiae (like where ridges end or split) to quickly search large databases for potential matches. This makes it possible to link latent prints recovered at a crime scene to known individuals or to previous records. The other options refer to different concepts—facial recognition, general forensic imaging, or nonstandard file systems—so they don’t describe the fingerprint-focused tool that AFIS represents.