Chapter 7 Review (Test 2-TSA)
Federal Flight Deck Officers Program
What program helps to increase flight safety by authorizing certain cockpit-based crew to be armed?
10 Billion
About how many passenger rides are conducted on mass transit systems each year in the United States?
49,000-51,000
As of 2012, the number of TSA personnel had grown to a size of what range?
Smart Box
Designed to be "tamper evident"; couples an internationally approved mechanical seal affixed to an alternate location on the container door with an electronic container security device designed to deter and detect tampering of the container door.
9
How many of the 16 typical security steps in the cargo transit process occur outside the jurisdiction of the United States?
327
How many official ports of entry does the US have?
HAZMAT
Material, substances, or chemicals that are deemed to have adverse effects on human health and the environment.
Transit Security Grant Program
Security of ferry systems may be funded through what grant programs?
True
T or F: Air freight is shipped on passenger airlines.
False
T or F: DHS does not consider the securing of goods imported and exported via maritime transport to be relevant to homeland security.
False
T or F: Electrical transmission lines are considered a component of the US Transportation Infrastructure.
True
T or F: Federal Air Marshalls operate in almost complete independence.
False
T or F: General Aviation accounts for less than 25 percent of all US flights.
True
T or F: Half of the world's daily commercial airline flights either take off or land in the United States.
True
T or F: In the United States, 99% of imports and exports are conducted by ship through the nation's system of seaports.
False
T or F: Nearly one half of air cargo in the United States is shipped on passenger planes.
True
T or F: Pipelines are a common target of terrorists.
False
T or F: TSA uses canine patrols to search for narcotics in passenger baggage.
True
T or F: The Armed Security Officer Program operates at only one airport.
True
T or F: The DOT Office of Materials Safety Screening Coordination Office performs background checks of drivers of trucks transporting hazardous materials.
False
T or F: The Federal Air Marshals program did not exist before TSA.
False
T or F: The Transportation Sector Network Management Air Cargo Division currently tracks only domestic air cargo. International air cargo shipments remain fairly unregulated
False
T or F: The USCG is the lead Federal agency for maritime homeland security efforts, but has no role in DHS's port and shipping security efforts.
False
T or F: The current freight rail system is wholly owned and operated by the Federal Government due to post-9/11 legislation
True
T or F: The freight rail network remains a vital component of the US economy.
False
T or F: The term 'transportation' refers only to the movement of people from one place to another, not the movement of things.
True
T or F: Trains are a notable security threat because they often carry hazardous materials.
450
TSA Officers provide screening at approximately how many US airports?
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act
TSA was originally created within the Department of Transportation by the authority of what?
Ferries, Trolleybusses, Monorails
What are the three mechanisms of mass transit?
US Motor Coach Industry, Pupil Transportation, Motor Carrier Freight Industry
What are the three motor carrier industries?
The Association of American Railroads
What created a DOD-certified operations center to monitor and evaluate potential threats to the railway system?
Covert Testing
What involves trained security officials testing the effectiveness of screening systems by attempting to successfully board airplanes (or to check baggage on airplanes) while carrying (or packing) banned substances and devices?
Oil Pipelines
What is not a focus of TSA Transportation Security Grants?
Bus Transportation
What is often the neglected link in transportation security?
The Freight Rail Network
What is responsible for transporting a majority of the goods and commodities Americans depend on?
Aviation Security
What is the primary focus of the TSA?
I-STEP
What program coordinates public and private sector partners for exercise, training, and information sharing, and to address transportation security issues focused on protecting travelers, commerce, and infrastructure?
The Federal Air Marshals
What serves as the primary law enforcement entity within TSA?
SAFE Port Act of 2006
What tasked DHS with the responsibility of assuring maritime security and protecting the nation's ports?
Hazardous materials
Why is trucking considered a high risk of transportation?
Transportation Workers Identity Card
tamper-resistant biometric credentials that will be issued to workers who require unescorted accesses to secure areas of ports, vessels, outer-continental shelf facilities, and all credentialed merchant mariners.
