avs 3040

While the number of incidents involving unruly passengers is still problematic and trending upward, the prosecution rates have been ____________.

decreasing

When the magnetic field of the coil moves across metal, the field induces electric currents called__________

eddy current

The General Accounting Office (GAO) had published a report in 2000 clearly portraying the inadequate security being previously provided. The GAO strongly recommended ________________.

salaries and benefits be increased to attract more qualified personnel.

One of the earliest known acts of air piracy or skyjacking occurred in ______when hijackers took over a Peruvian aircraft.

1930

What year did hijacking plague the nation?

1968

In what year did the FAA require airports to begin searching all passengers and their carry-on bags?

1973

Additionally, HR 2688, introduced in _______ by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), would require the physical screening of all people, goods, property, vehicles, and equipment before they are allowed into the secure area of an airport.

2005

Shipments from an Unknown Shipper have to be held for _______ after the freight forwarders complete the documentation to move them to Known shipper status.

7 days

Dirty bombs are also a concern. In the United States alone, radioactive waste is located at more than _______commercial nuclear power sites in our country.

70

The basic administrative search exception that has been extended to airports. However, it is specifically limited to the search for

A B C and D

The ATSA authorized appropriations for fiscal year 2002 to the Secretary to make grants to or other agreements with air carriers (including intrastate air carriers) to do all the following except:

All are correct

US Policy on Terrorism includes all except?

All of the above

Runway incursions are classified as all but which category:

Animal deviation

What airport was 1st to Federalize with the TSA and utilize Transportation Security Administration Security Officers?

Baltimore BWI

The guiding principles of Risk Based Security include all except the following:

Based on area demographic statistics, some areas will need to take advantage of greater randomization processes.

On December 22, 2001, Richard Reed attempted to detonate a device on board an aircraft which was heading from Paris to Miami. At which city did the plane land to have him removed after his attempt?

Boston

Secure Flight replaced what system?

CAPPS

Austrian Special Forces Counter Terrorist unit is also known as?

Cobra

When political terrorists had begun to consistently carry out hijackings either to gain publicity for a cause or to obtain the release of fellow terrorists from prison, the FAA had reacted by doing what?

Consistently searching all passengers and carry-on luggage.

After 9/11 every airport is required to have a law enforcement officer at the airport while the checkpoints are open.

False

Consent cannot be the result of duress or coercion, express or implied, and travelers have to have an expectation of privacy for them to knowingly waive consent. So if they don't give consent to search when the TSA informs them of the need to search their bag, searching the bag anyway violates their 4th amendment rights.

False

During WWI the Arabs were aligned with Germany.

False

In 1968, soon after the increase in hijacking, the FAA reviewed procedures pertaining to appropriate aircrew training.

False

Israelis Counter-Terrorist unit was known as Unit 269 but is now known as Mossad.

False

Problems also arise when fellow passengers try to assist in subduing the unruly passenger or individual, this is known as civil assistance. True False

False

Similar to that of Military Police, Transportation Security Officers have the authority to detain and arrest.

False

The term "crimes against humanity" was popularized in the Nuremberg Trials after the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie bombing.

False

True or False: Congress voted and passed The Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) and sent it to President Clinton for signature. He vetoed the bill over religious concerns with bringing back the death penalty.

False

True or False: TSAs initial goal was to hire 40% women.

False

True or False: The killing of 75 people and wounding of another 26 at Tel Aviv's Lod Airport on 31 May 1972 was one of the first indications that passengers on the ground were easy targets of machine gun-wielding terrorists.

False

True or False: To combat this decline, intelligence gathering is crucial to help airports be reactive toward threats rather than proactive.

False

True or false: Film in a carry-on bag would need to be repeatedly screened up to 100 times to make any difference to the quality of images.

False

When a passenger enters the checkpoint, they are giving Transportation Security Officers implied consent authority to search their belongings for drugs and other illegal activity.

False

Which counter terrorist unit is considered used the most?

GIGN

Spain's GEO struggled until it received advice and training assistance from?

GSG-9

On August 11, 1982, Mohammed Rashed planted a bomb on Pan American Flight 830. It exploded just a few minutes before the plane landed in Honolulu. The bombing investigation linked the attack to Saddam Hussein. Rashid was charged under the Montreal Convention and stood trial in_______.

Greece

Additionally,_________ ,the Financial Antiterrorism Act of 2001, was to provide the United States with new tools to combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes.

HR 3004

An airport that has between 500,000 to 2 million travelers would be considered what category airport?

II

The F.B.I. has five priorities including terrorism, organized crime, foreign intelligence operations in the United States, federal drug offenses, and white-collar crime. After 9-11, the F.B.I.'s focus on terrorism, both foreign and domestic, increased. In what unique ways does the F.B.I. assist airport operations?

Identifies victims of major airline crashes.

The challenge of airport security officials is to figure out when the courts will conclude that the -------------- of the search is equally balanced against the level of the threat from hijacking and is therefore acceptable.

Intrusivness

What convention required all signatory nations engage in all practical efforts to prevent hijacking and to forewarn other nations when it had reason to believe a crime might take place within their jurisdiction.

Montreal Convention

The Pilot program for the private contractors to perform screening functions was known as ________________

PP5

What technology operates on the principle that any object not at absolute zero temperature emits electromagnetic energy at all wavelengths.

Passive Millimeter-wave Imaging

Airport searches, if they are determined to be searches in the context of the Fourth Amendment, must fit into one of three established exceptions applicable to the airport security context. These include all except:

Reasonable fear exception

Which counter-terrorist unit gives up rank and pay to be members?

SAS

Air Marshalls have been previously under all following names except:

Sky Marshall Service

The administrative search exceptions are searches justified on the basis they serve a ___ purpose other than the standard criminal law enforcement aim of detecting contraband.

Societal

Recent technical advances have made biological and chemical weapons a more viable choice for terrorism. All except which one makes them so problematic?

Technical skills of terrorists have increased due to US Military training.

All signatory parties of the Montreal Convention agreed to take all practicable measures to prevent the commission of air piracy/hijacking offenses, but the concept has been unevenly implemented due to the interpretation of the language in the treaty and the financial resources of the host country.

True

Following 9/11 the FBI ordered crop dusting planes grounded for a 24 hour period.

True

The Secure Flight system has gathered some negative feedback due to privacy concerns regarding the way the system gathers information.

True

True or False: Another distinct difference between U.S. and British law was the fact that wiretapping was not illegal in Britain until 1985.

True

True or False: If the freight is from an unknown Shipper, then it cannot be moved on a passenger flight.

True

True or False: One of the GAO's findings indicated work-force constraints limit the ability of management to assign security personnel to tasks in accordance with their abilities.

True

True or False: TSA's agenda for achieving the 100% screening of all cargo could be divided into four strategic objectives. Enhance shipper and supply chain security, identify elevated risk cargo through pre-screening, identify technology for performing targeted Air Cargo inspections and secure all-cargo aircraft through appropriate facility security measures.

True

True or False: The False alarms on Walk Through Metal Detectors can be attributed to poor tolerance vibration or such things as external electrical or electromagnetic interference.

True

True or false: If the TSA notifies a local law enforcement officer that they believe a passenger is concealing something, The officer can search the passenger without obtaining a warrant.

True

True or false: In 1985, when a Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight departing from Athens was hijacked and diverted to Lebanon where American civilians were killed, it prompted government leaders to improve international cooperation to combat the use of aircraft to further terrorism.

True

What court case determined even though a firearm which is brought into a checkpoint may be unloaded, it is still considered to be a dangerous weapon?

US vs Ware 1970

U.S carriers instituted a strict bag-matching policy to remove the baggage of any passenger who failed to actually board an aircraft; this is known as____________.

a passenger and baggage reconciliation.

The portion of the airport used for landing, takeoff, or surface maneuvering of aircraft is known as_______.

air operations area.

Conduct occurring during air travel that can fall anywhere between socially offensive words involving inappropriate threats, racial epithets, or curse words to criminal misconduct is known as ___ ___, and potentially endanger the crew and other passengers.

air rage

The evaluation of effectiveness of the private program consisted of all the following except for:

amount of prohibited items discovered

___________weapons constitute one of the most significant developments in the evolution of chemical weapons of terrorism. These devices consist of a chemical for which individual components may be stored separately.

binary

Choose the best answer, more than one may seem correct; however, one is the best answer. TSA works closely with the intelligence and law enforcement communities to share information. This is critical to the success of their mission. They also incorporate unpredictable security measures, __________ to accomplish their mission. In fact, most don't understand security measures begin long before a passenger arrives at the airport.

both seen and unseen

One problem with metal detectors is they __________.

cannot detect organic materials.

The airport industry's nightmare is for the government to ban all ____ shipments on passenger flights due to security concerns.

cargo

The Lyon Summit of 1996 determined the exchange of information was critical. It also identified information which explicitly needed to be shared. This included all except which item.

information relating to human trafficking

For their unmatched knowledge of respective localities, ___ ___ ___ has exceptional reach in its ability to acquire information, but it doesn't always have the resources to do so since its responsibilities extend far beyond intelligence.

local law enforcment

The metal detector utilizes an alarm panel. This feature _____

shows the height at which the detected object is carried.

Security at foreign airports is governed by _________of the U.S. Code, Section 44907, which requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the TSA, to conduct security assessments at foreign airports.

title 49

Richard Reid was also known as Abdul Raheem.

true