ACE SECURITY TRAINING QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
1. What is the TSA's main guiding document for an ASC? - Answers - The Airport
Security Program (ASP)
1. What is the document that addresses security design at airports? - Answers -
Recommended Security Guidelines
1. What is the document you would need to use to update your access control or
identity management system? - Answers - Radio Technical Commission on Aeronautics
(RTCA)
· Credentialing and biometrics (identity management)
· Physical Access Control Systems (PACS)
· Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems (PIDS)
· Video Surveillance Systems
· Security Operations Centers (SOC) and integration
· Communications Infrastructure
What is al-Qaeda's propaganda magazine - Answers - Inspire Magazine
1. What has TSA published in regards to General Aviation airport security? - Answers -
Guidance (not regulated by TSA)
1. What's a method to stay informed about what TSA is doing? - Answers - TSA/DHS
Notifications
1. Who does the ASC work for, and what are their primary responsibilities? - Answers -
Works for the Airport Operator. Writes and enforces the Airport Security Program.
1. Who writes the Airport Security Program? - Answers - The Airport Security
Coordinator (ASC)
1. What are the primary relationships for an ACS? - Answers - · Airport Director
· Airport Police
· Federal Security Director
· FBI Airport Liaison Agent
· TSA Inspector
· Air Carrier Managers
· Contract Security Director
· Airport Operations
, 1. What security procedure did Richard Reid cause? - Answers - Take off your shoes at
screening. 2001 attempted to blow up American Airlines flight 63 with shoe bomb.
1. What security procedure did the liquid bomb plot cause? - Answers - 3-1-1 rule. 2006
U.K. discovered plot to destroy US aircraft on UK-US routes. 3.4 oz of liquid in 1
container per passenger, in a single quart bag.
1. What is the story of the Yemen Air Cargo bomb plot? - Answers - 2010- 2 ink
cartridges containing explosives placed on 2 cargo aircraft departing Yemen. Failed to
detonate before being discovered.
1. Who was the first pilot to be hijacked? - Answers - Byron Rickards hijacked in Lima
Peru in 1931. Again, Hijacked in El Paso in 1961.
1. What early controversial anti-hijacking security measure was reborn after 9/11. -
Answers - Armed pilots. 2001 Pilots authorized to carry guns.
1. Describe the "traditional" hijacking? - Answers - Land & negotiate.
1. What were the lessons of D.B. Cooper? - Answers - Copy what works. 20 similar
attempts after this
1. What is important to remember about airline hijackings? - Answers - They still occur.
1. What security procedure did the LaGuardia bombing cause? - Answers - Bomb
concealed in public lockers lead to their use restricted to Sterile Area.
1. What two non-aviation bombings affected airport security? - Answers - World Trade
Center 1993 & Oklahoma City 1995
1. Why was the Millennium bomber defeated? - Answers - "Not on my watch!" CBP
officer Dean
1. What was the result of the second LAX active shooting in which a TSA officer was
killed? - Answers - 2013 Congress moves to require Active Shooter plans for airports.
1. What weapons were the hijackers known to use? - Answers - Knives & Box cutters.
1. What was the strategy? - Answers - Compliance with Hijackers.
1. What was the difference between the response at the World Trade Center vs the
Pentagon? - Answers - Organization & communication.
1. What were the key failures noted by the 9/11 Commission? - Answers - · Focus on
bombers, not hijackers (Due to Pan Am 103)
· Sloppy checkpoint procedures; permissive rules
ANSWERS
1. What is the TSA's main guiding document for an ASC? - Answers - The Airport
Security Program (ASP)
1. What is the document that addresses security design at airports? - Answers -
Recommended Security Guidelines
1. What is the document you would need to use to update your access control or
identity management system? - Answers - Radio Technical Commission on Aeronautics
(RTCA)
· Credentialing and biometrics (identity management)
· Physical Access Control Systems (PACS)
· Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems (PIDS)
· Video Surveillance Systems
· Security Operations Centers (SOC) and integration
· Communications Infrastructure
What is al-Qaeda's propaganda magazine - Answers - Inspire Magazine
1. What has TSA published in regards to General Aviation airport security? - Answers -
Guidance (not regulated by TSA)
1. What's a method to stay informed about what TSA is doing? - Answers - TSA/DHS
Notifications
1. Who does the ASC work for, and what are their primary responsibilities? - Answers -
Works for the Airport Operator. Writes and enforces the Airport Security Program.
1. Who writes the Airport Security Program? - Answers - The Airport Security
Coordinator (ASC)
1. What are the primary relationships for an ACS? - Answers - · Airport Director
· Airport Police
· Federal Security Director
· FBI Airport Liaison Agent
· TSA Inspector
· Air Carrier Managers
· Contract Security Director
· Airport Operations
, 1. What security procedure did Richard Reid cause? - Answers - Take off your shoes at
screening. 2001 attempted to blow up American Airlines flight 63 with shoe bomb.
1. What security procedure did the liquid bomb plot cause? - Answers - 3-1-1 rule. 2006
U.K. discovered plot to destroy US aircraft on UK-US routes. 3.4 oz of liquid in 1
container per passenger, in a single quart bag.
1. What is the story of the Yemen Air Cargo bomb plot? - Answers - 2010- 2 ink
cartridges containing explosives placed on 2 cargo aircraft departing Yemen. Failed to
detonate before being discovered.
1. Who was the first pilot to be hijacked? - Answers - Byron Rickards hijacked in Lima
Peru in 1931. Again, Hijacked in El Paso in 1961.
1. What early controversial anti-hijacking security measure was reborn after 9/11. -
Answers - Armed pilots. 2001 Pilots authorized to carry guns.
1. Describe the "traditional" hijacking? - Answers - Land & negotiate.
1. What were the lessons of D.B. Cooper? - Answers - Copy what works. 20 similar
attempts after this
1. What is important to remember about airline hijackings? - Answers - They still occur.
1. What security procedure did the LaGuardia bombing cause? - Answers - Bomb
concealed in public lockers lead to their use restricted to Sterile Area.
1. What two non-aviation bombings affected airport security? - Answers - World Trade
Center 1993 & Oklahoma City 1995
1. Why was the Millennium bomber defeated? - Answers - "Not on my watch!" CBP
officer Dean
1. What was the result of the second LAX active shooting in which a TSA officer was
killed? - Answers - 2013 Congress moves to require Active Shooter plans for airports.
1. What weapons were the hijackers known to use? - Answers - Knives & Box cutters.
1. What was the strategy? - Answers - Compliance with Hijackers.
1. What was the difference between the response at the World Trade Center vs the
Pentagon? - Answers - Organization & communication.
1. What were the key failures noted by the 9/11 Commission? - Answers - · Focus on
bombers, not hijackers (Due to Pan Am 103)
· Sloppy checkpoint procedures; permissive rules
