UPTP EXAM 4
Concentric Security - answer Requires intruder to penetrate series of layers of security
to reach protected asset
The Five D's of Security - answer Deny
deter
delay
detect
defend
federal security level 1 - answer Minimum (Physical barriers designed to impede)
federal security level 2 - answer Low (Physical barriers designed to impede/detect)
federal security level 3 - answer Medium (Measures designed to impede, detect, and
assess)
federal security level 4 - answer High (Measures designed to impede, detect, and
assess)
federal security level 5 - answerVery High (Measures to impede, detect, assess, and
neutralize)
Identify commonly used equipment in physical security - answerX-Ray Machine
Walk Through and Hand-Held Metal Detector
Signs
Belts/Stanchions
Turnstiles
IDs
Identify operations and procedures for an internal physical security checkpoint -
answerBegin observing persons as they approach the screening station
Contact, give actual notice, check ID
Screen with x-ray per training
Screen with metal detector(s) per training
Identify operations and procedures for an external physical security checkpoint -
answerBegin observing vehicle as they approach check point
, Contact, give actual notice, check ID per agency policy
Visually search compartment for items in plain view
Direct vehicle to secondary inspection area
Driver shuts off vehicle, exits (LE takes keys), opens all compartments, LE starts
systematic search
Identify and/or demonstrate the TSA/FAA Common Strategy as it relates to law
enforcement officers that fly armed. - answerLevel One - Verbal (Disruptive, suspicious,
or threatening verbal behavior) (Cabin crew intervention)
Level Two - Physical (Kicking, punching, hitting, etc) (Able bodied passengers may
assist cabin crew.)
Level Three - Life Threatening (Credible terrorist threat, credible hijacking, displaying
weapon) (LEO/FAM Intervention)
Level Four - Attack on Flight Deck (Attempted or actual breach of flight deck) (LEO/FAM
Intervention using all available resources)
Special Aircraft Jurisdiction of the United States - answerThe moment all external doors
are closed following boarding, through the moment when one external door is opened
Federal Good Samaritan Act - answerFed LEO will be considered to be in scope of
employment if they take reasonable action to protect individual from crime of violence,
provide assistance to someone who has suffered or is threatened with bodily harm, or to
prevent escape of someone who
they believe committed crime of violence
Federal Good Samaritan Act is a scoping statute only.
Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) - answerSpecific limitation on liability
available to anyone, included armed LE, who attempt to thwart an act of air piracy or
criminal violence aboard an aircraft in flight
weapons of mass destruction - answerBiological, chemical, or nuclear weapons that can
cause a massive number of deaths in a single use.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) - answerGoverns US Policy on
counterterrorism and outlines the United States response to terrorist incidents involving
a WMD
crisis management - answerFBI leads LE response and investigation
Concentric Security - answer Requires intruder to penetrate series of layers of security
to reach protected asset
The Five D's of Security - answer Deny
deter
delay
detect
defend
federal security level 1 - answer Minimum (Physical barriers designed to impede)
federal security level 2 - answer Low (Physical barriers designed to impede/detect)
federal security level 3 - answer Medium (Measures designed to impede, detect, and
assess)
federal security level 4 - answer High (Measures designed to impede, detect, and
assess)
federal security level 5 - answerVery High (Measures to impede, detect, assess, and
neutralize)
Identify commonly used equipment in physical security - answerX-Ray Machine
Walk Through and Hand-Held Metal Detector
Signs
Belts/Stanchions
Turnstiles
IDs
Identify operations and procedures for an internal physical security checkpoint -
answerBegin observing persons as they approach the screening station
Contact, give actual notice, check ID
Screen with x-ray per training
Screen with metal detector(s) per training
Identify operations and procedures for an external physical security checkpoint -
answerBegin observing vehicle as they approach check point
, Contact, give actual notice, check ID per agency policy
Visually search compartment for items in plain view
Direct vehicle to secondary inspection area
Driver shuts off vehicle, exits (LE takes keys), opens all compartments, LE starts
systematic search
Identify and/or demonstrate the TSA/FAA Common Strategy as it relates to law
enforcement officers that fly armed. - answerLevel One - Verbal (Disruptive, suspicious,
or threatening verbal behavior) (Cabin crew intervention)
Level Two - Physical (Kicking, punching, hitting, etc) (Able bodied passengers may
assist cabin crew.)
Level Three - Life Threatening (Credible terrorist threat, credible hijacking, displaying
weapon) (LEO/FAM Intervention)
Level Four - Attack on Flight Deck (Attempted or actual breach of flight deck) (LEO/FAM
Intervention using all available resources)
Special Aircraft Jurisdiction of the United States - answerThe moment all external doors
are closed following boarding, through the moment when one external door is opened
Federal Good Samaritan Act - answerFed LEO will be considered to be in scope of
employment if they take reasonable action to protect individual from crime of violence,
provide assistance to someone who has suffered or is threatened with bodily harm, or to
prevent escape of someone who
they believe committed crime of violence
Federal Good Samaritan Act is a scoping statute only.
Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) - answerSpecific limitation on liability
available to anyone, included armed LE, who attempt to thwart an act of air piracy or
criminal violence aboard an aircraft in flight
weapons of mass destruction - answerBiological, chemical, or nuclear weapons that can
cause a massive number of deaths in a single use.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) - answerGoverns US Policy on
counterterrorism and outlines the United States response to terrorist incidents involving
a WMD
crisis management - answerFBI leads LE response and investigation
