SIDA BADGE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● Aco or Access control office
Answer: The office that oversees and supports the airport badging
system and the AACS. Badges issued from this office
●● AOA or Air operations area
Answer: Area of the airport that is bounded by a fence and is primarily
used for aircraft taxing, landing, takeoff and all aircraft related activities.
The AOA can only be accessed while displaying authorized ID badges.
●● ASC or Airport Security Coordinator
Answer: The airport's primary contact for security-related activities,
communications and procedures.
●● ASP or Airport Security Program
Answer: The TSA approved airport operator's manual governing
security-related activities, communications and procedures.
●● DFW
,Answer: The FAA three-letter designator for the Dallas/Fort Worth
international airport.
●● DPS or Department of Public Safety
Answer: Designated airport safety/ security/ law enforcement personnel
appointed by the Dallas/ Fort Worth international Airport Board.
●● Employee Portal
Answer: The name given to the access points in the terminals that allow
authorized employees access from the public side to the Sterile side
without going through a TSA security checkpoint.
●● MCR or Master Control Room
Answer: Room is staffed at all times monitoring the closed circuit
television video information at the Dallas/Fort Worth International
Airport. The cameras monitor the checkpoints and access control points
in all terminals.
●● NTAS ( The National Terrorism Advisory System)
Answer: system by which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
will coordinate with Airports and other Federal entities to issue formal,
detailed alerts when the Federal government receives information about
a specific or credible terrorist threat. These alerts will include a clear
statement that there is an " imminent threat" or elevated threat. The
alerts also will provide a concise summary of the potential threat,
information about actions being taken to ensure public safety, and
, recommended steps that individuals and communities, businesses and
governments can take.
●● SIDA or Security Identification Display Area
Answer: Referring to secured areas of the airport that can only be
accessed while displaying authorized ID badges.
●● SSI or Security Identification Display Area
Answer: Is disseminated by the TSA or the airport that can only be
accessed while displaying authorized ID badges.
●● Sterile Area
Answer: Refers to area of the terminals that provide passengers access to
board an aircraft only after clearing pre-board passenger screening
procedures.
●● TSA or Transportation Security Administration
Answer: Is the federal agency responsible for establishing, publishing,
enforcing and monitoring security regulations.
●● Layers of Security at the Airport
Answer: Security to prevent unauthorized access restricted areas
beginning with the outer perimeter, than the sterile areas and the SIDA
STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● Aco or Access control office
Answer: The office that oversees and supports the airport badging
system and the AACS. Badges issued from this office
●● AOA or Air operations area
Answer: Area of the airport that is bounded by a fence and is primarily
used for aircraft taxing, landing, takeoff and all aircraft related activities.
The AOA can only be accessed while displaying authorized ID badges.
●● ASC or Airport Security Coordinator
Answer: The airport's primary contact for security-related activities,
communications and procedures.
●● ASP or Airport Security Program
Answer: The TSA approved airport operator's manual governing
security-related activities, communications and procedures.
●● DFW
,Answer: The FAA three-letter designator for the Dallas/Fort Worth
international airport.
●● DPS or Department of Public Safety
Answer: Designated airport safety/ security/ law enforcement personnel
appointed by the Dallas/ Fort Worth international Airport Board.
●● Employee Portal
Answer: The name given to the access points in the terminals that allow
authorized employees access from the public side to the Sterile side
without going through a TSA security checkpoint.
●● MCR or Master Control Room
Answer: Room is staffed at all times monitoring the closed circuit
television video information at the Dallas/Fort Worth International
Airport. The cameras monitor the checkpoints and access control points
in all terminals.
●● NTAS ( The National Terrorism Advisory System)
Answer: system by which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
will coordinate with Airports and other Federal entities to issue formal,
detailed alerts when the Federal government receives information about
a specific or credible terrorist threat. These alerts will include a clear
statement that there is an " imminent threat" or elevated threat. The
alerts also will provide a concise summary of the potential threat,
information about actions being taken to ensure public safety, and
, recommended steps that individuals and communities, businesses and
governments can take.
●● SIDA or Security Identification Display Area
Answer: Referring to secured areas of the airport that can only be
accessed while displaying authorized ID badges.
●● SSI or Security Identification Display Area
Answer: Is disseminated by the TSA or the airport that can only be
accessed while displaying authorized ID badges.
●● Sterile Area
Answer: Refers to area of the terminals that provide passengers access to
board an aircraft only after clearing pre-board passenger screening
procedures.
●● TSA or Transportation Security Administration
Answer: Is the federal agency responsible for establishing, publishing,
enforcing and monitoring security regulations.
●● Layers of Security at the Airport
Answer: Security to prevent unauthorized access restricted areas
beginning with the outer perimeter, than the sterile areas and the SIDA
