AIRPORT SIDA ID BADGE EXAM
QUESTIONS & DETAILED COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
Purpose of ID Badges - correct answer ✔✔• provide access into restricted areas allowing you to
access certain secured gates and doors required by your job
• lets other employees know that you are authorized to work at the airport
The badge identifies: - correct answer ✔✔• who you are
• the company you work for
• the areas you are authorized to access.
Only Blue, Red and Yellow colored employee ID badges provide authorized access to the SIDA.
EXCEPTIONS to the airport ID badge display rules - correct answer ✔✔• airports generally allow
Federal Aviation Administration safety inspectors on the ramp as long as they display proper
Federal ID
• airline pilots and cockpit flight crew members may also be in the vicinity, or footprint, of their
aircraft without an airport SIDA badge. However, they must be in uniform and display a valid
airline badge for the airline that employs them.
• TSA Transportation Security Inspectors may enter and be present in the SIDA without
displaying identification in order to inspect or test security compliance, but they must be able to
produce either proper Federal ID or a valid SIDA badge when challenged.
, White badge - correct answer ✔✔Employee/Contractor ID badge
• Allows access to DFW Board buildings and are sponsored by the Airport Board.
* NOT authorized for access through TSA checkpoints or Employee portals
* NOT authorized for unescorted access through AOA gates, in the SIDA or the Sterile areas of
the terminals.
Green badge - correct answer ✔✔Non-SIDA
• Allows access into the Sterile areas of the airport terminals after successfully completing the
TSA screening process.
* NOT authorized to use the Employee Portals or to be unescorted in the SIDA.
Blue badge - correct answer ✔✔SIDA
• Allows access to the Sterile areas and the SIDA and are sponsored by the Airport Board.
• Most (but not all) of this color SIDA badges may be authorized to enter the SIDA via an
Employee Portal.
* ONLY this color SIDA badge holders with an "E" or an "A" printed on the badge may escort
others while in the SIDA or Sterile areas of the terminals.
This color SIDA badge holders who do NOT have an "E" or an "A" printed on their badge are NOT
authorized to escort others in the SIDA or Sterile areas of the terminals.
QUESTIONS & DETAILED COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
Purpose of ID Badges - correct answer ✔✔• provide access into restricted areas allowing you to
access certain secured gates and doors required by your job
• lets other employees know that you are authorized to work at the airport
The badge identifies: - correct answer ✔✔• who you are
• the company you work for
• the areas you are authorized to access.
Only Blue, Red and Yellow colored employee ID badges provide authorized access to the SIDA.
EXCEPTIONS to the airport ID badge display rules - correct answer ✔✔• airports generally allow
Federal Aviation Administration safety inspectors on the ramp as long as they display proper
Federal ID
• airline pilots and cockpit flight crew members may also be in the vicinity, or footprint, of their
aircraft without an airport SIDA badge. However, they must be in uniform and display a valid
airline badge for the airline that employs them.
• TSA Transportation Security Inspectors may enter and be present in the SIDA without
displaying identification in order to inspect or test security compliance, but they must be able to
produce either proper Federal ID or a valid SIDA badge when challenged.
, White badge - correct answer ✔✔Employee/Contractor ID badge
• Allows access to DFW Board buildings and are sponsored by the Airport Board.
* NOT authorized for access through TSA checkpoints or Employee portals
* NOT authorized for unescorted access through AOA gates, in the SIDA or the Sterile areas of
the terminals.
Green badge - correct answer ✔✔Non-SIDA
• Allows access into the Sterile areas of the airport terminals after successfully completing the
TSA screening process.
* NOT authorized to use the Employee Portals or to be unescorted in the SIDA.
Blue badge - correct answer ✔✔SIDA
• Allows access to the Sterile areas and the SIDA and are sponsored by the Airport Board.
• Most (but not all) of this color SIDA badges may be authorized to enter the SIDA via an
Employee Portal.
* ONLY this color SIDA badge holders with an "E" or an "A" printed on the badge may escort
others while in the SIDA or Sterile areas of the terminals.
This color SIDA badge holders who do NOT have an "E" or an "A" printed on their badge are NOT
authorized to escort others in the SIDA or Sterile areas of the terminals.
