Chapter 6 Security
1.
Protecting the aviation system from intentional wrongdoing and criminal behaviour is called:
A) Safety
B) Security
C) Maintenance
D) Ground school
E) Precautions
2.
Which of these statements is correct?
A) The Air India
and Lockerbie
tragedies are
examples of
hijacking that
show what can
happen when the
pilots refuse to
comply with an
order
B) ICAO’s 1980
Extraordinary
Session created
Annex 17, which
requires States to
create a Civil
Aviation Security
Programme
C) Hijacking was a
relatively minor
problem until
events of the
1990s caused it to
become a major
issue in the
spotlight
D) Original anti-
hijacking
strategies were
developed in
response to an
increase in
hijacking events
in the 1960s and
1970s
E) None of these
are correct
3.
Common until the end of the 20th century, hijackers would attempt to have their hijacked
plane fly to countries such as Cuba because:
A) Cuba would
agree to harbour
and protect the
criminals and not
extradite them
B) Cuba had long
runways to help
inexperienced
pilots land
C) Cuba had an
agreement with
ICAO to not hand
over hijackers
D) The United
States would
allow Cuba to
hold these
hijackers on the
condition they
never leave Cuba
E) All the
statements are
correct
4.
Which of these is NOT a requirement for Aviation Security under Annex 17?
A) Items left
behind by
passengers must
be removed from
aircraft before the
next departure
B) Cockpit doors
must be
reinforced to
prevent
unauthorized
people from
accessing flight
controls
C) Security
Restricted Areas
must be
established at
airports
D) Entry to
airside areas of
airports must be
controlled and
restricted to
flight personnel
only
E) Enhanced
security methods
will be used to
assess high-risk
cargo and mail
5.
When it comes to security at airports, which statement is true?
A) If baggage
appears
suspicious in the
secondary
screening, a
primary screening
B) During the Pre-
Board Passenger
Screening, it is
uncommon for
passengers to
have to go
C) A Baggage
Reconciliation
System is used to
match passengers
with their lost
luggage
E) Some
passengers may
choose or be
asked to undergo
a physical pat
down in lieu of
documents
A) Is controversial
for many reasons
B) Has helped to
catch criminals in
aviation
C) have been
described as
‘digital strip
searches’
E) All of the
statements are
correct
7.
Profiling in aviation screening
A) Could lead to
calls of racism
B) Is used now in
the form of
predictive
profiling
C) Creates ethical
and moral issues
E) All of the
statements are
correct
8.
Generally, the two categories of terrorism in aviation are:
A) Shootings and
bombings
B) Hijackings and
shootings
C) Hijackings and
bombings
E) Acceptable and
unacceptable
9.
According to the ACI Guidelines for landside security
A) Airports should
incorporate blast
proof walls and
shatter proof glass
B) Airports should
reduce the
number of visible
garbage bins
C) Airports should
remind passengers
to report
suspicious
behaviour or
baggage
E) All of these
10a.
As a reaction to 9/11, what is the new common strategy for hijackings?
A) Accommodate
B) Defend the
cockpit at all cost
C) Negotiate
D) Do not
escalate
E) All of the these
10b.
Before 9/11, what was the common strategy taught to pilot to deal with hijackers?
A) Protect the
cockpit at all costs
B) Land the plane
at all costs
C) Accommodate,
negotiate and do
not escalate
E) Take evasive
maneuvers
11.
Which of these statements is not correct in relations to the facts around 9/11
A) All four
terrorist groups
successfully
completed their
intended missions
B) Aviation
security was not
prepared to deal
with the situation
presented on the
day
C) All flights in
North America
were grounded
except for
emergency
services
D) 2,973 people
died in the
attacks on the
World Trade
Center
E) Aviation
Security did not
anticipate that
hijackers would
know how to fly
airplanes and turn
off transponders
12.
Which of the following was NOT an impact of 9/11?
report suggested
that aviation must
due to falling
revenue and
17 to include
increased sharing
eventually
erected to
creatively envision
received no
of international
replace the
Commission
industry struggled
changes to Annex
Tower was
impacts of 9/11
what future
terrorist attacks
could look like
and prepare
accordingly
government
assistance
threat analysis
and
improvements in
in-flight security
World Trade
Center, with an
accompanying
memorial and
museum
dedicated to the
victims of the
tragedy
13.
When dealing with criminality on a commercial flight
A) Passengers are
legally required to
hold down and
restrain any other
unruly passenger
B) The pilot is in-
charge and
responsible for
having executed
whatever
appropriate
measures are
seen fit to protect
the aircraft and
its passengers.
C) The pilot must
physically deal
with any problem
himself
D) Flight
attendants are
given primary
authority over
dealing with any
criminal activity
on a flight
E) All of the above
statements are
correct
14.
Which of these persons would be considered a disruptive passenger?
A) A woman who
presses the
attendant button
four times in the
flight for extra
water
B) A passenger
who refuses to
wear a seatbelt
C) A passenger
who physically
assaults another
passenger in an air
rage incident
D) B & C
E) A, B & C
15.
A Male passenger inappropriately touches a flight attendant without permission on a flight.
According to ICAO, this is what level of disruptive passenger?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5
16.
Criminal activity in aviation, for profit, is called:
A) Aviation assault
B) Aviation piracy
C) Aviation
smuggling
D) Smart, if you
can get away
with it
E) None of the
above
17.
The two most trafficked illegal drugs are:
A) Cocaine and
Marijuana
B) Heroin and
marijuana
C) Marijuana and
ecstasy
D) Heroin and
cocaine
E) Uppers and
downers
18.
What is common of drug smugglers flying illegal and undocumented flights?
A) They fly low
and at night,
B) They will often
fly large cargo
C) They are most
likely to be flying
D) Smugglers are
surprisingly
E) All of these
19.
It is recommended that charter flight operations take which of the following recommendations
into account to ensure they do not get caught up in drug smuggling.
A) Question cash
payments
B) Question
customers not
concerned with
getting receipts
C) Question
customers
wanting aircraft
larger than their
needs require
D) Question
customers
wanting to load
planes in remote
areas of the
airport
E) All of these
20.
Which of these is true?
A) Human
trafficking is
consensual;
human smuggling
is not
B) Human
trafficking is non-
consensual;
human smuggling
is consensual
C) Human
trafficking is
uncommon,
human smuggling
is common
D) Human
smuggling is
uncommon,
human trafficking
is uncommon
E) There is
nothing that
aviation
professionals can
do to help end
either practice
21.
Which of the following is NOT a sign to look for when watching out for human trafficking on a
commercial flight?
A) Victims will not
have arranged
their own travel
B) Responses to
questions may
seem scripted and
unnatural
C) Victims may
show sign of
emotional or
physical abuse
D) Traffickers
will encourage
victims to
answer
questions
E) All of these are
signs to watch out
for
24.
Before the events 9/11, how were pilots taught to deal with a hijacking situation using the
common strategy?
A) Accommodate
B) Negotiate
C) Do not escalate
D) All of these
E) None of these
25.
For transportation purposes, dangerous goods are categorized into nine hazard classes by the
United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.
1. explosives
2. gases
3. flammable liquids
4. flammable solids
5. fiber cables
6. infectious substances
7. tire and woods
8. corrosive substances.
Which of these are among nine hazard classes?
A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
B) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
C) 1, 3, 4, 6, 8
D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 8
E) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
Chapter 6 Security
Case Study
1.
The Air India and Lockerbie tragedies
A) Killed over 400
people and led to
improvements in
aviation security
B) Led to lessons
that (indirectly)
made aviation
more likely to
experience what
happened on 9/11
C) Led ICAO to
adopt rules
regarding luggage
matching up with
passengers
D) All three
statements are
correct
E) None of these
2.
One lesson we can learn from the case of Farouk Abdulmutallab is:
A) Aviation
security must be
focused on past
actions, as they
are the most likely
predictor of future
actions, which is
what led to
Farouk
Abdulmutallab’s
capture in Iraq
B) Aviation
security must
continually
attempt to
anticipate new
threats and
means of attack
from terrorism
C) Aviation
security threats
can happen in the
landside of airport
operations just as
easily as in the
airside
D) Pilots need to
ensure they are
not fatigued
before taking on
a flight
E) Farouk’s role in
the Air India
bombing showed
aviation why
baggage should
be tracked
alongside
passengers
3.
As a result of the Lockerbie tragedy, international aviation security was reshaped in several
important ways in the following ways. Which security initiative(s) could be related to this
tragedy?
A) Requirements
were created for
the marking of
plastic explosives
B) Screening
systems for
detection of trace
explosives were
modernized
C) A global
requirement was
established for
100 per cent hold
baggage screening
D) Passenger–
baggage
reconciliation
systems were
developed
E) All of these
4.
In the Bombing of Air India 182, rapid decompression of the cabin occurred before the crash.
Which of these is (are) the possible consequence(s) of rapid decompression?
A) Hypoxia
B) Aircraft
separation into
pieces
C) Pilots initiate a
rapid descent
D) A & B
E) None of these
5.
In the Lockerbie tragedy, investigation of the cockpit wreckage showed that all switches and
oxygen masks were located consistent with the cruise portion of flight. Which of these could
be the explanation of this statement?
A) The pilots did
B) The pilots
C) The pilots had
D) The pilots
E) None of these