Airport Test
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Denning [Date] [Course title]
,Air Operations Area (AOA) - Answer: Area of DFW airport bounded by a fence. Access is restricted.
Used primarily for landing, take off or maneuvering of aircraft. (Area in air craft operate)
True or False: You must always wear & display your SIDA badge on your outermost garment, above the
waist & below the neck at all times while in AOA (Air Operations Area) - Answer: True
SIDA - Answer: Security Identification Display Area
Portion of the airport in which security measures are carried out.
Non-Sterile - Answer: Any public location outside passenger screening checkpoints
Example: Baggage Claim and ticket counter. Both airport visitors and employees can access non-sterile
areas.
Secured - Answer: Portions of the airport in which security measures are carried out. AOA, ramp and
adjacent baggage processing areas are secured.
A person in a secured area must do the following - Answer: 1. Properly display valid security badge OR
have approved escort
2. Enter and exit area through designated entrance/access points. This does not include jet bridge.
What 2 areas does the SIDA include? - Answer: Secured area and AOA (Air Operations Area)
True or False
The baggage area underneath the terminal, where is baggage is sorted, loaded and unloaded, is NOT
considered part of the SIDA. - Answer: False: This baggage area is considered part of SIDA (Security
Identification Display Area)
True or False
Jet bridges are NOT considered as designated SIDA entrance points. - Answer: True. Secure areas are
only supposed to be entered and exited at certain designated areas
, What is a sterile area? - Answer: Portion of an airport terminal accessible to traveling public that is
controlled through the screening process and provides passengers access to boarding aircraft
What do screening checkpoints use to screen persons and property so that they may enter a sterile area
and board a plane? - Answer: Badge readers, automated imaging technology, metal detectors, x-ray
machines
True or False
Only ticketed passengers & DFW Airport badge holders who are authorized for sterile area access may
enter a sterile area - Answer: True
True or False
Failure to comply with sterile area access requirements may lead to a warning. - Answer: False
Failure to comply with sterile area access requirements may lead to to criminal rest.
Restricted Area - Answer: Any area locked or posted by airport to prohibit or limit entry or access to
specific authorized persons.
What do restricted areas include? - Answer: Secured areas, Air Operations Area(AOA), and Secured
Identification Display Areas (SIDA).
You must always wear & display your badge on your _________________
garment, above the waist and below the neck while in restricted area. - Answer: Outermost
You must always wear & display your badge on your outermost garment, ____________ the waist and
below the neck at all times while in the SIDA - Answer: Above
You must always wear and display your your badge on your outermost garment, above the waist and
___________________ the neck at all times while in the sterile area. - Answer: Below
True or False
One simple security failure can have both deadly and catastrophic results. - Answer: True
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