ASTI Ahmedabad ANS Key 15

Q.1 Expand the following :-

a) CASO- Chief airport security officer
b) USAP- Universal Security Audit Programme
c) COSAH- Committee of secretaries on Aircraft Hijack
d) CCTV- Close Circuit television
e) EPX- Enhanced performance X-Ray
f) IATA- International Air Transportation Association
g) HDB- High density Blinking
h) BWAF- Bomb warning Assessment form
i) VPB- View Previous bag
j) IFALPA- International
k) CAPPS- Computer Aided passenger profiling system
l) ICAO- International Civil Aviation organisation

Q.2. Define the following

(i) Aircraft in flight- An aircraft from the moment when all its external doors are closed
following embarkation until the moment when such doors are opened for disembarkation.
(ii) Apron- An aircraft from the moment when all its external doors are closed following
embarkation until the moment when such doors are opened for disembarkation.

Q.3 What measures has been initiated by India after the hijack of IC-814 to kandhar?
Ans.
a. Introduction of CISF as ASG
b. Introduction of SLPC
c. Introduction of Sky Marshall
d. Modernization/ Upgradation of electronic detection devices.
e. Review of Contingency plans

Q.4 What are the characterstics of X-Ray? Give essential requirements of an X-BIS?
Ans. Characterstics
Invisible 2. Travels in a straight line with the speed of light. 3. Can penetrate through any matter.
4. Can damage living cells. 5. Cannot be deflected by means of lens or prism. 6. Wavelength is
extremely short, thus high penetration.
Essential Requirement
1. High detection rate 2. High Resolution 3. Detection category of small amounts even below
ICAO/TSA standard 4. Inspection of entire bag as well as partial areas 5. Integrated imaging
device 6. Through put rate 400 bags and 200 cargo 7. Unequivocal differentiation between
hazardous and non-hazardous substances.

Q.5 Name any four additional security measures necessary to protect the registered
after it has been screened?
Ans. Sealing/ Strapping
Surveillance/ Safeguarding
Escorting upto aircraft

Q.6 What is the procedure for carrying the weapon in registered baggage? Who can carry
the weapon in cabin baggage?
Ans. a) passenger shall declare the carriage of his/her licensed weapon and ammunition to the
concerned air carrier in writing in prescribed proforma before security check of his/her registered
baggage.
b) Duly qualified person of the airlines shall determine that the weapon is not loaded.
c) The station manager of the concerned airlines shall verify all relevant documents to ensure
that the weapons and ammunitions is licensed in the name of the passenger.
d) Airlines station manager shall ensure that only authorised number of weapons and
ammunitions are allowed.

PSOs of VVIP viz. The President, Vice president and the prime minister and SPG protectee can
carry authorised weapon and ammunition on board an aircraft while travelling with these VVIPs.

Q.7. Write down any six anti-hijacking measures?

Ans. 1. Frisking of pax and screening of hand baggage.
2. Armed support to the screening staff.
3. Deployment of IFSO.
4. SLPC
5. Catering security
6. Apron and Perimeter Security
7. Escorting of pax upto aircraft. 8. Use of electronic aids such as DFMD, HHMD, XBIS, CCTV

Q.8 Fill in the blanks suitably.

a) The radiation level should not exceed accepted health standard (0.1 m Rlhr.) at a distance of
5 cm from external housing.
b) Lead impregnated safety screens should be available at either end of the tunnel of X-BIS.
c) If the machine fails to penetrate a particular item, then, then an alarm (visual and audio both)
should be generated to notify the operator.
d) Conveyor belt speed should be between 0.18 and 0.3 mtrs per second for X-ray baggage
inspection system for hand and registered baggage.
e) Before installation of the machine, the supplier / manufacturers should furnish NOC from
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of India regarding radiation safety after every five years.
f) Manufacturer shall provide one set of CTP per machine for checking serviceability of the
machine by the operator.
g) In CTP a set of un-insulated tinned copper wire of size 26, 30, 35, 38, 40 and 42 SWG is
placed on a Perspex sheet.
h) In useful penetration test the thickness of the second step wedge is ___5/16”____
i) Threat image projection data on the actual x-ray machine will be read only file.
j) All TIPS data should be stored on the system for a minimum of 02 months after it has been
downloaded.

Q.9 Tick the correct answer.

1) Pat down search is carried out when Passenger is not ready to screen through DFMD,
HHMD checks.
2) In built safety measure of X-BIS is Interlock.
3) PFNA stands for Pulse fast neutron analysis
4) As per BCAS specification X-Ray penetration should be more than 30 mm thickness steel
5) When press 02 button on smith heimann X-Ray machine keyboard results_______
6) Check that the battery is fully charged is applicable to HHMD
7) Which of the following is the part of DFMD. Cross piece
8) X-ray moves in a straight line at the speed of Light
9) Appropriate authority for security of civil aviation is DG BCAS

Q.10 Differentiate the following.

Apron
A defined area, on a land aerodrome,
intended to accommodate aircraft for the
purposes of loading or unloading passengers,
mail or cargo, fueling, parking or maintenance
Movement area
That part of an aerodrome to be used for the
take-off, landing and taxiing of aircraft,
consisting of the maneuvering area and the
apron(s).
 Deportee
A person who had been admitted to a state
legally or illegally and who formally ordered
by the competent authorities to leave the
state
For removal of such persons are the
responsibility if the government ordering the
deportation
The primary responsibility of escorting a
deportee is of immigration law enforcement
agency of the deporting country
Inadmissible
A person who is or will be refused admission
to a state by its authorities
Transportation responsibility by the aircraft
operator on which they arrived
The primary responsibility of escorting a
inadmissible person is of immigration law
enforcement agency and Aircraft operator

Q.11 Mark true or false to following statements

a) Certification of registration to RA is a certificate issued by MCA. False (BCAS)
b) AvSEC order No.04/2015 stands for NCASP false (NCASTP)
c) Appropriate authority for security of civial aviation in India is DGCA. False (BCAS)
d) hague convention was the Convention suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of Civil
aviation. False (Unalwful seizure of aircraft)
e) Anti hijacking act 1982 and was amended as Anti -Hijacking (Amendment act 1992) False
(2016)
f) BCAS is an executive body for security for civil aviation. false (regulatory body)
g) Check-in is the process of reporting to an airport operator for acceptance on a particular
flight. False (Aircraft operator)
h) Weight of the EVD should not be more than 05 kg.

Q.12 Match the following

1. Hague convention -1970
2. Montreal convention- 1971
3. Tokyo convention-1963
4. Chicago convention-1944
5. Kanishka tragedy-1985
6. BCAS established-1987
7. Being convention-2010
8. Aircraft security Rule-2011