SIDA Badge Questions and Answers 2023& study guide with complete solution

SIDA Badge Questions and Answers

2023& study guide with complete

solution

1. Who is the Airport Operator?

Ans- Massport-Massachusetts Port Authority (MPA). Massport's Department of

Aviation Security is the primary contact for security abd communicates with the

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

2. Name 2 of the many types of badges generated at the Massport Badge Office at

Logan?

Ans- SIDA Badge-(Security Identification Display Area)-Allows access into the

SIDA areas via company specific doors

PSID Badge-(Public Side Identification)-No access into the SIDA area allowed.

All work must be dine before the security checkpoints

TVP-(Temporary Visitor Pass)-Person must be under escort at all times beyond

the security checkpoints and can be in the same areas as the escort and use the

same doors as the escort

3. Name 2 of the important phine numbers in the back of your badge

Ans- Massport ops/door alarms

State police main number

Massport medical emergency

4. What does SIDA stand for?

Ans- Security Identification Display Area

5. Where and when must you wear your badge?

Ans- Outermost garment

Reasily visible

Between the neck and waist

At all times in the SIDA area (beyond the security checkpoints)

6. Nane 3 organizations and/or people involved in the security of Logan Airport

Ans- You, the employee

State Police

Massport

TSA

All companies (tenants and contractors) doing business at Logan

7. What should you do if you see an unattended or suspicious item on the airport

grounds?

Ans- Do not touch it

Immediately call Massport Operations or State Police

8. What is the Challenge Procedure?

Ans- The process by which individuals with unescorted access contact,

approach, or point out to appropriate authorities those individuals present in

SIDA areas who are not displaying appropriate airport identification media

9. Who is responsible for challenging individuals not showing a SIDA badge in the

SIDA area?

Ans- Every badge employee at Logan

10.Who should you challenge in the SIDA area?

Ans- Anyone not displaying a valid SIDA badge

Anyone displaying a TVP and is without an escort

Anyone exhibiting unusual behavior

11.What is the first step to take when you approach a badge reader to gain access

through a door?

Ans- Place your badge directly in front of the badge reader

12.What are your 2 main responsibilities when going through a secure door?

Ans- To make sure you are the only person who enters theough the door

Ensure the door closes securely behind you

13.What is Piggybacking?

Ans- When one individual enters their PIN code into a keypad, opens the door

and allows others with a Massport SIDA badge to pass through

14.How long can you hold a door open before the door will alarm?

Ans- No more than 20 seconds

15.What is your respondibility after putting a door in an over-ride mode?

Ans- To stay at the door until the time runs out or until the door is securely closed

and out of the over-ride mode

16.What happens 5 minutes before the over-ride time runs out?

Ans- A short alarm will sound warning you the time is running out

17.What would you do if you walked by a door and the alarm was ringing?

Ans- Call Massport Operations, Key Base Department (or have someone else

call)

Stand by the door until the State Police arrive

18.What are the first 3 steps to take if you set off a door alarm in error?

Ans- Securely close the door

Stop the alarm by using your SIDA badge

Call Massport Keybase from the door and get instructions from them

19.What does TVP stand for?

Ans- Temporary Visitor Pass

20.Who must wear a TVP?

Ans- Anyone doing business for an employer at Logan beyond the security

checkpoint who does not possess a current Massport SIDA badge for that same

employer

21.When does an individual wearing a TVP need to remain with an escort?

Ans- When in the SIDA area (beyond the security checkpoint)

22.If your SIDA badge is lost or stolen or you leave it at home, can you apply for a

TVP?

Ans- No, you must find it, retrieve it, or not work in a SIDA area until you have a

new badge

23.If your badge is lost or stolen, what are your first 2 steps in getting a new badge?

Ans- Notify your Badge Coordinator or the Badge Office immediatly to deactivate

the badge

Contact your Badge coordinator to begin the process for obtaining a new badge

24.When leaving your current employer, when should you return your badge?

To whom should you return your badge to aboid monetary fines?

Ans- Return it immediatly

Return it to your company's Badge Coordinator or the Massport Badge Office

directly

25.What does PSID stand for?

Ans- Public Side Identification

26.Can an employee with a PSID badge pass beyond the security checkpoints?

Ans- No

27.Can a SIDA badge holder escort a PSID badge holder into a secured area?

Ans- No

28.What does SAFE stand for in regards to the Massport SAFE program?

Ans- Security Awareness for Everyone

29.What is the SAFE program?

Ans- See something, say something

30.If you violate any rules of the airport, what are 2 of the possible consequences

involved?

Ans- You can be fined and/or

Your company can be fined and/or