The person who takes a bomb threat call has an opportunity to extract information about the bomb from the caller:
Using the information gathered in the Ship Security Assessment, create a Ship Security Plan:
Which information should be included in your search plan?
Personnel to be involved in the search.
Known hiding spots to be searched.
Areas to the searched and personnel to be involved in the search.
Implement additional computer security methods:
What type of bomb search should you conduct to avoid panic when the credibility of the threat is in doubt and you don’t want to disrupt ship business?
Nominated officers search.
Known hiding spot search.
Using X-Ray equipment, perform a baggage search to locate a small hunting knife. Which instructional technique is appropriate for this objective?
Your ship security plan must include procedures for responding to security threats, auditing security activities and interfacing with the port facility:
The best way to prevent stowaways from boarding your ship is to:
Conduct routine, but irregular searches of the ship.
Conduct a Nominated Officers search.
Search the ship when you arrive at port and again just after leaving.
Seal spaces that are not in use while in port, and perform a search of the ship before leaving.
This is an example of a good learning objective: given a mock-up of an explosive device, identify the components of the device with 100 % accuracy.
When handling drugs:
Wear skin protection and a facemask.
Briefly inhale powders, fumes or vapours to verify the substance is a drug.
Shut-off the ventilation in the room where the drugs are being stored to ensure any vapours or fumes do not spread to other parts of the ship.
Test out the potency of the drug.
Planned maintenance schedule:
Select all of the measures you would implement:
The most effective way to combat the threat of drug smuggling is to:
Organize crew into pairs and conduct weekly searches of the ship.
Combining routine, but irregular searches of the ship with spontaneous targeted searches.
Perform routine, but irregular searches using teams of two or more personnel from the same department.
Perform spontaneous targeted searches using teams of two or more personnel from the same department.
Select all of the tasks that you think are performed as part of an SSA:
Which of these are indicators that an individual may be a drug smuggler?
The individual spends his or her free time hanging out with others.
The individual wears bulky or out of season clothing.
The individual makes small local purchases.
The individual is disinterested in the ship’s cargo.
Ship Security Plans all look the same:
This ship is operating at Security Level:
Which type of profiling is used to obtain information about rival companies and their employees?
Part way through a profiling interview with a supplier, the package the individual is carrying arouses your suspicion. What do you do?
Confront the individual and demand that he opens the package.
Call for help on the radio.
Discreetly inform someone of your suspicions so he or she can get assistance.
Take the package and open it.
The process of learning involves doing, reflecting, linking and:
Eavesdropping and phone taps are examples of which threat to information security?
Which of these measures would you implement to prevent drugs from being smuggled on board your ship while it’s berthed?
Maintain restricted areas.
Check a portion of the bags and packages brought on board.
Search some of the packages, spares and stores received.
Eliminate fore and aft deck watch at night.
Departure and arrival time:
That’s right! Timings such as your ship’s scheduled arrival and departure can be used by the terrorists to determine when to execute their attack.
How many different learning styles are there?
In a role-play scenario, perform a physical search on a crewmember and locate a hidden weapon within one minute:
Understand the steps to completing a Ship Security Assessment:
The Declaration of Security:
Details a ship’s security measures.
Addresses the security requirements shared between ships or between a port facility and a ship.
Identifies the security responsibilities of shipboard personnel.
States the reporting procedures to government contact points.
Select all of the measures you would implement:
Which of these statements about drug smugglers modes of operating is true?
Individual entrepreneurs usually smuggle large quantities of drugs.
Drugs smuggled by an organized conspiracy are usually concealed in a primary ship system such as the engine room or in a tank, void or compartment.
Drugs hidden by individual entrepreneurs are usually difficult to detect.
An organized conspiracy usually smuggles a small amount of drugs.
The first step in completing an SSA is to:
Create a list of potential motives for security incidents against your ship.
Identify the key shipboard operations, systems, areas and personnel that are critical to protect.
List the existing security measures.
Develop an on board security survey checklist.
You can reduce the need for security guards in certain areas by installing:
You respond by:
Acting as normal as possible.
Taunting them with the knowledge that help is on its way.
Which of these actions should crew take if a suspicious object that may be a bomb is located during a search?
Throw the object overboard.
Cover the suspicious object with a box or blanket.
Confirm with their search partner that the object found is suspicious.
Place the object in a desk drawer or file cabinet.
Which of these statements about drug smuggling is true?
Drugs are difficult to conceal on board a ship.
Drug smuggling is only a problem in certain ports, so only ships sailing in those ports need to implement preventative measures.
The preventative measures you incorporate into your ship’s security plan should be exhaustive, regardless of the level of threat identified by your ship’s security assessment.
The risks to ships are not restricted to specific areas or trading routes.
Who is responsible for completing the DoS on behalf of the ship?
Company Security Officer.
Which of these tasks is performed as part of the SSA?
Assign security duties to ship personnel.
Implement measures to address weaknesses in ship security.
Train shipboard personnel in their security duties.
Assess the likelihood and potential consequences of security incidents.
Assign men to search men and women to search women unless a device such as a metal detector is used:
Your ship is berthed at a port that is frequently used for drug smuggling. Which of these measures is it appropriate to implement?
Check the identity of everyone boarding the ship.
Secure unattended spaces that visitors have access to.
Limit the number of access points to the ship.
Suspend cargo-handling operations.
Select all of the tasks that you think are performed as part of an SSA:
What do crew, visitors and contractors all have in common?
They’re all employees of the ship.
They’re all on board the ship for the duration of its voyage.
They’re all have opportunity to smuggle drugs.
They’re all trained in ship emergency procedures.
Which of these statements about profiling is correct?
Verify that answers to questions match up with what’s already known about the person being questioned.
Use only open-ended questions.
Check the ID of all visitors and some crew prior to boarding.
Pay less attention to body language and behaviour and more attention to answers to questions.
What are the three tasks of a profiler?
Check documentation, conduct physical searches, ask questions.
Check documentation, ask questions, observe body language and behaviour.
Conduct physical searches, observe body language and behaviour, act intimidating.
Check documentation, conduct searches, act intimidating.
Which of these measures should the SSO implement to tighten control over access to the ship?
Segregate embarking crew and visitors from disembarking crew and visitors.
Reduce the number of access points to the ship and adequately secure those to be closed.
Limit access to the ship to personnel responding to the security threat.
This situation calls for security measures corresponding to Security Level:
All training programs have a beginning, a middle and an end:
The best way to ensure you get the equipment you need is to:
Buy the most expensive equipment on the market.
Determine your needs and do some research.
Buy what everyone else is buying.
Information about your ship’s security arrangements and procedures is stored electronically. Which of these measures will help safeguard it from potential threats?
Work history verification.
Records relating to breaches of security and changes in security level must be secured against unauthorized access and available for review by contracting governments:
Which of this information must be included in a piracy attack alert?
The number of pirates/hijackers.
The type of weapons being carried by the pirates/hijackers.
Your ship’s name and call sign.
The number of crew on board.
In which of these circumstances can your ship request a DoS?
Your ship is operating at a lower security level than the ship or port it is interfacing with.
There is a heightened security risk for your ship and a port facility.
Your ship is conducting activities with a port or ship that is not required to implement an approved security plan.
Your ship has added a new port to its list of ports of call.
Which of these procedures should crew follow when conducting a search:
Stand quietly in various spots around the space, listening for unusual sounds like the tick-tock of a clock mechanism.
Search the perimeter of the space up to a height of 5 feet.
Wait in the area they’ve finished searching until they’re contacted for a status update.
Conduct random or spot checks of logical threat areas.
Given a mock-up of an explosive device, identify the components of the device with 100 % accuracy:
What level of security does the Ship Security Officer implement?
Which of these weapons are widely available and commonly used by criminals and terrorists to further their aims?
Which of these security measures are appropriate when loading the stores onto the ship:
Intensify the physical inspection of the stores to identify damaged or adulterated goods.
Check that the stores match the order before being loaded on board.
Refuse to accept the stores on board, because some items were damaged in transit.
You respond by:
Yelling obscenities and accusing them of taking advantage of you to further their ridiculous aims.
Offering them a cigarette.
The purpose of profiling is to:
Make judgements about people based on their appearance.
Get beneath the outer shell of an individual to obtain a more complete picture.
Categorize people based on their nationality and ethnicity.
Identify different personality types.
During a profiling interview, the service man you are questioning starts to act suspiciously. He is:
Friendly and cooperative.
Professional, courteous and forthcoming.
Talkative and good-humoured.
Nervous, sweaty and trying to avoid eye contact.
Successful training programs build on learners past experience, are delivered with enthusiasm, present relevant information in a logical sequence and invite participation through varied activities:
The best way to identify an IED is to:
Measure the size of the object.
Recognize its components.
Which of these are indications that a parcel is suspicious?
The parcel smells like chocolate.
The parcel is addressed to no one in particular, arrives unexpectedly and seems heavy for its size.
The parcel came from Joe in the safety department and arrived quicker than expected.
The parcel is wrapped in clean, brown paper and is addressed to a crewmember from his wife.
Which of these precautionary measures can reduce the threat of piracy, if implemented?
Stay at least 15 nm away from the shore.
Plan to arrive at port at night.
Turn-off all of the ship’s lights at night.
Who is responsible for ensuring your ship completes a security assessment?
Flag State Administration.
Recognized Security Organization.
Company Security Officer.
What is the purpose of the Ship Security Plan?
Outline specific measures for your ship to move from security level 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3.
Outline the organizational structure for the ship.
Protect your ship from risks posed by security threats or incidents.
Detail the duties of shipboard personnel assigned security responsibilities.
If drugs or suspected drugs are found on board your ship, follow the five C’s: Confirm, Clear, Cordon, Control and:
The International Maritime Bureau Piracy Reporting Centre attributes the increased numbers of hijackings to:
The greater involvement in piracy of well-organized and armed crime networks.
Higher crime rates around the world.
Easy access to military weapons.
Which statement about IED’s is true?
All IED’s have four common components.
IED’s are difficult to manufacture.
IED’s don’t cause serious damage.
A Ship Security Assessment is integral to the creation of your ship’s security plan:
Searches are often triggered by:
An increase in security level by the Flag State.
The receipt of a shipment of damaged stores.
News stories of stowaways.
A contractor is hired to install new navigation equipment on board your ship while it’s berthed. For a period of time he’s left unsupervised and photographs schematics of the ship that he finds rolled up and stored in the corner of a nearby office. Later, from home, he hacks into the network and prints off information about the ship’s security procedures. Which of these information security measures would have prevented his unauthorized access?
Protective markings, reference checks, and passwords.
Firewall, protective markings, vetting and a secure network.
Secure area, passwords, a firewall and a secure network.
Secure area, passwords, a firewall and protective markings.
The DoS addresses the responsibility for the security of the water around the ship and the verification of increased threat levels:
This device can detect a package of drugs inside a large delivery of ship’s stores. What is it?
The middle portion of a training program takes the most time to plan. Which of these items will assist you in planning and delivering this portion of the program?
A description of the content to be covered.
A list of the page references to regulations and other documents that will be referred to in the program.
You’ve just completed a training drill. Which of these guidelines should you follow when giving feedback?
Ask to give feedback or wait to be asked.
Listen to your hunches and give appropriate feedback.
Take a one-hour break for lunch and give feedback after you resume.
Give lots of information and examples.
If drugs are discovered on board your ship:
Notify the authorities after you arrive at the next port of call.
Write a report a few days after the event and describe everything that occurred.
Disembark crew and passengers as quickly as possible at the next port of call so the authorities can conduct their investigation.
Ensure the witness to the discovery signs your incident report.
Only search vehicle compartments where you suspect object may be hidden:
Identify suspicious behaviours with 100 % accuracy: