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Security management
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A corporate function that manages all of the security efforts of a particular company and coordinates the prevention of criminal activities against the company's employees, products, and assets.
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Custom-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)
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A voluntary partnership program between companies involved in international logistics and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, in which companies that implement security measures obtain priority processing and reduced inspection rates.
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International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code
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A series of security requirements placed by the International Maritime Organization upon ports and ships.
Contains two sections: one specifies the required measures that a port has to put in place. the other is a series of recommenddations for the implementation of of these measures. |
Implementated in three ways:
1. they monitor tightly who has access to the port facilities. (i.d. cards for workers) 2. monitor ports via video surveilance and records are kept for weeks 3. ports have a secure system of communications designed to raise the alarm whenever a threat is detected. |
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International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
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An international convention, signed by 148 countries, that outlines the safety requirements that merchant ship owners must put in place.
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interdiction
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A security strategy that attempts to prevent all imports of potentially dangerous goods and all entries of potentially dangerous persons.
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one-hundred-percent inspection
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A security strategy that attempts to inspect all imported shipments for potentially dangerous goods
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Type I error
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A statistical concept whereby the researcher concludes that the null hypothesis should be rejected when, in reality, the null hypothesis is true and should have been accepted
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Type II error
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A statistical concept whereby the researcher concludes that the null hypothesis should be accepted when, in reality, the null hypothesis is false and should have been rejected.
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Efforts by corporations to reduce the vulnerability of their international supply chain to more traditional criminal activities is called ___.
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security management
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The following factor(s) do NOT influence the type of security measures ports put in place?
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size
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Location and physical layout influence the technologies used by the ports to monitor for security, and the type of cargo determines the level of security. Size makes no difference.
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The primary role of the World Customs Organization has traditionally been ___.
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the simplification and harmonization of Customs' procedures
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In addition to the C-TPAT program, the United States has also created which program(s) or initiative(s) to improve security?
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a) Maritime Transportation Security Act
b) Security and Accountability For Every Port Act c) Transportation Workers' Identification Credential d) Container Security Initiative |
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The European Union based their security initiatives on which international organizations' guidelines?
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The EU based their guidelines on the International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code of the International Maritime Organization, and then the SAFE framework of the World Customs' Organization
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European countries have experienced significant violent attacks from which of the following terrorist group(s)
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a) the Organisation de l'Armée Secrete
b) the Provisional Irish Republican Army c) Rote Armee Fraktion d) the Baader-Meinhof Gang |
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Which U.S. agency is NOT involved with security enforcement
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secret service
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In order to protect their fixed assets, companies should implement which of the following physical barriers?
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a) build fences around the perimeter
b) lock all access doors c) have enough outside lights d) backup electric generators |
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When a security detection process determines that a cargo contains dangerous goods, even though the goods are innocuous (safe), what type of error is it?
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Type I error
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The policy of a one-hundred-percent inspection is considered flawed because ___.
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a) the costs are staggering
b) the amount of room it requires is greater than what is normally available c) the personnel needed is very large d) it is ineffective |
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what are the different main international logistics security programs
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international ship and port security code relative to ports
international ship and port security code relative to ships security and facilitization in global environment |
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what are the problems with a security policy that is based on 100% inspection
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very time consuming to actually do it
very costly would result to terrible delays at ports |
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what are the four areas that a corporation must enact security measures to protect itself against theft
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plants and buildings (fencing)
inbound and outbound shipment during transit (sealing containers) information on which they rely to manege their operations (firewals) their workforce (background checks) |
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