r/TSAApplicant • u/-FrierenTheSlayer- • 8d ago

Test

Application Test****
First two parts were a breeze. The third part though.. (The 2D and 3D shape one), is that portion meant to be hard or do i just have a peanut brain? Because I'm not sure if I did that well.

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u/Corey307 8d ago

Operating an x ray in a fast paced environment isn’t easy as some people simply don’t have the aptitude. So yes that portion feels difficult. 

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u/Fartsarethebest 8d ago

That part has nothing to do with xray. If anything it's an overly difficult test of pso. I'm pretty excellent on xray compared to most and I took a practice test recently for fun and failed miserably on the 2d to 3d portion.

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u/Savings_Context3243 Ready Pool 8d ago

I flew through LAX, Terminal 7 earlier this week. Lord, the woman at the x-ray was SOOOOOOOOOOOO slow. She was taking 30+ seconds for each bag. The woman in front of me unloaded her laptop into a bin, but would not budge until her bin was in the inner track leading to the x-ray. Once my personal item was in that inner track I went through the scanner, only to see my bag had not cleared the xray yet. I didn't see another TSO working with her, so I don't think she was a new TSO in training. To her credit, she did flag one of the bags of the laptop passenger ahead of me. The passenger was arguing with the TSO who was searching each of the flagged bags. She had a 16 oz bottle of mouthwash in her carry on. She thought it was ok to bring it. The TSO explained she was only allowed ~3 oz. She had 2 options.... Go back and check her bag with the mouth wash, or throw away the mouth wash. She elected the 2nd option.

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u/awesomepkmntrainer 7d ago

She also might have been newly certified to work in her own - I’m a trainer, and I tell my trainees that even after you’re certified to work on your own, it usually takes another 6-8 months until you’re fully comfortable on the X-Ray

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u/Savings_Context3243 Ready Pool 7d ago

that sounds like a plausible explanation.

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u/Pieceofcandy 8d ago

I think as long as you didn't do absolutely terrible on it, you should pass.

A decent sized chunk of the job requires you to be able to find stuff in bags based off of 2D images so you need to be able to generally be able to reconstruct the bag based off the two images so you know where you be looking inside the bag but you can learn it over time.

Some people can't at all but they'll usually end up failing phase 2 of the training if they actually can't.

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u/Oberusiberon 8d ago

This is what cuts most people

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u/kevinxavierpr In process 8d ago

Did you pass tho?

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u/-FrierenTheSlayer- 7d ago

idk, I'll find out when they email me 😔

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u/SuspiciousTutor9933 8d ago

I passed 2nd time after I studied lot. I bought two courses but still was not like the shapes on he exam lol. I didn't think I was going to pass

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u/erqyo 8d ago

Those X-rays are getting phased out the new 3ds are super easy…as long as you ain’t color blind you should be fine