Which option is listed as a major access-control violation?

• A. Loaning ID badges
• B. Damaging equipment
• C. Falsifying or altering Airport ID badge or misusing
• D. Piggybacking or Tailgating

Answer: (B)

Major access-control violations are actions that directly compromise the security system itself by affecting its ability to enforce entry. Damaging equipment fits this best because it can disable or degrade the hardware and software that control who can go where. When readers, doors, alarms, or cameras are damaged, the entire access-control system can fail, creating wide-ranging vulnerabilities and downtime. In other words, you’re undermining the mechanism that enforces security, not just attempting to bypass it.

The other options involve exploiting people or credentials rather than directly disabling the security controls. Loaning ID badges and tailgating rely on social or credential misuse, which is serious but does not inherently disable the system. Falsifying or altering an Airport ID badge is a credential fraud issue, also serious, but the item in question flags the direct disruption of the control infrastructure as the major violation.