OPSEC Awareness Questions and Answers
___________ _____________ are planned actions to affect collection, analysis,
delivery, or interpretation of information. - ANSWER-OPSEC countermeasures
_____________ are friendly detectable actions and open-source information that can
be interpreted or pieced together by an adversary to derive critical information -
ANSWER-Indicators
_________________ includes specific facts about friendly intentions, capabilities, and
activities sought by an adversary to gain a military, diplomatic, economic or
technological advantage. - ANSWER-Critical information
A threat is an adversary that has the _________ + __________ to take any actions
detrimental to the success of DoD activities or operations. - ANSWER-intent + capability
An adversary with the _________ and __________ to undertake any actions
detrimental to the success of programs, activities, or operations describes OPSEC
threat. - ANSWER-capability, intent
An indicator is a comprehensive analysis of critical information by an advisory normally
providing the whole picture if an agency's capabilities.
True or False - ANSWER-False
Critical Information is ________? - ANSWER-unclassified and controlled unclassified
information (CUI)
Critical unclassified information is sometimes revealed by publicly available information.
True or False - ANSWER-True
OPSEC is a cycle to identify, analyze, and control ____________ and analyze friendly
actions and indicators that would allow adversaries or potential adversaries to identify
and exploit vulnerabilities - ANSWER-critical information
OPSEC is a dissemination control category within the Controlled Unclassified
Information (CUI) program. True or False? - ANSWER-True
OPSEC is a five-step process to identify, control and protect critical information and
analyze friendly actions and indicators that would allow adversaries or potential
adversaries to identify and exploit vulnerabilities
True or False - ANSWER-True
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