SFPC Practice Questions And Answers
1. Which of the following security program areas would you find practitioners
who train and/
or advise Original Classification Authorities in the application of the process
for making
classification determinations?
A. Information Security
B. Physical Security
C. Personnel Security
D. Industrial Security: A. Information Security
2. Which of the following security program areas would you find practitioners
working with a
facility's Antiterrorism Officer to deploy defensive measures designed to
reduce the facility's
vulnerability from terrorist attacks?
A. Information Security
B. Physical Security
C. Personnel Security
D. Industrial Security: B. Physical Security
3. Which of the following security programs areas would you find practitioners
involved with
processes that monitor employees for new information that could affect their
security clearance
eligibility status?
A. Foreign Disclosure
B. Information Security
C. International Security
D. Operations Security
E. Personnel Security
F. Physical Security
G. Research and Technology Protection
H. Information Assurance: E. Personnel Security
4. Two security professionals - Paul and Ashley - are discussing security
program areas.
Paul says that Information Security practitioners train and/or advise Original
Classification
Authorities in the application of the process for making classification deter-
minations.
Ashley says that Physical Security practitioners work with a facility's Antiter-
rorism Officer to
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deploy defensive measures designed to reduce the facility's vulnerability from
terrorist attacks.
Who is correct?
A. Paul is correct
B. Ashley is correct
C. Paul and Ashley are both correct
D. Paul and Ashley are both incorrect: C. Paul and Ashley are both correct
5. Two security professionals - Paul and Ashley - are discussing security
program areas.
Paul says that Information Security practitioners work with a facility's Antiter-
rorism Officer to
deploy defensive measures designed to reduce the facility's vulnerability from
terrorist attacks.
Ashley says that Personnel Security practitioners train and/or advise Original
Classification
Authorities in the application of the process for making classification deter-
minations.
Who is correct?
A. Paul is correct
B. Ashley is correct
C. Paul and Ashley are both correct
D. Paul and Ashley are both incorrect: D. Paul and Ashley are both incorrect
6. Which of the following is a true statement regarding the special handling
requirements of Foreign Government Information (FGI)?
a. When the classification marking on a document containing FGI is not in
English, or when the foreign government marking requires a different degree
of protection than
the same U.S. classification designation, a U.S. marking that results in a
degree of protection equivalent to that required by the foreign government
shall be applied.
b. A U.S. document containing FGI cannot be declassified or downgraded be-
low the highest level of FGI contained in the document without the permission
of the foreign government or international organization that originated the
information.
c. Those holding security clearances issued by the U.S. government cannot
access U.S. documents containing FGI without written consent from the orig-
inating foreign government.
d. The receiving DoD Components must maintain records for 1 year of the
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receipt, internal distribution, destruction, annual inventory, access, reproduc-
tion, and transmittal of foreign government Top Secret information.: B
7. Which of the following is a requirement for access to North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) information?
a. Personnel has been subject of a Single Scope Background Investigation
(SSBI), including a National Agency Check (NAC) on the spouse and all
members of the individual's immediate family of 18 years of age or over who
are United States citizens other than by birth or who are resident aliens.
b. Personnel has been subject of a favorably adjudicated background in-
vestigation (BI) (10-year scope), Tier 5, current within five years prior to the
assignment, and completed a NATO brief.
c. Personnel has been subject of a favorably adjudicated BI (10-year scope),
Defense National Agency Check with Inquiries (DNACI)/ National Agency
Check with Inquiries (NACI) or NACI Entrance National Agency Check
(ENTNAC), current within five years prior to the assignment.
d. Personnel requiring access to NATO COSMIC (Top Secret) or SECRET infor-
mation must at least possess the equivalent interim U.S. security clearance.: B
8. According to Executive Order 13556, which of the following
is considered a type of controlled unclassified information (CUI)?
a. Communications Security (COMSEC) Information
b. Declassified Information
c. Law Enforcement Sensitive (LES) Information
d. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Information: C. Law Enforcement
Sensitive Information
9. What is the purpose of marking classified materials?
a. To alert holders to the presence of classified information, how to properly
protect it, and for how long.
b. To deter foreign adversaries from committing actions aimed at accessing
such information.
c. To provide guidance for interpretation and analysis of classified information.
d. To alert holders to the methods used to collect classified information.: A
10. What is included in the markings of classified information?
a. Derivative classifier as the authority to make declassification determina-
tions.
b. Agencies and authorities that have previously accessed the classified
information.
c. Document holder as the sole authority to make transfer and dissemination
determinations.
d. Sources and reasons for the classification.: C
1. Which of the following security program areas would you find practitioners
who train and/
or advise Original Classification Authorities in the application of the process
for making
classification determinations?
A. Information Security
B. Physical Security
C. Personnel Security
D. Industrial Security: A. Information Security
2. Which of the following security program areas would you find practitioners
working with a
facility's Antiterrorism Officer to deploy defensive measures designed to
reduce the facility's
vulnerability from terrorist attacks?
A. Information Security
B. Physical Security
C. Personnel Security
D. Industrial Security: B. Physical Security
3. Which of the following security programs areas would you find practitioners
involved with
processes that monitor employees for new information that could affect their
security clearance
eligibility status?
A. Foreign Disclosure
B. Information Security
C. International Security
D. Operations Security
E. Personnel Security
F. Physical Security
G. Research and Technology Protection
H. Information Assurance: E. Personnel Security
4. Two security professionals - Paul and Ashley - are discussing security
program areas.
Paul says that Information Security practitioners train and/or advise Original
Classification
Authorities in the application of the process for making classification deter-
minations.
Ashley says that Physical Security practitioners work with a facility's Antiter-
rorism Officer to
,SFPC Practice Questions And Answers
deploy defensive measures designed to reduce the facility's vulnerability from
terrorist attacks.
Who is correct?
A. Paul is correct
B. Ashley is correct
C. Paul and Ashley are both correct
D. Paul and Ashley are both incorrect: C. Paul and Ashley are both correct
5. Two security professionals - Paul and Ashley - are discussing security
program areas.
Paul says that Information Security practitioners work with a facility's Antiter-
rorism Officer to
deploy defensive measures designed to reduce the facility's vulnerability from
terrorist attacks.
Ashley says that Personnel Security practitioners train and/or advise Original
Classification
Authorities in the application of the process for making classification deter-
minations.
Who is correct?
A. Paul is correct
B. Ashley is correct
C. Paul and Ashley are both correct
D. Paul and Ashley are both incorrect: D. Paul and Ashley are both incorrect
6. Which of the following is a true statement regarding the special handling
requirements of Foreign Government Information (FGI)?
a. When the classification marking on a document containing FGI is not in
English, or when the foreign government marking requires a different degree
of protection than
the same U.S. classification designation, a U.S. marking that results in a
degree of protection equivalent to that required by the foreign government
shall be applied.
b. A U.S. document containing FGI cannot be declassified or downgraded be-
low the highest level of FGI contained in the document without the permission
of the foreign government or international organization that originated the
information.
c. Those holding security clearances issued by the U.S. government cannot
access U.S. documents containing FGI without written consent from the orig-
inating foreign government.
d. The receiving DoD Components must maintain records for 1 year of the
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receipt, internal distribution, destruction, annual inventory, access, reproduc-
tion, and transmittal of foreign government Top Secret information.: B
7. Which of the following is a requirement for access to North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) information?
a. Personnel has been subject of a Single Scope Background Investigation
(SSBI), including a National Agency Check (NAC) on the spouse and all
members of the individual's immediate family of 18 years of age or over who
are United States citizens other than by birth or who are resident aliens.
b. Personnel has been subject of a favorably adjudicated background in-
vestigation (BI) (10-year scope), Tier 5, current within five years prior to the
assignment, and completed a NATO brief.
c. Personnel has been subject of a favorably adjudicated BI (10-year scope),
Defense National Agency Check with Inquiries (DNACI)/ National Agency
Check with Inquiries (NACI) or NACI Entrance National Agency Check
(ENTNAC), current within five years prior to the assignment.
d. Personnel requiring access to NATO COSMIC (Top Secret) or SECRET infor-
mation must at least possess the equivalent interim U.S. security clearance.: B
8. According to Executive Order 13556, which of the following
is considered a type of controlled unclassified information (CUI)?
a. Communications Security (COMSEC) Information
b. Declassified Information
c. Law Enforcement Sensitive (LES) Information
d. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Information: C. Law Enforcement
Sensitive Information
9. What is the purpose of marking classified materials?
a. To alert holders to the presence of classified information, how to properly
protect it, and for how long.
b. To deter foreign adversaries from committing actions aimed at accessing
such information.
c. To provide guidance for interpretation and analysis of classified information.
d. To alert holders to the methods used to collect classified information.: A
10. What is included in the markings of classified information?
a. Derivative classifier as the authority to make declassification determina-
tions.
b. Agencies and authorities that have previously accessed the classified
information.
c. Document holder as the sole authority to make transfer and dissemination
determinations.
d. Sources and reasons for the classification.: C
