1. What is the primary goal of the person- To ensure the protection of na-
nel security program? tional security by determining
that individuals granted access
to classified information or as-
signed to sensitive positions are
loyal, trustworthy, and reliable.
2. Who is subject to the personnel security Members of the Armed Forces,
program? DoD civilian employees, DoD
contractors, and other affiliated
personnel who require access to
classified information or sensi-
tive positions.
3. What does the personnel security pro- It establishes the standards, cri-
gram establish for personnel security teria, and guidelines for mak-
determinations? ing personnel security determi-
nations related to access to clas-
sified information or sensitive
positions.
4. What two aspects make up the definition national defense and foreign re-
of national security? lations.
5. How do foreign relations contribute to Maintaining good working rela-
national security? tionships with other countries
helps reduce threats to the na-
tion's survival.
6. What is the role of national defense in By enabling a nation to defend
the concept of national security? itself, ensuring its survival and
the protection of its way of life.
7. What is significant about Executive Or- It requires fingerprinting of every
der 8781 regarding federal employees' employee whose prints were not
records? already on record.
8. What was the purpose of Executive Or- It implemented to ensure the loy-
der 9835? alty of federal employees.
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9. What does Executive Order 10450 man- It mandates that all govern-
date regarding the loyalty of government ment employees must demon-
employees? strate complete and unswerving
loyalty to the United States.
10. What did DoD Regulation 5200.2-R, es- It established the DoD person-
tablished in January 1987, create? nel security program and out-
lined the various requirements
supporting the program.
11. What does Executive Order 12968, Ac- It establishes a uniform federal
cess to Classified Information, estab- personnel security program for
lish? employees considered for initial
or continued access to classified
information.
12. What is the purpose of Title III of the streamlines the investigative and
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Pre- adjudicative processes.
vention Act (IRPTA) of 2004?
13. Which Executive Order manages federal Executive Order 10450
civilian employees?
14. Which Executive Order manages federal Executive Order 10865 man-
contractors under the Industrial Securi- ages, with some modifications
ty Program? under E.O. 12829.
15. Which Executive Order establishes the Executive Order 12968
Personnel Security Program for the ex-
ecutive branch of the federal govern-
ment and regulates access to classified
information?
16. Which Executive Order designates the Executive Order 13467
Director of National Intelligence as the
"Security Executive Agent"?
17. What responsibility is assigned to the It is designated as the "Suitabil-
Office of Personnel Management under ity Executive Agent" with contin-
Executive Order 13467? ued responsibility and authority
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for federal employment suitabili-
ty investigations and determina-
tions.
18. What new council was created by Ex- The Suitability and Securi-
ecutive Order 13467 to oversee security ty Clearance Performance Ac-
clearance processes? countability Council.
19. What does Executive Order 13467 au- It authorizes the continuous
thorize regarding personnel with active evaluation of personnel who
security clearances? hold active security clearances.
20. Which DoD Instruction establishes poli- DoDI 5200.02
cies, assigns responsibilities, and pre-
scribes procedures for the DoD Person-
nel Security Program?
21. Which document serves as the manda- DoDM 5200.02
tory guide for all DoD components re-
garding the Personnel Security Pro-
gram?
22. What legislative change repealed Title The Bond Amendment
10 U.S.C. Section 996 (the Smith Amend-
ment), and imposed similar restrictions
on security clearance eligibility for all
federal government agencies?
23. What are some of the restrictions placed It bars individuals from holding
by the Bond Amendment regarding se- a security clearance if they have
curity clearances for access to SAPs, been convicted of a crime and
Restricted Data, and SCI? served more than one year of in-
carceration, discharged from the
Armed Forces under dishonor-
able conditions, or determined
to be mentally incompetent by a
court or administrative agency.
24. National Security Adjudicative
Guidelines outlined in the Secu-
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