SPED SFPC FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Contractors may make interim determinations for subcontractors - ✔✔False
✔✔Which policy is titled "counterintelligence awareness and reporting (CIAR) -
✔✔DODD 5240.06
✔✔PSI records must be double wrapped if they are going to be mailed or transported -
✔✔True
✔✔At minimum. Lock and key control procedures should include - ✔✔Key/log register
✔✔Who is the final authority to designate agencies to conduct investigations of person
who are proposed for national security eligibility - ✔✔DNI
✔✔Which is not part of the FSO role? - ✔✔Established and maintain the Insider Threat
program
✔✔The insider threat program senior official ITPSO is a____________ position -
✔✔Industry
✔✔The initial determination that an employee requires a PCL is generally made by the -
✔✔PM
✔✔Which is untrue about adjudication? - ✔✔Adjudication is the DoD standard
procedure for collecting information about an individual's background, activities, and
personal behavior for the purpose of making a personnel security decision.
✔✔Which is not a physical security countermeasure? - ✔✔Doors
✔✔A security infraction occurs when - ✔✔Any knowing, willful or negligent action
contradicts EO 13526, but does not compromise classified
✔✔Which is not one of the four Cognizant Security Agencies (CSAs)? - ✔✔Department
of State
✔✔What level of classified information can be transmitted via Defense Courier service
(DCS)? - ✔✔TS, Secret and Confidential
✔✔The ________ may be used for special or sensitive information other than TS,
Secret and Confidential documents. - ✔✔SF 703TS cover sheet, 704secret, 705
confidential
, ✔✔What information does the DD FM 254 specify - ✔✔security requirements and
procedures for handling and protecting classified materials received and/or generated
during the execution of a classified contract
✔✔A written authorization is required to hand carry classified information - ✔✔True
✔✔A contracting officer can delegate authority for settling terminated contracts. -
✔✔True
✔✔Operational phases of this system include detection, reporting, dispatch, response
and assessment - ✔✔IDS
✔✔Topic of storing classified information
M says that most commonly used containers for storing materials are approved by GSA
B says that an approved security container must be used whenever the classified
material is not under supervision of custodian - ✔✔Both are correct
✔✔Transmitting and transporting classified information
M says that secret information can be mailed via the USPS registered mail within the 50
states, DC, PR
B says that TS info can be mailed via the USPS registered mail within and between the
50 states, DC & PR. - ✔✔M is correct
✔✔The mechanism that authorizes or allows access to computer systems and networks
and the data that resides there: - ✔✔Authentication
✔✔The determination of an individual's trustworthiness for a position that does not
require access to classified information is an example - ✔✔An adjudicative decision
✔✔OCAs are given specific area of jurisdiction - ✔✔True
✔✔Which is not a step in the Risk Management Framework - ✔✔Detect security
controls
✔✔Which Arms, ammunition and Explosive (AA&E) Security Risk category (SRC)
indicates the highest level of risk? - ✔✔SRC 1
✔✔Unauthorized release of PSI records is violation of the Privacy Act of 1974 - ✔✔True
✔✔Classifying information
M says original classification refers to the initial determination that information requires
protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interest of the US national security
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Contractors may make interim determinations for subcontractors - ✔✔False
✔✔Which policy is titled "counterintelligence awareness and reporting (CIAR) -
✔✔DODD 5240.06
✔✔PSI records must be double wrapped if they are going to be mailed or transported -
✔✔True
✔✔At minimum. Lock and key control procedures should include - ✔✔Key/log register
✔✔Who is the final authority to designate agencies to conduct investigations of person
who are proposed for national security eligibility - ✔✔DNI
✔✔Which is not part of the FSO role? - ✔✔Established and maintain the Insider Threat
program
✔✔The insider threat program senior official ITPSO is a____________ position -
✔✔Industry
✔✔The initial determination that an employee requires a PCL is generally made by the -
✔✔PM
✔✔Which is untrue about adjudication? - ✔✔Adjudication is the DoD standard
procedure for collecting information about an individual's background, activities, and
personal behavior for the purpose of making a personnel security decision.
✔✔Which is not a physical security countermeasure? - ✔✔Doors
✔✔A security infraction occurs when - ✔✔Any knowing, willful or negligent action
contradicts EO 13526, but does not compromise classified
✔✔Which is not one of the four Cognizant Security Agencies (CSAs)? - ✔✔Department
of State
✔✔What level of classified information can be transmitted via Defense Courier service
(DCS)? - ✔✔TS, Secret and Confidential
✔✔The ________ may be used for special or sensitive information other than TS,
Secret and Confidential documents. - ✔✔SF 703TS cover sheet, 704secret, 705
confidential
, ✔✔What information does the DD FM 254 specify - ✔✔security requirements and
procedures for handling and protecting classified materials received and/or generated
during the execution of a classified contract
✔✔A written authorization is required to hand carry classified information - ✔✔True
✔✔A contracting officer can delegate authority for settling terminated contracts. -
✔✔True
✔✔Operational phases of this system include detection, reporting, dispatch, response
and assessment - ✔✔IDS
✔✔Topic of storing classified information
M says that most commonly used containers for storing materials are approved by GSA
B says that an approved security container must be used whenever the classified
material is not under supervision of custodian - ✔✔Both are correct
✔✔Transmitting and transporting classified information
M says that secret information can be mailed via the USPS registered mail within the 50
states, DC, PR
B says that TS info can be mailed via the USPS registered mail within and between the
50 states, DC & PR. - ✔✔M is correct
✔✔The mechanism that authorizes or allows access to computer systems and networks
and the data that resides there: - ✔✔Authentication
✔✔The determination of an individual's trustworthiness for a position that does not
require access to classified information is an example - ✔✔An adjudicative decision
✔✔OCAs are given specific area of jurisdiction - ✔✔True
✔✔Which is not a step in the Risk Management Framework - ✔✔Detect security
controls
✔✔Which Arms, ammunition and Explosive (AA&E) Security Risk category (SRC)
indicates the highest level of risk? - ✔✔SRC 1
✔✔Unauthorized release of PSI records is violation of the Privacy Act of 1974 - ✔✔True
✔✔Classifying information
M says original classification refers to the initial determination that information requires
protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interest of the US national security
