NAVY ODS ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What is time critical risk management? - ✔✔An abbreviated risk management
process designed to be efficient during time critical tasks that requires continuous risk
identification
✔✔What does OPSEC stand for? - ✔✔Operational Security
✔✔What are the security level classifications? - ✔✔Top secret (reasonably expected to
cause exceptionally grave danger to national security), secret (could cause serious
damage to national security), and confidential (could cause damage to national security)
✔✔What qualifications are needed to be granted access to classified information? -
✔✔Having the appropriate security clearance, having a need to know, having no know
disqualifying factors
✔✔In an inadvertent disclosure, describe what it is and what is the process for
notification. - ✔✔Inadvertent disclosure is loss of information that can not be accounted
for or physically located; disclose to the originating agency: a description of the
disclosed information, to whom the information was disclosed, how the information was
disclosed and transmitted, reason for the emergency release, how the information is
being safeguarded. A description of the briefing, a copy of he signed non-disclosure
agreements
✔✔What are classified material responsibilities for Commanding Officers and Security
managers? - ✔✔The commanding officer manages the Information Security Program
and the Security Manage implements the Information Security Program
✔✔What are the requirements for DoN employees regarding PII? - ✔✔Complete initial
PII awareness training, complete annual PII training, protect PII, digitally sign and
encrypt emails containing PII
,✔✔Who is eligible for healthcare through the military? - ✔✔Active duty, reserve
component when on duty orders over 30 days, Medal of Honor recipients (and their
dependents), widowed and unmarried children younger than 26, and retirees
✔✔What are the leave types? - ✔✔Chargeable (regular, emergency, terminal) and non-
chargeable (convalescent, Care Giver, house hunting)
✔✔Describe SGLI and what it is used for. - ✔✔Servicemembers Group Life Insurance;
term life insurance that is voluntary, non-taxable and remains in effect for 120 days after
discharge; maximum coverage is $400,000 and is available in increments of $50,000
✔✔What is FSA and when is it given? - ✔✔Family separation allowance; given when
the service member is away from their family for over 30 days
✔✔Define rank. - ✔✔Used to describe Officer paygrades
✔✔Define pay grade. - ✔✔A person's relative standing in the military and determines
how much pay a person receives.
✔✔Define rating. - ✔✔Enlisted occupational specialty.
✔✔Define rate. - ✔✔Enlisted paygrade title.
✔✔Define insignia. - ✔✔Worn on a uniform to denote rank/rate, occupational specialty,
or warfare qualification
✔✔What is the four-digit number that identifies primary specialty qualifications? -
✔✔Officer Designator Code (ODC) or NEC for enlisted
✔✔How often are stripes earned? - ✔✔Every 4 years
✔✔What color are the stripes worn on the service dress blue (SDB)? - ✔✔Cardinal or
gold (gold after 12 years of service)
✔✔What color are the stripes worn on the service dress white? - ✔✔Blue
✔✔What are the key factors involved in being a commissioned officer? - ✔✔You must
lead ethically and morally, personify by personal example, are held to a higher standard,
accountable for all that their sailors do or fail to do, do not shift blame to others when
problems arise
✔✔What are the characteristics of the commissioning certificate? - ✔✔The President is
appointing you to your office and title and charging you to obey his orders; it appoints
you the authority to discharge duties
, ✔✔What are the characteristics of the Oath of Office? - ✔✔You as an officer are
swearing to support and defend the constitution and that you accept the duties of office
and states that it is not taken under duress (of your own free will)
✔✔What is the ideological difference between the Oath of Office and the Oath of
Enlistment? - ✔✔Lead versus obey
✔✔What documents must the Commander/Commanding Officer/Officer in Charge sign?
- ✔✔Documents that establish policy, addressing command issues to higher authority,
certain aspects of military justice, when required by law or regulation
✔✔What provides a model for joint letters, multiple-address letters, endorsements,
directives and memoranda? - ✔✔Standard letter
✔✔Although there is no specific guidance, informal correspondence should be what? -
✔✔Be brief, observe traditional customs and courtesies, and use good taste
✔✔What document uses a standard system of numbers and letter symbols to
categorize and classify Navy and Marine Corps records? - ✔✔Standard Subject
Identification Code manual (SSIC)
✔✔What are the four different message types, time periods for delivery, and levels of
urgency? - ✔✔Flash (Z) - ASAP, 10 minutes or less, extreme urgency
Immediate (O) - 30 minutes or less, grave effect
Priority (P) - 3 hours or less, quick action
Routine (R) - 6 hours or less, lack sufficient urgency
✔✔Who are the members of the National Security Council? - ✔✔President, Vice
President, National Security Advisor, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State,
Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Energy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
National Security Agency
✔✔Who are the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? - ✔✔Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff of the Air Force,
Chief of Naval Operations, Commandant of the USMC, Chief of Staff of the Army and
Chief of the National Guard Bureau
✔✔What do the Joint Chiefs of Staff do? - ✔✔Provide operational advice to the
president, the SecDef and the National Security Council
✔✔In what year was the National Security Council, Department of Defense and Air
Force established? - ✔✔1947
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What is time critical risk management? - ✔✔An abbreviated risk management
process designed to be efficient during time critical tasks that requires continuous risk
identification
✔✔What does OPSEC stand for? - ✔✔Operational Security
✔✔What are the security level classifications? - ✔✔Top secret (reasonably expected to
cause exceptionally grave danger to national security), secret (could cause serious
damage to national security), and confidential (could cause damage to national security)
✔✔What qualifications are needed to be granted access to classified information? -
✔✔Having the appropriate security clearance, having a need to know, having no know
disqualifying factors
✔✔In an inadvertent disclosure, describe what it is and what is the process for
notification. - ✔✔Inadvertent disclosure is loss of information that can not be accounted
for or physically located; disclose to the originating agency: a description of the
disclosed information, to whom the information was disclosed, how the information was
disclosed and transmitted, reason for the emergency release, how the information is
being safeguarded. A description of the briefing, a copy of he signed non-disclosure
agreements
✔✔What are classified material responsibilities for Commanding Officers and Security
managers? - ✔✔The commanding officer manages the Information Security Program
and the Security Manage implements the Information Security Program
✔✔What are the requirements for DoN employees regarding PII? - ✔✔Complete initial
PII awareness training, complete annual PII training, protect PII, digitally sign and
encrypt emails containing PII
,✔✔Who is eligible for healthcare through the military? - ✔✔Active duty, reserve
component when on duty orders over 30 days, Medal of Honor recipients (and their
dependents), widowed and unmarried children younger than 26, and retirees
✔✔What are the leave types? - ✔✔Chargeable (regular, emergency, terminal) and non-
chargeable (convalescent, Care Giver, house hunting)
✔✔Describe SGLI and what it is used for. - ✔✔Servicemembers Group Life Insurance;
term life insurance that is voluntary, non-taxable and remains in effect for 120 days after
discharge; maximum coverage is $400,000 and is available in increments of $50,000
✔✔What is FSA and when is it given? - ✔✔Family separation allowance; given when
the service member is away from their family for over 30 days
✔✔Define rank. - ✔✔Used to describe Officer paygrades
✔✔Define pay grade. - ✔✔A person's relative standing in the military and determines
how much pay a person receives.
✔✔Define rating. - ✔✔Enlisted occupational specialty.
✔✔Define rate. - ✔✔Enlisted paygrade title.
✔✔Define insignia. - ✔✔Worn on a uniform to denote rank/rate, occupational specialty,
or warfare qualification
✔✔What is the four-digit number that identifies primary specialty qualifications? -
✔✔Officer Designator Code (ODC) or NEC for enlisted
✔✔How often are stripes earned? - ✔✔Every 4 years
✔✔What color are the stripes worn on the service dress blue (SDB)? - ✔✔Cardinal or
gold (gold after 12 years of service)
✔✔What color are the stripes worn on the service dress white? - ✔✔Blue
✔✔What are the key factors involved in being a commissioned officer? - ✔✔You must
lead ethically and morally, personify by personal example, are held to a higher standard,
accountable for all that their sailors do or fail to do, do not shift blame to others when
problems arise
✔✔What are the characteristics of the commissioning certificate? - ✔✔The President is
appointing you to your office and title and charging you to obey his orders; it appoints
you the authority to discharge duties
, ✔✔What are the characteristics of the Oath of Office? - ✔✔You as an officer are
swearing to support and defend the constitution and that you accept the duties of office
and states that it is not taken under duress (of your own free will)
✔✔What is the ideological difference between the Oath of Office and the Oath of
Enlistment? - ✔✔Lead versus obey
✔✔What documents must the Commander/Commanding Officer/Officer in Charge sign?
- ✔✔Documents that establish policy, addressing command issues to higher authority,
certain aspects of military justice, when required by law or regulation
✔✔What provides a model for joint letters, multiple-address letters, endorsements,
directives and memoranda? - ✔✔Standard letter
✔✔Although there is no specific guidance, informal correspondence should be what? -
✔✔Be brief, observe traditional customs and courtesies, and use good taste
✔✔What document uses a standard system of numbers and letter symbols to
categorize and classify Navy and Marine Corps records? - ✔✔Standard Subject
Identification Code manual (SSIC)
✔✔What are the four different message types, time periods for delivery, and levels of
urgency? - ✔✔Flash (Z) - ASAP, 10 minutes or less, extreme urgency
Immediate (O) - 30 minutes or less, grave effect
Priority (P) - 3 hours or less, quick action
Routine (R) - 6 hours or less, lack sufficient urgency
✔✔Who are the members of the National Security Council? - ✔✔President, Vice
President, National Security Advisor, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State,
Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Energy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
National Security Agency
✔✔Who are the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? - ✔✔Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff of the Air Force,
Chief of Naval Operations, Commandant of the USMC, Chief of Staff of the Army and
Chief of the National Guard Bureau
✔✔What do the Joint Chiefs of Staff do? - ✔✔Provide operational advice to the
president, the SecDef and the National Security Council
✔✔In what year was the National Security Council, Department of Defense and Air
Force established? - ✔✔1947
