SFPC Exam Practice Questions and Correct, Verified 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? - Correct Answer: 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 to
reduce the facility's vulnerability from terrorist attacks? - Correct Answer: 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? -
Correct Answer: 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 determinations. Ashley says that Physical Security
practitioners work with a facility's Antiterrorism Officer to deploy defensive
measures to reduce the facility's vulnerability from terrorist attacks. Who is
correct? - Correct Answer: Both Paul and Ashley are correct.
5. Which of the following is a true statement regarding the special handling
requirements of Foreign Government Information (FGI)? - Correct Answer: B.
,A U.S. document containing FGI cannot be declassified or downgraded below
the highest level of FGI contained in the document without the permission of
the foreign government or international organization that originated the
information.
6. Which of the following is a requirement for access to North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) information? - Correct Answer: B. Personnel has been
subject of a favorably adjudicated background investigation (BI) (10-year
scope), Tier 5, current within five years prior to the assignment, and
completed a NATO brief.
7. According to Executive Order 13556, which of the following is considered a
type of controlled unclassified information (CUI)? - Correct Answer: C. Law
Enforcement Sensitive (LES) Information
8. What is the purpose of marking classified materials? - Correct Answer: C.
To define the requirements, restrictions, and measures necessary to safeguard
classified information from unauthorized disclosure.
9. When a classified data spill occurs, who is responsible for ensuring that
policy requirements for addressing an unauthorized disclosure are met? -
Correct Answer: A. Activity Security Manager
10. There are five information assurance attributes that are important to
protect and defend DoD networks and information. If there was a loss in non-
repudiation, what would this cause in relation to information assurance? -
Correct Answer: B. Data may potentially be available to unauthorized users
via electronic form.
, 11. Which of the following examples describes a security violation rather than
a security infraction? - Correct Answer: C. At the end of the day, Karen was
leaving and taking with her unclassified documents she would review at
home. When she began to review those documents that night, she realized
that classified materials had slipped in between the unclassified materials.
12. The inability to deny you are the sender of an email would be an indication
of a lapse in: - Correct Answer: A. Non-Repudiation
13. What is the purpose of the Personnel Security Program (PSP)? - Correct
Answer: C. To ensure that only loyal, trustworthy, and reliable individuals
may access classified information or perform sensitive duties.
14. DoD reciprocally accepts existing national security eligibility
determinations or clearances from other Government agencies in accordance
with which of the following policy documents? - Correct Answer: B. Executive
Order 13467, "Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government
Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to
Classified National Security Information".
15. Review of Tier 5 on an individual disclosed that the subject had been a
member of an anarchist organization dedicated to disestablishing existing
Federal laws and overthrowing the U.S. government by any means necessary,
including violence. Although the subject terminated his membership with the
organization upon learning he would be investigated for a clearance for his
new position, he still maintains social contact with several members of the
anarchist organization. Based on this information, which of the following
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? - Correct Answer: 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 to
reduce the facility's vulnerability from terrorist attacks? - Correct Answer: 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? -
Correct Answer: 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 determinations. Ashley says that Physical Security
practitioners work with a facility's Antiterrorism Officer to deploy defensive
measures to reduce the facility's vulnerability from terrorist attacks. Who is
correct? - Correct Answer: Both Paul and Ashley are correct.
5. Which of the following is a true statement regarding the special handling
requirements of Foreign Government Information (FGI)? - Correct Answer: B.
,A U.S. document containing FGI cannot be declassified or downgraded below
the highest level of FGI contained in the document without the permission of
the foreign government or international organization that originated the
information.
6. Which of the following is a requirement for access to North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) information? - Correct Answer: B. Personnel has been
subject of a favorably adjudicated background investigation (BI) (10-year
scope), Tier 5, current within five years prior to the assignment, and
completed a NATO brief.
7. According to Executive Order 13556, which of the following is considered a
type of controlled unclassified information (CUI)? - Correct Answer: C. Law
Enforcement Sensitive (LES) Information
8. What is the purpose of marking classified materials? - Correct Answer: C.
To define the requirements, restrictions, and measures necessary to safeguard
classified information from unauthorized disclosure.
9. When a classified data spill occurs, who is responsible for ensuring that
policy requirements for addressing an unauthorized disclosure are met? -
Correct Answer: A. Activity Security Manager
10. There are five information assurance attributes that are important to
protect and defend DoD networks and information. If there was a loss in non-
repudiation, what would this cause in relation to information assurance? -
Correct Answer: B. Data may potentially be available to unauthorized users
via electronic form.
, 11. Which of the following examples describes a security violation rather than
a security infraction? - Correct Answer: C. At the end of the day, Karen was
leaving and taking with her unclassified documents she would review at
home. When she began to review those documents that night, she realized
that classified materials had slipped in between the unclassified materials.
12. The inability to deny you are the sender of an email would be an indication
of a lapse in: - Correct Answer: A. Non-Repudiation
13. What is the purpose of the Personnel Security Program (PSP)? - Correct
Answer: C. To ensure that only loyal, trustworthy, and reliable individuals
may access classified information or perform sensitive duties.
14. DoD reciprocally accepts existing national security eligibility
determinations or clearances from other Government agencies in accordance
with which of the following policy documents? - Correct Answer: B. Executive
Order 13467, "Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government
Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to
Classified National Security Information".
15. Review of Tier 5 on an individual disclosed that the subject had been a
member of an anarchist organization dedicated to disestablishing existing
Federal laws and overthrowing the U.S. government by any means necessary,
including violence. Although the subject terminated his membership with the
organization upon learning he would be investigated for a clearance for his
new position, he still maintains social contact with several members of the
anarchist organization. Based on this information, which of the following
