SFPC Exam Study Guide.
Derivative Classification - answer✔This is defined as the incorporating, paraphrasing, restating,
or generating in new form any information that is already classified.
Extracting - answer✔Information taken directly from an existing classified source and stated
verbatim in a new or different document.
Security Classification Guide (SCG) - answer✔A collection of precise, comprehensive guidance
about specific program, system, operation, or weapon system elements of information to be
classified.
Generating - answer✔Information taken from an existing classified source and generated into
another form or medium, such as a video, DVD, or CD.
Contained in - answer✔When derivative classifiers incorporate classified information from
existing content into a new document, and no additional interpretation or analysis is needed to
deduce the classification of that information.
Classification by compilation - answer✔New material may aggregate, or bring together, pieces
of information that are not individually classified, but when presented together they render your
new material classified.
Threats - answer✔Compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information
processed, stored, or transmitted by DOD systems.
Original Classification - answer✔Initial decision about what information needs to be classified
and protected because its disclosure could cause harm to national security.
Revealed by - answer✔A properly marked source document contains some Secret information. A
new document does not contain the same information. However, the information in the new
document will allow a reader to deduce the classified information.
Paraphrasing or restating - answer✔Information taken from an existing classified document and
re-worded in a new or different document.
Spill or negligent discharge of Classified information - answer✔When someone opens classified
information on the NIPRNET