SPēD SAPPC: PHYSEC/ This Study Set Supplements
CDSE Certification Preparatory Tools (Cpts) For the
Security Asset Protection Professional Certification
(SAPPC). Content Covers Physical Security and Is
Based on The Candidate Handbook, Cpts & CDSE
Course Student Guides/ 83 Q&A.
The process to ensure only authorized personnel and materials enter and exit
from an installation or facility by identifying, verifying, and authenticating. -
Answer: Visitor identification control methods used to effectively control access to
facilities
1. GSA-approved storage containers
2. Vaults (including modular vaults)
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, 3. Open storage area (secure rooms, to include SCIFs and bulk storage areas) -
Answer: Three different types of approved classified material storage areas.
1. Constructed of metal
2. Hung on non-removable hinge pins or with interlocking leaves.
3. Equipped with a GSA-approved combination lock.
4. Emergency egress hardware (deadbolt or metal bar extending across width of
door). - Answer: Construction requirements for vault doors
To detect unauthorized penetration into a secured area - Answer: The purpose of
intrusion detection systems
To define the physical limits of an installation, activity, or area, restrict, channel,
impede access, or shield activities within the installation from immediate and
direct observation - Answer: The purpose of perimeter barriers
Protect DoD personnel, their families, installations, facilities, information, and
other material resources from terrorist acts - Answer: The purpose of an
Antiterrorism Program
Normal, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta - Answer: Force Protection Condition levels
Layered and complementary security controls sufficient to deter, detect, and
document unauthorized entry and movement within an installation or facility. -
Answer: The concept of security-in-depth
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CDSE Certification Preparatory Tools (Cpts) For the
Security Asset Protection Professional Certification
(SAPPC). Content Covers Physical Security and Is
Based on The Candidate Handbook, Cpts & CDSE
Course Student Guides/ 83 Q&A.
The process to ensure only authorized personnel and materials enter and exit
from an installation or facility by identifying, verifying, and authenticating. -
Answer: Visitor identification control methods used to effectively control access to
facilities
1. GSA-approved storage containers
2. Vaults (including modular vaults)
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, 3. Open storage area (secure rooms, to include SCIFs and bulk storage areas) -
Answer: Three different types of approved classified material storage areas.
1. Constructed of metal
2. Hung on non-removable hinge pins or with interlocking leaves.
3. Equipped with a GSA-approved combination lock.
4. Emergency egress hardware (deadbolt or metal bar extending across width of
door). - Answer: Construction requirements for vault doors
To detect unauthorized penetration into a secured area - Answer: The purpose of
intrusion detection systems
To define the physical limits of an installation, activity, or area, restrict, channel,
impede access, or shield activities within the installation from immediate and
direct observation - Answer: The purpose of perimeter barriers
Protect DoD personnel, their families, installations, facilities, information, and
other material resources from terrorist acts - Answer: The purpose of an
Antiterrorism Program
Normal, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta - Answer: Force Protection Condition levels
Layered and complementary security controls sufficient to deter, detect, and
document unauthorized entry and movement within an installation or facility. -
Answer: The concept of security-in-depth
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