SFPC EXAM PREP Questions and
Answers - IF011.16 Introduction to
Information Security
Top Secret - Answer-Unauthorized disclosure of information could reasonably be expected to cause
EXCEPTIONALLY GRAVE DAMAGE to our national security.
Secret - Answer-Unauthorized disclosure of information could reasonably be expected to cause
SERIOUS DAMAGE to our national security.
Confidential - Answer-Unauthorized disclosure of information could reasonably be expected to cause
DAMAGE to our national security.
Original Classification - Answer-is defined as an INITIAL determination that information requires, in the
interest of national security, protection against unauthorized disclosure.
Compilation - Answer-is defined as unclassified information or classified information (at a lower level)
that when the information is combined or associated reveals additional factors that qualifies for
classification.
Derivative Classification - Answer-is defined as the incorporating, paraphrasing, restating, or generating
in new form any information that is already classified.
, Original Classification Process - Answer-The six step process an OCA applies in making classification
determinations
Security Classification Guides (SCG) - Answer-contain classification levels, special requirements and
duration instructions for programs, projects, plans, etc.
Original Classification Authority - Answer-term used to identify individuals specifically authorized in
writing to make initial classification decisions.
What is declassification? - Answer-The authorized change in the status of information goes from
classified information to unclassified information
What is Automatic Declassification? - Answer-The declassification system where Permanently Valuable
Historical records are declassified when they are 25 years old
What is Systematic Declassification Review? - Answer-The declassification system where information
exempted from automatic declassification is reviewed for possible declassification
What is Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR)? - Answer-The declassification system where the
public can ask for classified information be review for declassification and public release
What is Scheduled Declassification? - Answer-The declassification system where an OCA, at the time the
information is originally classified, sets a date or event for declassification
What are the options an OCA has when determining declassification? - Answer-Specific Date, Specific
Event, or by the 50X1-HUM Exemption
What is the 25-year rule? - Answer-The process where records automatically become declassified after
25 years
Answers - IF011.16 Introduction to
Information Security
Top Secret - Answer-Unauthorized disclosure of information could reasonably be expected to cause
EXCEPTIONALLY GRAVE DAMAGE to our national security.
Secret - Answer-Unauthorized disclosure of information could reasonably be expected to cause
SERIOUS DAMAGE to our national security.
Confidential - Answer-Unauthorized disclosure of information could reasonably be expected to cause
DAMAGE to our national security.
Original Classification - Answer-is defined as an INITIAL determination that information requires, in the
interest of national security, protection against unauthorized disclosure.
Compilation - Answer-is defined as unclassified information or classified information (at a lower level)
that when the information is combined or associated reveals additional factors that qualifies for
classification.
Derivative Classification - Answer-is defined as the incorporating, paraphrasing, restating, or generating
in new form any information that is already classified.
, Original Classification Process - Answer-The six step process an OCA applies in making classification
determinations
Security Classification Guides (SCG) - Answer-contain classification levels, special requirements and
duration instructions for programs, projects, plans, etc.
Original Classification Authority - Answer-term used to identify individuals specifically authorized in
writing to make initial classification decisions.
What is declassification? - Answer-The authorized change in the status of information goes from
classified information to unclassified information
What is Automatic Declassification? - Answer-The declassification system where Permanently Valuable
Historical records are declassified when they are 25 years old
What is Systematic Declassification Review? - Answer-The declassification system where information
exempted from automatic declassification is reviewed for possible declassification
What is Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR)? - Answer-The declassification system where the
public can ask for classified information be review for declassification and public release
What is Scheduled Declassification? - Answer-The declassification system where an OCA, at the time the
information is originally classified, sets a date or event for declassification
What are the options an OCA has when determining declassification? - Answer-Specific Date, Specific
Event, or by the 50X1-HUM Exemption
What is the 25-year rule? - Answer-The process where records automatically become declassified after
25 years
