SPED SFPC MAIN EXAMINATION 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Define E.O. 13467 (PERSEC) - ✔✔Established an efficient, reciprocal, and aligned
system to investigate and determine suitability and national security eligibility
✔✔What the 5 Tiers of National Security adjudication? - ✔✔Tier 1: non-sensitive, low
risk positions
Tier 2: non-sensitive, moderate risk positions
Tier 3: non-critical sensitive positions requiring confidential, secret, or "L" access
eligibility
Tier 4: non-sensitive, high risk public trust
Tier 5: Critical sensitive and special sensitive positions requiring TOP SECRET, SCI, or
Q eligibility
✔✔What are the requirements for initial assignment to a Presidential Support Activities
(Yankee White) Category 2 position? - ✔✔Favorable completion of T5 SSBI within 36
months preceding selection
✔✔What is the purpose of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)? - ✔✔To codify
and publish uniform policies and procedures for acquisition by all executive agencies
✔✔What is the role of the Special Access Program Oversight Committee (SAPOC)
during the maintenance phase of the SAP lifecycle? - ✔✔To review existing programs
annually to determine whether to revalidate them as SAPs
✔✔Define acquisition SAP - ✔✔A SAP established to protect sensitive research,
development, testing, and evaluation, modification, and procurement activities
✔✔Define intelligence SAP - ✔✔A SAP established primarily to protect the planning
and execution of especially sensitive intelligence or CI operations or collection activities
✔✔Define operations and support SAP - ✔✔A SAP established primarily to protect the
planning for, execution of, and support to especially sensitive military operations. An
operations and support SAP may protect organizations, property, operational concepts,
plans, or activities
✔✔Define Security-in-Depth - ✔✔Layered and complementary security controls
sufficient to deter, detect, and document unauthorized entry and movement within the
facility
✔✔What is the purpose of Intrusion Detection System (IDS) - ✔✔Deter, detect, and
document
, ✔✔What are the components of IDS? - ✔✔Sensors, control or transmission units,
monitor units, and computer monitoring stations
✔✔List and define the four operational phases of IDS - ✔✔1. Detection: begins as soon
as a detector or sensor reacts to the stimuli
2. Reporting: begins when the premise control unit (PCU) receives signals from sensors
in the protected area and incorporates the signals into a communication scheme
3. Dispatch: the first phase requiring human interaction - operator initiates the
appropriate response
4. Response/Assessment: initiated once a response force is dispatched and continues
when they arrive at the scene of the alarm
✔✔What are the 3 types of IDS monitoring? - ✔✔1. Local
2. Proprietary
3. Central Station
✔✔What are the 2 types of locks? - ✔✔1. Combination
(electromechanical/mechanical/padlock)
2. Key operated (high security padlock/low security padlock/mortise lock)
✔✔What are the 4 types of lighting? - ✔✔1. Continuous
2. Standby
3. Emergency
4. Movable
✔✔What kind of electromechanical locks meet the FF-L-2740 standard to secure
classified material in security containers, vaults, or other secure rooms? - ✔✔Kaba Mas
X-07, X-08, X-09, X-10, CDX-07, CDX-08, CDX-09 and CDX-10 locks and S&G 2740,
2740B, and 2890 Pedestrian Door Locks.
✔✔What are vulnerabilities? - ✔✔Weaknesses, characteristics, or circumstances that
can be exploited by an adversary to gain access to information/assets
✔✔What are the objectives of physical security? - ✔✔Identify assets, identify threats,
identify vulnerabilities
✔✔What are host organization responsibilities for facility visits? - ✔✔Determine the
need for the visit, confirm visitor PCL, determine NTK, control visitor access during visit
✔✔When must you obtain an export authorization for discussion of classified
information with international visitors? - ✔✔Both incoming and outgoing international
visits. Access control procedures should ensure that the disclosure of, and access to,
export-controlled articles and related information is limited to those that are approved by
an export authorization.
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Define E.O. 13467 (PERSEC) - ✔✔Established an efficient, reciprocal, and aligned
system to investigate and determine suitability and national security eligibility
✔✔What the 5 Tiers of National Security adjudication? - ✔✔Tier 1: non-sensitive, low
risk positions
Tier 2: non-sensitive, moderate risk positions
Tier 3: non-critical sensitive positions requiring confidential, secret, or "L" access
eligibility
Tier 4: non-sensitive, high risk public trust
Tier 5: Critical sensitive and special sensitive positions requiring TOP SECRET, SCI, or
Q eligibility
✔✔What are the requirements for initial assignment to a Presidential Support Activities
(Yankee White) Category 2 position? - ✔✔Favorable completion of T5 SSBI within 36
months preceding selection
✔✔What is the purpose of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)? - ✔✔To codify
and publish uniform policies and procedures for acquisition by all executive agencies
✔✔What is the role of the Special Access Program Oversight Committee (SAPOC)
during the maintenance phase of the SAP lifecycle? - ✔✔To review existing programs
annually to determine whether to revalidate them as SAPs
✔✔Define acquisition SAP - ✔✔A SAP established to protect sensitive research,
development, testing, and evaluation, modification, and procurement activities
✔✔Define intelligence SAP - ✔✔A SAP established primarily to protect the planning
and execution of especially sensitive intelligence or CI operations or collection activities
✔✔Define operations and support SAP - ✔✔A SAP established primarily to protect the
planning for, execution of, and support to especially sensitive military operations. An
operations and support SAP may protect organizations, property, operational concepts,
plans, or activities
✔✔Define Security-in-Depth - ✔✔Layered and complementary security controls
sufficient to deter, detect, and document unauthorized entry and movement within the
facility
✔✔What is the purpose of Intrusion Detection System (IDS) - ✔✔Deter, detect, and
document
, ✔✔What are the components of IDS? - ✔✔Sensors, control or transmission units,
monitor units, and computer monitoring stations
✔✔List and define the four operational phases of IDS - ✔✔1. Detection: begins as soon
as a detector or sensor reacts to the stimuli
2. Reporting: begins when the premise control unit (PCU) receives signals from sensors
in the protected area and incorporates the signals into a communication scheme
3. Dispatch: the first phase requiring human interaction - operator initiates the
appropriate response
4. Response/Assessment: initiated once a response force is dispatched and continues
when they arrive at the scene of the alarm
✔✔What are the 3 types of IDS monitoring? - ✔✔1. Local
2. Proprietary
3. Central Station
✔✔What are the 2 types of locks? - ✔✔1. Combination
(electromechanical/mechanical/padlock)
2. Key operated (high security padlock/low security padlock/mortise lock)
✔✔What are the 4 types of lighting? - ✔✔1. Continuous
2. Standby
3. Emergency
4. Movable
✔✔What kind of electromechanical locks meet the FF-L-2740 standard to secure
classified material in security containers, vaults, or other secure rooms? - ✔✔Kaba Mas
X-07, X-08, X-09, X-10, CDX-07, CDX-08, CDX-09 and CDX-10 locks and S&G 2740,
2740B, and 2890 Pedestrian Door Locks.
✔✔What are vulnerabilities? - ✔✔Weaknesses, characteristics, or circumstances that
can be exploited by an adversary to gain access to information/assets
✔✔What are the objectives of physical security? - ✔✔Identify assets, identify threats,
identify vulnerabilities
✔✔What are host organization responsibilities for facility visits? - ✔✔Determine the
need for the visit, confirm visitor PCL, determine NTK, control visitor access during visit
✔✔When must you obtain an export authorization for discussion of classified
information with international visitors? - ✔✔Both incoming and outgoing international
visits. Access control procedures should ensure that the disclosure of, and access to,
export-controlled articles and related information is limited to those that are approved by
an export authorization.
