SPeD Practice Test Questions
What are contractor responsibilities according to the National Industrial Security
Program (NISP)? - answer Implement National Industrial Security Program (NISP)
requirements for the protection of classified information.
Contractors must implement _____ National Industrial Security Program (NISP)
requirements in order to ensure classified information is protected. The government is
responsible for establishing requirements and providing advice, assistance, and
oversight. - answerAll
These organizations establish industrial security programs and oversee security
requirements. - answerCognizant Security Agencies (CSAs)
Cognizant Security Agencies (CSAs) establish _____ security programs and oversee
security requirements. - answerindustrial
These organizations administer the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) and
provide security guidance, oversight, and policy clarifications. - answerChief Security
Officer (CSO)
Chief Security Officer (CSO)s administer the _____ and provide security guidance,
oversight, and policy clarifications. - answerNational Industrial Security Program (NISP)
Which of these are Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
responsibilities or functions? - answer• Provide security guidance and oversight
• Provide policy clarifications
• Conduct security reviews
_____ provides security guidance and oversight and policy clarifications, and conducts
security reviews. Installation commanders provide installation-specific procedures for
work performed on a government installation, and GCAs provide contract-specific
security classification guidance. - answerDefense Counterintelligence and Security
Agency (DCSA)
This Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) employee serves as the
contractor's primary point of contact for security. - answerIndustrial Security
Representative (IS Rep)
______ serve as the contractor's primary point of contact for security. - answerIndustrial
Security Representative (IS Rep)
,This Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) employee oversees
authorized contractor Information System use. - answerInformation System Security
Professional/Security Control Assessor (ISSP/SCA)
_____ oversee authorized contractor Information System use. - answerInformation
System Security Professional/Security Control Assessor (ISSP/SCA)
_____ administer and oversee contractor security programs. - answerFacility Security
Officers (FSO)
This contractor employee manages Information Systems and ensures Information
System security requirements are met. - answerInformation System Security Manager
(ISSM)
_____ manage Information Systems and ensure Information System security
requirements are met. - answerInformation System Security Manager (ISSM)
This contractor employee establishes and maintains the insider threat program. -
answerInsider Threat Program Senior Official (ITPSO)
_____ establish and maintain contractor insider threat programs. - answerInsider Threat
Program Senior Official (ITPSO)
What is the first step of the contracting process? - answerThe government identifies a
need for a product or service.
_____ anything else happens, to initiate the contracting process the government must
identify the need for a product or service. - answerBefore
Who has authority to enter into, administer, and terminate contracts? -
answerContracting Officer (CO)
The _____ has the authority to enter into, administer, and terminate contracts. -
answerContracting Officer (CO)
Who serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for individual contracts? -
answerContracting Officer's Representative (COR)
The _____ serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for individual contracts. -
answerContracting Officer's Representative (COR)
Who provides contractual oversight and has responsibility for multiple programs? -
answerContracting Officer (CO)
The _____ provides contractual oversight and has responsibility for multiple programs. -
answerContracting Officer (CO)
,Who closely monitors contractor performance on individual contracts? -
answerContracting Officer's Representative (COR)
The _____ closely monitors contractor performance on individual contracts. -
answerContracting Officer's Representative (COR)
Which document has security requirements and classification guidance: - answerDD
Form 254: DOD Contract Security Classification Specification (DD 254)
_____ contains security requirements and classification guidance. Note: the SOW may
also contain this information. - answerDD Form 254
This contains contract details such as project scope, deadlines, and steps: -
answerStatement of Work (SOW)
_____ contains contract details such as project scope, deadlines, and steps. -
answerSOW
A security agreement between a contractor and the DOD in order to prevent the
unauthorized disclosure of classified information: - answerDD Form 441: DOD Security
Agreement (DD 441)
DD Form 441 is a legally binding contract document and serves as a record of the
contractor's commitment to comply with the _____. - answerNational Industrial Security
Program Operating Manual (NISPOM)
Once the company's FCL is in place, contractors may begin to access classified
materials. - answerFalse
Contractors may not access classified information without approved national security
eligibility determinations, or Personnel Security Clearance (PCL). The company submits
employee Personnel Security Clearance (PCL) requests after the Facility Clearances
(FCL) has been approved. - answerPersonnel Security Clearance (PCL) Facility
Clearances (FCLs)
Key Management Personnel must be cleared before the Facility Clearances (FCL) will
be granted. - answerTrue
Key Management Personnel must be cleared before the _____ will be granted. -
answerFacility Clearances (FCL)
An employee's approved national security eligibility determination, or Personnel Security
Clearance (PCL), is the same as his/her access. - answerFalse
, An employee's national security eligibility determination, or Personnel Security
Clearance (PCL), _____ on its own, grant access to classified information. An individual
must have a Personnel Security Clearance (PCL) at the appropriate level, a need-to-
know for the specific classified information, and have executed a SF 312, Classified
Information Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). - answerdoes NOT
Initiates the Personnel Security Clearance (PCL) process. - answerFacility Security
Officers (FSO)
Who completes the SF-86. - answerEmployee
Who grants and records the Personnel Security Clearance (PCL). - answerDefense
Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
_____ validates the request, the investigative agency conducts the investigation, and
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) grants and records the
Personnel Security Clearance (PCL). - answerDefense Counterintelligence and Security
Agency (DCSA)
The _____ completes the SF-86. - answeremployee
The _____ initiates the _____ process. - answerFacility Security Officer (FSO)
Personnel Security Clearance (PCL)
What are the steps of the information security program lifecycle? - answerClassification,
safeguarding, dissemination, declassification, and destruction
Which volume(s) of DoDM 5200.01 provide guidance and direction on classification
management, marking, protection, and handling requirements for classified information?
- answerAll the above
Unauthorized disclosure of _____________ information could reasonably be expected
to cause serious damage to our national security. - answerSecret
Unauthorized disclosure of _____________ information could reasonably be expected
to cause exceptionally grave damage to our national security. - answerTop Secret
Unauthorized disclosure of _____________ information could reasonably be expected
to cause damage to our national security. - answerConfidential
What is the basic formula for granting access to classified information for individuals?
Select all that apply. - answerVerify the individual's eligibility determination
Determine the individual's need-to-know
Acknowledge that the SF-312 has been executed
What are contractor responsibilities according to the National Industrial Security
Program (NISP)? - answer Implement National Industrial Security Program (NISP)
requirements for the protection of classified information.
Contractors must implement _____ National Industrial Security Program (NISP)
requirements in order to ensure classified information is protected. The government is
responsible for establishing requirements and providing advice, assistance, and
oversight. - answerAll
These organizations establish industrial security programs and oversee security
requirements. - answerCognizant Security Agencies (CSAs)
Cognizant Security Agencies (CSAs) establish _____ security programs and oversee
security requirements. - answerindustrial
These organizations administer the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) and
provide security guidance, oversight, and policy clarifications. - answerChief Security
Officer (CSO)
Chief Security Officer (CSO)s administer the _____ and provide security guidance,
oversight, and policy clarifications. - answerNational Industrial Security Program (NISP)
Which of these are Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
responsibilities or functions? - answer• Provide security guidance and oversight
• Provide policy clarifications
• Conduct security reviews
_____ provides security guidance and oversight and policy clarifications, and conducts
security reviews. Installation commanders provide installation-specific procedures for
work performed on a government installation, and GCAs provide contract-specific
security classification guidance. - answerDefense Counterintelligence and Security
Agency (DCSA)
This Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) employee serves as the
contractor's primary point of contact for security. - answerIndustrial Security
Representative (IS Rep)
______ serve as the contractor's primary point of contact for security. - answerIndustrial
Security Representative (IS Rep)
,This Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) employee oversees
authorized contractor Information System use. - answerInformation System Security
Professional/Security Control Assessor (ISSP/SCA)
_____ oversee authorized contractor Information System use. - answerInformation
System Security Professional/Security Control Assessor (ISSP/SCA)
_____ administer and oversee contractor security programs. - answerFacility Security
Officers (FSO)
This contractor employee manages Information Systems and ensures Information
System security requirements are met. - answerInformation System Security Manager
(ISSM)
_____ manage Information Systems and ensure Information System security
requirements are met. - answerInformation System Security Manager (ISSM)
This contractor employee establishes and maintains the insider threat program. -
answerInsider Threat Program Senior Official (ITPSO)
_____ establish and maintain contractor insider threat programs. - answerInsider Threat
Program Senior Official (ITPSO)
What is the first step of the contracting process? - answerThe government identifies a
need for a product or service.
_____ anything else happens, to initiate the contracting process the government must
identify the need for a product or service. - answerBefore
Who has authority to enter into, administer, and terminate contracts? -
answerContracting Officer (CO)
The _____ has the authority to enter into, administer, and terminate contracts. -
answerContracting Officer (CO)
Who serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for individual contracts? -
answerContracting Officer's Representative (COR)
The _____ serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for individual contracts. -
answerContracting Officer's Representative (COR)
Who provides contractual oversight and has responsibility for multiple programs? -
answerContracting Officer (CO)
The _____ provides contractual oversight and has responsibility for multiple programs. -
answerContracting Officer (CO)
,Who closely monitors contractor performance on individual contracts? -
answerContracting Officer's Representative (COR)
The _____ closely monitors contractor performance on individual contracts. -
answerContracting Officer's Representative (COR)
Which document has security requirements and classification guidance: - answerDD
Form 254: DOD Contract Security Classification Specification (DD 254)
_____ contains security requirements and classification guidance. Note: the SOW may
also contain this information. - answerDD Form 254
This contains contract details such as project scope, deadlines, and steps: -
answerStatement of Work (SOW)
_____ contains contract details such as project scope, deadlines, and steps. -
answerSOW
A security agreement between a contractor and the DOD in order to prevent the
unauthorized disclosure of classified information: - answerDD Form 441: DOD Security
Agreement (DD 441)
DD Form 441 is a legally binding contract document and serves as a record of the
contractor's commitment to comply with the _____. - answerNational Industrial Security
Program Operating Manual (NISPOM)
Once the company's FCL is in place, contractors may begin to access classified
materials. - answerFalse
Contractors may not access classified information without approved national security
eligibility determinations, or Personnel Security Clearance (PCL). The company submits
employee Personnel Security Clearance (PCL) requests after the Facility Clearances
(FCL) has been approved. - answerPersonnel Security Clearance (PCL) Facility
Clearances (FCLs)
Key Management Personnel must be cleared before the Facility Clearances (FCL) will
be granted. - answerTrue
Key Management Personnel must be cleared before the _____ will be granted. -
answerFacility Clearances (FCL)
An employee's approved national security eligibility determination, or Personnel Security
Clearance (PCL), is the same as his/her access. - answerFalse
, An employee's national security eligibility determination, or Personnel Security
Clearance (PCL), _____ on its own, grant access to classified information. An individual
must have a Personnel Security Clearance (PCL) at the appropriate level, a need-to-
know for the specific classified information, and have executed a SF 312, Classified
Information Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). - answerdoes NOT
Initiates the Personnel Security Clearance (PCL) process. - answerFacility Security
Officers (FSO)
Who completes the SF-86. - answerEmployee
Who grants and records the Personnel Security Clearance (PCL). - answerDefense
Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
_____ validates the request, the investigative agency conducts the investigation, and
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) grants and records the
Personnel Security Clearance (PCL). - answerDefense Counterintelligence and Security
Agency (DCSA)
The _____ completes the SF-86. - answeremployee
The _____ initiates the _____ process. - answerFacility Security Officer (FSO)
Personnel Security Clearance (PCL)
What are the steps of the information security program lifecycle? - answerClassification,
safeguarding, dissemination, declassification, and destruction
Which volume(s) of DoDM 5200.01 provide guidance and direction on classification
management, marking, protection, and handling requirements for classified information?
- answerAll the above
Unauthorized disclosure of _____________ information could reasonably be expected
to cause serious damage to our national security. - answerSecret
Unauthorized disclosure of _____________ information could reasonably be expected
to cause exceptionally grave damage to our national security. - answerTop Secret
Unauthorized disclosure of _____________ information could reasonably be expected
to cause damage to our national security. - answerConfidential
What is the basic formula for granting access to classified information for individuals?
Select all that apply. - answerVerify the individual's eligibility determination
Determine the individual's need-to-know
Acknowledge that the SF-312 has been executed
