TBS PHASE 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
OPSEC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The process to deny the enemy critical information about us
Classified Material - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Any document or media upon which classified information is
embodied.
Security - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The establishment of a protected environment for classified materials.
Access - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The ability and opportunity to obtain knowledge of classified materials.
Clearance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Eligibility for access to classified information.
Top Secret - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can cause exceptionally grave damage to national security.
Secret - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can cause serious damage to national security.
Confidential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can cause identifiable damage to national security.
Unclassified - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Labeled as such if not designated as one of the other three.
FOUO - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NOT a classification designator.
Final Clearance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Dept. of the Navy Central Adjudication Facility is the issuing
authority for final clearances.
CO of a company - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Directly responsible for all matters pertaining to security of
classified materials used or held by the command.
S-2 Officer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Report to the S-2 to upgrade your security clearance.
,Personal Information(PI) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Information about an individual that identifies,
relates, or is unique to, or describes him or her.
Personally identifiable information (PII) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Information such as name, SSN, EDIPI,
or biometric numbers.
Espionage - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating, or
receiving information about national defense with an intent to be used against the United States.
COMSEC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Communication security
CMCC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Classified material control custodian
Insects around Quantico area for diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ticks, chiggers, bees.
Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infected by Tick. Symptoms: nausea, vomiting,
headache, etc
Lyme Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Carried by Tick. Rapidly infectious. Symptoms: progressive red
rash develops, "bulls-eye" rings. Joints swell
Chiggers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Small red welts on the skin; extreme itchiness.
2 spiders most common to Quantico - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Black Widow & Brown recluse
Snakes common to Quantico - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Copperhead, Timber rattlesnake, Water
Moccasin. GTFO if you see any of these.
Heat Cramps - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Caused by lack of electrolytes(salt).
, Heat exhaustion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Caused by high temps and humidity, overexertion; symptoms:
rapid breathing, dizziness, blurred vision, pale, clammy skin.
Heat stroke - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Extreme exposure to high temps, humidity, and overexertion.
Same symptoms as heat exhaustion, except victim will experience a higher internal temperature(104°+)
and could cause brain damage.
Frostbite - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The freezing of flesh. Caused by restriction of blood flow to
appendages when conserving heat. Symptoms: loss of sensation, swelling, hard/red.
Trench Foot - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Caused by moisture trapped against the skin for an extended
amount of time. How to prevent: avoid water, change socks, keep feet warm, good foot hygiene!
Hypothermia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Caused by body's temperature dropping below 95°. Pulse and
respiration are slowed by 85-81°; <78° will result in death. Avoid water during frigid temperatures, and
always pack adequate warming layers!
COLD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Keep it Clean
Avoid Overheating
Wear clothing Loosely and in Layers
Keep it Dry
(Clean, Overheating, Layers, Dry)
Arterial Bleeding - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Flow of bright red blood that spurts out. Victim could bleed
out in one to two minutes.
Venous bleeding - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Steady flow of dark red blood. Heart could stop completely if
air bubble comes through vein opening while heart is contracting.
OPSEC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The process to deny the enemy critical information about us
Classified Material - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Any document or media upon which classified information is
embodied.
Security - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The establishment of a protected environment for classified materials.
Access - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The ability and opportunity to obtain knowledge of classified materials.
Clearance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Eligibility for access to classified information.
Top Secret - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can cause exceptionally grave damage to national security.
Secret - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can cause serious damage to national security.
Confidential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can cause identifiable damage to national security.
Unclassified - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Labeled as such if not designated as one of the other three.
FOUO - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NOT a classification designator.
Final Clearance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Dept. of the Navy Central Adjudication Facility is the issuing
authority for final clearances.
CO of a company - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Directly responsible for all matters pertaining to security of
classified materials used or held by the command.
S-2 Officer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Report to the S-2 to upgrade your security clearance.
,Personal Information(PI) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Information about an individual that identifies,
relates, or is unique to, or describes him or her.
Personally identifiable information (PII) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Information such as name, SSN, EDIPI,
or biometric numbers.
Espionage - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating, or
receiving information about national defense with an intent to be used against the United States.
COMSEC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Communication security
CMCC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Classified material control custodian
Insects around Quantico area for diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ticks, chiggers, bees.
Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infected by Tick. Symptoms: nausea, vomiting,
headache, etc
Lyme Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Carried by Tick. Rapidly infectious. Symptoms: progressive red
rash develops, "bulls-eye" rings. Joints swell
Chiggers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Small red welts on the skin; extreme itchiness.
2 spiders most common to Quantico - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Black Widow & Brown recluse
Snakes common to Quantico - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Copperhead, Timber rattlesnake, Water
Moccasin. GTFO if you see any of these.
Heat Cramps - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Caused by lack of electrolytes(salt).
, Heat exhaustion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Caused by high temps and humidity, overexertion; symptoms:
rapid breathing, dizziness, blurred vision, pale, clammy skin.
Heat stroke - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Extreme exposure to high temps, humidity, and overexertion.
Same symptoms as heat exhaustion, except victim will experience a higher internal temperature(104°+)
and could cause brain damage.
Frostbite - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The freezing of flesh. Caused by restriction of blood flow to
appendages when conserving heat. Symptoms: loss of sensation, swelling, hard/red.
Trench Foot - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Caused by moisture trapped against the skin for an extended
amount of time. How to prevent: avoid water, change socks, keep feet warm, good foot hygiene!
Hypothermia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Caused by body's temperature dropping below 95°. Pulse and
respiration are slowed by 85-81°; <78° will result in death. Avoid water during frigid temperatures, and
always pack adequate warming layers!
COLD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Keep it Clean
Avoid Overheating
Wear clothing Loosely and in Layers
Keep it Dry
(Clean, Overheating, Layers, Dry)
Arterial Bleeding - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Flow of bright red blood that spurts out. Victim could bleed
out in one to two minutes.
Venous bleeding - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Steady flow of dark red blood. Heart could stop completely if
air bubble comes through vein opening while heart is contracting.