DERIVATIVE CLASSIFICATION
TRAINING EXAM – 2025 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
You may be subject to administrative, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), or criminal sanctions if
you engage in any of the following EXCEPT: (select best answer) - correct answer-
Submitting a formal challenge to information that may be improperly classified.
When derivatively classifying information, where can you find a listing of specific information elements
that identify their classification, reason for classification, downgrading, and declassification informatio
n? - correct answer-Security Classification Guide (SCG)
The source document states:
(S) The process takes three hours to complete.
The new document states:
(S) The process takes three hours to complete.
Which concept was used to determine the derivative classification of the new document? -
correct answer-Contained in
All of the following are responsibilities of derivate classifiers EXCEPT: - correct answer-
Derivative classifiers must have an original classification authority.
In order to classify information, the information must concern at least one of the categories spe
cified in Executive Order 13526. - correct answer-8
All of the following are steps in derivative classification EXCEPT: (multiple versions of this question) -
correct answer-
Making the initial determination that information requires protection against unauthorized disclosure i
n the interest of national security.
If you are a military personnel and you knowingly leaked classified information to an unauthorized use
r, what sanctions might be imposed on you? (select ALL the correct responses) - correct answer--
Loss of pay
, - DishonorableAdischarge
- Incarceration
DerivativeAClassificationAis:A-AcorrectAanswer-
TheAprocessAofAusingAexistingAclassifiedAinformationAtoAcreateAnewAdocumentsAorAmaterialAandAmarkingA
tAheAnewAmaterialAconsistentAwithAtheAclassificationAmarkingsAthatAapplyAtoAtheAsourceAinformation.
InformationAisAprohibitedAfromAbeingAclassifiedAforAwhatAreasons:A(selectAallAthatAapply)A-
AcorrectAanswer--AToAconcealAviolationsAofAtheAlaw,Ainefficiencies,AorAerrors
- toApreventAembarrassment
- toArestrainAcompetition
InformationAtakenAdirectlyAfromAanAexistingAclassifiedAsourceAandAstatedAverbatimAinAaAnewAorAdifferent
AdocumentAisAanAexampleAofA .A-AcorrectAanswer-Extracting
AllAofAtheAfollowingAareAwaysAtoApromoteAtheAsharingAofAinformationAwithinAtheAFederalAgovernment,Aacr
AossAstate;Alocal,AandAtribalAgovernments,AandAwithAcoalitionApartners,AlawAenforcement,AandAtheAgeneral
ApublicAEXCEPT:A-AcorrectAanswer-AutomaticallyAdeclassifyingAinformationAthatAisAshared.
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAareAadministrativeAsanctions?A-AcorrectAanswer--AsuspensionAwithoutApay
- revocationAofAsecurityAeligibility
TheAdocumentAthatAprovidesAbasicAguidanceAandAregulatoryArequirementsAforAderivativeAclassificationAfo
A rADoDApersonnelAis:A-AcorrectAanswer-DODMA5200.01,ADODAInformationASecurityAProgram
YourAnewAmaterialAmayAaggregate,AorAbringAtogether,ApiecesAofAinformationAthatAareAnotAindividuallyAclas
Asified,AbutAwhenApresentedAtogetherAtheyArenderAyourAnewAmaterialAclassified.AThisAclassificationAconce
pA tAisAcalledA .A-AcorrectAanswer-ClassificationAbyACompilation
IfAtheAauthorizedAsourcesAdoAnotAprovideAsufficientAguidance,AyouAshouldAFIRSTA-AcorrectAanswer-
AAskAyourASecurityAManagerAorAFacilityASecurityAOfficerA(FSO)
TRAINING EXAM – 2025 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
You may be subject to administrative, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), or criminal sanctions if
you engage in any of the following EXCEPT: (select best answer) - correct answer-
Submitting a formal challenge to information that may be improperly classified.
When derivatively classifying information, where can you find a listing of specific information elements
that identify their classification, reason for classification, downgrading, and declassification informatio
n? - correct answer-Security Classification Guide (SCG)
The source document states:
(S) The process takes three hours to complete.
The new document states:
(S) The process takes three hours to complete.
Which concept was used to determine the derivative classification of the new document? -
correct answer-Contained in
All of the following are responsibilities of derivate classifiers EXCEPT: - correct answer-
Derivative classifiers must have an original classification authority.
In order to classify information, the information must concern at least one of the categories spe
cified in Executive Order 13526. - correct answer-8
All of the following are steps in derivative classification EXCEPT: (multiple versions of this question) -
correct answer-
Making the initial determination that information requires protection against unauthorized disclosure i
n the interest of national security.
If you are a military personnel and you knowingly leaked classified information to an unauthorized use
r, what sanctions might be imposed on you? (select ALL the correct responses) - correct answer--
Loss of pay
, - DishonorableAdischarge
- Incarceration
DerivativeAClassificationAis:A-AcorrectAanswer-
TheAprocessAofAusingAexistingAclassifiedAinformationAtoAcreateAnewAdocumentsAorAmaterialAandAmarkingA
tAheAnewAmaterialAconsistentAwithAtheAclassificationAmarkingsAthatAapplyAtoAtheAsourceAinformation.
InformationAisAprohibitedAfromAbeingAclassifiedAforAwhatAreasons:A(selectAallAthatAapply)A-
AcorrectAanswer--AToAconcealAviolationsAofAtheAlaw,Ainefficiencies,AorAerrors
- toApreventAembarrassment
- toArestrainAcompetition
InformationAtakenAdirectlyAfromAanAexistingAclassifiedAsourceAandAstatedAverbatimAinAaAnewAorAdifferent
AdocumentAisAanAexampleAofA .A-AcorrectAanswer-Extracting
AllAofAtheAfollowingAareAwaysAtoApromoteAtheAsharingAofAinformationAwithinAtheAFederalAgovernment,Aacr
AossAstate;Alocal,AandAtribalAgovernments,AandAwithAcoalitionApartners,AlawAenforcement,AandAtheAgeneral
ApublicAEXCEPT:A-AcorrectAanswer-AutomaticallyAdeclassifyingAinformationAthatAisAshared.
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAareAadministrativeAsanctions?A-AcorrectAanswer--AsuspensionAwithoutApay
- revocationAofAsecurityAeligibility
TheAdocumentAthatAprovidesAbasicAguidanceAandAregulatoryArequirementsAforAderivativeAclassificationAfo
A rADoDApersonnelAis:A-AcorrectAanswer-DODMA5200.01,ADODAInformationASecurityAProgram
YourAnewAmaterialAmayAaggregate,AorAbringAtogether,ApiecesAofAinformationAthatAareAnotAindividuallyAclas
Asified,AbutAwhenApresentedAtogetherAtheyArenderAyourAnewAmaterialAclassified.AThisAclassificationAconce
pA tAisAcalledA .A-AcorrectAanswer-ClassificationAbyACompilation
IfAtheAauthorizedAsourcesAdoAnotAprovideAsufficientAguidance,AyouAshouldAFIRSTA-AcorrectAanswer-
AAskAyourASecurityAManagerAorAFacilityASecurityAOfficerA(FSO)
