CDSE SPeD SFPC questions and answers
2025\2026 A+ Grade
What is the NISP and its purpose?
- correct answer The National Industrial Security Program is a program to safeguard classified
information entrusted to industry. The purpose of the NISP is to define the requirements, restrictions,
and other safeguards in order to prevent unauthorized disclosure of classified information.
What are three principle incident/ events required to be reported to DoD counterintelligence (CI)
organizations?
- correct answer • Espionage
• Sabotage
• Terrorism
• Cyber
List three indicators of insider threats.
- correct answer • Failure to report overseas travel or contact with foreign nationals
• Seeking to gain higher clearance or expand access outside the job scope
• Engaging in classified conversations without a need to know
• Working hours inconsistent with job assignment or insistence on working in private
• Exploitable behavior traits
• Repeated security violations
• Attempting to enter areas without approved access
• Unexplainable affluence
• Illegal download of information/files
List three elements that should be considered in identifying Critical Program Information.
- correct answer Elements which if compromised could: (1) cause significant degradation in mission
effectiveness, (2) shorten the expected combat-effective life of the system; (3) reduce technological
, advantage; (4) significantly alter program direction; or (5) enable an adversary to defeat, counter, copy,
or reverse-engineer the technology or capability.
List three elements that a security professional should consider when assessing and managing risks to
DoD assets.
- correct answer • Asset
• Threat
• Vulnerability
• Risk
• Countermeasures
List three categories of Special Access Programs.
- correct answer • Acquisition
• Intelligence
• Operations and Support
List three different types of threats to classified information.
- correct answer • Insider Threat
• Foreign Intelligence Entities (FIE)
• Cybersecurity Threat
Briefly describe the concept of insider threat.
- correct answer An employee who may represent a threat to national security. These threats
encompass potential espionage, violent acts against the Government or the nation, and unauthorized
disclosure of classified information.
Describe the purpose of the Foreign Visitor Program.
- correct answer To track and approve access by a foreign entity
to information that is classi ed; and to approve access by a foreign entity to information that is
unclassified, related to a U.S. Government contract, or plant visits covered by ITAR.
Briefly define a Special Access Program.
- correct answer A program established for a specific class of classified information that imposes
2025\2026 A+ Grade
What is the NISP and its purpose?
- correct answer The National Industrial Security Program is a program to safeguard classified
information entrusted to industry. The purpose of the NISP is to define the requirements, restrictions,
and other safeguards in order to prevent unauthorized disclosure of classified information.
What are three principle incident/ events required to be reported to DoD counterintelligence (CI)
organizations?
- correct answer • Espionage
• Sabotage
• Terrorism
• Cyber
List three indicators of insider threats.
- correct answer • Failure to report overseas travel or contact with foreign nationals
• Seeking to gain higher clearance or expand access outside the job scope
• Engaging in classified conversations without a need to know
• Working hours inconsistent with job assignment or insistence on working in private
• Exploitable behavior traits
• Repeated security violations
• Attempting to enter areas without approved access
• Unexplainable affluence
• Illegal download of information/files
List three elements that should be considered in identifying Critical Program Information.
- correct answer Elements which if compromised could: (1) cause significant degradation in mission
effectiveness, (2) shorten the expected combat-effective life of the system; (3) reduce technological
, advantage; (4) significantly alter program direction; or (5) enable an adversary to defeat, counter, copy,
or reverse-engineer the technology or capability.
List three elements that a security professional should consider when assessing and managing risks to
DoD assets.
- correct answer • Asset
• Threat
• Vulnerability
• Risk
• Countermeasures
List three categories of Special Access Programs.
- correct answer • Acquisition
• Intelligence
• Operations and Support
List three different types of threats to classified information.
- correct answer • Insider Threat
• Foreign Intelligence Entities (FIE)
• Cybersecurity Threat
Briefly describe the concept of insider threat.
- correct answer An employee who may represent a threat to national security. These threats
encompass potential espionage, violent acts against the Government or the nation, and unauthorized
disclosure of classified information.
Describe the purpose of the Foreign Visitor Program.
- correct answer To track and approve access by a foreign entity
to information that is classi ed; and to approve access by a foreign entity to information that is
unclassified, related to a U.S. Government contract, or plant visits covered by ITAR.
Briefly define a Special Access Program.
- correct answer A program established for a specific class of classified information that imposes
