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SPēD SAPPC: PHYSEC Questions with
Correct Answers | Updated (100% Correct
Answers)
When designing a new multi-story government Special Access
Program Facility (SAPF), the architect provided identical drawings for
two three-story buildings to the security officer. One drawing is for
a building on the installation to be occupied only by contracting
Company X. The other is for the command headquarters building on
the installation.The design reveals floor-to-ceiling windows on the
second floor for the main conference rooms and front office staff.
The drawings indicate a parking lot adjacent to the building
separated by a four-foot-wide, handicap-accessible sidewalk. The
architect placed emergency exits and stairwells at each end of the
building with door hardware on the exterior to facilitate
access/egress. The floor plans show interior office and conference
room doors with GSA-approved locks and connectivity to the
building access control badge system. The front door drawings
indicate a large safety g— Answer: B. It must be in an area
designated as a Restricted Area
True or False. Hinge pins that are located on the exterior side of
emergency exit doors in the SAPF must be spot welded or have set
screws installed to prevent removal of the door.— Answer: True
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Which of the following man-made barriers could be an appropriate
measure to impede vehicle passage between the parking lot and
the building?
A. Bollard or chain link fence
B. Berm or moat
C. Bollard or berm
D. Berm or chain link fence— Answer: C. Bollard or berm
1. Assess Assets
2. Assess Threats
3. Assess Vulnerabilities
4. Assess Risks
5. Determine Countermeasures— Answer: The five steps in the DoD
risk management model
1. Asset criticality
2. Threat assessment
3. Vulnerability assessment— Answer: Three core components of
the risk assessment process
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A formal, recorded assessment of an installation's overall security
program— Answer: Physical security survey
A formal, recorded compliance of physical procedures and measures
implemented by a unit or activity to protect its assets— Answer:
Physical security inspection
Who makes the determination of when physical security surveys and
inspections are required?— Answer: DoD Component Commanders
Based on threat levels, commanders or directors are responsible for
enhancing access control measure to their installations and
facilities.— Answer: The reason access control measures are
contingent on threat levels
The process to ensure only authorized personnel and materials
enter and exit from an installation or facility by identifying, verifying,
and authenticating.— Answer: Visitor identification control methods
used to effectively control access to facilities
1. GSA-approved storage containers
2. Vaults (including modular vaults)
3. Open storage area (secure rooms, to include SCIFs and bulk
storage areas)— Answer: Three different types of approved
classified material storage areas.
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SPēD SAPPC: PHYSEC Questions with
Correct Answers | Updated (100% Correct
Answers)
When designing a new multi-story government Special Access
Program Facility (SAPF), the architect provided identical drawings for
two three-story buildings to the security officer. One drawing is for
a building on the installation to be occupied only by contracting
Company X. The other is for the command headquarters building on
the installation.The design reveals floor-to-ceiling windows on the
second floor for the main conference rooms and front office staff.
The drawings indicate a parking lot adjacent to the building
separated by a four-foot-wide, handicap-accessible sidewalk. The
architect placed emergency exits and stairwells at each end of the
building with door hardware on the exterior to facilitate
access/egress. The floor plans show interior office and conference
room doors with GSA-approved locks and connectivity to the
building access control badge system. The front door drawings
indicate a large safety g— Answer: B. It must be in an area
designated as a Restricted Area
True or False. Hinge pins that are located on the exterior side of
emergency exit doors in the SAPF must be spot welded or have set
screws installed to prevent removal of the door.— Answer: True
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Which of the following man-made barriers could be an appropriate
measure to impede vehicle passage between the parking lot and
the building?
A. Bollard or chain link fence
B. Berm or moat
C. Bollard or berm
D. Berm or chain link fence— Answer: C. Bollard or berm
1. Assess Assets
2. Assess Threats
3. Assess Vulnerabilities
4. Assess Risks
5. Determine Countermeasures— Answer: The five steps in the DoD
risk management model
1. Asset criticality
2. Threat assessment
3. Vulnerability assessment— Answer: Three core components of
the risk assessment process
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A formal, recorded assessment of an installation's overall security
program— Answer: Physical security survey
A formal, recorded compliance of physical procedures and measures
implemented by a unit or activity to protect its assets— Answer:
Physical security inspection
Who makes the determination of when physical security surveys and
inspections are required?— Answer: DoD Component Commanders
Based on threat levels, commanders or directors are responsible for
enhancing access control measure to their installations and
facilities.— Answer: The reason access control measures are
contingent on threat levels
The process to ensure only authorized personnel and materials
enter and exit from an installation or facility by identifying, verifying,
and authenticating.— Answer: Visitor identification control methods
used to effectively control access to facilities
1. GSA-approved storage containers
2. Vaults (including modular vaults)
3. Open storage area (secure rooms, to include SCIFs and bulk
storage areas)— Answer: Three different types of approved
classified material storage areas.
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