PHYSICAL SECURITY CERTIFICATION AND DCSA
SPED 266 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED 2026 GRADED A+ AND VERIFIED
A camera on the guard house is part of what type of physical security measure? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
A DTM allows an automated access control system to communicate with a control
center? T/F - CORRECT ANSWER - False
A facility owns and operates the dispatch center and security forces? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Proprietary Station
A high-security facility requires an AACS that makes it extremely difficult to
duplicate the user's form of verification for access. Which type of AACS is most
appropriate for that facility? - CORRECT ANSWER - Biometric
A system that standardizes the identification and recommended preventive actions
and responses to terrorist threats against U.S. assets? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Force Protection Conditions
A wireless network is more secure than a hardwired network? T/F - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
,A. Physical security is the branch of security that is only concerned with active
measures designed to prevent unauthorized access.
B. Physical security aims to safeguard assets against espionage, sabotage,
terrorism, damage, and criminal activity. - CORRECT ANSWER - B
Access control systems help to prevent unauthorized entry? T/F - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
Although there are many different types of locks, they all share three components.
- CORRECT ANSWER - Locking device
Switching device
Operating mechanism
An advantage of CCTV is that environmental factors do not affect its performance?
T/F - CORRECT ANSWER – False
Actions taken to prevent or mitigate hostile actions against DoD assets such as
DoD personnel, family members, resources, facilities, and critical information? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Force Protection
All visitors with the appropriate access level to enter a controlled area are
permitted unescorted entry? T/F - CORRECT ANSWER - False
,An effective ESS must ensure that the time between detection of an intrusion and
response by security forces is less than the time it takes for damage or compromise
of assets to occur? T/F - CORRECT ANSWER - True
An ESS is a component of an overall physical protection system? T/F -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
An ESS must be comprised of at least two or more subsystems. Therefore, a stand-
alone automated access control system, for example, would not constitute an ESS?
T/F - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Assets fall into 5 categories, name all 5 of them. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
People
2. Information
3. Equipment
4. Facilities and
5. Activities and Operations
Assets, threats, and vulnerabilities are all part of the risk calculation? T/F -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
At a minimum _________ should include special and general guard orders, access
and material control, protective barriers, lighting systems, locks, and Intrusion
Detection Systems (IDS). - CORRECT ANSWER - Physical Security Plans
, At minimum, what should inspections of AA&E storage facilities include? (5) -
CORRECT ANSWER - Review physical security measures and policy
compliance
Review existing deviations from policy
Review suitability and screening of personnel
with access to AA&E
Review inventory and accountability
procedures
Facility design and construction
Back-up lighting used during power failures or other emergencies when normal
systems are inoperative? - CORRECT ANSWER - Emergency Lighting
Barbed wire and concertina wire may serve as a protective barrier by simply
uncoiling it and laying it on the ground? T/F - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Before loss of Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives (AA&E) can be attributed to
any inventory or accountability discrepancy, one must first determine the loss was
not a result of what three factors? - CORRECT ANSWER - Theft
Abandonment
Misappropriation
Before you can conduct a risk analysis based on the impact and likelihood of an
unwanted event happening, what steps in the risk management process must you
take first? Identify (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - Identify assets
SPED 266 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED 2026 GRADED A+ AND VERIFIED
A camera on the guard house is part of what type of physical security measure? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
A DTM allows an automated access control system to communicate with a control
center? T/F - CORRECT ANSWER - False
A facility owns and operates the dispatch center and security forces? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Proprietary Station
A high-security facility requires an AACS that makes it extremely difficult to
duplicate the user's form of verification for access. Which type of AACS is most
appropriate for that facility? - CORRECT ANSWER - Biometric
A system that standardizes the identification and recommended preventive actions
and responses to terrorist threats against U.S. assets? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Force Protection Conditions
A wireless network is more secure than a hardwired network? T/F - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
,A. Physical security is the branch of security that is only concerned with active
measures designed to prevent unauthorized access.
B. Physical security aims to safeguard assets against espionage, sabotage,
terrorism, damage, and criminal activity. - CORRECT ANSWER - B
Access control systems help to prevent unauthorized entry? T/F - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
Although there are many different types of locks, they all share three components.
- CORRECT ANSWER - Locking device
Switching device
Operating mechanism
An advantage of CCTV is that environmental factors do not affect its performance?
T/F - CORRECT ANSWER – False
Actions taken to prevent or mitigate hostile actions against DoD assets such as
DoD personnel, family members, resources, facilities, and critical information? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Force Protection
All visitors with the appropriate access level to enter a controlled area are
permitted unescorted entry? T/F - CORRECT ANSWER - False
,An effective ESS must ensure that the time between detection of an intrusion and
response by security forces is less than the time it takes for damage or compromise
of assets to occur? T/F - CORRECT ANSWER - True
An ESS is a component of an overall physical protection system? T/F -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
An ESS must be comprised of at least two or more subsystems. Therefore, a stand-
alone automated access control system, for example, would not constitute an ESS?
T/F - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Assets fall into 5 categories, name all 5 of them. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
People
2. Information
3. Equipment
4. Facilities and
5. Activities and Operations
Assets, threats, and vulnerabilities are all part of the risk calculation? T/F -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
At a minimum _________ should include special and general guard orders, access
and material control, protective barriers, lighting systems, locks, and Intrusion
Detection Systems (IDS). - CORRECT ANSWER - Physical Security Plans
, At minimum, what should inspections of AA&E storage facilities include? (5) -
CORRECT ANSWER - Review physical security measures and policy
compliance
Review existing deviations from policy
Review suitability and screening of personnel
with access to AA&E
Review inventory and accountability
procedures
Facility design and construction
Back-up lighting used during power failures or other emergencies when normal
systems are inoperative? - CORRECT ANSWER - Emergency Lighting
Barbed wire and concertina wire may serve as a protective barrier by simply
uncoiling it and laying it on the ground? T/F - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Before loss of Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives (AA&E) can be attributed to
any inventory or accountability discrepancy, one must first determine the loss was
not a result of what three factors? - CORRECT ANSWER - Theft
Abandonment
Misappropriation
Before you can conduct a risk analysis based on the impact and likelihood of an
unwanted event happening, what steps in the risk management process must you
take first? Identify (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - Identify assets
