SECURITY-- (SPED), Physical Security
Certification (PSC), DCSA SPeD EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
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1. 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) - ANSWER ✔ Identify assets
Identify threats
Identify vulnerabilities
2. Which policy should you consult to find the physical security requirements
of protecting classified information? - ANSWER ✔ DoDM 5200.01,
Volumes 1-4 DoD Information Security Program
3. Which policy authorizes commanders to issue regulations for the protection
or security of property and places under their command? - ANSWER ✔
DoDI 5200.08, Security of DoD Installations and Resources and the DoD
Physical
Security Review Board (PSRB)
4. Which of the following individuals should be included in a Threat Working
Group? - ANSWER ✔ Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high
yield explosive representative, Information operations representative,
, Operations security officer, Law enforcement, Counterintelligence,
Antiterrorism Officer
5. Which of these can be made of solid steel to make them more attack
resistant? - ANSWER ✔ Doors
6. Which of these house ventilation systems that should be secured with steel
bars? - ANSWER ✔ Roofs
7. Which of these should be covered with a protective film to make them less
dangerous in an attack? - ANSWER ✔ Windows
8. You must consider operational and maintenance costs of an ESS when
comparing the value of an asset to be protected versus the cost of the ESS to
protect an asset? T/F - ANSWER ✔ True
9. What can an AACS do to protect assets in a facility? (4) - ANSWER ✔
Allow authorized personnel to enter a controlled area after verifying
credentials
Assist in preventing unauthorized personnel from entering a controlled area
Communicate with CCTV for assessment purposes
Communicate with an IDS to sound an alarm to alert security personnel of
unauthorized entry attempts
10.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? - ANSWER ✔ Biometric
,11.You have been directed to purchase the least expensive type of AACS for a
given facility. Which type of AACS should you
choose? - ANSWER ✔ Coded
12.Which type of AACS would allow you to use your CAC as the verification
method for authorized entry into a controlled area? - ANSWER ✔
Credential
13.Which AACS feature would you implement to mitigate the risk of someone
giving his or her credentials to another person to access a controlled area? -
ANSWER ✔ Anti-Passback
14.Which AACS feature would you implement to prevent individual
cardholders from entering a selected empty controlled area unaccompanied?
- ANSWER ✔ Two-Person Rule
15.Which AACS feature would you implement to prevent a person from
following another person closely in order to gain ingress through the same
portal when the authorized person's credential grants access? - ANSWER ✔
Anti-Tailgating
16.Which of the following is on of the five categories of assets?
Facilities
Countermeasures
Vulnerabilities - ANSWER ✔ Facilities
17.Using the formula R= (I[TxV]) which of the examples below poses the
highest risk?
Asset is assessed as 3 (low), threat is assessed as .75 (critical), and the
vulnerability is assessed as .74 (high).
, Asset is assessed as 13 (medium), threat is assessed as .50 (high), and the
vulnerability is assessed as .74 (high).
Asset is assessed as 80 (critical), threat is assessed as .24 (low), and the
vulnerability is assessed as .37 (medium). - ANSWER ✔ Asset is assessed
as 80 (critical), threat is assessed as .24 (low), and the vulnerability is
assessed as .37 (medium).
18.The risk management process uses four linguistic values:
Critical
High
Medium
Significant
True or false? - ANSWER ✔ False
19.Poor perimeter lighting and unsecured doors are examples of what type of
vulnerability?
Facility
Operational
Human
Information - ANSWER ✔ Facility
20.The formula R=I[TxV] is used for calculating a risk rating. What risk factors
do R, I, T and V represent?
Return, Impact, Threat Vulnerability
Risk, Impact, Threat Vulnerability
Return, Importance, Threat Vulnerability
Return, Importance, Threat Vulnerability - ANSWER ✔ Risk, Impact,
Threat Vulnerability
21.Awareness programs, two person rules, and passwords are examples of what
category of countermeasure?
Manpower
Equipment