DoD Mandatory Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Training 2026 –
Complete Study Guide and Practice Questions
Who is responsible for applying CUI markings and dissemination instruction? - correct answer
✔✔ A. Authorized common access card (CAC) holder
B. Authorized NIPRnet (Non-classified Internet Protocol Router (IP) Network) system
C. Authorized system access administrator
D. Authorized holder of the information at the time of creation - Correct Answer
CUI documents must be reviewed according to which procedures before destruction? - correct
answer ✔✔ A. Safeguarding
B. Transmission
C. Records Management - Correct Answer
D. Marking
What is CUI Basic? - correct answer ✔✔ A. The subset of CUI requiring DoD personnel to submit
and obtain information for entries into SF 86c
B. The subset of CUI in which the authorizing law, regulation, or government-wide policy
contains specific handling controls that it requires or permits agencies to use
, C. The subset of CUI for which the law, regulations, or government-side policy does not set out
specific handling or dissemination controls - Correct Answer
D. The subset of CUI requiring DoD contractors to provide the information needed for the
completion of DD Form 254
What is the goal of destroying CUI? - correct answer ✔✔ A. Make it unreadable
B. Make it indecipherable
C. Make it unrecoverable
D. All of the above - Correct Answer
E. None of the above
What marking (banner and footer) acronym (at a minimum) is required on a DoD document
containing controlled unclassified information? - correct answer ✔✔ A. FOUO
B. IAW
C. Unclassified
D. CUI - Correct Answer
What level of system and network configuration is required for CUI? - correct answer ✔✔ A.
Advanced confidentiality
Complete Study Guide and Practice Questions
Who is responsible for applying CUI markings and dissemination instruction? - correct answer
✔✔ A. Authorized common access card (CAC) holder
B. Authorized NIPRnet (Non-classified Internet Protocol Router (IP) Network) system
C. Authorized system access administrator
D. Authorized holder of the information at the time of creation - Correct Answer
CUI documents must be reviewed according to which procedures before destruction? - correct
answer ✔✔ A. Safeguarding
B. Transmission
C. Records Management - Correct Answer
D. Marking
What is CUI Basic? - correct answer ✔✔ A. The subset of CUI requiring DoD personnel to submit
and obtain information for entries into SF 86c
B. The subset of CUI in which the authorizing law, regulation, or government-wide policy
contains specific handling controls that it requires or permits agencies to use
, C. The subset of CUI for which the law, regulations, or government-side policy does not set out
specific handling or dissemination controls - Correct Answer
D. The subset of CUI requiring DoD contractors to provide the information needed for the
completion of DD Form 254
What is the goal of destroying CUI? - correct answer ✔✔ A. Make it unreadable
B. Make it indecipherable
C. Make it unrecoverable
D. All of the above - Correct Answer
E. None of the above
What marking (banner and footer) acronym (at a minimum) is required on a DoD document
containing controlled unclassified information? - correct answer ✔✔ A. FOUO
B. IAW
C. Unclassified
D. CUI - Correct Answer
What level of system and network configuration is required for CUI? - correct answer ✔✔ A.
Advanced confidentiality
