SECURITY PROGRAM INTEGRATION
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Adjudicators' Criteria for Security Clearance
Answer: Honesty, Reliability, Character, Loyalty, Trustworthiness
●● Continuous Evaluation
Answer: Ongoing assessment for security clearance eligibility or
sensitive duty assignment retention
●● Continuous Evaluation Program (CEP)
Answer: Monitors employees for new information or changes since last
investigation
●● Interim Clearance Eligibility Prerequisites
Answer: Valid access need, favorable SF-86 review, meeting all
minimum requirements
●● Civilian Personnel Designations
Answer: Special-sensitive, Critical-sensitive, Non-critical sensitive,
Non-sensitive
,●● Special-Sensitive Positions
Answer: Civilian roles with potential for severe National Security
damage
●● Critical-Sensitive Positions
Answer: Civilian roles with potential for exceptionally grave National
Security damage
●● Non-Critical Sensitive Positions
Answer: Civilian roles with potential for significant National Security
damage
●● Hatch Act of 1939
Answer: Established guidelines for personnel security, pledging
allegiance to the US
●● Joint Clearance and Access Verification System (JCAVS) Objectives
Answer: Update security accesses, facilitate communication, aid in
management tasks
●● JPAS Objective
Answer: Centralized database for DoD PERSEC processes
, ●● CATS
Answer: Case Adjudication Tracking System used by DoD CAF
adjudicators
●● DISS
Answer: Defense Information System for Security, replaces CATS and
JPAS
●● Privacy Act of 1974 Information Advisements
Answer: Authority, purpose, routine use, and mandatory/voluntary info
provision consequences
●● Classified Working Papers Standards
Answer: Dated, marked with classification, destroyed when not needed
●● Classified Coversheet Titles
Answer: SF-703 = TOP SECRET, SF-704 = SECRET, SF-705 =
CONFIDENTIAL
●● Original Classification
Answer: Determines official info status, eligibility, duration, and
decision communication
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Adjudicators' Criteria for Security Clearance
Answer: Honesty, Reliability, Character, Loyalty, Trustworthiness
●● Continuous Evaluation
Answer: Ongoing assessment for security clearance eligibility or
sensitive duty assignment retention
●● Continuous Evaluation Program (CEP)
Answer: Monitors employees for new information or changes since last
investigation
●● Interim Clearance Eligibility Prerequisites
Answer: Valid access need, favorable SF-86 review, meeting all
minimum requirements
●● Civilian Personnel Designations
Answer: Special-sensitive, Critical-sensitive, Non-critical sensitive,
Non-sensitive
,●● Special-Sensitive Positions
Answer: Civilian roles with potential for severe National Security
damage
●● Critical-Sensitive Positions
Answer: Civilian roles with potential for exceptionally grave National
Security damage
●● Non-Critical Sensitive Positions
Answer: Civilian roles with potential for significant National Security
damage
●● Hatch Act of 1939
Answer: Established guidelines for personnel security, pledging
allegiance to the US
●● Joint Clearance and Access Verification System (JCAVS) Objectives
Answer: Update security accesses, facilitate communication, aid in
management tasks
●● JPAS Objective
Answer: Centralized database for DoD PERSEC processes
, ●● CATS
Answer: Case Adjudication Tracking System used by DoD CAF
adjudicators
●● DISS
Answer: Defense Information System for Security, replaces CATS and
JPAS
●● Privacy Act of 1974 Information Advisements
Answer: Authority, purpose, routine use, and mandatory/voluntary info
provision consequences
●● Classified Working Papers Standards
Answer: Dated, marked with classification, destroyed when not needed
●● Classified Coversheet Titles
Answer: SF-703 = TOP SECRET, SF-704 = SECRET, SF-705 =
CONFIDENTIAL
●● Original Classification
Answer: Determines official info status, eligibility, duration, and
decision communication
