SFPC PRACTICE TEST 2023 COMPLETE 160 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |AGRADE|TOP RATED EXAM
Unauthorized disclosure and loss of privacy is a lapse in:**
a. Confidentiality
b. Integrity
c. Availability
d. Authentication – ANSWER- A
Which of the following is the first action done to downgrade, declassify
or remove classification markings?
a. Through the appropriate chain of command, contact the original classification
authority (OCA) to confirm that information does not have an extended
classification period.
b. Change the classification authority block to indicate “Declassify ON:” to show
the new declassification instructions.
c. Take all classification markings off the document and redistribute.
d. Request a waiver from the Information Security Oversight. Office (ISOO) to
remove the declassification markings. – ANSWER- A
All of the
following are requirements to perform classified activities from non-traditional
locations (e.g., the employees home), EXCEPT:
a. The employee must be trained to operate classified information systems.
b. The employee must be trained on protection and storage of classified
information and Communications Security (COMSEC) materials.
c. The employee must receive written approval for use of classified information
and equipment at home.
d. The employee must have an office space that meets requirements comparable to
the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). – ANSWER- B
What is the purpose of the Personnel Security Program (PSP)?
a. To define original classification for DoD assets and information.
b. To designate individuals for positions requiring access to classified information.
c. To ensure that only loyal, trustworthy, and reliable individuals may access
classified information or perform sensitive duties.
d. To describe the safeguarding requirements personnel must employ when
handling classified materials at a cleared contractor facility. – ANSWER- C
DoD reciprocally accepts existing national security eligibility determinations or
clearances from other Government agencies in accordance with which of the
following policy documents?
a. Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-05-24, “Implementation of
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 – Policy for a Common
Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors,”.
b. Executive Order 13467, “Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for
Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for
Access to Classified National Security Information”.
c. Sections 301 and 7532 of title 5, United States Code.
d. Executive Order 13526, “Classified National Security Information”. –
ANSWER- B
Review of Tier 5 on an individual disclosed that the subject had been a member of
an anarchist organization dedicated to disestablishing existing Federal laws and
overthrowing the U.S. government by any means necessary, including violence.
Although the subject terminated his membership with the organization upon
learning he would be investigated for
a clearance for his new position, he still maintains social contact with several
members of the anarchist organization. Based on this information, which of the
following adjudicative guidelines is most appropriate for an adjudicator to apply to
the case?
a. Psychological Conditions
b. Foreign Preference
c. Allegiance to the United States
d. Criminal Activity – ANSWER- C
- Which of the following is considered an element of the Personnel Security
Program (PSP)?
a. Risk Assessment and Analysis
b. Implementation
c. Classification
d. Continuous Evaluation – ANSWER- D
Limited access to classified information for
specific programs may be approved for non-U.S. citizens only under which of the
following conditions?
a. The subject is eligible to access material marked by a foreign government that is
equivalent to a U.S. Top Secret classification marking.
b. The subject will only have one-time access to specific material, after which the
material will be appropriately destroyed or returned to the originating U.S. agency
c. The subject will only have access to classified U.S. documents containing
Foreign Government Information (FGI) originating from the foreign country of
which the subject is a citizen.
d. The prior 10 years of the subject’s life can be appropriately investigated. –
ANSWER- D
Which of the following is the investigative requirement for access to
Single Integrated Operational
Plan-Extremely Sensitive Information (SIOP- ESI)?
a. Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier 5 or Single Scope Background
(SSBI) Investigation.
b. Individual has a valid favorable adjudicated Tier 3 or National Agency Check
with Local Agency Check (NACLC) investigation.
c. Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier 3 or Access National Agency
Check with Written Inquiries and Credit Check (ANACI) investigation.
d. Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier. – ANSWER- A
Which of the following is not qualifying criteria for personnel assigned to nuclear
weapons personnel reliability assurance positions?
a. Individual must be a U.S. Citizen
b. Individual has a security clearance eligibility in accordance with the position
c. Individual is subject to a periodic reinvestigation every three years
d. Individual must be continuous evaluated – ANSWER- C
Which of the following is correct regarding the investigation requirement for initial
assignment to a Presidential Support Activities (i.e. Yankee White) Category 2
position?
a. Favorably completed Tier 5/Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI)
within 36 months preceding selection.
b. Favorably completed Tier 3/National Agency Check with Local Agency Check
(NACLC) within 36 months preceding selection.
c. Favorably completed Tier 5/SSBI within 24 months preceding selection.
d. Favorably completed Tier 3/NACLC within 24 months preceding selection. –
ANSWER- A
Which of the following adjudication processes refers to a person’s identifiable
character traits and conduct sufficient to decide whether employment or continued
employment would or would not protect the integrity or promote the efficiency of
the Federal service?
a. Homeland Security Presidential Directory (HSPD) 12 credentialing
b. National security adjudication
c. Suitability adjudication
d. Continuous evaluation – ANSWER- C
All unclassified DoD information in the possession or control of non-DoD entities
on non-DoD information systems, to the
extent provided by the applicable grant, shall minimally be safeguarded under
which of the following standards?
a. Information holders must use the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
(SIPRNET) to transmit such information.
b. Such information may be store in an open storage area, provided the room is
equipped with an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) with the personnel responding
to an alarm within 15 minutes of the alarm annunciation.
c. Such information must be stored in a General Services Administration (GSA)-
approved security container equipped with a lock meeting FF-L-2740 standards.
d. Organizational wireless connections holding such information must be
encrypted, and those accessing such information must use encrypted wireless
connections where available when traveling. – ANSWER- D
Copies of personnel security investigative reports must be destroyed by DoD
recipient organizations, within how many days following completion
of the necessary personnel security determination?
a. 30 days
b. 45 days
c. 60 days
d. 90 days – ANSWER- D
Which of the following limitations is true regarding Limited Access Authorization
(LAA) to non-U.S. citizens?
a. LAAs shall only be granted access at the Secret and Confidential levels.
b. A favorably completed and adjudicated Tier 3 or National Agency Check with
Local Agency Check (NACLC). investigation within the last five years is required.
c. An LAA is the same as a security clearance eligibility.