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:**
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Authentication - ANSWER- A
Which of the following is the first action done to downgrade, declassify or remove classification markings?
- Through the appropriate chain of command, contact the original classification
- Change the classification authority block to indicate "Declassify ON:" to show
- Take all classification markings off the document and redistribute.
- Request a waiver from the Information Security Oversight. Office (ISOO) to
authority (OCA) to confirm that information does not have an extended classification period.
the new declassification instructions.
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:
- The employee must be trained to operate classified information systems.
- The employee must be trained on protection and storage of classified
- The employee must receive written approval for use of classified information
- The employee must have an office space that meets requirements comparable to
information and Communications Security (COMSEC) materials.
and equipment at home.
the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). - ANSWER- B
What is the purpose of the Personnel Security Program (PSP)?
- To define original classification for DoD assets and information.
- To designate individuals for positions requiring access to classified information. 1 / 4
- To ensure that only loyal, trustworthy, and reliable individuals may access
- To describe the safeguarding requirements personnel must employ when
classified information or perform sensitive duties.
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?
- Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-05-24, "Implementation of
- Executive Order 13467, "Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for
- Sections 301 and 7532 of title 5, United States Code.
- Executive Order 13526, "Classified National Security Information". -
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 - Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors,".
Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to 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?
- Psychological Conditions
- Foreign Preference
- Allegiance to the United States
- Criminal Activity - ANSWER- C
- Which of the following is considered an element of the Personnel Security
- Risk Assessment and Analysis
- Implementation
- Classification
- Continuous Evaluation - ANSWER- D
Program (PSP)?
Limited access to classified information for 2 / 4
specific programs may be approved for non-U.S. citizens only under which of the following conditions?
- The subject is eligible to access material marked by a foreign government that is
- The subject will only have one-time access to specific material, after which the
- The subject will only have access to classified U.S. documents containing
- The prior 10 years of the subject's life can be appropriately investigated. -
equivalent to a U.S. Top Secret classification marking.
material will be appropriately destroyed or returned to the originating U.S. agency
Foreign Government Information (FGI) originating from the foreign country of which the subject is a citizen.
ANSWER- D
Which of the following is the investigative requirement for access to Single Integrated Operational Plan-Extremely Sensitive Information (SIOP- ESI)?
- Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier 5 or Single Scope Background
- Individual has a valid favorable adjudicated Tier 3 or National Agency Check
- Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier 3 or Access National Agency
- Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier. - ANSWER- A
(SSBI) Investigation.
with Local Agency Check (NACLC) investigation.
Check with Written Inquiries and Credit Check (ANACI) investigation.
Which of the following is not qualifying criteria for personnel assigned to nuclear weapons personnel reliability assurance positions?
- Individual must be a U.S. Citizen
- Individual has a security clearance eligibility in accordance with the position
- Individual is subject to a periodic reinvestigation every three years
- 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?
- Favorably completed Tier 5/Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI)
- Favorably completed Tier 3/National Agency Check with Local Agency Check
- Favorably completed Tier 5/SSBI within 24 months preceding selection.
- Favorably completed Tier 3/NACLC within 24 months preceding selection. -
within 36 months preceding selection.
(NACLC) within 36 months preceding selection.
ANSWER- A 3 / 4
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?
- Homeland Security Presidential Directory (HSPD) 12 credentialing
- National security adjudication
- Suitability adjudication
- 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?
- Information holders must use the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
- Such information may be store in an open storage area, provided the room is
- Such information must be stored in a General Services Administration (GSA)-
- Organizational wireless connections holding such information must be
(SIPRNET) to transmit such information.
equipped with an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) with the personnel responding to an alarm within 15 minutes of the alarm annunciation.
approved security container equipped with a lock meeting FF-L-2740 standards.
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?
- 30 days
- 45 days
- 60 days
- 90 days - ANSWER- D
Which of the following limitations is true regarding Limited Access Authorization (LAA) to non-U.S. citizens?
- LAAs shall only be granted access at the Secret and Confidential levels.
- A favorably completed and adjudicated Tier 3 or National Agency Check with
- An LAA is the same as a security clearance eligibility.
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Local Agency Check (NACLC). investigation within the last five years is required.