DOD Annual Security Awareness Refresher
EXAM NEW VERSION LATEST UPDATE 2025-
2026 WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GUARANTEED PASS BEST STUDYING MATERIAL
1. Which of the following must be reported?
A. Foreign travel
B. Security violations
C. Suspicious contacts
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: D. All of the above
Rationale: All potential security concerns—including foreign contacts, violations, suspicious
behavior, and travel—must be reported to protect national security.
2. Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is:
A. Classified national security information
B. Information exempt from protection
C. Unclassified information requiring safeguarding per law or policy
D. Publicly releasable information
Correct Answer: C. Unclassified information requiring safeguarding per law or policy
Rationale: CUI is unclassified information that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls
according to law, regulation, or government-wide policy.
3. When handling DoD legacy marked material (FOUO, SBU, LES), it must be:
A. Destroyed
B. Marked Top Secret
C. Remarked as CUI
D. Released publicly
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Correct Answer: C. Remarked as CUI
Rationale: Per DoDI 5200.48, legacy markings must be transitioned to the CUI marking system
when shared outside DoD.
4. Minimum marking requirements for CUI include (Select all that apply):
A. “CUI” in banner and footer
B. Designation Indicator Block
C. Portion markings
D. Basic or Specified markings
Correct Answers: A, B, C, D
Rationale: Proper CUI marking requires a banner/footer, designation indicator block, portion
markings, and identification of whether it is Basic or Specified CUI.
5. Which are required to access classified information? (Select all that apply)
A. Signed SF 312
B. Appropriate security eligibility
C. Need-to-know
D. Verbal supervisor approval only
Correct Answers: A, B, C
Rationale: Access requires a signed nondisclosure agreement (SF 312), proper clearance
eligibility, and a valid need-to-know.
6. Which level of classified information, if compromised, could cause damage to national
security?
A. Top Secret
B. Secret
C. Confidential
D. CUI
Correct Answer: C. Confidential
Rationale: Confidential information could cause damage to national security if compromised.
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7. What coversheet protects a Secret document?
A. SF 702
B. SF 700
C. SF 704
D. SF 312
Correct Answer: C. SF 704
Rationale: SF 704 is the Secret coversheet used to protect Secret documents from unauthorized
viewing.
8. Incorporating classified information into new material is called:
A. Original classification
B. Derivative classification
C. Reclassification
D. Downgrading
Correct Answer: B. Derivative classification
Rationale: Derivative classification involves paraphrasing, restating, or generating new material
from already classified sources.
9. Derivative classifiers are required to have all except:
A. Training
B. Proper guidance
C. Need-to-know
D. Approval of the OCA
Correct Answer: D. Approval of the OCA
Rationale: Derivative classifiers follow existing guidance and do not require direct OCA
approval.
10. Classified information can be safeguarded using:
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