SFPC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
Information Security - ANS To promote the proper and effective way to classify, protect, and
downgrade official information requiring protection in the interest of national security
Also promotes declassification of information no longer requiring protection
EO 8381 - ANS 1940
1st information security executive order
EO 13526 - ANS 2009
Current executive order on information security
Prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security
information
Promotes declassification and public access to information as soon as national security
considerations permit
Established National Declassification Center
Greater openness and transparency
Stronger OCA and derivative classifier training requirements
Derivative classifiers identified by name
Self-inspection programs to review samples of original and derivatively classified documents
Declassification exemptions of 50 and 75 years
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, ISOO - ANS Information Security Oversight Office
Responsible for overseeing and managing the information security program under the guidance
of the National Security Council (NSC)
NSC provides overall policy direction
ISOO is the operating arm
Annual report to the president about each agency's security classification program, analysis and
reports
SF-311 - ANS Agency Security Classification Management Program Data
USD(I) - ANS Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Has the primary responsibility for providing guidance, oversight, and approval authority of
policies and procedures that govern the DoD Information Security Program
Guidance on Classification Management - marking, handling and protection
ISOO 32 CFR Parts 2001 and 2003 - ANS Classified National Security Information Final Rule
Provides guidance to all government agencies on classification, downgrading, declassification,
and safeguarding of classified national security information
DoD Instruction 5200.01 - ANS Information Security Program and Protection of Sensitive
Compartmented Information
Establishes the basic information security policies for the DoD and provides a high-level
framework for DoD implementation of national policy on classified national security information
Authorizes the publication of DoDM 5200.01 Vol 1-4, the DoD Information Security Program
DoD 5200-1.H - ANS Handbook for Writing Security Classification Guidance
Provides detailed information on how to develop security classification guidance
Classified Information - ANS Requires protection form unauthorized disclosure
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
(VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
Information Security - ANS To promote the proper and effective way to classify, protect, and
downgrade official information requiring protection in the interest of national security
Also promotes declassification of information no longer requiring protection
EO 8381 - ANS 1940
1st information security executive order
EO 13526 - ANS 2009
Current executive order on information security
Prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security
information
Promotes declassification and public access to information as soon as national security
considerations permit
Established National Declassification Center
Greater openness and transparency
Stronger OCA and derivative classifier training requirements
Derivative classifiers identified by name
Self-inspection programs to review samples of original and derivatively classified documents
Declassification exemptions of 50 and 75 years
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, ISOO - ANS Information Security Oversight Office
Responsible for overseeing and managing the information security program under the guidance
of the National Security Council (NSC)
NSC provides overall policy direction
ISOO is the operating arm
Annual report to the president about each agency's security classification program, analysis and
reports
SF-311 - ANS Agency Security Classification Management Program Data
USD(I) - ANS Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Has the primary responsibility for providing guidance, oversight, and approval authority of
policies and procedures that govern the DoD Information Security Program
Guidance on Classification Management - marking, handling and protection
ISOO 32 CFR Parts 2001 and 2003 - ANS Classified National Security Information Final Rule
Provides guidance to all government agencies on classification, downgrading, declassification,
and safeguarding of classified national security information
DoD Instruction 5200.01 - ANS Information Security Program and Protection of Sensitive
Compartmented Information
Establishes the basic information security policies for the DoD and provides a high-level
framework for DoD implementation of national policy on classified national security information
Authorizes the publication of DoDM 5200.01 Vol 1-4, the DoD Information Security Program
DoD 5200-1.H - ANS Handbook for Writing Security Classification Guidance
Provides detailed information on how to develop security classification guidance
Classified Information - ANS Requires protection form unauthorized disclosure
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
