SFPC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
Derivative Classification - ANS This is defined as the incorporating, paraphrasing, restating, or
generating in new form any information that is already classified.
Extracting - ANS Information taken directly from an existing classified source and stated
verbatim in a new or different document.
Security Classification Guide (SCG) - ANS A collection of precise, comprehensive guidance
about specific program, system, operation, or weapon system elements of information to be
classified.
Generating - ANS Information taken from an existing classified source and generated into
another form or medium, such as a video, DVD, or CD.
Contained in - ANS When derivative classifiers incorporate classified information from
existing content into a new document, and no additional interpretation or analysis is needed to
deduce the classification of that information.
Classification by compilation - ANS New material may aggregate, or bring together, pieces of
information that are not individually classified, but when presented together they render your
new material classified.
Threats - ANS Compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information
processed, stored, or transmitted by DOD systems.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Original Classification - ANS Initial decision about what information needs to be classified and
protected because its disclosure could cause harm to national security.
Revealed by - ANS A properly marked source document contains some Secret information. A
new document does not contain the same information. However, the information in the new
document will allow a reader to deduce the classified information.
Paraphrasing or restating - ANS Information taken from an existing classified document and
re-worded in a new or different document.
Spill or negligent discharge of Classified information - ANS When someone opens classified
information on the NIPRNET
DCII - ANS Houses records of DOD investigations into criminal, fraud & CI activity.
SII - ANS Database used to record PSIs conducted by OPM & other authorization investigative
agencies.
JPAS - ANS Used to record adjudicative actions and determinations.
JCAVS - ANS Designed for DOD security managers and security officers used to update other
users.
Risk - ANS A measure of peril, hazard or loss, which is incurred from a capable aggressor or
the environment.
Threat - ANS The perceived imminence of intended aggression by a capable entity to harm a
nation, a government or its instrumentalists such as Intel programs, operations, people,
installations or facilities.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
(VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
Derivative Classification - ANS This is defined as the incorporating, paraphrasing, restating, or
generating in new form any information that is already classified.
Extracting - ANS Information taken directly from an existing classified source and stated
verbatim in a new or different document.
Security Classification Guide (SCG) - ANS A collection of precise, comprehensive guidance
about specific program, system, operation, or weapon system elements of information to be
classified.
Generating - ANS Information taken from an existing classified source and generated into
another form or medium, such as a video, DVD, or CD.
Contained in - ANS When derivative classifiers incorporate classified information from
existing content into a new document, and no additional interpretation or analysis is needed to
deduce the classification of that information.
Classification by compilation - ANS New material may aggregate, or bring together, pieces of
information that are not individually classified, but when presented together they render your
new material classified.
Threats - ANS Compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information
processed, stored, or transmitted by DOD systems.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Original Classification - ANS Initial decision about what information needs to be classified and
protected because its disclosure could cause harm to national security.
Revealed by - ANS A properly marked source document contains some Secret information. A
new document does not contain the same information. However, the information in the new
document will allow a reader to deduce the classified information.
Paraphrasing or restating - ANS Information taken from an existing classified document and
re-worded in a new or different document.
Spill or negligent discharge of Classified information - ANS When someone opens classified
information on the NIPRNET
DCII - ANS Houses records of DOD investigations into criminal, fraud & CI activity.
SII - ANS Database used to record PSIs conducted by OPM & other authorization investigative
agencies.
JPAS - ANS Used to record adjudicative actions and determinations.
JCAVS - ANS Designed for DOD security managers and security officers used to update other
users.
Risk - ANS A measure of peril, hazard or loss, which is incurred from a capable aggressor or
the environment.
Threat - ANS The perceived imminence of intended aggression by a capable entity to harm a
nation, a government or its instrumentalists such as Intel programs, operations, people,
installations or facilities.
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
