IFPC COMPREHENSIVE 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔CI (Counterintelligence) - ✔✔Information gathered and activities conducted to
identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage, other intelligence
activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers,
organizations, or persons or their agents, or international terrorist organizations or
activities.
✔✔Counterintelligence Activity - ✔✔One or more of the CI functions of analysis,
collection, functional services, investigations, operations, and production.
✔✔Counterintelligence Analysis - ✔✔The process of examining and evaluating
information to determine the nature, function, interrelationships, personalities, and intent
regarding the intelligence capabilities of an FIE.
✔✔Counterintelligence Collection - ✔✔The systematic acquisition of intelligence
information to answer CI collection requirements.
✔✔Counterintelligence Functional Services - ✔✔CI activities conducted to support the
four missions of CI and that enable one or more of the other CI functions.
✔✔Counterintelligence Investigations - ✔✔Formal investigative activities undertaken to
determine whether a particular person is acting for or on behalf of, or an event is related
to, a foreign power engaged in spying or committing espionage, sabotage, treason,
sedition, subversion, assassinations, or international terrorist activities, and to determine
actions required to neutralize such acts.
✔✔Counterintelligence Operations - ✔✔Proactive activities designed to identify,
deceive, exploit, disrupt, neutralize, or deter FIE activities.
✔✔Counterintelligence Production - ✔✔The creation of finished intelligence products
incorporating CI analysis in response to known or anticipated customer CI concerns.
✔✔Counterintelligence Element - ✔✔An organization, unit, office, or other group that
conduct CI activities.
✔✔Counterintelligence Information - ✔✔Knowledge or intelligence regarding CI
activities. This includes knowledge or intelligence regarding CI programs, budgets,
trends, and other items related to CI, as defined in Reference (f).
✔✔Counterintelligence Insider Threat - ✔✔A person, known or suspected, who uses
their authorized access to DoD facilities, personnel, systems, equipment, information, or
infrastructure to damage and disrupt operations, compromise DoD information, or
commit espionage on behalf of an FIE.
, ✔✔Contractor - ✔✔Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other
legal non-Federal entity that enters into a contract directly with the Department of
Defense to furnish services, supplies, or both, including construction. The term
"contractor" may include U.S. nationals, local citizens, or third-country nationals.
✔✔Defense Counterintelligence manager - ✔✔The official responsible who provides for
the centralized management of defense CI enterprise-wide activities.
✔✔CJCS - ✔✔Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
✔✔FDO - ✔✔Foreign Disclosure Officer
✔✔JIOC - ✔✔Joint Intelligence Operations Center
✔✔FRSCOM - ✔✔Foundation Data Requirements Subcommittee
✔✔TECHELINT - ✔✔Technical Electronic Intelligence
✔✔TECHINT - ✔✔Technical Intelligence
✔✔TIA - ✔✔Theater Intelligence Assessment
✔✔TOPINT - ✔✔Technical Operational Intelligence
✔✔TSA - ✔✔Target System Analysis
✔✔PN - ✔✔Partner Nation
✔✔PMESII - ✔✔Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, and Infrastructure
✔✔RTL - ✔✔Restricted Target List
✔✔RATE - ✔✔Refine, Adapt, Terminate, Execute
✔✔Acoustic Intelligence - ✔✔Intelligence derived from the collection and processing of
acoustic phenomena. Also called ACINT.
✔✔All Source Intelligence - ✔✔1. Intelligence products and/or organizations and
activities that incorporate all sources of information in the production of finished
intelligence. 2. In intelligence collection, a phrase that indicates that in the satisfaction of
intelligence requirements, all collection, processing, exploitation, and reporting systems
and resources are identified for possible use and those most capable are tasked.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔CI (Counterintelligence) - ✔✔Information gathered and activities conducted to
identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage, other intelligence
activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers,
organizations, or persons or their agents, or international terrorist organizations or
activities.
✔✔Counterintelligence Activity - ✔✔One or more of the CI functions of analysis,
collection, functional services, investigations, operations, and production.
✔✔Counterintelligence Analysis - ✔✔The process of examining and evaluating
information to determine the nature, function, interrelationships, personalities, and intent
regarding the intelligence capabilities of an FIE.
✔✔Counterintelligence Collection - ✔✔The systematic acquisition of intelligence
information to answer CI collection requirements.
✔✔Counterintelligence Functional Services - ✔✔CI activities conducted to support the
four missions of CI and that enable one or more of the other CI functions.
✔✔Counterintelligence Investigations - ✔✔Formal investigative activities undertaken to
determine whether a particular person is acting for or on behalf of, or an event is related
to, a foreign power engaged in spying or committing espionage, sabotage, treason,
sedition, subversion, assassinations, or international terrorist activities, and to determine
actions required to neutralize such acts.
✔✔Counterintelligence Operations - ✔✔Proactive activities designed to identify,
deceive, exploit, disrupt, neutralize, or deter FIE activities.
✔✔Counterintelligence Production - ✔✔The creation of finished intelligence products
incorporating CI analysis in response to known or anticipated customer CI concerns.
✔✔Counterintelligence Element - ✔✔An organization, unit, office, or other group that
conduct CI activities.
✔✔Counterintelligence Information - ✔✔Knowledge or intelligence regarding CI
activities. This includes knowledge or intelligence regarding CI programs, budgets,
trends, and other items related to CI, as defined in Reference (f).
✔✔Counterintelligence Insider Threat - ✔✔A person, known or suspected, who uses
their authorized access to DoD facilities, personnel, systems, equipment, information, or
infrastructure to damage and disrupt operations, compromise DoD information, or
commit espionage on behalf of an FIE.
, ✔✔Contractor - ✔✔Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other
legal non-Federal entity that enters into a contract directly with the Department of
Defense to furnish services, supplies, or both, including construction. The term
"contractor" may include U.S. nationals, local citizens, or third-country nationals.
✔✔Defense Counterintelligence manager - ✔✔The official responsible who provides for
the centralized management of defense CI enterprise-wide activities.
✔✔CJCS - ✔✔Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
✔✔FDO - ✔✔Foreign Disclosure Officer
✔✔JIOC - ✔✔Joint Intelligence Operations Center
✔✔FRSCOM - ✔✔Foundation Data Requirements Subcommittee
✔✔TECHELINT - ✔✔Technical Electronic Intelligence
✔✔TECHINT - ✔✔Technical Intelligence
✔✔TIA - ✔✔Theater Intelligence Assessment
✔✔TOPINT - ✔✔Technical Operational Intelligence
✔✔TSA - ✔✔Target System Analysis
✔✔PN - ✔✔Partner Nation
✔✔PMESII - ✔✔Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, and Infrastructure
✔✔RTL - ✔✔Restricted Target List
✔✔RATE - ✔✔Refine, Adapt, Terminate, Execute
✔✔Acoustic Intelligence - ✔✔Intelligence derived from the collection and processing of
acoustic phenomena. Also called ACINT.
✔✔All Source Intelligence - ✔✔1. Intelligence products and/or organizations and
activities that incorporate all sources of information in the production of finished
intelligence. 2. In intelligence collection, a phrase that indicates that in the satisfaction of
intelligence requirements, all collection, processing, exploitation, and reporting systems
and resources are identified for possible use and those most capable are tasked.
