SFPC LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following is the investigative requirement for access to
Single Integrated Operational
Plan-Extremely Sensitive Information (SIOP- ESI)?
a. Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier 5 or Single Scope Background
(SSBI) Investigation.
b. Individual has a valid favorable adjudicated Tier 3 or National Agency Check with
Local Agency Check (NACLC) investigation.
c. Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier 3 or Access National Agency Check
with Written Inquiries and Credit Check (ANACI) investigation.
d. Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier. - ✔✔A
✔✔Which of the following is not qualifying criteria for personnel assigned to nuclear
weapons personnel reliability assurance positions?
a. Individual must be a U.S. Citizen
b. Individual has a security clearance eligibility in accordance with the position
c. Individual is subject to a periodic reinvestigation every three years
d. Individual must be continuous evaluated - ✔✔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?
a. Favorably completed Tier 5/Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) within 36
months preceding selection.
b. Favorably completed Tier 3/National Agency Check with Local Agency Check
(NACLC) within 36 months preceding selection.
c. Favorably completed Tier 5/SSBI within 24 months preceding selection.
d. Favorably completed Tier 3/NACLC within 24 months preceding selection. - ✔✔A
✔✔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?
a. Homeland Security Presidential Directory (HSPD) 12 credentialing
b. National security adjudication
c. Suitability adjudication
d. Continuous evaluation - ✔✔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?
a. Information holders must use the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET)
to transmit such information.
, b. Such information may be store in an open storage area, provided the room is
equipped with an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) with the personnel responding to an
alarm within 15 minutes of the alarm annunciation.
c. Such information must be stored in a General Services Administration (GSA)-
approved security container equipped with a lock meeting FF-L-2740 standards.
d. Organizational wireless connections holding such information must be encrypted, and
those accessing such information must use encrypted wireless connections where
available when traveling. - ✔✔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?
a. 30 days
b. 45 days
c. 60 days
d. 90 days - ✔✔D
✔✔Which of the following limitations is true regarding Limited Access Authorization
(LAA) to non-U.S. citizens?
a. LAAs shall only be granted access at the Secret and Confidential levels.
b. A favorably completed and adjudicated Tier 3 or National Agency Check with Local
Agency Check (NACLC). investigation within the last five years is required.
c. An LAA is the same as a security clearance eligibility.
d. Access to classified information Is not limited to a specific program or project. - ✔✔A
✔✔28. Which of the following is not considered when making a security clearance
eligibility determination?
a. Education Level
b. Alcohol consumption
c. Financial considerations
d. Psychological Conditions - ✔✔A
✔✔A position designated as a DoD noncritical-sensitive civilian position may fall under
any of the following criteria, EXCEPT:
a. A position not requiring eligibility for access to classified information, but having the
potential to cause significant or serious damage to the national security.
b. A position requiring eligibility for access to Top Secret information.
c. A position requiring eligibility for access to confidential information.
d. A position requiring eligibility for access to secret information. - ✔✔B
✔✔What information must a statement of reasons (SOR) include?
a. SOR must state why an unfavorable national security eligibility determination is being
proposed.
b. SOR must explain each security concern and state the specific facts that trigger each
security concern.
GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following is the investigative requirement for access to
Single Integrated Operational
Plan-Extremely Sensitive Information (SIOP- ESI)?
a. Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier 5 or Single Scope Background
(SSBI) Investigation.
b. Individual has a valid favorable adjudicated Tier 3 or National Agency Check with
Local Agency Check (NACLC) investigation.
c. Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier 3 or Access National Agency Check
with Written Inquiries and Credit Check (ANACI) investigation.
d. Individual has a valid favorably adjudicated Tier. - ✔✔A
✔✔Which of the following is not qualifying criteria for personnel assigned to nuclear
weapons personnel reliability assurance positions?
a. Individual must be a U.S. Citizen
b. Individual has a security clearance eligibility in accordance with the position
c. Individual is subject to a periodic reinvestigation every three years
d. Individual must be continuous evaluated - ✔✔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?
a. Favorably completed Tier 5/Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) within 36
months preceding selection.
b. Favorably completed Tier 3/National Agency Check with Local Agency Check
(NACLC) within 36 months preceding selection.
c. Favorably completed Tier 5/SSBI within 24 months preceding selection.
d. Favorably completed Tier 3/NACLC within 24 months preceding selection. - ✔✔A
✔✔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?
a. Homeland Security Presidential Directory (HSPD) 12 credentialing
b. National security adjudication
c. Suitability adjudication
d. Continuous evaluation - ✔✔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?
a. Information holders must use the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET)
to transmit such information.
, b. Such information may be store in an open storage area, provided the room is
equipped with an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) with the personnel responding to an
alarm within 15 minutes of the alarm annunciation.
c. Such information must be stored in a General Services Administration (GSA)-
approved security container equipped with a lock meeting FF-L-2740 standards.
d. Organizational wireless connections holding such information must be encrypted, and
those accessing such information must use encrypted wireless connections where
available when traveling. - ✔✔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?
a. 30 days
b. 45 days
c. 60 days
d. 90 days - ✔✔D
✔✔Which of the following limitations is true regarding Limited Access Authorization
(LAA) to non-U.S. citizens?
a. LAAs shall only be granted access at the Secret and Confidential levels.
b. A favorably completed and adjudicated Tier 3 or National Agency Check with Local
Agency Check (NACLC). investigation within the last five years is required.
c. An LAA is the same as a security clearance eligibility.
d. Access to classified information Is not limited to a specific program or project. - ✔✔A
✔✔28. Which of the following is not considered when making a security clearance
eligibility determination?
a. Education Level
b. Alcohol consumption
c. Financial considerations
d. Psychological Conditions - ✔✔A
✔✔A position designated as a DoD noncritical-sensitive civilian position may fall under
any of the following criteria, EXCEPT:
a. A position not requiring eligibility for access to classified information, but having the
potential to cause significant or serious damage to the national security.
b. A position requiring eligibility for access to Top Secret information.
c. A position requiring eligibility for access to confidential information.
d. A position requiring eligibility for access to secret information. - ✔✔B
✔✔What information must a statement of reasons (SOR) include?
a. SOR must state why an unfavorable national security eligibility determination is being
proposed.
b. SOR must explain each security concern and state the specific facts that trigger each
security concern.
