DERIVATIVE CLASSIFICATION STEPP
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ What is the process of using existing classified information to create a
new document? Answer: Derivative classification
⩥ Derivative classifiers are responsible for carrying forward
classification guidance and applicable downgrading and declassification
instructions Answer: True
⩥ The Security Classification Guide (SCG) states:
The dates of the training exercise are Secret.
The new document states:
(S) The training exercise runs Monday through Friday and occurs every
June based on trainer availability. The only trainer currently certified is
running other exercises the first three weeks in June.
, Which concept was used to determine the derivative classification of the
new document? Answer: //Extension
⩥ The document that provides basic guidance and regulatory
requirements for derivative classification for industry is: Answer: DoD
5220.22-M, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual
(NISPOM)
⩥ Each of these are ways of incorporating classified source material into
new material EXCEPT: Answer: Planning
⩥ Select ALL the correct responses. The concept of "contained in"
includes which of the following? Answer: Classified information comes
from an authorized source into a new document
No additional interpretation or analysis is needed to determine the
classification of the information.
⩥ Derivative classifiers are required to analyze errors in the original
classification authority's decisions and apply the corrections in the newly
created document Answer: False
⩥ Information taken from an existing classified document and re-
worded in a new or different document is an example of _______
Answer: Paraphrasing or Restating
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ What is the process of using existing classified information to create a
new document? Answer: Derivative classification
⩥ Derivative classifiers are responsible for carrying forward
classification guidance and applicable downgrading and declassification
instructions Answer: True
⩥ The Security Classification Guide (SCG) states:
The dates of the training exercise are Secret.
The new document states:
(S) The training exercise runs Monday through Friday and occurs every
June based on trainer availability. The only trainer currently certified is
running other exercises the first three weeks in June.
, Which concept was used to determine the derivative classification of the
new document? Answer: //Extension
⩥ The document that provides basic guidance and regulatory
requirements for derivative classification for industry is: Answer: DoD
5220.22-M, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual
(NISPOM)
⩥ Each of these are ways of incorporating classified source material into
new material EXCEPT: Answer: Planning
⩥ Select ALL the correct responses. The concept of "contained in"
includes which of the following? Answer: Classified information comes
from an authorized source into a new document
No additional interpretation or analysis is needed to determine the
classification of the information.
⩥ Derivative classifiers are required to analyze errors in the original
classification authority's decisions and apply the corrections in the newly
created document Answer: False
⩥ Information taken from an existing classified document and re-
worded in a new or different document is an example of _______
Answer: Paraphrasing or Restating
