SPSC Practice Questions and Answers
with Verified Solutions
The NISP applies to all of the following except:
- Department of Defense (DoD)
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ✔✔GAO - NISP applies only to the Exec Branch
GAO is an arm of Congress
The NISPOM applies to all the following except:
- Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
- Nuclear Regulatory Committee (NRC)
- Defense Agencies
- Non-Defense Contractors ✔✔Non-Defense Contractors
Heads of DoD Components are required to establish a program to evaluate and assess the
effectiveness and efficiency of the component's implementation of the DoD Information Security
Program. This program is called:
,- Management controls
- Supervisory controls
- Self-inspection
- Management analysis ✔✔Management controls
An application for Facility Security Clearance (FCL) for a contractor may be made by:
- A contractor or prospective contractor
- A Government Contracting Agency (GCA)
- A currently cleared company ✔✔2 and 3
Section 1.4 of EO 13526 specified eight categories of information that may be considered for
classification. Which of the following is not one of those categories?
- Foreign government information
- Development, production, and use of weapons of mass destruction
- Scientific, technological, or economic matters in general
- Foreign relations or foreign activities of the US, including confidential sources ✔✔Scientific,
technological, or economic matters in general
May be classified if related to national security
,True/False
Information may not be classified after a receipt of a request for the information under the
Freedom of Information Act or the Privacy Act. ✔✔False - EO 13526
True/False
DoD Regulation 5200.1-R requires that a copy of every SCG be forwarded to the Director of
Freedom of Information and Security Review, Office of the Assistant of the Secretary of Defense
for Public Affairs ✔✔False - SCI and SAP programs exempt
EO 13526 designates the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) as the
Executive Secretary of the:
- Information Security Oversight Panel
- Declassification Review Panel
- Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel
- Archive Review Panel ✔✔Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel
, Upon receipt of a request for a review for declassification of information properly classified
under EO 13526, the responsible DoD organization shall conduct a review if the information has
not been reviewed or declassification within the preceding:
- 6 months
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 5 years ✔✔2 years
True/False
Information has been identified as properly classified under EO 13526. It also qualifies for
exemption from mandatory release to the public under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
As a consequence of both being true, the information is required to be properly marked as
classified, and must also contain the FOUO designation. ✔✔False - must be unclassified to be
FOUO
Until Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) markings are adopted by the DoD, which of the
regulations apply to Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) information?
- DoD 5200.1-R
- DoDD 5205.07
- DoD 5220.22-M
with Verified Solutions
The NISP applies to all of the following except:
- Department of Defense (DoD)
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ✔✔GAO - NISP applies only to the Exec Branch
GAO is an arm of Congress
The NISPOM applies to all the following except:
- Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
- Nuclear Regulatory Committee (NRC)
- Defense Agencies
- Non-Defense Contractors ✔✔Non-Defense Contractors
Heads of DoD Components are required to establish a program to evaluate and assess the
effectiveness and efficiency of the component's implementation of the DoD Information Security
Program. This program is called:
,- Management controls
- Supervisory controls
- Self-inspection
- Management analysis ✔✔Management controls
An application for Facility Security Clearance (FCL) for a contractor may be made by:
- A contractor or prospective contractor
- A Government Contracting Agency (GCA)
- A currently cleared company ✔✔2 and 3
Section 1.4 of EO 13526 specified eight categories of information that may be considered for
classification. Which of the following is not one of those categories?
- Foreign government information
- Development, production, and use of weapons of mass destruction
- Scientific, technological, or economic matters in general
- Foreign relations or foreign activities of the US, including confidential sources ✔✔Scientific,
technological, or economic matters in general
May be classified if related to national security
,True/False
Information may not be classified after a receipt of a request for the information under the
Freedom of Information Act or the Privacy Act. ✔✔False - EO 13526
True/False
DoD Regulation 5200.1-R requires that a copy of every SCG be forwarded to the Director of
Freedom of Information and Security Review, Office of the Assistant of the Secretary of Defense
for Public Affairs ✔✔False - SCI and SAP programs exempt
EO 13526 designates the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) as the
Executive Secretary of the:
- Information Security Oversight Panel
- Declassification Review Panel
- Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel
- Archive Review Panel ✔✔Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel
, Upon receipt of a request for a review for declassification of information properly classified
under EO 13526, the responsible DoD organization shall conduct a review if the information has
not been reviewed or declassification within the preceding:
- 6 months
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 5 years ✔✔2 years
True/False
Information has been identified as properly classified under EO 13526. It also qualifies for
exemption from mandatory release to the public under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
As a consequence of both being true, the information is required to be properly marked as
classified, and must also contain the FOUO designation. ✔✔False - must be unclassified to be
FOUO
Until Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) markings are adopted by the DoD, which of the
regulations apply to Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) information?
- DoD 5200.1-R
- DoDD 5205.07
- DoD 5220.22-M
