Industrial Security Oversight Certification (ISOC) Practice Exam

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• Can a contract be considered a classified contract even if the contract document itself is not classified?
• FOCI Mitigation refers to which entity?
• What is the process of informing a person their need-to-know for access is terminated?
• Which describes the allowed characters for the CSO code's third and fourth positions?
• The Insider Threat Program Senior Official (ITPSO) is responsible for what at the facility?
• Which classification level is the lowest commonly used for information whose unauthorized disclosure could damage national security?
• Which term denotes information that could be used for both civilian and military purposes?
• What regulation is administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce that governs the export of dual-use items?
• A vault built to Federal Standard 832 and approved by the CSA is called what?
• What term describes a security incident when classified data is spilled onto an unclassified information system or a system with a lower level of classification?
• Which term refers to the portion of information security concerned with the protection of classified information in the custody of U.S. industry?
• Information regarding nuclear weapons and special nuclear materials, with classification/declassification by DOE. Which term is this?
• What term denotes a direct contractual arrangement between a commercial company and a foreign government, an international organization, or another commercial company?
• Which term is defined as the program involving foreign government personnel assigned to support cooperative work at a DoD site?
• Which term denotes a device that performs encryption and decryption through cryptographic logic?
• Which organization qualifies the carrier to provide Constant Surveillance Service (CSS)?
• What term means the ability and opportunity to gain knowledge of classified information?
• Which term describes a manufacturing plant owned by the government and operated by a civilian organization under contract to the government?
• What term refers to the permanent subcommittee of the board composed of Outside Directors, Proxy Holders, or Voting Trustees and any directors with security clearances?
• Documents that are generated in the preparation of a finished document are called what?
• Which offices coordinate Requests for Visit (RFV) processing across the Army, Navy, Air Force, and DIA under the Defense Visit Office?
• Which marking identifies unencrypted COMSEC keying material used to secure or authenticate telecommunications carrying classified or sensitive information?
• Which term refers to the process of adjudicating an individual's eligibility for access to classified information?
• What concept, also known as aggregation, involves combining or associating individually unclassified information that reveals an additional association or relationship that warrants protection as classified information?
• A cleared and properly trained individual responsible for ensuring that they apply the highest possible level of security classification when derivatively classifying information.
• What does the acronym CAB stand for in the context of classified documents?
• What model is a real-time review of an individual's background to determine if they continue to meet applicable eligibility requirements?
• What process evaluates personnel security investigations to determine if an individual should be granted or retain eligibility for access to classified information?
• Which authority is designated to control disclosures of Classified Military Information (CMI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) to foreign governments or international organizations?
• Which term is synonymous with 'foreign national'?
• What is the definition of an Insider Threat?
• FOCI is also known as what?
• Cleared employees refers to what?
• Which agency is located in Quantico, Virginia, and oversees the protection of U.S. and foreign classified information in industry?
• Actions taken through the use of computer networks that result in an actual or potentially adverse effect on an information system or the information residing therein.
• An individual who has possession of, or is otherwise charged with, the responsibility for safeguarding classified information.
• What is the primary aim of FOCI mitigation instruments?
• Who is the individual appointed by a contractor with oversight responsibility for the facility's classified information system security program, and must be trained to a level commensurate with the facility's IS complexity?
• What process involves expanding or constraining the distribution of information?
• Formerly Restricted Data declassification is determined jointly by which agencies?
• Which describes an Executive agency in the context of handling classified information?
• When a facility has multiple authorized information systems or the program is technically complex, who is assigned to oversee the IS program at the facility?
• Which benefit is facilitated by the five-tier FIS model?
• The classification level applied to information whose unauthorized disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause damage to the national security that the original classification authority could identify or describe is called what?
• Which designation describes the degree of alarm protection installed in an alarmed area?
• Electronic directory of individuals and organizations that are not permitted to receive federal contracts or assistance from the United States government is known as what?
• Which statement best describes the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) in relation to facilities?
• Foreign Government Information includes information produced by the U.S. pursuant to joint arrangements with foreign governments requiring confidence.
• What term describes a cleared contractor employee who occasionally hand carries classified material to its destination during a classified visit, with the material remaining in the hand carrier's personal possession except for authorized overnight storage?
• CFIUS stands for which of the following?
• What is the term for a Department of Defense category of TOP SECRET Restricted Data or SECRET Restricted Data that reveals the theory of operation or design of components of a thermonuclear or fission bomb, warhead, demolition munition, or test device?
• Which term refers to the secured sharing of classified information under a designated critical infrastructure protection program with authorized individuals and organizations as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security?
• Which term refers to an Executive agency or other entity within the Executive Branch that handles classified information or has sensitive positions?
• What automated DoD repository identifies investigations conducted by DoD investigative agencies and personnel security determinations made by DoD adjudicative authorities?
• An exclusion action record includes language affirming that applicable KMP will not require, will not have, and can be effectively and formally excluded from access to all classified information disclosed to the company; what is this action called?
• What term describes a manufacturing plant owned by the government but operated by a civilian organization under contract to the government?
• IMINT relies on which type of data to collect information?
• In the context of the IC, what is a 'department or agency designated as an element of the IC' called?
• What are the three classification levels described in the DoD context for Classified Military Information?
• In the CSO code, which positions must be numeric?
• An individual serving as a DOD or other United States Government transmittal authority overseeing the transfer of classified defense articles and technical data through official government-to-government channels, or through other channels agreed upon by both governments.
• Which inter-agency committee reviews proposed mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers that could result in foreign control of a U.S. business to assess national security impact?
• What does the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) govern?
• Which phases are included in the requirements for classified contracts?
• What term denotes an agency element designated by the agency head with broad acquisition authority, potentially including a foreign government as a GCA?
• A legally binding document from the organization's governing board acknowledging foreign investors and denying them access to classified or controlled information; board resolutions are adequate in certain cases. What is this document called?
• Cleared Defense Contractor (CDC) includes which entities?
• Which role is a contractor’s information system processing classified information that provides an authorization decision recommendation to the Authorizing Official?
• What term describes warning signs that an insider may be working for or susceptible to control by a Foreign Intelligence Entity?
• Where is the Classification Authority Block typically placed on a classified document?
• A conference, seminar, symposium, exhibit, convention, training course, or other gathering during which classified information is disclosed is called what?
• Which term describes a foreign national who represents or is sponsored by a foreign government or international organization?
• What is Foreign Government Information (FGI)?
• Under which title can acts such as gathering, collecting, or losing national defense information be prosecuted?
• In intelligence usage, what term describes obtaining information from a person without revealing the interview's intent?
• A DOD Security Agreement between a contractor who will have access to classified information and the DOD to preserve and maintain the security of the U.S. through the prevention of unauthorized disclosure of classified information.
• Which term describes the concept of combining information such that lower-level elements become a higher-level when combined, necessitating protection as higher-classified information?
• What is the term for a determination by the CSA that Key Management Personnel can be formally excluded from classified access?
• Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) primarily uses which type of data to collect information?
• Which entities may designate elements to be part of the IC?
• Organization framework legally recognized in a particular jurisdiction for conducting commercial activities such as sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation. Which term defines this?
• Which statement best defines a Clearance?
• What term describes when classified data or controlled unclassified information is introduced to an unclassified computer system or a system at a lower classification level than the data?
• Cognizant Security Agencies (CSAs) are defined as what?
• A security incident in which a person has involuntarily accessed classified information they were not normally authorized to access is called what?
• Extended Visit Authorization is used when a foreign national will be assigned to which site type?
• Which term denotes the sponsorship arrangement required for a company to obtain a security clearance for classified information?
• Who is the U.S. citizen employee appointed by a contractor to supervise and direct security measures implementing the NISPOM and other federal requirements for classified information?
• Which entity includes a personal services contractor within its scope?
• What does ISSP/SCA stand for?
• Which term describes the CI Special Agent who assists Facility Security Officers in identifying potential threats to U.S. technology and developing CI awareness and reporting by company employees?
• Which program provides guidance regarding the safety of arms, ammunition and explosives?
• A Cleared Contractor Facility is a subset of cleared contractors that have contracts with which department?
• Which term describes the instruments and agreements put in place to reduce the effect of FOCI on a company's management decisions?
• Which program is initiated by a DOD Component and properly documented by an LOA or similar agreement?
• Which process supplements the established personnel security program by automated records checks and ongoing assessment of an individual's continued eligibility?
• Which term refers to a program that comprises one or more specific cooperative projects with a foreign government or international organization, with arrangements defined in a written agreement covering research, development, test, evaluation, and joint production, including follow-on support?
• Industrial Security is best described as which of the following?
• Which role is responsible for determining the need for contractor access to classified information, verifying the Facility Security Clearance, and communicating security requirements during procurement and contract performance?
• Which term refers to a business owned by one or more legal entities, including individuals, partnerships, or other corporations?
• The export authorization under Foreign Military Sales includes Form DSP-94 and which document?
• Which term describes technology essential to design, development, production, operation, or maintenance that contributes to a country's military potential?
• The National Act of 1947, as amended, or successor orders, defines which entity?
• Which term refers to a foreign national entering or proposing to enter a DOD Component or cleared contractor facility to meet with employees or representatives?
• Which document identifies the elements of information that must be classified and prescribes the level and duration of classification and declassification instructions?
• ODNI stands for which office?
• Formerly Restricted Data (FRD) refers to information that was previously restricted and can be declassified by a joint determination of which two departments?
• An assembly of hardware, software, and firmware configured to automate data calculation, storage, retrieval, and display is called what?
• A person not a citizen or national of the United States is called what?
• Which term is used for an element of an agency with delegated broad acquisition authority and may include foreign governments as GCAs?
• The acronym IC stands for what?
• Which term describes the official who administers day-to-day activities following a contract award and may not have official Contracting Officer status but may be a CO delegate?
• What does the acronym NISPOM stand for?
• Which term describes a physical location such as a plant or campus where related facilities form a single operating entity?
• Destroying classified information so that it can't be recognized or reconstructed.
• Collectively, the General Security Agreements and General Security of Information Agreements (GSOIAs) pertaining to safeguarding all classified information; and the General Security of Military Information Agreements for DoD information, are referred to as what?
• The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) should be read in conjunction with which primary rules?
• Which term covers information gathered and activities conducted to identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage or other intelligence activities conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations, persons, their agents, or international terrorist organizations?
• What term describes a person who has authority to inquire into exports or imports and refuse to sign any request?
• What term refers to technology and articles that are potentially used for both civilian and military purposes?
• What term describes any contract requiring access to classified information by a contractor in the performance of the contract, including pre-contract activity?
• The ITPSO stands for which role?
• Which program is a system that facilitates ongoing awareness of threats, vulnerabilities, and information security to support organizational risk management decisions?
• Which description best defines a Cleared Contractor (CC)?
• Which term describes any natural person who is not a lawful permanent resident or not a protected individual, and also includes foreign entities?
• What term denotes the protective measures to deny unauthorized access to United States Government telecommunications relating to national security and to ensure authenticity?
• The ITPSO is responsible for establishing and executing which program at the facility?
• What term defines an information system that performs or controls a function as part of a larger system, such as ground support equipment or flight simulators?
• The knowing misappropriation of trade secrets related to a product for the economic benefit of others, with knowledge or intent to injure the owner, is called what?
• Which form is the Non-disclosure Agreement between the U.S. Government and an individual cleared for access to classified information?
• What regulation contains the rules for government acquisition, providing instruction, forms, and guidance on government contracting?
• Which term is used for the person trained to assess loyalty, trustworthiness, and reliability for national security purposes?
• What term describes a determination that authorizes an entity to access classified information under the cognizance of the appropriate CSA to the approved level?
• Prevention of damage to, protection of, and restoration of computers, electronic communications systems, electronic communications services, wire communication, and electronic communication, including information contained therein, to ensure its availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation.
• Who is defined as a Classifier in the context of security classifications?
• Which term denotes information cleared for use that is owned by the government or produced for it?
• A device or piece of equipment which uses cryptographic logic to protect information by converting plain text to cipher text and vice versa.
• A local representative from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency who provides advice and assistance to establish the security program and to ensure a facility is in compliance with the National Industrial Security Program is called what?
• Which of the following is typically included in a FOCI mitigation instrument?
• DISS is an integral step toward which national background investigation service?
• Which term denotes the entity that must be denied CPI and is synonymous with a potential threat?
• Which organization within the DCSA’s A&A framework provides the authorization decision recommendation to the AO?
• Methods for repairing security containers are obtained from which authority?
• Which term describes military or civilian employees of a foreign government or international organization who are assigned to a cooperative program at a DoD Component or DoD contractor facility?
• Which facility is the sole authority to determine security clearance eligibility of Non-Intelligence agency DOD personnel occupying sensitive positions and/or requiring access to classified material, including SCI?
• What is the term for information about enhanced compensatory controls used when standard security measures are insufficient?
• Which term identifies information about nuclear weapons and special nuclear materials whose classification is controlled by the DOE?
• What term means taking information from an authorized source of classification guidance and using it in another form or media?
• Which government official has the authority to enter into and administer contracts, licenses, or grants and may have a designated representative?
• What term refers to the sponsorship process required to obtain a company FCL when there is a definite classified procurement need?
• Which term describes transfers between governments, or via channels written into an agreement, with formal accountability from origin to destination?
• Which term refers to an agent or facility cleared to receive, process, and transship U.S. material to foreign recipients, often abbreviated as a transportation agent?
• What is the name of the nationally accredited directorate within the DCSA that provides security training and certification for the DoD and industry?
• Which term describes a program that comprises cooperative projects with foreign governments under written agreements covering research, development, test, evaluation, and joint production, including follow-on support?
• Who is a uniquely certified professional trained to assess loyalty, trustworthiness, and reliability and determine eligibility for access to classified information?
• What term describes a decision about how long information should be protected from disclosure?
• A system of record for personnel security, adjudication determination, clearance, verification, and history. The term applies not only to this system, but to any successor of the DOD personnel security system of record.
• JPAS stands for which system?
• Who determines declassification, i.e., when information no longer requires protection?
• Which term encompasses an entity plus its parents, subsidiaries, divisions, and branch offices?
• DISS replaced which system as the System of Record on March 31, 2021?
• What is the term for a visit during which a visitor will require access to classified information?
• Which term refers to an approved license, agreement, or exemption under ITAR?
• DTIC’s Suite of Services is available to which groups?
• Which designation refers to an agent or facility cleared to receive, process, and transship U.S. material to foreign recipients?
• Which agencies were authorized by EO 12829 to establish an industrial security program under the Closed Area concept?
• Which term refers to individuals who are citizens of the United States by birth or naturalization?
• Which entity is the largest of five CSAs and has issued the most classified contracts to industry?
• The public DTIC web site provides access to what type of information?
• Which designation covers the Defense Transportation System, Defense Courier Service, Military Postal Service Registered Mail, Diplomatic Pouch Service, and similar services maintaining U.S. Government control of material during transfer?
• What term refers to the system of policies, procedures, and requirements designed to protect information that could damage national security if disclosed?
• Who administers day-to-day activities following contract award and may be a delegate of the Contracting Officer?
• Who is responsible for establishing and executing the facility's insider threat program?
• Which term matches the description: "A company or individual from one nation invests in assets or ownership stakes of a company based in another nation"?
• What term describes an entity that directly or indirectly controls, is directly or indirectly controlled by, or is under common control with the ultimate parent entity?
• Regarding GSA-approved security containers, which statement is true?
• Which authorization permits a foreign national to visit for an extended period when assigned to a DOD component or contractor facility?
• Intelligence derived from information collected and provided by human sources is known as what?
• Federal Investigative Standards (FIS) govern investigations for which purposes?
• Which term describes the system to protect and control classified information as required by NISPOM, capable of facilitating retrieval and disposition of classified material in a reasonable period of time?
• In CCIPP, who determines the authorized individuals and organizations for secure sharing of classified information?
• Which activity is part of DCSA's mission?
• Which form is used to specify security classification guidance for a DoD contract?
• What term describes the comprehensive evaluation of an information system component to determine if it meets specified security requirements?
• Which form is the Application/license for permanent/temporary export or temporary import of classified defense articles and related classified technical data?
• Which entity determines final eligibility for security clearance in accordance with ODNI SEAD 4 based on background investigation results?
• Which term describes a cleared employee designated by the contractor whose principal duty is to transmit classified material to its destination and ensure it remains protected during delivery?
• A person who has favorable eligibility for access to classified information, has signed an approved nondisclosure agreement, and has a need-to-know is called what?
• Which form is the Application/License for permanent export of unclassified defense articles and related technical data?
• As the classification level increases, the required safeguarding measures:
• What does COMSEC stand for?
• What does the acronym NISPOM stand for?
• What term describes classified information that is no longer needed and is pending destruction?
• What administrative determination, from a security viewpoint, identifies a company's eligibility to access classified information at a given level?
• The National Act of 1947, as amended, is associated with which concept?
• In FOCI terminology, which term designates the company that signs the FOCI mitigation instrument?
• Which term encompasses the agreements that safeguard classified information, including GSOIAs and the industrial security annexes?
• Which term encompasses actions conducted through computer networks that may have an actual or potentially adverse effect on an information system?
• What term refers to a plan that establishes policies and procedures for oversight of communications across all media and devices to deter unauthorized access?
• As defined in personnel security, which process reviews the background of a covered individual who is eligible to access classified information, supplementing periodic reinvestigations?
• Which designation applies to any civilian national security position that has the potential to cause exceptionally grave damage to national security?
• What is the six-position code used to identify specific agency offices, units, activities, or organizations called?
• What is the purpose of the Cognizant Security Office (CSO) code?
• Which term refers to elements or components of a research, development, and acquisition program that, if compromised, could significantly degrade mission effectiveness or enable adversaries to defeat the technology?
• Which term describes the function that monitors contractors for changes impacting their Facility Clearance (FCL) and performs data analysis, statistical reporting, and financial accuracy for Personnel Security Investigations (PSIs)?
• The Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) handles hearings and decisions in PCL cases; if the DOD Consolidated Adjudications Facility cannot determine, where is the case referred?
• Executive Order 13526 governs protection against unauthorized disclosure of which type of information?
• Which term describes an information system that is an integral part of a larger system, such as flight simulators or engine test stands?
• Which term refers to information identified as official because it is owned by, produced by, or under the control of the U.S. Government?
• Which elements should be described when reporting a violation of preventive security rules, including the circumstances, the applicable NISPOM sections, who was involved, when and where it occurred, and the clearance level of those involved?
• What term describes a person at a U.S. company authorized to sign export authorizations and investigate any aspect of a transaction?
• A GSA-approved security container originally procured through the Federal Supply System bears which label on its front face?
• Which term describes a determination to safeguard information at a lower level than previously designated?
• During contract closeout, the Contracting Officer must ensure that the work conforms to the SOW/PWS, address deficiencies before final payment, and return or destroy all classified material. Which phase is described?
• Which term describes a plant, laboratory, office, college, or commercial structure with associated warehouses and utilities that together form an operating entity?
• Which clause applies to contracts involving access to classified information and requires compliance with the Security Agreement (DD Form 441, including NISPOM)?
• Which term refers to the defense articles and related data listed on the USML under ITAR?
• Some CSAs refer to a favorable entity eligibility determination as which of the following, though it does not guarantee reciprocity for all programs?
• Derivative classification determinations are based on which sources?
• What is the process called that reviews compromised classified information to decide whether it should be declassified or downgraded and to identify measures to prevent threats?
• Which term refers to the marking or designation used to identify unencrypted COMSEC keying material used to secure communications?
• Which department administers the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)?
• Which term refers to classified information under the control of the Department of Defense, described in EO 13526, and includes eight categories per NDP-1?
• Which form provides the Authority to export Defense articles and Defense services sold under the Foreign Military Sales program, with the export authorization comprising Form DSP-94 and a copy of the Letter of Offer and Acceptance?
• Which document serves as the legal means by which a company is incorporated and becomes part of the public record?
• Transfers through government-to-government channels or through other channels agreed in writing, with accountability from origin to destination, are known as which?
• What term denotes a person, firm, or Government activity by which articles are shipped, with the consignor usually the shipper?
• What act provides the right of access to federal agency records, enforceable in court, subject to exemptions?
• What does ISSO stand for?
• Which levels are applied to National Security Information, listed from lowest to highest?
• What term describes a determination by a declassification authority to safeguard information at a lower level after declassification?
• What does FCL stand for?
• Which term describes a broad inquiry into an ongoing security violation?
• Which concept encompasses the conceptualization, initiation, design, development, test, contracting, production, deployment, logistics support, modification, and disposal of weapons and other systems to satisfy DoD needs?
• An individual, group, organization, or government that must be denied Critical Program Information (CPI) and is synonymous with competitor/enemy is called what?
• Which term describes the process of safeguarding classified information by an individual or organization responsible for such information?
• Indicates the highest level of classification of the overall document and is placed on the top and bottom of every page. This is known as what?
• Which term best describes the role of protecting and transmitting classified material in a secure manner on behalf of a contractor?
• Which certificate is referenced as the 'Certificate Pertaining to Foreign Interest' associated with the DD Form 441-1 appendage?
• In the Foreign Person definition, which of the following is explicitly included?
• Which term refers to official information that requires protection against unauthorized disclosure under EO 13526, including NSI, RD, and FRD?
• Foreign National is defined as which of the following?
• Which individual determines the need for contractor access to classified information, verifies the Facility Security Clearance, and communicates security requirements during procurement?
• The Defense Courier Service primarily provides what?
• The acronym AAC stands for which of the following?
• Which term refers to the representative appointed by a foreign interest to serve on the Board of an SSA or SCA company, and who is formally excluded from access to classified information?
• Which term means disciplinary actions taken against culpable individuals involved in a security violation and the actions initiated to secure the information after the violation?
• Which role is responsible for ensuring that derivative classification markings are carried forward to newly created documents?
• What does the acronym FOCI stand for?
• The Inside Director is excluded from access to which type of information?
• GSA-approved security containers are maintained according to which Federal Standard?
• Which document provides security guidance to both the contractor and the government and directs the contractor about the proper protection of classified material released under the contract?
• What concept refers to the process of extracting classified information as it is stated in an authorized source of classification guidance without the need for additional interpretation or analysis, and incorporating this information into a new document?
• Which term best describes the aggregate U.S. government body handling national intelligence as mentioned in the material?
• What term describes a formal determination for each security violation, including the classification as Loss, Compromise, Suspected Compromise, or No Loss, Compromise, or Suspected Compromise and descriptions of vulnerability and unauthorized access?
• Which center serves as the repository for DoD research and engineering information?
• The acronym SIPRNet stands for which of the following?
• Which person is generally responsible for a company's contract management, including negotiating terms, ensuring compliance, and documenting changes?
• Which are the three requisite elements of ACCM controls?
• What term describes a broad overview of the investigation underway and is the second step in reporting a security violation?
• What is the automated system that processes RFVs by representatives of foreign governments and/or international organizations to DOD Component activities and defense contractors, accessed through SIPRNet?
• What term denotes the determination that official information requires protection against unauthorized disclosure, and designates such protection?
• Which term is described as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), a category defined for information that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls but is not classified?
• Which transportation protective service provided by a commercial carrier qualified by the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command is used to transport Confidential shipments and requires constant surveillance, with a signature and tally record maintained by the carrier?
• Which term describes a program based on the initiative of a contractor with no U.S. Government involvement?
• Which statement correctly describes the relationship between a classification level and safeguarding requirements?
• Which executive order established the Department of Homeland Security as a Cognizant Security Agency (CSA)?
• Which of the following best defines a Defense service?
• What term describes an activity or knowledge outside the norm that suggests foreknowledge of U.S. information?
• How many exemptions are there under the Freedom of Information Act?
• A military or civilian government official designated by the Head of a DOD Component or by the DOD Component's Principal Disclosure Authority (PDA), who has been delegated disclosure authority to control disclosures of Classified Military Information (CMI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) to foreign governments or international organizations and their representatives.
• Which agency clears industrial facilities, accredits information systems, facilitates the personnel security clearance process, delivers security education, training, and certification, and provides information technology services to support security missions?
• The local representative from the DCSA who provides advice and assistance to establish the security program and ensure facility compliance with NISP is titled what?
• What term describes an individual who is responsible for a security violation plus evidence of deliberate disregard, gross negligence, and a pattern of negligence?
• Which document governs how a corporation conducts its business and defines the powers and limits of its directors and managers, though not typically filed with the state?
• Which term refers to the plan that governs communications across media such as telephones, emails, and video conferences to deter foreign influence?
• Which term describes an international agreement requiring each party to provide the same level of security for the other's classified information?
• The SF 328 form is completed using which system of record?
• What term refers to the date or event when information's national security sensitivity lapses and declassification occurs?
• Facility Clearance (FCL) pertains to which group?
• The revised FIS established a new investigative model that aligns requirements into how many tiers?
• Which term means taking information directly from an authorized source of classification guidance and stating it verbatim in a new or different document?
• What does IMS stand for in the context of protecting classified information?
• The appendage to the DOD Security Agreement listing—if applicable—cleared divisions or branches included in and covered by the provisions of the organization's DOD Security Agreement (DD Form 441) and Certificate Pertaining to Foreign Interest (SF 328).
• What does the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) refer to?
• Which term refers to the employment of devices or techniques that impair the operational effectiveness of enemy activity, with countermeasures that negate vulnerabilities?
• Which official may designate elements as part of the IC alone?
• What term refers to the 'entity' to which an agency might release classified information, including contractors?
• Which term describes the likelihood that an insider will use their authorized access to harm national security?
• The United States Munitions List (USML) is associated with which regulatory regime?
• An office of an entity located somewhere other than the entity's main office location. A branch office is simply another location of the same legal business entity. Which term is this?
• What term describes an adjudicative decision to grant initial or continued eligibility for access to classified information or to hold a sensitive position despite failure to meet the full adjudicative or investigative standards?
• Which office within the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency facilitates the Assessment and Authorization process for classified information systems at cleared contractor facilities?
• Which term describes an industrial, educational, commercial, or other entity that has an entity eligibility determination by a Cognizant Security Agency?
• Which role is typically responsible for supervising security measures to implement the NISPOM at a contractor facility?
• Which term refers to a DoD unit, organization, or installation performing a function or mission?
• Which DoD office provides authority, direction, and control over DCSA?
• Which term represents an entity, its parents, subsidiaries, divisions, and branch offices?
• Which term describes an industrial, educational, or other entity that has an eligibility determination granted by a Cognizant Security Agency, including licensees or grantees and certificate holders?
• Which form is the Non-transfer and Use Certificate?
• Which term describes that portion of U.S. security assistance for sales programs requiring agreements between the U.S. Government and an authorized recipient government or international organization for defense articles and services under DoD-managed contracts?
• Who has the authority to enter into and administer contracts on behalf of the government and may issue determinations and findings?
• Which term describes a business owned by one or more legal entities, where the entities can be individuals, partnerships, or other corporations?
• Cleared contractor personnel with authorized access to any United States Government (USG) or contractor resource are known as what?
• Which entity assists FSOs in identifying potential threats to U.S. technology and developing CI awareness and reporting by company employees?
• Which items are cited as examples of dual-use items under EAR?
• Which term describes the activity of gathering information to identify threats and promote Counterintelligence awareness among employees?
• What term describes information the United States Government creates or possesses, or that an entity creates or possesses for or on behalf of the USG, that a law, regulation, or USG-wide policy requires or permits an agency to handle using safeguarding or dissemination controls?
• Which document establishes the legal authority for officials within the Executive Branch to designate classified national security information?
• What term is used to describe an ongoing, instantaneous review of an individual's background to confirm continued eligibility?
• In the original classification process, which term refers to the step that assesses probable operational, technological, and resource implications?
• A person, structure, facility, information, material, or process that has value is defined as what?
• What term denotes a person, firm, or Government activity named as the receiver of a shipment, i.e., the party to whom a shipment is consigned?
• Which office is responsible for implementing and monitoring the National Industrial Security Program and issuing binding directives?
• Which are the three main components of the Defense Information System for Security (DISS)?
• What term describes an individual under contract and compensated directly to provide professional or technical assistance to a contractor in a capacity requiring access to classified information?
• What term describes the assessment of the effect of a compromise of classified information on national security?
• An element of the IC refers to which type of designation?
• Which role within DCSA manages implementation of NISP and AA&E programs, ensures effective counterintelligence support to cleared facilities and government contracting activities, oversees the conduct of security vulnerability assessments by IS Reps, and manages the office budget, vehicle utilization, and other property?
• Documents that provide detailed operational guidance and notification of changes to, or clarification of, existing policies or requirements to the National Industrial Security Operating Manual (NISPOM) are known as what?
• Which term refers to a legally binding instrument that acknowledges foreign investors and restricts their access to classified information?
• NSI stands for what?
• Which term describes the mechanism where information is automatically declassified after 25 years unless exempted?
• Espionage is a national security crime that violates which of the following legal provisions?
• Which security document includes the National Industrial Security Manual (NISPOM) as part of the Security Agreement (DD Form 441)?
• Who is the local representative from the DCSA that provides advice and assistance to establish the security program and to ensure a facility is in compliance with the NISP?
• What term denotes the document-level classification determined by the highest level of any portion within the document?
• Declassification of information that is more than 25 years old and is not otherwise prevented by an exemption, declassified on the 31st of December, 25 years from the date of original classification. Which term fits?
• Which form is used to identify Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence in an organization, completed in the Facility Clearance system of record?
• What is the term for an unauthorized disclosure of classified information?