Personnel Security Concept and Principles

Question 1

What are the 5 main elements in the suitability determination process?

A) Position Designation
B) Pre-Investigation
C) Mitigatingn Factors
D) Investigation
E) Re-Investigation
F) Adjudication
G) Continuous Vetting

Answer 1

A) Position Designation
B) Pre-Investigation
D) Investigation
E) Adjudication
G) Continuous Vetting

C) Mitigating factors is incorrect. While mitigating factors are considered during adjudication, it is not a central element of the suitability determination process
E) Reinvestigation is incorrect. Though reinvestigation was a central element of the determination process in the past, federal employees and contractors will now be continuously monitored for derogatory reports instead

Question 2

What is the Executive Order that establishes a uniform Personnel Security Program?

A) EO 10450
B) EO 12968
C) EO 10865
D) EO 13467

Answer 2

B) EO 12968

A) EO 10450 establishes security requirements for government employment
C) EO 10865, Safeguarding Classified Information within Industry, requires all persons who are employed by the departments and agencies of the government shall be reliable, trustworthy, of good conduct and character, and of complete and unswerving loyalty to the United States
D) EO 13457, Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information, authorizes the continued evaluation of personnel who hold and active nationals security eligibility determination

Question 3

What guidance implements and maintains the DoD personnel security policy and procedures?

A) DoDI 5200.01
B) EO 13764
C) DoDI 5200.02
EO 13869

Answer 3

C) DoDI 5200.02

A) DoDI 5200.01 is the DoD Instruction for INFOSEC
B) EO 13764 is the EO that modernizes the Executive Branch-wide governance structure and proceswses for security clearances, suitability and fitness for employment credentialing, and related matters
D) EO 13869 gave the Sec Def the authority to conduct security, suitability, and credentialing background investigationns for DoD Personnel

Question 4

T/F: FIS results are used to determine an individual’s eligibility for a security clearances

Answer 4

True

Question 5

T/F: FIS results are used to determine an individual’s eligibility to perform on a government classified contract

Answer 5

True

Question 6

T/F:: FIS results are used to determine an individual’s eligibility for sensitive nduties without access

Answer 6

True

Question 7

T/F: FIS results serve as a basis for a local commander’s trustworthiness decisions

Answer 7

True