Physical Security Flashcards

1
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The two primary purposes of physical security are protection and?

A

prevention

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2
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A guard checking IDs at the gate of an installation is a good example of what type of security?

A

Point Security

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3
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The layering of PS countermeasures such as fencing, guards, cameras, lighting and locks?>

A

Security in depth

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4
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Before you can conduct a risk analysis based on the impact and likelihood of an unwanted event happening, what steps in the risk management process must you take first?

A

identify vulnerabilities

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5
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Which policy guidance would you consult to find the minimum standards for the physical protection of DoD assets?

A

DoD 5200.08-R, Physical Security Program

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6
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Which policy should you consult to find the physical security requirements of protecting classified information?

A

DoDM 5200.01, volume 1-4 DoD Information Security Program

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7
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Which policy authorizes commanders to issue regulations for the protection or security of property and places under their command?

A

DoDI 5200.08, Security of DoD Installation and Resources and the DoD Physical Security Review Board

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8
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Who is charged with management, implementation, and direction of all physical security programs?

A

Physical Security Officer

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9
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Who is responsible for providing valuable information on the capabilities, intentions and threats of adversaries?

A

CI Support

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10
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Who is responsible for developing countermeasures against potential threats to national security and other DoD assets?

A

OPSEC officer

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11
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Which of the following individuals should be included in a Threat Working Group

A

ATO, CI, LE, OPSEC, Information, CBRNE

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12
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Which of these can be made of solid steel to make them more attack resistant

A

Doors

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13
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Which of these house ventilation systems that should be secured with steel bars?

A

Roofs

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14
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Which of these should be covered with a protective film to make them less dangerous in an attack?

A

Windows

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15
Q

Which of the follow locks are approved to secure classified information or material

A

Kaba Mas X-10, S&G 8077/AD

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16
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True/False: Standby lighting is used when regular lighting is not available

A

False

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17
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True/False: Site lighting is used to enable guard force personnel to observe activities inside or outside the installation

A

True

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18
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True/False: Movable lighting is used when supplemental lighting is needed such as at construction sites

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True

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19
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At a minimum what should include special and general guard orders, access and material control, protective barriers, lighting systems, locks, and IDS

A

Physical Security Plans

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20
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What establishes duties, roles, and responsibilities at individual assignments, checkpoints, gates, and guard posts?

A

Post Orders

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21
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What provides supplemental guidance for physical security programs and establish procedures for emergency events as well as operational and administrative procedures?

A

SOP

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22
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True/False: Commanders may only implement measures according to the FPCON level in force at the time

A

False

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23
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True/False: Commanders must comply with and integrate DoD physical security and installation access control policies into their FPCON plans?

A

True

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24
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True/False: Commanders educate their personnel on the insider threat to DoD elements and personnel

A

True

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25
Q

Why is exterior security lighting necessary on DoD installations and facilities?

A

to illuminate sensitive areas or structures to discourage or deter intruders, to facilitate the detection of unauthorized persons entering or attempting malicious acts within the area

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26
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Which component in a light fixture changes the direction and controls the distribution of light rays?

A

lens

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27
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Which component in a light fixture is used with an electric discharge light source to obtain the necessary circuit conditions of voltage, current, and waveform for starting and operating?

A

Ballast

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28
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What is the technical term for a light fixture?

A

luminaire

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29
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Which type of lighting should you use to keep security forces in relative darkness?

A

continuous lighting: glare projections

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30
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Which type of lighting should you use at a construction site on a DoD installation or facility?

A

portable lighting

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31
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Which type of lighting is triggered manually or automatically when suspicious activity is detected or suspected by the security force or alarm systems?

A

Standby lighting

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32
Q

Which policy document should you consult for specific lighting requirements for areas containing DoD sensitive conventional AA&E

A

DoDM 5100.76

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33
Q

Your installation is adjacent to a housing complex. Which of the following would you most likely take into consideration when planning security lighting on the perimeter of your installation to avoid negatively impacting the adjacent housing complex?

A

Light trespass, occurs when light from one area spills over into an adjoining area

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34
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Which of these factors allows security personnel to identify colors accurately?

A

Color Rendition

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35
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Which of these considerations do you think would be most important in ensuring security forces can clearly see the identification of visitors at checkpoints in the evening hours?

A

Vertical illuminance

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36
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What factors should you consider when designing exterior lighting systems?

A

design for simplicity and economy in system maintenance, provide protection for lighting fixtures, local weather conditions, wiring and grounding requirements, alternate power supply

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37
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Which type of light fixture should be used to light an airplane apron?

A

floodlight or projector, full cut-off

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38
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Which type of light fixture should be used to light large areas such as railroad yards and large parking lots?

A

high-mast lighting

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39
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Which type of lamps can be used in exterior locations and are more energy efficient than HID lamps?

A

solid state lighting or LED

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40
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What kind of lamps are metal halide and mercury vapor lamps?

A

high-intensity discharge

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41
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Which lamp has an average rated life of over 100K hours which is by far the highest?

A

induction

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42
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Why types of lighting are used in building entrances and exits?

A

building-mounted, LED lamps, Fluorescent lamps, cutoff light fixtures

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43
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What type of pole-mounted lighting is appropriate for a housing area?

A

LED lamps, fluorescent lamps, metal halide lamps

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44
Q

Use glare project lighting to keep patrol units unlit

A

isolated

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45
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Use controlled lighting to keep patrol routes in relative darkness?

A

semi-isolated

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46
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Use controlled lighting. The width of the light strip depends on the clear zones inside and outside the fence

A

non-isolated

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47
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Which combination best reflects the lighting that should be used for pedestrian walkways

A

pole-mounted light fixtures with LED, induction, or fluorescent lamps

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48
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Which combination best reflects the lighting that should be used for roads, streets, and driveways

A

pole-mounted light fixtures with LED, induction, or metal halide lamps

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49
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Which combination best reflects the lighting that should be used for open storage spaces?

A

pole-mounted light fixtures with LED, induction, or metal halide lamps

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50
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Which combination best reflects the lighting that should be used on docks, piers and marinas?

A

pole-mounted, high mast, fully shielded light fixtures with LED or metal halide lamps

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51
Q

Which combination best reflects the lighting that should be used for restricted areas?

A

building-mounted with LED, induction, metal halide, or compact fluorescent lamps

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52
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Which combination best reflects lighting that should be used for AA&E storage areas?

A

canopy-mounted, fully shielded or area fixtures with LED, induction or metal halide lamps

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53
Q

What types of lighting are required for aircraft aprons?

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pole-mounted, adjustable apron light fixtures with internal and external louvers

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54
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What are different types of access control points requiring unique lighting requirements?

A

vehicle and pedestrian approach zones, vehicle access zones, gatehouses, under vehicle inspections, semi-active and inactive entrances

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55
Q

True/False: the risk management process must be used to plan which physical security measures should be utilized to protect DoD assets

A

True

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56
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True/False: oversight tools are important in ensuring that physical security is being implemented appropriately

A

True

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57
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True/False: cost vs. benefit must always be considered when planning the protection of DoD assets

A

False

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58
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True/False: physical security countermeasures must always be planned for when designing a facility

A

True

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59
Q

True/False: AA&E can be described as a DoD Assets?

A

True

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60
Q

What could be described as a threat>?

A

terrorist

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61
Q

True/False: an open unattended installation gate is considered a vulnerability

A

True

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62
Q

True/False: a fence is considered a countermeasure

A

True

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63
Q

True/False: the loss of life is considered a risk

A

true

64
Q

Who is responsible for the installations AT program?

A

ATO

65
Q

Who is responsible for providing valuable information on the capabilities, intentions, and threats of adversaries

A

CI support

66
Q

Who analyzes the threats to assets and their vulnerabilities?

A

OPSEC

67
Q

Who must be included in the intelligence gathering process so that they can be a part of coordinating emergency responses and criminal incidents on a federal installation?

A

LE

68
Q

Who is charged with the management, implementation, and direction of all physical security programs

A

PSO

69
Q

Who is responsible for the safety of people and property under their command

A

installation commander/facility directors

70
Q

Who is responsible for mitigating risks against Defense Critical Infrastructure assets that support the mission of an installation or facility

A

DCIP officers

71
Q

True/False: flashlights are a reliable form of continuous lighting

A

False

72
Q

True/False: emergency lighting depends on the power supply of the utility company

A

False

73
Q

What is often used as a temporary barrier when rolled out on the ground

A

Concertina wire

74
Q

What can be used as permanent standalone fencing but is more often used as an outrigger on the top of the chain link fence

A

Barbed wire

75
Q

What is more difficult for intruders to scale

A

metal ornamental high-security fencing

76
Q

What is a common type of perimeter fencing for DoD facilities

A

Chain-link fencing

77
Q

True/False: securing man-passable openings is one of the most overlooked physical security protective measures

A

true

78
Q

True/False: IDS prevent unauthorized entry

A

False

79
Q

True/False: Cost and risk must always be considered when planning which phyiscal security measures to use in a facility or installation

A

true

80
Q

True/False: access control systems help to prevent unauthorized entry

A

true

81
Q

True/False: CCTV can deter loss, theft, or misuse of government property and resources

A

True

82
Q

Operational/administrative procedures for normal and emergency situations

A

SOP

83
Q

Comprehensive protective measures for an installation, facility, or activity

A

PSP

84
Q

Roles and responsibilities for individual work areas such as checkpoints and guard gates

A

Post orders

85
Q

Provisions for back-up facilities, utilities, communication and computer systems, and transportation in the event of a major emergency

A

COOP

86
Q

Provisions for one entity, such as DoD activity or local law enforcement, fire, and medical services, to provide security assistance to another entity

A

MOU/MOA

87
Q

True/False: Combatant Commanders issue both DoD Terrorist threat levels and FPCONS

A

True

88
Q

True/False: Both the DIA and COCOMs issue FPCON

A

False

89
Q

True/False: Installation commanders and facility directors issue DoD Terrorist threat levels

A

False

90
Q

True/False: Terrorist threat levels are based on information about terrorist groups such as their operational capability and their intentions

A

True

91
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True/False: FPCONS are based on various factors, such as terrorist threat analyses and DoD Terrorist Threat levels

A

True

92
Q

System that standardizes the identification and recommended preventive actions and responses to terrorist threats against U.S. Assets

A

FPCON

93
Q

The prevention and detection of terrorist attacks against DoD assets as well as the preparation to defend against and planning for the response to the consequences of terrorist incidents

A

DoD AT Programs

94
Q

Intelligence threat assessments of he level of terrorist threat faced by U.S. personnel and interests

A

Terrorist threat levels

95
Q

Actions taken to prevent or mitigate hostile actions against DoD assets such as DoD personnel, family members, resources, facilities, and critical information

A

Force Protection

96
Q

Internal reviews conducted by members of the organization to aid internal control and ensure cost-effective security programs

A

management/self-inspections

97
Q

Formal reviews conducted by senior officials in the chain of command

A

Compliance inspections

98
Q

Validate baseline security posture when personnel assume security responsibilities or as a prelude to a formal inspection

A

staff assistance visits

99
Q

Can be self-initiated or directed by higher authorities to determine the physical security posture of an installation or facility

A

survey

100
Q

Most common and informal oversight tool; immediate action taken to correct deficiencies

A

day to day observations

101
Q

True/False: An ESS is a component of an overall physical protection system

A

True

102
Q

True/False: An ESS must be comprised of atleast two or more subsystems. Therefore, a stand-alone automated access control system, for example, would not constitute an ESS

A

False

103
Q

True/False: An effective ESS must ensure that the time between detection of an intrusion and response by security forces is less than the time it takes for damage or compromise of assets to occur

A

True

104
Q

You are tasked with planning an ESS for a DoD facility What regulatory guidance documents should be your primary reference?

A

UFC, 4-021-02 ESS

105
Q

True/False: assets, threats and vulnerabilities are all part of the risk calculation

A

True

106
Q

True/False: threats against an asset are determined when you conduct a site survey

A

False: they are determined through a threat assessment

107
Q

True/False: You must consider operational and maintenance costs of an ESS when comparing the value of an asset to be protected versus the cost of the ESS to protect an asset

A

True

108
Q

What can an AACS do to protect assets in a facility

A

allow authorized personnel to enter a controlled area after verifying credentials, assist in preventing unauthorized personnel from entering a controlled area, communicate with CCTV for assessment purposes, Communicate with an IDS to sound an alarm to alert security personnel of unauthorized entry attempts.

109
Q

A high-security facility requires an AACS that makes it extremely difficult to duplicate the user’s form of verification for access. Which type of AACS is most appropriate for that facility?

A

Biometric

110
Q

You have been directed to purchase the least expensive type of AACS for a given facility. Which type of AACS should you choose?

A

Coded

111
Q

Which type of AACS would allow you to use your CAC as the verification method for authorized entry into a controlled area

A

Credential

112
Q

Which AACS feature would you implement to mitigate the risk of someone giving his or her credentials to another person to access a controlled area

A

anti-passback

113
Q

Which AACS feature would implement to prevent individual cardholders from entering a selected empty controlled area unaccompanied

A

two person rule

114
Q

Which AACS feature would you implement to prevent a person from following another person closely in order to gain ingress through the same porta when the authorized person’s credential grants access?

A

antitailgating

115
Q

Which AACS features would you implement to facilitate egress from a controlled area

A

REX device

116
Q

What are true of master key systems?

A

the great grand master key opens all the locks, they are convenient for managers, their use is discouraged

117
Q

switching device; authorizes the operating mechanism to open the lock

A

combination

118
Q

operating mechanism; interacts with the switching device to allow or deny entry

A

cylinder

119
Q

Locking device; physically secures area or container

A

latch

120
Q

You need to decide what type of locking system to use for a storage closet. The closet does not hold classified or sensitive information, but you want to deter entry. Which type of key-operated lock should you use?

A

built in lock

121
Q

You are making a decision about the locking system to be used in an area that stores bulk Confidential or Secret material. Which type of key-operated lock should you use?

A

padlock

122
Q

The area you are securing contains conventional AA&E . Which type of key-operated lock should you use?

A

medium security padlock

123
Q

What specification should you reference when reviewing the requirements that electromechanical locks meet?

A

Federal Specification FF-L-2740

124
Q

You need to secure classified information, what locks do you use?

A

X-09, S&G 2937, S&G 8077

125
Q

You are selecting combination locks for your facility and must consider the requirements and features of various combination locks. Which locks are current being produced and used?

A

S&G 2740B and Kaba Mass X-10

126
Q

True/False: Storage containers and facilities protect valuable and/or sensitive assets by delaying unauthorized entry

A

True

127
Q

True/False: Storage containers are categorized by how well they delay different types of unauthorized entry

A

True

128
Q

True/False: Storage containers are important to our national security and to the safety of the general public

A

True

129
Q

True/False: they are required only for the storage of classified information

A

False

130
Q

What are things you need to consider when selecting storage containers?

A

whether the TS material being stored is a set of documents or a weapons systems, if the material is being stored in a war zone or not, whether a document is confidential or top secret, and whether the items being stored are conventional AA&E or nuclear weapons

131
Q

True/False: In the DoD classified information may be stored in a non GSA approved dcontainer

A

True

132
Q

True/False: COMSEC material is stored in GSA approved containers

A

True

133
Q

True/False: Class V and VI are the only models of FSA approved storage containers that are being manufactured for the storage of classified information

A

True

134
Q

True/False: Class V and VI models of GSA approved storage containers both provide protection against surreptitious, covert, and forced entry

A

False

135
Q

What label must be displayed clearly on the face of the container in order for it to be used to store classified information

A

GSA approved label

136
Q

What label is displayed on the face of the container and contains the serial number of the container

A

Number label

137
Q

For containers manufactured beginning April 2007, which label is attached to the top inside of the control drawer and states that any modification of the containers that is not in accordance with FS 809 will invalidate the GSA approval of the container

A

Warning label

138
Q

True/False: TS information can only be stored in GSA approved security container, secure room, or vault

A

true

139
Q

True/False: vaults are more secure than secure rooms

A

true

140
Q

True/False: Vault doors are made of hardened steel and must retain their original gray color

A

true

141
Q

True/False: vaults are more secure than modular vaults

A

false

142
Q

True/False: secure rooms and vaults may both be authorized for the open storage of classified information

A

True

143
Q

True/False: safeguard keys, locks, and combinations at the same level of the classified information being stored

A

true

144
Q

True/False: change combination when anyone with knowledge of the combination no longer requires access and when the container or lock has been subject to possible comprimise

A

True

145
Q

True/False: store classified information with sensitive items or weapons

A

false

146
Q

Ture/False: keep records of security containers, vaults, and secure rooms used for the storage of classified material as well as the openings and closing of these containers

A

true

147
Q

Who provides construction and security requirements for SCIF

A

Director of National intelligence

148
Q

Who provides accreditation for SCIFs

A

Defense Intelligence Agency

149
Q

True/False: SCIF are used by the intelligence community to store classified information

A

True

150
Q

True/False: SCIF are used by the DoD to store AA&E

A

False

151
Q

True/False: SCIF are used to store sensitive compartmented information

A

true

152
Q

True/False: SCIF are used to store nuclear weapons

A

False

153
Q

True/False: warning signs must be posted at each boundary of a restricted area and must be conspicuous to those approaching on foot or by vehicle

A

True

154
Q

True/False: The use of master key systems is acceptable in the storage of AA&E

A

False

155
Q

True/False: The use of deadly force is authorized against anyone who enters a nuclear storage facility without proper authorization

A

True

156
Q

True/False: securing drainage structures must be considered if they cross the fence line of an AA&E storage area

A

True

157
Q

True/False: the continual barrier concept is commonly employed in nuclear storage facilities

A

true