PDF Download
SECNAVINST 5510.30C, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM EXAM QUESTIONS
Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation
This Exam contains:
-Guarantee passing score -92 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Who can be designated as an Activity Assistant Security Manager (AASM)?
- Officers and enlisted personnel E-7 or above
- Civilian employees GS-7 or above
- Officers, enlisted personnel E-7 or above, or civilians GS-7 or above
- Any command personnel regardless of rank or grade
Answer:
- Officers, enlisted personnel E-7 or above, or civilians GS-7 or above
- Consultants
- Summer hires
- Reemployed annuitants
- Temporary employees
Question 2: Which group of personnel is exempt from investigation to determine suitability for federal employment if their break in employment is less than 24 months?
Answer:
- Consultants
- Completion of a Tier 5 (T5) background investigation
- Naval Security Manager Course
- Completion of a Tier 4 (T4) background investigation
- Marine Corps Security Management Course
Question 3: What formal training is required for the Activity Security Manager (ASM)?
Answer:
- Naval Security Manager Course
- T1
- T3
- T3R
- T5
Question 4: What level of security clearance is required for personnel assigned to cryptographic duties?
Answer:
- T3R
- ISSM
- COSR
- CO
- TSCA
Question 5: Who is responsible for coordinating personnel and information security requirements when classified contracts are awarded to industry?
Answer:
- COSR
Question 6: What is the minimum investigation requirement for civilian summer hires in designated non-critical sensitive positions?
- Tier 1 (T1)
- Tier 3 (T3)
- Tier 5 (T5)
- No investigation is required for summer hires
Answer:
- Tier 3 (T3)
- Only if they have a personal appearance
- Within 10 days of receiving the LOD or LOR
- Without notifying the command
- If they have a valid justification
Question 7: When may an individual submit a written appeal directly to the PSAB (Personnel Security Appeals Board)?
Answer:
- Within 10 days of receiving the LOD or LOR
- Report to the CSA
- Contact DCSA directly
- Notify the contractor's supervisor
Question 8: What should COs do if they need to deny a contractor access to command areas and information?
Answer:
- Report to the CSA
- Cybersecurity and foreign language training
- Security awareness and foreign travel training
- Cybersecurity, security awareness, and functional competency training
Question 9: What types of training are required based on an individual's designated level of access and scope of duties?
- Physical fitness and foreign relations training
Answer:
- Cybersecurity, security awareness, and functional competency training
- Commanding Officer (CO)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Civilian Human Resources)
- President, Personnel Security Appeals Board (PSAB)
- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Question 10: Who presides over the Personnel Security Appeals Board (PSAB) to review and decide appeals of unfavorable DoD Consolidated Adjudications Facility (CAF) determinations?
Answer:
- President, Personnel Security Appeals Board (PSAB)
- DoD CAF
- DUSN (S&I)
- DCSA
- DON
Question 11: Who is the Investigative Service Provider (ISP) for all Department of Defense Background Investigations (BIs)?
Answer:
- DCSA
- The individual's supervisor
- The Administrative Judge
- The Director of Review Boards
- The Administrative Support Manager (ASM)
Question 12: Who serves as the liaison between the DoD CAF and the individual during the personnel security determination process?
Answer:
- The Administrative Support Manager (ASM)