Annual Security Awareness Flashcards

All 39 questions from the Annual Security Awareness answer key as a ready-made study set — flashcards with spaced repetition, plus a practice test. Free, no account, and your progress stays on your device.

Studying saves this set to your sets, where you can export it as a file. Need the answers instead? Open the Annual Security Awareness answer key.

What's on the cards

  1. What is the primary purpose of the DoD Annual Security Awareness Refresher training?
  2. What is an insider threat?
  3. Name five behavioral indicators of a potential insider threat.
  4. What is counterintelligence (CI)?
  5. What should you do if approached by someone you suspect is attempting to collect classified information?
  6. What are 'suspicious contacts' that require reporting?
  7. What are your reporting obligations before foreign travel?
  8. What precautions should you take with electronic devices during foreign travel?
  9. What social media risks exist for cleared personnel?
  10. What information should cleared personnel never post on social media?
  11. What is a security violation?
  12. What is a security infraction versus a security violation?
  13. What is classified spillage?
  14. What steps must be taken when classified spillage is discovered?
  15. Who do you report security incidents to?
  16. What are the three levels of classified information and their definitions?
  17. What is the 'need-to-know' principle?
  18. What is the 'two-person integrity' (TPI) rule for classified materials?
  19. What is a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF)?
  20. What items are typically prohibited in a SCIF?
  21. What is the SF-86 and why is it important for security awareness?
  22. What types of personal conduct must be self-reported to your security manager?
  23. What is Continuous Evaluation (CE) and how does it affect cleared personnel?
  24. What is the Insider Threat Program and what does Executive Order 13587 require?
  25. What is the role of the Insider Threat Program Senior Official (ITPSO)?
  26. How should classified documents be stored when not in use?
  27. What are the approved methods for destroying classified documents?
  28. What is the significance of derivative classification?
  29. How often must derivative classifiers receive training?
  30. What is a Foreign Intelligence Entity (FIE)?
  31. What are common recruitment techniques used by Foreign Intelligence Entities?
  32. What is an 'elicitation' technique in counterintelligence?
  33. What should you do if you suspect you are being elicited for sensitive information?
  34. What is the significance of SF-312 (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement)?
  35. What are the consequences of a security violation?
  36. What is 'classification by compilation'?
  37. What are the reporting requirements for contact with foreign nationals?
  38. What is a 'dead drop' in the context of espionage awareness?
  39. What must you do at the end of each workday if you handle classified materials?

Answers are on the backs of the cards — or open the full Annual Security Awareness answer key to read them all at once.