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  1. What is security classification guidance?
  2. Who initially issues security classification guidance?
  3. What is the purpose of security classification guidance?
  4. Which policy document prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information?
  5. Which policy document sets forth specific guidance to agencies on the implementation of Executive Order 13526?
  6. Which DoD issuance establishes the general framework and responsibilities for DoD implementation of national policy on classified national security information?
  7. Which DoD manuals contain the requirements and minimum standards for developing classification guidance?
  8. Which DoD manual provides detailed information on how to develop security classification guides?
  9. What are the two authorized methods used to communicate classification decisions?
  10. What is the preferred method for communicating an original classification decision?
  11. What is a security classification guide (SCG)?
  12. What elements does an SCG allow the OCA to identify?
  13. In what forms may a properly marked source document provide classification guidance?
  14. What is a derivative classifier?
  15. May a contractor be granted original classification authority?
  16. Is original classification authority tied to the individual or to the position?
  17. Which DoD positions have original classification authority?
  18. What conditions apply to the delegation of original classification authority?
  19. What three considerations does an OCA take into account early in the classification determination process?
  20. Where are many existing security classification guides available for research?
  21. How many steps are in the original classification process?
  22. Can information be classified if the U.S. Government has no ownership interest in or control of it?
  23. What are the eight categories of information eligible for classification under Executive Order 13526?
  24. For what purposes may information not be classified, continue to be maintained as classified, or fail to be declassified?
  25. What are the three classification levels used by the United States?
  26. What is Confidential information?
  27. What is Secret information?
  28. What is Top Secret information?
  29. May information remain classified indefinitely?
  30. What is downgrading?
  31. What should happen if classification guidance is issued outside of a security classification or declassification guide?
  32. Why should security classification guidance include items that are unclassified?
  33. Should security classification guides themselves be classified or unclassified?
  34. Under 32 CFR Parts 2001 and 2003, what identifying information must a security classification guide contain?
  35. What is the heart of a security classification guide?
  36. What information should appear on the cover page of an SCG?
  37. What eight sections does DoDM 5200.45 recommend for a security classification guide?
  38. Which section is the key section of a security classification guide?
  39. How must information be protected while a challenge to its classification is pending?
  40. When is the Critical Elements section of an SCG used?
  41. What is classified in the Vulnerabilities and Weaknesses section of an SCG?
  42. What four critical pieces of information does a distribution statement include?
  43. When may hardware items be classified?
  44. Can unclassified off-the-shelf items be classified?
  45. What form is completed to index a security classification guide in the DTIC online database?
  46. What must Original Classification Authorities do before a security classification guide is disseminated?
  47. What is the DD Form 254 used for?
  48. When is classified information declassified under Executive Order 13526?
  49. What are declassification guides?
  50. Who is responsible for developing original declassification guidance?
  51. Who may declassify and downgrade information within the Department of Defense?
  52. What is the status of classified information that has been declassified without proper authority?
  53. What content must a security declassification guide contain?
  54. How often must declassification guides be reviewed and updated?
  55. Can a security classification guide also be used as a declassification guide?
  56. Why is a properly marked source document issued?
  57. To which types of information should you apply special consideration when developing a security classification guide?

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