A security violation occurs when any knowing, willful, or negligent action could be reasonably be expected to result in an unauthorized disclosure of classified information.

A security violation occurs when any knowing, willful, or negligent action could be reasonably be expected to result in an unauthorized disclosure of classified information.

• A. Not specified
• B. Sometimes
• C. True
• D. False

Answer: (C)

The main idea tested is that a security violation is defined by risk: any action, whether done knowingly, willfully, or negligently, that could reasonably be expected to result in an unauthorized disclosure of classified information. This means the standard looks at the likelihood of harm, not whether harm definitely occurs. Since the statement uses “could be reasonably be expected to result,” it correctly captures that risk-based threshold, so the answer is True. The other options don’t fit because the definition isn’t left unspecified, isn’t limited to only sometimes, and isn’t false—it clearly describes a violation in terms of a reasonable expectation of unauthorized disclosure.

The main idea tested is that a security violation is defined by risk: any action, whether done knowingly, willfully, or negligently, that could reasonably be expected to result in an unauthorized disclosure of classified information. This means the standard looks at the likelihood of harm, not whether harm definitely occurs. Since the statement uses “could be reasonably be expected to result,” it correctly captures that risk-based threshold, so the answer is True. The other options don’t fit because the definition isn’t left unspecified, isn’t limited to only sometimes, and isn’t false—it clearly describes a violation in terms of a reasonable expectation of unauthorized disclosure.