A properly marked source document contains some Secret information. A new document does not contain the same information. However, the information in the new document will allow a reader to deduce the classified information. This is an example of the concept of ________

A properly marked source document contains some Secret information. A new document does not contain the same information. However, the information in the new document will allow a reader to deduce the classified information. This is an example of the concept of ________

• A. Contained in
• B. Directed By
• C. Revealed By
• D. Containing By

Answer: (C)

In derivative classification, what matters is not just what a document says, but what a reader could deduce from it when combined with other information. If a properly marked source document contains Secret information, and a new document does not itself include that information but still enables someone to deduce the Secret from the combination of the new document and the marked source, the secret is said to be revealed by the new document. This is why the scenario matches that concept: the new document doesn’t copy the Secret, yet the Secret can be inferred from it when read alongside the marked source. The other terms don’t apply here because they would describe direct inclusion of the classified content in the new document, or are not standard terms for this context.

In derivative classification, what matters is not just what a document says, but what a reader could deduce from it when combined with other information. If a properly marked source document contains Secret information, and a new document does not itself include that information but still enables someone to deduce the Secret from the combination of the new document and the marked source, the secret is said to be revealed by the new document.

This is why the scenario matches that concept: the new document doesn’t copy the Secret, yet the Secret can be inferred from it when read alongside the marked source. The other terms don’t apply here because they would describe direct inclusion of the classified content in the new document, or are not standard terms for this context.