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. Revealed by
• B. Contained in
• C. Derived from
• D. Associated with

Answer: (A)

In derivative classification, a secret can be revealed by a document when its existence or content can be inferred from that document, even if the secret itself isn’t written there. The scenario describes a new document that doesn’t contain the Secret, but what it contains enables someone to deduce the Secret. That means the Secret is disclosed by the source through inference, which is the essence of being revealed by. It wouldn’t be “contained in” the new document because the exact secret isn’t written there. It isn’t simply “derived from” in the sense of extracting the secret through processing the new document into new information, since the key point is the reader’s deduction from the source. And it isn’t “associated with” because there isn’t a mere link or relationship—there is actual disclosure through inference.

In derivative classification, a secret can be revealed by a document when its existence or content can be inferred from that document, even if the secret itself isn’t written there. The scenario describes a new document that doesn’t contain the Secret, but what it contains enables someone to deduce the Secret. That means the Secret is disclosed by the source through inference, which is the essence of being revealed by.

It wouldn’t be “contained in” the new document because the exact secret isn’t written there. It isn’t simply “derived from” in the sense of extracting the secret through processing the new document into new information, since the key point is the reader’s deduction from the source. And it isn’t “associated with” because there isn’t a mere link or relationship—there is actual disclosure through inference.