Which statement best describes the Navy security clearance levels?

• A. Top Secret clearance is the highest level
• B. Confidential clearance is the highest level
• C. Secret clearance is the highest level
• D. Top Secret clearance is not used by Navy

Answer: (D)

Clearance levels indicate how sensitive information is and who should have access to it. The standard hierarchy goes Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret, with Top Secret being the highest level among these. The Navy does use Top Secret clearance for access to its most sensitive information, and there are additional restrictions like Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) that can apply on top of Top Secret. So the statement that Top Secret clearance is not used by the Navy isn’t accurate; Top Secret is indeed used to protect the most sensitive Navy information.