A Trusted Agent must hold a minimum U.S. SECRET personnel security clearance.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not required
• D. Optional

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that roles handling sensitive information must have at least SECRET clearance. A Trusted Agent is involved in safeguarding or overseeing sensitive materials, so they must be cleared to access information at that level or higher. SECRET is the minimum that grants access to SECRET-level information, and lower clearance (like Confidential) would not be sufficient. Top Secret would also satisfy the requirement, but it is not the minimum—the statement is about the minimum level, which is SECRET. Choices that say not required or optional ignore the need for clearance for handling sensitive information, so they don’t fit.