A position's levels of risk and sensitivity are assessed as part of which process?

• A. The prescreening process
• B. The position designation process
• C. The final adjudication process
• D. The initial job description review

Answer: (B)

The main concept is how a job is classified to determine how it should be treated in the adjudication process. The levels of risk and sensitivity are set during the position designation stage, where the duties, access to information, and the potential impact of errors are evaluated. This designation decides what level of background investigation and what adjudicative standards apply later on. Prescreening looks at basic qualifications, the initial job description review focuses on describing duties rather than assigning risk, and the final adjudication uses the completed investigation to make a suitability decision based on the pre-established designation. Since the designation stage is the point where risk and sensitivity are first assigned to the position, it’s the process that answers this question.