Introduction to Suitability Adjudications for the DoD SPeD Practice Test

The difference between a Full Background Investigation and a Moderate Background Investigation is the breadth of the inquiry. A full BI goes beyond what a Moderate BI covers by adding court action reviews and additional source interviews. Court action reviews bring in records from courts—criminal, civil, and other proceedings—to uncover legal history and potential risk factors. The extra source interviews expand verification beyond the core contacts used at the moderate level, gathering more perspectives and corroborating information. It’s not just about credit checks, and it doesn’t remove personal interviews; instead, it broadens and deepens them. So the defining enhancement is the inclusion of court action reviews and more source interviews.