Declassified means:

Declassified means:

• A. The document remains restricted;
• B. Was once classified, but is no longer classified;
• C. It is reclassified as top secret;
• D. It cannot be exported.

Answer: (B)

Declassification means information that was previously treated as classified has had its classification removed and is no longer restricted due to classification. When something is declassified, it generally can be shared more freely, though other non-classification restrictions (like export controls or sensitive handling requirements) might still apply. That’s why the correct understanding is that it was once classified but is no longer classified. The other options don’t fit because remaining restricted would keep it classified, reclassifying it as top secret would keep it classified, and export restrictions aren’t the definition of declassification.

Declassification means information that was previously treated as classified has had its classification removed and is no longer restricted due to classification. When something is declassified, it generally can be shared more freely, though other non-classification restrictions (like export controls or sensitive handling requirements) might still apply.

That’s why the correct understanding is that it was once classified but is no longer classified. The other options don’t fit because remaining restricted would keep it classified, reclassifying it as top secret would keep it classified, and export restrictions aren’t the definition of declassification.