Question 1

Following the Vietnam War, many people from Southeast Asia were paroled into the United States with an indefinite immigration status. In 2003, a new rule was developed to allow for adjustment of immigration status for some of these people. According to the new rule, all nationals of Vietnam (and some others, for example, nationals of Cambodia) who were paroled into the United States through the Orderly Departure Program were eligible to apply for permanent resident status.

Accepted Answer

A)  Everyone eligible to apply for permanent resident status is a national of Vietnam who was paroled into the United States through the Orderly Departure Program
B)  No one ineligible to apply for permanent resident status was a national of Vietnam who was paroled into the United States through the Orderly Departure Program
C)  Only nationals of Vietnam who were paroled into the United States through the Orderly Departure Program were eligible to apply for permanent resident status
D)  Some nationals of Vietnam who were paroled into the United States through the Orderly Departure Program were ineligible to apply for permanent resident status
E)  Some of those who were ineligible to apply for permanent resident status were nationals of Vietnam who were paroled into the United States through the Orderly Departure Program B

Question 2

Often, crimes are characterized as either malum in se-inherently evil-or malum prohibitum- criminal because they are declared as offenses by a legislature. Murder is an example of the former. Failing to file a tax return illustrates the latter. Some jurisdictions no longer distinguish between crimes malum in se and malum prohibitum, although many still do

Accepted Answer

A)  Many jurisdictions no longer distinguish between crimes malum in se and malum prohibitum
B)  Some jurisdictions still distinguish between crimes malum in se and malum prohibitum
C)  Some crimes characterized as malum in se are not inherently evil
D)  Some crimes characterized as malum prohibitum are not declared by a legislature to be an offense
E)  Sometimes failing to file a tax return is characterized as malum in se B

Question 3

(1) Project Shield America will have two operational components. The first will be to reach out and form partnerships with U.S. manufacturers and distributors of the sensitive technology, weapons, and equipment sought by terrorists. The second will be to investigate and halt those attempting to acquire and illegally export weapons components to groups intent on harming America.(2) Beginning immediately, field offices will identify the specific U.S. firms in their areas that manufacture or distribute materials of interest. Agents will then visit these firms and provide them with materials about Project Shield America, information about U.S. export controls, and data about the items sought by terrorists. Most importantly, the agents will encourage these firms to notify agents if they are approached by customers looking to acquire and export their products illegally.(3) In sum, under the banner of Project Shield America, we will partner with U.S. industries to prevent their technological accomplishments from being exploited by terrorists. While some of these materials may seem relatively innocuous and have relatively little monetary value, they can have enormous strategic value in the hands of America's adversaries. These "minor" technological goods could easily become the necessary components for major weapons development by terrorist groups or rogue nations.(4) At the same time, agents will step up their efforts to investigate and prosecute those who attempt to acquire and illegally export sensitive technology, weapons, and equipment to international terrorist organizations. These efforts will include undercover probes and other investigative techniques. The Office of Strategic Investigations will redirect its resources towards the objective of denying terrorist organizations access to these materials. Assistance from U.S. manufacturers and distributors will be crucial in this effort.

Accepted Answer

A)  1 - 4 - 2 - 3
B)  1 - 4 - 3 - 2
C)  1 - 2 - 4 - 3
D)  No correction is necessary C

Question 4

Supervisor Smith knows that it is important for his CBP Agriculture Specialists to understand each of the fundamental principals that apply to all methods of dog training.

Accepted Answer

A)  Change knows that to knows which
B)  Change each to each and every one
C)  Change principals to principles
D)  No correction is necessary

Question 5

The geographical area composing much of the border between the United States and Mexico is considered to have a desert climate.

Accepted Answer

A)  Change between to from
B)  Insert a comma after area
C)  Change is to are
D)  No correction is necessary

Question 6

One day, Officer Ferong spent 4 hours processing passengers from a flight from Brazil at a rate of 16 passengers every 40 minutes. The next day, she spent 4 hours processing passengers at a rate of 18 every 40 minutes. What was the average number of passengers she processed during these two 4- hour periods?

Accepted Answer

A)  283
B)  204
C)  141.5
D)  102
E)  None of these

Question 7

Despite the fact that HIV is not easily transmitted, its deadly potential requires that law enforcement officers protect themselves from becoming infected by it. At the Callen Precinct, officers use only disposable items for collecting evidence whenever blood is present. While investigating a particular crime scene where blood was present, Detective R.C. of the Callen Precinct used only disposable items for collecting evidence.

Accepted Answer

A)  Detective R.C. does not always use disposable items when blood is present
B)  Whenever blood is not present, Detective R.C. does not use only disposable items
C)  Detective R.C. uses only disposable items whenever blood is not present
D)  No officers at the Callen Precinct use non-disposable items whenever blood is present
E)  Some officers at the Callen Precinct do not use disposable items exclusively whenever blood is present

Question 8

Although the owner of a certain farm said that all her Central American (for example, Salvadoran and Honduran) workers were working legally, officers discovered that many of the farm's employees were not authorized to work in the United States. After checking the employees' documentation, officers discovered that all of the female employees were working in the United States legally and none of the illegal workers were from Honduras.

Accepted Answer

A)  All of the employees from Honduras were working legally
B)  Some of the women were illegal workers
C)  None of the employees from Honduras were female
D)  Some of the female employees were from Honduras
E)  All of the Salvadoran employees were women

Question 9

(1) First used on a wide scale in 1970, narcotic detector dogs save countless staff hours in locating narcotics in vehicles, mail, unaccompanied baggage, and on cargo ships. A dog and its handler can check 500 packages in 30 minutes; it would take a mail examiner several days to inspect as many. At border ports, a dog can inspect a vehicle in about two minutes; the same search by a CBP Officer would take at least 20 minutes. Therefore, the use of narcotic detector dogs has greatly enhanced the fight against illegal drug smuggling into the United States.(2) While not exactly high-tech, a unique tool in CBP?s drug fight is its force of narcotic detector dogs, their trainers, and the CBP Officers who work with these canine detectors.(3) This fight continues today, extending into the high-tech world of the 21st Century. Through diligence, close inspection, sophisticated technology, and the sacrifice of lives, CBP has given an excellent account of itself in fighting the flow of illegal drugs into this country.(4) Since the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, liquor smuggling has naturally decreased. In later years, however, the illegal entry of narcotics and dangerous drugs increased to threatening proportions. During the 1960s, „70s, and „80s, Federal Officers faced the almost overwhelming task of fighting the influx of opium, heroin, cocaine, hashish, marijuana, and amphetamines into the United States.

Accepted Answer

A)  4 - 3 - 2 - 1
B)  3 - 4 - 1 - 2
C)  2 - 3 - 4 - 1
D)  No correction is necessary

Question 10

Impressions made by the ridges on the ends of the fingers and thumbs are useful means of identification, since no two persons have the same pattern of ridges. If finger patterns from fingerprints are not decipherable, then they cannot be classified by general shape and contour or by pattern type. If they cannot be classified by these characteristics, then it is impossible to identify the person to whom the fingerprints belong.

Accepted Answer

A)  If it is possible to identify the person to whom fingerprints belong, then the fingerprints are decipherable
B)  If finger patterns from fingerprints are not decipherable, then it is impossible to identify the person to whom the fingerprints belong
C)  If fingerprints are decipherable, then it is impossible to identify the person to whom they belong
D)  If fingerprints can be classified by general shape and contour or by pattern type, then they are decipherable
E)  If it is possible to identify the person to whom fingerprints belong, then the fingerprints can be classified by general shape and contour or pattern type

Question 11

Explosives are substances or devices capable of producing a volume of rapidly expanding gases that exert a sudden pressure on their surroundings. Chemical explosives are the most commonly used, although there are mechanical and nuclear explosives. All mechanical explosives are devices in which a physical reaction is produced, such as that caused by overloading a container with compressed air. While nuclear explosives are by far the most powerful, all nuclear explosives have been restricted to military weapons.

Accepted Answer

A)  All explosives that have been restricted to military weapons are nuclear explosives
B)  No mechanical explosives are devices in which a physical reaction is produced, such as that caused by overloading a container with compressed air
C)  Some nuclear explosives have not been restricted to military weapons
D)  All mechanical explosives have been restricted to military weapons
E)  Some devices in which a physical reaction is produced, such as that caused by overloading a container with compressed air, are mechanical explosives

Question 12

When an illegal alien is being "removed," the alien's passport in U.S. Government possession is returned to the issuing government, not to the illegal alien. If the illegal alien's departure is voluntary, the passport is allowed to be returned to the alien. The U.S. Government holds the passport of H.B., an illegal alien who must leave the country.

Accepted Answer

A)  H) B.'s departure is not voluntary if H.B.'s passport is allowed to be returned to H.B.
B)  If H.B.'s passport is not returned to the issuing government upon H.B.'s departure, then H.B. is not being removed
C)  H) B.'s departure is not voluntary unless the passport is allowed to be returned to H.B.
D)  If H.B.'s passport is not allowed to be returned to H.B., then H.B.'s departure is not voluntary
E)  If H.B. is being removed, then H.B.'s passport is to be returned to the issuing government

Question 13

The gross weight of merchandise in a container examined by an officer was 108 pounds. According to policy, the officer was required to convert this weight into kilograms. If the formula for conversion is 1.8 pounds for each kilogram, what was the gross weight of the container load in kilograms (rounded to the nearest tenth)?

Accepted Answer

A)  194.0
B)  166.6
C)  60.0
D)  45.0
E)  None of these

Question 14

An employer is permitted to hire a new employee only if the employer is able to verify that the applicant's employment documentation establishes both of the following: 1) the applicant is authorized to work in the United States and 2) the applicant who presents the employment authorization document is the person to whom the documentation was issued. An employer cannot request that an applicant provide more or different documents than required. If the documentation appears false or unrelated, employers must refuse acceptance and ask for other documentation from the Government's list of acceptable documents.

Accepted Answer

A)  No employer is permitted to limit which documents it will accept for verification of employment authorization
B)  If an employer cannot verify that an applicant is authorized to work, then the employer is not permitted to hire the applicant
C)  If an applicant's documentation appears to be true and relevant to an employer, the employer must refuse acceptance and ask for other documentation from the Government's list of acceptable documents
D)  An employer may request different employment documentation if the provided documentation appears to be altered
E)  If an applicant is permitted to be hired, then the applicant has verifiable employment authorization

Question 15

An Agriculture Specialist and her dog found a total of 1,500 packages wrapped in plain brown paper hidden in a large mail container. Upon inspection, the officer found that some of the packages had legal CBP stickers on them and some had illegal stickers from another country. The ratio of packages with legal stickers to packages with illegal stickers was 2:3. How many packages contained illegal stickers?

Accepted Answer

A)  1,000
B)  900
C)  600
D)  500
E)  None of these

Question 16

Staff at a law enforcement training academy purchases badges at $32 each for all the graduates of the academy. The last training class graduated 25 new officers. What is the total amount of money the academy staff will spend for the badges for these new officers, if the badge vendor provided the Academy a 20% discount on each badge?

Accepted Answer

A)  $800
B)  $790
C)  $ 640
D)  $16
E)  None of these

Question 17

Some 480,000 immigrants were living in a certain country in 1999. Although most of these immigrants were not employed in professional occupations, many of them were. For instance, many of them were engineers and many of them were nurses. Very few of these immigrants were librarians, another professional occupation.

Accepted Answer

A)  Most immigrants were either engineers or nurses
B)  It is not the case that some of the nurses were immigrants
C)  None of the engineers were immigrants
D)  Most of those not employed in professional occupations were immigrants
E)  Some of the engineers were immigrants

Question 18

Once a request to carry firearms into a foreign country are approved, a CBP Officer must notify the Office of Foreign Operations for coordination of the request.

Accepted Answer

A)  Change to carry to for carrying
B)  Change are to is
C)  Change coordination to coordinating
D)  No correction is necessary

Question 19

The two ways of acquiring U.S. citizenship at birth are by place of birth and inheritance from U.S. citizen parents. Any child born in the United States while under U.S. jurisdiction is a U.S. citizen at birth. Because foreign ambassadors are not subject to U.S. jurisdiction, children born in the United States to foreign ambassadors do not obtain U.S. citizenship at birth. Children born overseas to U.S. citizen parents derive U.S. citizenship at birth, as long as the parents previously lived in the United States for a sufficient period of time. All others must naturalize to become citizens. J.B. was not a U.S. citizen at birth. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn about J.B.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Was born in the United States
B)  Was born overseas to U.S. citizen parents
C)  Was not born in the United States to U.S. citizen parents
D)  Was not born overseas to U.S. citizen parents
E)  Was born to U.S. citizen parents

Question 20

Officer Smith is in charge of all of the canine teams in his sector. Fifteen canine teams are stationed in his sector. Most of the canine teams are located at stations along the border. Several canine teams are located away from the border in large urban areas. All of the teams must be available to travel to any duty station within the sector.

Accepted Answer

A)  Most of the canine teams are located away from the border in large urban areas
B)  Only teams located along the border must be available to travel to any duty station within the sector
C)  Teams in urban areas do not need to be available to travel to other duty stations within the sector
D)  None of the teams are exempt from traveling to any duty location within the sector
E)  Few of the canine teams are located at stations along the border

Exam 1: Customs Officer

Supervisor Smith knows that it is important for his CBP Agriculture Specialists to understand each of the fundamental principals that apply to all methods of dog training.

The geographical area composing much of the border between the United States and Mexico is considered to have a desert climate.

Once a request to carry firearms into a foreign country are approved, a CBP Officer must notify the Office of Foreign Operations for coordination of the request.