Quota, Penalties and Other Agency Requirements: practice questions

1.Which list below correctly states the issues that can be flagged on an entry summary for reconciliation?

2.What is the CLASSIFICATION of current production wall art depicting abstract flowers and birds that is mechanically printed, via lithography, onto sheets of paper, the paper measuring 0.35 millimeter (mm) in thickness that has been permanently mounted onto a backing of 0.50 mm thick paperboard?

3.Which of the following may a licensed organizational broker appoint as a subagent for a resident importer (principal) under a power of attorney that contains express authority to appoint subagents?

4.A port agent contacts you regarding a shipment of cotton garments from Xinjiang province in China. The invoice states that the garments were produced in a Xinjiang prison, indicating they were made with convict labor. Customs has published a withhold release order on cotton from Xinjiang. Which provision would apply to the provided scenario?

5.Which entry type is NOT eligible to be corrected by filing a Post Summary Correction (PSC)?

6.Authorized Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) users can create blanket declaration records in the ACE Secure Data Portal EXCEPT for which one of the following?

7.A shipment has arrived on an East coast port with an arrival date of Monday, May 4, 2020, at 11:05AM Eastern Time (ET). The error-free entry summary, with payment, is submitted at the arrival port on Thursday May 7, 2020, at 16:40PM ET. What is the presentation date and time for non-opening moment quota purposes?

8.Which of the following statements is COMPLETELY CORRECT when Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) entry is presented in proper form with estimated duties, but the quota fills prior to the quota release and the entry is prorated?

9.Which one of the following actions CANNOT be taken on merchandise after liquidation of the entry becomes final?

10.Petitions for relief from seizures must be filed within ____ days from the date of mailing of the notice of seizure.

11.Petitions for the remission or mitigation of a fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred under any law administered by Customs must be addressed to the Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Officer designated in the notice of claim. In addition, which of the following must the petition for remission or mitigation contain?

12.Entry documents must be filed within _____________ calendar days of the date that a shipment arrives in the United States.

13.To “disclose the circumstances of a violation” for prior disclosure purposes, the statement provided to CBP orally or in writing must do all of the following, EXCEPT:

14.Which one of the following documents must a prospective participant interested in transmitting data electronically through the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) submit to CBP?

15.Blue-sky customs broker is filing a petition for the restoration of sale under section 613, Tariff Act of 1920, as amended. Blue-sky’s petition must be file

16.Which definition below does NOT properly define the bolded and italicized term in the sentence according to 19 CFR?

17.A&M Industries entered one entry of peanut butter from India as a type 01 consumption entry on May 1, 2024. Peanut butter from India is subject to a tariff rate quota with an in-quota tariff rate of 0%. The 2024 quota period is January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. The quota for this period has closed but it did not fill. On January 31, 2025, A&M Industries wishes to amend the entry summary to change the entry to a type 02 quota entry. Can A&M Industries claim quota for the 2024 quota period?

18.In the case of merchandise covered by a finding under 19 CFR 12.42(f), the Commissioner of CBP advises the port director that the proof furnished under 19 CFR 12.43 does not establish the admissibility of the merchandise, and no proof has been timely furnished. What will the port director do with the merchandise for violation of 19 USC 1307?

19.Which is the correct section of the CFR that relates to Offers in Compromise?

20.Supplemental petitions filed in cases involving violations of 19 USC 1641 where the amount of the penalty assessed exceeds $10,000 will be forwarded to_______________.

21.What is the date and time of presentation for quota priority for the following scenario? A sugar quota entry summary for Opening Moment is transmitted in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and receives a pending status. The goods arrived and released February 1, the entry summary date is February 6th, and the duty payment was submitted to CBP February 8th. The sugar Opening Moment date is February 6th.

22.A broker unknowingly employs a convicted felon and 1 year after employment discovers the existence of such a conviction. Which penalty action listed below would not lie?

23.The minimum assessed amount for a penalty action alleging a culpability of fraud under the provisions of 19 U.S.C. 1592 is _____times the loss of duty, not to exceed the domestic value.

24.When may a Power of Attorney (POA) be revoked?

25.Which regulation provides for penalties against a broker as an alternate sanction to revocation or suspension of licenses for enumerated violations?